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Home Trails Podcast

by Samuel Hill · English · Sport

Home Trails brings you the best of British trail and ultra-running, plus international runners, scientists and professionals from running media.

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 59 min
Latest: 6 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

DANI MACGILL | District BYU Winner!

Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ Dani has made her presence known in ultra running in the UK. After getting into trail running during the pandemic by jogging with her dog on walks, she soon realised how much she enjoyed running and signed up to a 10k. Then she dipped her toes into marathon running and eventually that led her to ultras. Being in her own words “highly competitive” she decided that coming top 5 in an ultra wasn’t enough, she wanted to win the...

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2 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
FLEUR CUSHMAN | Is the CurraNZ hype for real?
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ This week we speak to Fleur Cushman from CurraNZ, the New Zealand black current supplement that's making waves in the ultra community. This podcast is very science based so be prepared to either taker notes or save the transcript to refer to afterwards. I first heard about the product from Kim Collison and Josh wade (among others) a few years back while the product was new to the Ultra and trail scene. Over the past 12 year...
21 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 12 min
TOMMY PRICE | From dying on a recce, to completing the Bob Graham Round!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ On the Home Trails Podcast this week, I speak to Tommy Price, the ultimate comeback kid! During a winter Bob recce, Tommy encountered severe weather that quickly made him hypothermic. His mate Max, unable to move Tommy back down the mountain had to make the decision to wrap him in a bivvy bag and go for help. Shortly after, Tommy crawled out of the bag and suffered cardiac arrest while his body temperature plummeted to just...
12 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 27 min
COACHES CORNER | Coach Woza returns to talk about his trip to Chamonix for UTMB
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ Warren returns to the podcast to talk about the latest coaching insights and his trip to Chamonix for UTMB. Woza had front row seats to watch the action from downtown Chamonix, So we do our best to talk through the highs and the lows of the greatest show on earth. We talk about the Brits who did well and the ones that either came up short, or even suffered at the hands of the infamous Chamonix bug! We then dive into s...
10 Sep 2026 · 48 min
LUCY GOSSAGE | New Pennine Way Record!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ Lucy returns to the Home Trails Podcast to talk about her new Pennine Way record! After a previous attempt to complete as a self supported record attempt, Lucy returned to finish the job......and finish it she did! Knocking 2 hours off Anna Troup's previous record. Lucy talks about her recovery, which involves going back to work (seriously), swollen legs and zero alcohol beers! She plans to head up to the LAP tomorrow...
9 Sep 2026 · 56 min
LOUISE BROOKWELL | 1st Overall at Ring Of Fire 130
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ This episode is a celebration of women's ultra-running this week! We recap the new FKT on the Pennine Way by Lucy Gossage of 70 hours 47 minutes and 15 seconds! We discuss Rasselbock BYU winner Becky Atkinson and the fact that the final 3 runners were all women, which included our very own Home Trailer - Hayley Wilson who provided the assist. Megan Eckert finishes Hungary's EMU 6 day race, running an impressive 636.5 miles ...
5 Sep 2026 · 46 min
LUKE GRENFELL-SHAW | 4th place at CCC
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ Luke returns to the podcast to talk about his recent 4th place at the UTMB World Finals in Chamonix in the CCC race. Before we dive into his awesome performance in the 100k race, we catch up on what he's been up to since we last spoke, which was in April of 2025! He speaks about him finishing his Bristol to Bejing cycle for charity, the ensuing film tour that took over his life for a while and his racing in between. Luke ta...
26 Aug 2026 · 39 min
Charlotte Fisher | Pre-UTMB Interview
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ Charlotte returns for a chat about UTMB. We talk about this being Charlotte's debut at the big loop and how she feels going into race week. We talk about her time at the Hoka training camp in Chamonix and how she missed the start of the craziness beginning in the town to return to the Isle of Wight to be at home. We talk about the pressure that she does/doesn't feel is on her for her first attempt at the race and how overal...
24 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
UTMB Week - Preview!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ It's UTMB week! So I sit down with Louise, one of the Home Trailers to discuss. Louise is no stranger to UTMB and big ticket races, so she comes on to giver her perspective as a previous racer over in Chamonix and to give us the low down on the women's races. We chat about the race schedule for the week, what the races are like and obviously the contenders for the podiums from the women's and mens elite fields. We also chat...
8 Aug 2026 · 51 min
RY WEBB | Lakeland 50 Winner, Surfboard maker, Pizza expert!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ On this episode of HT I speak to Ry Webb. Ry was somewhat of an enigma to me and I freely admitted that I should know more about him. Having quietly been doing his thing for many years, Ry isn't big on social media and prefers to race and not create too much fanfare. But, his results speak for him. In 2021 he won and set the course record on the Centurion NDW50. He won the WD200 in 2023 and was 2nd at Lakeland 100 last year...
4 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
COACHES CORNER | Woza joins to talk about lactate gels and peptides!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ Coaches Corner episode with Coach Woza! Warren joins us to talk all things coaching related. From the ongoing peptide issue, to the new kid on the block Lactate, being used in the form of gels by the peloton already, which should give you an idea of how new this is given that hardly anyone has even heard about them! We also talk about accidental fasted running and Woza answers questions from the Home Trails WhatsApp c...
28 Jul 2026 · 56 min
ANNA TROUP | Lakeland 100
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ Anna returns to the Home Trails Podcast! In this episode we speak about her lead up to LL100, which included a DNF at the Summer Spine Race last month, her stress fracture that was on its way out just in time for LL and how her nutrition strategy was actually the goal of this race. We talk about her learnings from the race including the steady pacing strategy that she employed to test out her race plans for TGC in September...
21 Jul 2026 · 59 min
Andrew Ferguson and Sam Calvert | ARC + Skyline Scotland by UTMB
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ In this episode of the podcast we have not one, but two guests! I'm joined by Andrew 'Ferg' Ferguson, race director at the ARC of Attrition and Sam Calvert, Event Director for UTMB in the UK. The ARC recently made some alterations to various aspects of its races, so Ferg has come on to answer some of your questions and speak about concerns from the trail running community. Sam speaks about the recent acquisition of th...
13 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
IAN SHARMAN | The Art Of Ultrarunning - Book
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ In this episode Home Trails speaks to the UK/US ultra coach, Ian Sharman. Ian who hails from the UK originally, but now lives in Colorado has spent the last 20 years developing his own coaching philosophy that's grown with the booms of ultra running over that time. Ian's book is a who's who of running, featuring anecdotes from the legends of trail that he's had the privilege to not only coach, but to call his friends. The b...
10 Jul 2026 · 40 min
WRATH | Kris King from the Spine Race tells all!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Kris King from the Spine about the new race on the Cape Wrath trail! The announcement yesterday was met with mixed responses from the trail running community. Kris comes on the podcast to answer the questions that we all have for the organisation. Instagram @hometrails_ WhatsApp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/BaTzsOKEJrI1ObLKhqRREg YouTube @HOMETRAILSMEDIA
8 Jul 2026 · 57 min
CHRIS COPE | Winning Spine Races as a type 1 diabetic
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ On this weeks podcast we speak to Chris Cope. Chris is a father, GP and type 1 diabetic that is on a roll of crushing Spine Race course records. He recently took nearly 90 minutes off the Challenger South CR, to add to his repertoire of stunning wins at the Spine, from Sprint South to the full summer race. After a difficult DNF in January on the full winter race, Chris was back for redemption at the summer race. In this epi...
30 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 12 min
JENNY HARTLEY | Full Summer Spine Race Winner!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ This time on the podcast we speak to the winner of the Summer Spine Race, Jenny Hartley. Jenny won the women's race and was 8th overall in the summer outing of Britain's Most Brutal Race! In this interview we dive into Jenny's superhero story, her experience going into the race and how she originally expected to run the Spine route the week before the race because she assumed she wouldn't get off the start list in tim...
27 Jun 2026 · 49 min
ANDY GLAZE | Smiling at the Spine - FULL unedited interview
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ This is the full sit down interview I did with Andy before he did the full Summer Spine race. We talk about his approach to Britain's most brutal race and how his previous history with Cocodona 250 might help him make it 268 miles from Edale to Kirk Yetholm! We talk kit, bogs and how his social media presence might affect the race and the international eyeballs on it now. Andy is a great guy and he's always welcome back at ...
25 Jun 2026 · 1 hr
SAMUEL HILL | Spine Sprint South 2nd Place
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ With guest host Charlotte Fisher! Sam returns to the podcast as a guest this time....to talk about his second place finish at the Spine Race Sprint South! Sam talks to Charlotte about his running career highlight. How his training went, his preparation and execution of one of his all time best performances. He talks about the highs and the lows of his race and how he had to dig deep to keep 3rd place from catching him in th...
12 Jun 2026 · 22 min
SUMMER SPINE | Preview - Short and Sweet!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ In this episode I go solo to have a quick catch up about this years races. I talk about the contenders for each race, the dark horses and obviously discuss my upcoming mini documentary about Andy Glaze, who is running the full summer race. I also chat about my race this weekend doing the Sprint South and plans for the podcast for the next few weeks. HT Instagram @hometrails_ WhatsApp group https://chat.wh...
4 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
DAVID MILLER | SPINE - Photo Book
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ In this episode of the podcast we speak to returning guest, photographer - David Miller. David returns, firstly to bring the listeners back up to speed with what he's been up to since he was last on back in 2023 (can't believe its been that long!)...and also to talk to us about his SPINE photo book project, in collaboration with the race and Vertebrate Publishing. We discuss his initial apprehension at taking on such an ico...
20 May 2026 · 49 min
CHARLOTTE FISHER | 2nd Place UTS
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ It wouldn't be another running of the UTS without an interview with our No1 guest! Charlotte returned to this years race to better her 3rd place podium spot from last year, which she did with her 2nd place in an all Brit podium! We talk about the brutal conditions on the race at times, how she almost had her first DNF due to hyperthermia that left her wandering about in a daze not knowing if she was racing or on a drunken n...
8 May 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
SAGE CANADAY | Doping in Ultramarathons!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ In the latest episode of the Podcast, we talk to ultra-running legend Sage Canaday! Sage has been on our screens for over a decade with his YouTube running channel - Vo2maxproductions. He also has a huge social media presence where he openly expresses his opinions on the trail and ultra scene. Which at times gets him into some hot water. Most notably recently with his take on a very famous bow hunter-turned ultra runn...
1 May 2026 · 1 hr 17 min
COACHES CORNER! | Wozza Joins To Talk All Things Coaching Related
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ COACHES CORNER! In this episode, coach Wozza (Warren Wrenkel) returns to talk about the latest happenings in the trail and ultra coaching worlds. We dive into the 1:59.30 marathon world record at London Marathon. Around that subject, we also talk about Joe Wicks fuelling advice, the effect that super shoes has and the progression of road running over time. We talk about coaching slower runners and how to get them movi...
24 Apr 2026 · 56 min
ULTRA X step up to save Dragon's Back and Northern Traverse!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ Exclusive interview with Sam Heward from ULTRA X about buying up the Dragons Back and Northern Traverse! Sam firstly tells the story of UX and how they came into the fortunate situation to be able to save the two iconic races. He talks about UX 7 year journey to put on world class multi-day events all over the world and how their experience put them in the position to take on DB and NT. In this episode I lean heavily on the...
17 Apr 2026 · 44 min
RUN FOREVER | Damian Hall
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ EPISODE 200!!!! In this landmark episode I speak to returning guest Damian Hall. Damo is no stranger to the podcast and has appeared in numerous episodes over the years.....This time however, it's not to talk about The Spine Race or Barkley (although they do obviously get a mention) This time we talk about his new book, RUN FOREVER! "The secret to becoming an ageless athlete" We dive into the book and how it cam...
10 Apr 2026 · 55 min
Sea to Sea by Centurion Racing | James Elson
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ In this episode I speak with Centurion Race director, James Elson. James returns to the podcast to talk about his one time only race, Sea 2 Sea. A last minute replacement for the defaulted Northern Traverse by Ourea Events. If you've been following the ongoing discussions about the demise of one of the UKs biggest names in race organisation, you'll be fully aware of the fact that 2 phoenix's rose from the ashes. One being t...
31 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
CHARLOTTE FISHER | Chianti By UTMB
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ Charlotte returns as guest/host? were not even sure at this point because she's been on the pod so regularly! Chalotte returns to give us the low down on her well earned 12th place at Chianti. After doing a pivot from Tenerife Bluetrail that was cancelled due to bad weather, to this race. Charlotte was initially disappointed with placing outside of the top 10. But on reflection, she now happy to have put down a solid race a...
24 Mar 2026 · 56 min
THE COMMUNITY TRAVERSE! | We Go Together!
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ In this episode I speak to Kitty-Leigh Oxley about the Community Traverse! In the wake of the collapse of Ourea Events, Kitty decided that all that training and money spent getting to the start line of The Northern Traverse couldn't go to waste! Surely there were others in the same situation? The seed of an ideas was born and now we have the Community Traverse! Support for this event has grown rapidly since its inception an...
17 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 19 min
DAN HOLDER | The Arctic Spine Race
Message Home Trails here - include an email or name for a response ⬅️ On this episode of the podcast we speak to Dan Holder. Dan completed this years Arctic Spine race, a non-stop 293 mile winter ultramarathon along the Kungsleden Trail in Arctic Sweden. Dan had to contend with -40 degree temps, 40mph winds, pulling a pulk with all of his survival gear including a tent to sleep in along the way. If you think that the Winter Spine Race along the Pennine Way is difficult...then wait until you h...

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Home Trails brings you the best of British trail and ultra-running, plus international runners, scientists and professionals from running media.

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Publisher: Samuel Hill
Language: English
Category: Sport
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 59 min
Latest episode: 6 Oct 2026
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