Touching the Trail Podcast

We make excuses. We say it's our "vacation," and so we "deserve it." But, being unhealthy on trips is not a treat, it will not help us in the long run. But, how can we travel healthy? Well listen in as I talk about the What, When, How, & Where of eating healthy on our vacations. Now I'm not perfect, but I think these tips can be a good base for us all to work and experiment personally on making our vacations healthy and fun! Enjoy and work towards your better. Thank you.

From the California-Oregon border you can travel 453 brutal miles to Washington along the infamous Pacific Crest Trail. And a three man team of experienced ultrarunners Yassine Diboun, Scott Loughney, and Travis Liles will attempt to complete those 453 mountainously inspiring miles in under 7 days and 22 hours, the current FKT, on July 16, this Saturday. Wish them luck! I had a great chat with Yassine, who is a friend of mine and actually my second podcast guest ever, on the plan for this adventure, gear, nutrition, training, and balance. If you want to better understand what it takes to train and plan to cross a state in a week, then listen to this episode! Everything from the pack he will have on his back to what kind of functional exercises he did in preparation is discussed and I hope it will motivate you to go out and break that comfort zone again and again. Enjoy! Remember to donate at the www.oregonpctproject.com

"I think in ultrarunning sometimes when we put a huge goal out there and have a huge goal race or huge FKT and we train & train and we accomplish it, it actually rewrites our story & it resets our priorities and our thoughts about what's possible and frankly who we are. It resets what's important to us and it can really shift our whole arc of our lives and our destiny and put us back on the path of our destiny instead of our fate." Karl Hoagland is an amazingly tough dude and someone that has been on my radar for a long time. Ever since he gave me my first writing gig about a year ago, an article about my experiences as a 16 year old ultrarunner. It was an amazing opportunity and one that I credit to setting me down this path of podcasting. So I've known about Karl for quite sometime and have always been interested. And so thoroughly enjoyed this discussion. Karl made it all the more easy to have a really fun time, because to be honest Karl is kind of all over the place. This is the longest podcast yet and most definitely not filled with fluff. So sit back and please enjoy this conversation on Karl's story and how he got into ultras, Ultrarunning Magazine itself and how Karl became publisher, and of course Karl's many experiences over the years at the infamous Western States Endurance Run. Including discussions on training, fueling, and gearing up for a 100 mile race. Do you want to become a better runner and a better person? Well please enjoy my discussion with Karl Hoagland as we help you reach that goal! ultrarunning.com This is Your Day Film

As runners we always tend to overlook an extremely important aspect of running ability, foot strength. Our feet carry us along and we need to take of them. As cyclists repair their bikes, we need to upkeep our feet. Through simple exercises and stretches that can be incorporated throughout our day and a focus on good form we can reinvigorate our feet!

By only ever judging outwardly we can never become aware of what we want to change. It creates a predisposition towards never achieving our personal goals, because we can never recognize what we need to overcome to achieve them. In athletics, work, life, and everywhere else we need to be able to look within, so listen as I delve into how we can! Enjoy.

It's been a crazy, adventurous, and enlightening year of 11th grade. I'm so grateful for it and so listen in and hear on what has happened. Also how we can reconcile and love the past, plan for the future, and be in the moment. Life is gratitude. Here's to junior year and senior to come!

As ultrarunners, as vegans, as meditators, as employees, as parents, as anybody planning is vital and we tend to overlook it. We can fall into one of two categories, a dedicated or careless planner. Listen and hear the difference between the two, why proper planning is essential, and how you to can incorporate this sadly overlooked step into your own life. Enjoy!

They may sound like similar words, even interchangeable. But, they are vastly different and lead to different mindsets. Find out how I fuel myself for the whole day and find and eat food that fuels my on and off the trail. It is a journey that is constant experimentation, but you can do it if you commit. Thank you. Go far, go further.

On a short one today let's talk about health! We all have a semblance of a definition, but how does it relate to us and our lives? It's a staple of our society to be "healthy," but how can we actually enact upon it and live it? Life is a journey and so let's all incorporate a little more realization of our own good and bad health.

With a gamut of symptoms that cause immediate and long-term physical, emotional, and mental issues that are so detrimental to our wellbeing stress gets to us all. It's unavoidable, but we can all work on conquering and doing our best to prevent it. Through active relaxation, meditation, and planning out what needs to be done so that we can check it off one by one, it is possible to overcome stress. So let's work a little on stress huh? Come on!

We find ourselves in a society who's paradigm is that obesity and the destruction of our planet is a-ok. That what we do to poison our bodies and kill the earth that gives us life is fine. We need to reverse our perspective and our lives to enlighten ourselves to be the change we want to see. It starts with an example and people will follow, so help the trails and the vistas you love, fuel the body that takes you on this amazing journey called life and fall in love with the process to enlighten our consciousness.

"That's my philosophy on everything; whatever works for you." Today I have Sam Reed on the show. My dad found him on Instagram and saw what he does and we both loved it. We reached out to him and soon sat down to chat on Skype. He is vegan and has a very busy work schedule that forces him to regiment and train hard when he can. This is such a good topic to discuss for people who think that they don't have enough time. You can always fit it in. So please enjoy this chat on success in ultrarunning, veganism, working with a busy schedule, and evrything else that inspires and motivates the adventurous Sam Reed! Instagram: @i.am.sam.reed

So today I have two guests! The first time for me and I think it went very well. I have on Jamil Coury and Kelly Wolf, two experienced ultrarunners who made for a very interesting conversation about eating plants, running far, suffering, and the business of ultrarunning. Also last year Jamil completed the Slam of the Damned! Four brutal ultras that are the HURT 100, Barkley Marathons, Hardrock 100, and UTMB. We discuss that crazy series, their vegan living, and much much more. Please enjoy! runsteep.com aravaiparunning.com

Just get out of it. Change it up, it's that simple. Suffer to enlighten. Thank you.

Enjoying and being personally inspired by the people I talk to is very important to me, because I feel that then the listeners will be inspired. Dylan Bowman is most definitely inspiring to me and I do hope you enjoy our conversation on ultrarunning, meditation, body upkeep, and living simply to be happy. Dylan is awesome and I hope you can feel inspired and motivated to get out and run. Thank you. Go far, go further. dylanbowman.com