Trent Banks of the Trail Film Festival and Aspire Adventure Running joins our first episode of the year. The Winter Edition 2022 of the Virtual Trailrunning Film Festival is coming up and you should get your ticket – the lineup of films looks absolutely stellar.
So, jump to trailfilmfest.com and get your tickets and enjoy the show!

Happy Christmas everyone. It’s this special time of the year and you know what that means? Holiday movie review time! Alex Bond and I take a dive into the big screen sensation The Alpinist. A climbing movie that follows the story of Canadian Marc-André Leclerc. Sit back, grab some eggnog and don’t forget to hug your loves ones.

Gretchen Walla joins the show to share what makes the trail running community so special in her hometown Bellingham, Washington. We also talk about the challenges of hosting trail races in this, yes, still pandemic times, and what we hope 2022 will bring for us trail runners and racers.

This week I’m joined by longtime friend of the show Stephen Johnson, creator of the popular app Topo Maps +. We talk about the origins of his business Glacier Peak Studios, how to navigate in the backcountry, and to use maps to smartly plan your summer adventure projects.

Baker and mountain athlete Elisa Laverty joins us this week to talk about her off season plans including pie baking and her casual solstice event at Mt. Walker. Who’s ready to chase some vert in the Olympics?

This week I am joined by Viktor Marohnic, founder of 57Hours. This startup invites you to ‘own your weekend’ and make the most of the these magical 57 hours between Friday afternoon and Monday morning. Get out there and explore.

After my interview with Viktor I share with you my thoughts on the Coros Apex Pro GPS sports watch. 

Steph joins the show again to follow up on her injury that sidelined her summer project. We talk about traveling to France, visiting family and drinking wine.
Amidst gratitude for the time we get to spend on trails we carefully hatch some dreams about next year’s summer adventures.

This week Thomas Reiss joins Singletrack to share a glimpse into his epic journey from a small town in Germany to opening a design shop in Californian wine country. We talk about running Western States, hiking to Everest Basecamp, and punk music and great German food. Delicious.

One of my favorite outdoor companies redesigns their logo and overhauls their brand and I had to hear the story behind it all. Jeff Vierling, co-founder of Tailwind Nutrition joins Singletrack to share the process, the design decisions, and the challenges to keep all the various pieces of a undertaking like this moving. The designer in me loves stuff like this. The runner in me loves their endurance fuel and recover mix.

While the rain and cold is embracing the Pacific Northwest, Maria Dalzot joins Singletrack to talk about summer and sunshine, cows and cheese in Switzerland. We chat about racing along steep alpine trails through cow pastures and cute mountain villages. We reminisce about the incredible food and discuss what races to pick when dreaming of running in the Alps.

Thank you Maria for taking me back one more time to this glorious summer.

Podcast producer, host, and trail runner Emily Holland joins this week’s episode of Singletrack from Boulder Colorado. We talk about the peace, adventure, and community trail running brings us. In the second half of the show we dive into a meta conversation around the future of podcasting.

Also: the Singletrack Holiday Gift Guide is live, go check it out.

Alex Bond is back to share the best mountain running performances in Washington State submitted to Fastest Known Time for the year 2021. And wow, there are some inspirational efforts put up by incredible runners. From Alex Borsuk’s blistering run up Glacier Peak to Alex King’s dethroning of Uli Steidl’s long-held FKT at Mt. Rainier. And yes, we found some cool runs in the Olympics as well. What’s up with all the Alexes in this episode?

The challenges of the last 1/4 at Squamish 50, the joys of the flat interurban trail at Chuckanut, the relentless heat at R2R2R and the brutal beauty of Teanaway Country 100. This and more with PNW running legend and coach Keith Laverty, who finally made it on the show.

Aspire Adventure Running’s Abram Dickerson joins the show to share a glimpse into his jam-packed summer. Gathering trail runners in stunning scenery, feeding them delicious food and showing them unique places all over the West Coast is what Aspire does best and Abram is the mastermind behind it all.

Mountain Goat and otherworldly human being Jason Hardrath joins the show to share his little summer project. No stranger to crazy mountain adventures, for his 100th FKT attempt Jason picked the insane idea of climbing all 100 peaks of the Washington Bulgers list. We bushwhack, sleep on trails and traverse crevasse-filled glaciers.
Let’s go climb some mountains. Bring your ice axe, and a snickers bar.