Welcome to Episode 25 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason and Vlad Ixel and takes you through their training/race weeks, discusses/tries to understand the Camille Herron Wikipedia scandal, and covers some results from the week around the country!

Start - 40:00 :-Training/Race Talk

The discussion of how to best prepare for the Asia Pacific Trail Running Championships continues with Jess and Vlad recapping where they are at - including the challenges of recovery for Jess and some insane vert training from Vlad. Then hear about Sim’s chaotic week of travel and jumping in races at the last minute including a win at Ultra Trail Lago Maggiore!

40:00 - 56:00 :- Trail Running News

It’s not often a scandal pops up in trail running but this week socials have been blowing up with an interesting situation regarding Camille Herron and Wikipedia, so the team discusses what happened and some of their thoughts about what seems to be a very messy situation! Also on the news board this week is the announcement of more UTMB trail races in Asia that gives Aussies more easier-to-access options to qualify.

56:00 - 1:02:45 :- Race Results

We then cover a few Aussie races that went down over the weekend:

Duval Dam Buster (Thanks for sending in info Kisimir Gregory): https://my.raceresult.com/309030/#0_4D6867

Run the Maine: https://tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16&RId=29711&EId=1&dt=0

Great Southern Half Marathon: https://eventstrategies.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=90&RId=552

1:02:45 - End : What’s coming up

Lastly, we do a quick run through of the upcoming trail races around the country and what is coming up for us.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!

Jess: @jess.jason95

Sim: @theflyingbrick_

Vlad: @vladixel

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Welcome to episode 2 of the Trail to South Korea!

In this ep, hear a more in depth replay of what the training weeks of Sarah, Charlie and Mikey look like, before we do a deep dive into the courses for APTRC.

Plenty of insights in this one into the different approaches to the race and thoughts behind each of the key sections, which may help your own mental approach to your next trail event!

Thanks for listening!

Sarah: @sarahludo

Charlie: @cowboyhamilton

Mikey: @mikey_dimuantes

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Welcome to Episode 24 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This week’s episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason and Vlad Ixel and takes you through their training/race weeks, answers a listener question about backyard ultras and covers some big results from the week around the country!

Start - 37:20 :-Training/Race Talk

Hear where Jess is up to in her training post Hounslow and how the first trail marathon has affected her. Then hear about Vlad’s search for vert in his training for Asia Pacific Trail Running champs and how he got 6000m in a week in Perth. Finally hear about Sim’s worst race of the year so far at altitude in Mammoth lakes - this is recorded only 2hrs post finishing so you get a very raw recap!

37:20 - 55:45:- Listener Question: Backyard Ultras

The team answers a listener question about backyard ultras and give their training advice/how they think they would train if they were to do one themselves.

55:45 - 1:02:00:- Race Results

We then cover a few Aussie races that went down over the weekend:

Surf Coast Century - https://tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/Results.aspx?CId=16&RId=29707

Yurebilla - https://eventstrategies.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=90&RId=556

Sydney Trail Series - St Ives: https://my.raceresult.com/309783/results#0_F927D2

1:02:00 - End : What’s coming up

Lastly, we do a quick run through of the upcoming trail races around the country and what is coming up for us.

Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod to share your thoughts, questions, and your own trail stories. Until next time, keep hitting the trails and chasing those peak pursuits!

Jess: @jess.jason95

Sim: @theflyingbrick_

Vlad: @vladixel

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetter

License code: K08PMQ3RATCE215R