East Coast Trail And Ultra Podcast

Joseph Meyer has run a lot of races in his relatively short Ultra career, and most recently he finished the Triple Crown of 200s, the Bigfoot, Tahoe and Moab 200s all in one summer. Joe talks about the highs and lows of these amazing races and training and recovery when you have just weeks in between races. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

New York runner Scott Parr joins us to talk about his quick rise to the podium running ultras. We also talk about why scrunchies are back in style and what they mean, Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

We talk with the running Macho Man himself, Phil Pinti, about his adventures at the Yeti 100, and talk about his incredible journey from tragedy to ultras. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Martin Schneekloth is a Beast Coaster that recently completed "The Last Great Race" which is the Old Dominion 100, Western States, The Vermont 100, Angleles Crest 100, Leadville, and the Wasatch Front 100 all in the summer. Martin shares his incredible highs and lows of this amazing adventure that only a handful of runners have completed. Check out Martin's blog http://www.ultrakrautrunning.com/ Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Annie Weiss answers your questions about nutrition on the most information packed podcast we have ever done. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Aaron Saft and Darian Smith join us just hours after getting off the plane to share their amazing tale from UTMB. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Ryan, Jeff, and Sean chat with listeners on topics ranging from White Claw, all meat diets, training when life is busy, mattresses in boxes, craft beers, gingers with firearms and so much more! Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Sean recaps the incredible UTE 100 and we chat with Harold Allen, a man who spent 10 years in prison, who discovered Ultra running after getting out. He talks about some of his epic runs like 31 marathons in 31 days and his love of pushing himself. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Josh Sanders had a chance encounter with an Ultra-Running legend that lead to his new found love of trail running and he has been on fire since. He has set numerous FKTs including the most 14ers peaked in 24 hours. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Christin Doneski recently won the 100k race at the Vermont 100. She joins us for a great conversation about why she waited 8 years between her first and second ultra, crewing and pacing your spouse, and winning a race in unusually brutal heat. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Having a couple of days to process his incredible finish at the Vol State 500k, Jeff Stafford stops by the home studio for a chat about the race, from training to the finish line. He also gives us some new bird calls, reviews "White Claw" hard seltzer water and talks about his days of dancing in German Discos. Ryan's wife even makes an appearance. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Jeff Stafford has less than 20 miles to go on the 314 mile Vol State course. Jeff checks in from the side of the road as he makes his final push to the rock!

Everyone's favorite 65 year old ultra runner Jeff Stafford checks in live from the Vol State course on day 4 of this 314 mile race across the state of Tennessee. Find out how many miles he has put down, and what a day is like for a Vol State Runner.

Jeff Stafford is just over a day into the Last Annual Vol State 500k. Find out how Jeff is doing, and how many miles he managed to do in the first 24 hours.

We check in with Jeff Stafford as he boards the bus to the starting line of the Last Annual Vol State 500k and give him an opportunity to explain why he though running across Tennessee in the middle of summer was a good idea. We also talk to Mike Russell, a very nice Canadian man who after a few months of 30 minute runs on a treadmill, decided to run across New Foundland. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

The 8th place finisher at Western States Pat Reagan joins us to rundown his incredible race, and give us an insight into what it is like running one of the biggest races in the world at the front of the pack. Kyle Robidoux also joins us to talk about what went wrong in his attempt at being the first blind runner to finish Western States. If you are inspired by Kyle's story and would like to be a guide for a visually impaired runner, here is a great website that Kyle works with. http://www.unitedinstride.com Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

We preview the Beast Coasters headed out west to run the Western States 100 with none other than Mr. Western States himself Andy Jones-Wilkins. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Team USA 24 hour Team Coach Howard Nippert joins us to announce the 2019 team that will be competing in the World Championships in France this October. He also talks coaching and gives some great advice about how you can travel and run your best. Rich Riopel also joins us to talk about falling into a deep depression after the 2017 World Championships and how he learned not only to love running again,but to love himself. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast You can also follow Rich's journey to redemption at the World Championships by following his socials. https://www.instagram.com/richriopel https://www.facebook.com/riopel https://twitter.com/richriopel https://www.strava.com/athletes/rriopel

Ryan, Sean, Jason Green and Andy Jones-Wilkins have some fun over the "ECTAU Bingo card listener Ryan Thorpe posted on the facebook page. You will learn a little and laugh a lot on this episode. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast

Richard Cunningham signed he as his wife Donna for the Barkley Fall Classic on a whim a couple of years ago, they were not runners at the time. They ran and completed that first race together and it started a new hobby and years of running races across the Beast Coast, together, from start line to finish line. Richard and Donna joined us to talk about the joys and pains of sharing this strange hobby together. We also give you a chance to win an entry into the Chattanooga 50 or 100 miler. Support the podcast by making a monthly pledge to our Patreon page www.patreon.com/eastcoasttrailandultrapodcast