Download our conversation with Sam Manson about his love of Riverhead Forest and his journey from precocious trail running talent and 1B5-toting enthusiast to reluctant elite multisport athlete.
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Download our conversation with Gareth Morris, Commonwealth Games Silver Medalist Rifleman and trail runner, about the mindset of being elite in a chosen sport and applying that mindset to trail running, his journey with running and shooting, representing your country and how he’s lobbying to get an extra “L” into the word Laingholm.
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Download our conversation with Adharanand Finn, author, journalist, and runner about his new book, Rise of the Ultra Runner: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance.
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Download our conversation with Camille Herron, five times world record holder and current 100 mile Tarawera champion. We chat about her recent trip to New Zealand, how her love of life has been reinforced by a car crash prior to her departure and so much more.
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Download our conversation with Dr John Onate, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at the University of California, Davis, and ultra-runner. We talk sleep deprivation, wellness, depression, and drugs.
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Download our conversation with Kelton Wright, of Headspace, about trail running, mindfulness practice, and how being present in the moment can benefit our whole lives, not just the part of it spent on the trails. We also catch up with Tarawera 100 mile winner Jeff Browning and third place Grant Guise about their race and indeed what went down.
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Download our conversation with Tim Sutton about the concept of adventure as something that you undertake where you are, rather than where you think, feel, or want to be. Multiple Tararua SK finisher, Wuu2k 62 km Winner, and Revenant Original, Tim discusses how his love of stepping outside of what is considered normal within the culture of trail running was born.
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Download our conversation with Weston Hill about the No-Plan-Plan and the joy of following your nose. From an engineering career to careening around Europe competing in the European Sky Running Series, taking 13th at CCC and 3rd at Leye China, Weston show us all that sometimes, even if following your passion doesn’t turn out the way you think it will, it’s more that worth it.
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Download our conversation with Vajin Armstrong about connection, the moment, process, joy, the mind, meditation, community, and his journey from disillusion and abandonment of running to where he is today: one of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s most stalwart competitors
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Download our conversation with Anna Frost, Dunedin’s First Fastest Hardrocker and arguably the most successful New Zealand trail and ultra athlete. Anna burst onto the mainstream 10 years ago and enjoyed years of success, however now is at a different point in her life. In addition to being supported by Merrell, Anna owns Trail Run Adventures, a company that brings people to amazing places worldwide to run trails.
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Download our conversation with Courtney Dauwalter where we talk about Courtney’s philosophy on competition, distance, and training and much more (including, but not limited to, Fargo, Prince, Nordic Skiing, Funny Accents, Animal Jokes, and, most importantly for Matt, Lord of The Rings).
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Download our special edition of Dirchmas!!! Or Dirt Church Christmas!!! Come in, pour yourself a mimosa and tuck into the Tofurkey sarnies. We rip through our year in running, our favourite performances of the year, people to watch and our greatest of the guest Greatest Runs Ever.
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Download our conversation with Scott Worthington, one of the directors of The Revenant, an event which pushes the limits of what is considered endurance or ultra running in this country.
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Download our conversation with mighty Ruth Croft about her amazing and circuitous route to international trail success. Ruth discusses her journey from the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island via Portland, Taipei, to standing victorious at such races at OCC, Speedgoat, and the Salomon Golden Trail Series.
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Download our coverage of the 31st iteration of the FreshChoice Kepler Challenge. Eugene and Matt travelled to beautiful Te Anau, also known as the Chamonix of Fiordland, to take part in the Kepler proceedings.
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Download our first ever DCR live show, from inside Thomson Whisky Distillery at Hallertau Brewery. Nestled in amongst the copper stills were our hosts, an audience, a bunch of tasty beverages, and our guests - Dr James Kuegler and Mr Andrew McDowall.
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Download our conversation with Marianne Elliott - author, human rights lawyer, advocate, restaurateur, entrepreneur, lover of narrative, and trail runner - for an engaging and wide ranging conversation around Marianne’s story, her history as a runner, how this influences where she is now, and the value of a person’s narrative, and how focussing on the narrative, can lead to true understanding and connectivity.
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Download our conversation with the mighty Dylan Bowman. Dylan has many fans in Australasia, having won Ultra Trail Australia and being a two-time Tarawera champion (and second fastest finisher of the original course behind Jim Walmsley).
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Download our conversation with Nancy Jiang, who has traded the pavements for the mountains, recently finishing 15th at the world mountain running champs for New Zealand. Nancy also claimed 5th at the 55 km Orsières-Champax-Chamonix (or OCC) during the UTMB festival, and is the NZ Trail Running Champion. Nancy runs for Altra NZ, and has recently traded Auckland’s volcanoes for the actual mountains of Queenstown.
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Download our conversation with Scotty Hawker who goes deep into the European racing scene and just what the atmosphere at a race like UTMB is really like.
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