Riley Brady
I am Riley Brady and I call Pennsylvania my home and feel most comfortable out on a trail or working on a bike. I currently work for Trek bikes when I am not training or working on my hairstyling skills. In 2021 I had a string of great performances and won every race I entered culminating at the Virgil Crest 100 miler where I set
Rachel Spaulding
I have a Masters in Public Health and am a competitive swimmer turned ultra runner. I enjoy distances over 50K and love running in the mountains over technical terrain. I am also passionate about the environment and think all outdoor athletes should be environmentalists; I am a running and fitness coach who enjoys using a 'whole person approach'.
HollyAnn Swann
My name is HollyAnn Swann and I’m looking forward to the 2022 trail racing year with TC Elite and my super speedy teammates! I’m Alabama born and West Virginia adopted. Collegiately I had the opportunity to run for both Auburn University at Montgomery and Marshall University specializing in the 5k/10k distance. Post-collegiately I spent a few years as a road marathoner chasing the marathon OTQ
Caleb Bowen
My name is Caleb Bowen and here is a little bit of information about me. I currently am the Assistant Cross Country/Track and Field Coach at Marshall University located in Huntington, WV. I was given the opportunity to coach here at Marshall (my alma mater) back in 2015 and have loved helping this team grow and progress ever since I started. In addition to coaching,
Eric LiPuma
I am a runner originally from New Jersey who now lives in Richmond Vermont. I typically run ultra trail races but have dabbled in road running as well and in 2019 was a member of the 50k US team.In 2022 I am going to focus on more technical mountain races to give myself a new challenge and to take advantage of the rocky, rooty terrain
Your Trail: The Enchanted Mountains of Ellicottville, NY
Vishal Gupta on the 171 mile Conservation Trail in Allegany State Park - Photo Credit Mark Valites from @Buffalotrailandultrarunners Tucked into the far southwestern corner of New York State on the border of Pennsylvania lie the Enchanted Mountains of Cattaraugus County and the trail town of Ellicottville, NY. With a permanent population of less than 300 people, there are two ski resorts, miles of cross-country ski and
Trails Collective Live | April 12, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnezuFqIUWw Joining us this week are Jim Blandford on the classic Bull Run Run 50 Mile, Sarah Briggs on the Eagleton Trail Challenge 50k, Brandon Talisesky on Shore2Shore, and Chris Roberts on the creation and launch of Long Haul Sports Nutrition. Join us!
When The Mountain Wins
I heard a quote recently that stuck to my brain like a prickly burr to blue jeans. It’s originally attributed to Lao Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher: “those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.” On its face that may seem ridiculous, even unattainable, not to mention more than a little cryptic (seriously, did these guys ever just say stuff like
Trails Collective Live: April 6, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1G2WT_MCmw This week we'll lead in with voices in from the Paumanok Pursuit, Naked Prussian, and Gorge Waterfalls. From there we'll move into our going long feature of Spirituality in Ultra, and featuring Sabrina Little, Mario Mendoza, and Michael Dubova. Join us and thanks for spreading the word. 2:48 – Event mentions, coming up and almost full4:03 – Podcast mentions4:33 – HollyAnn Swann Gorge Waterfalls 100k19:45 –
Imposter Syndrome
We evolved in the outdoors.In fact, we evolved in the back country.There were few trails, likely no trails, when hominids first walked out of Africa to settle Europeand Asia around 2 million years ago.We ran to hunt. We ran to escape.Our children ran to play. They still do.As climate cooled for a time, forests gave way to open grasslands, and our ancestors evolvedfrom tree dwellers
