Lara Hamilton is an Australian distance runner, producer/vocalist, and digital growth hacker who discovered her passion for trail running while training as a nordic and cross-country skier. She was part of the Boise State University Track/XC Team from 2019 to 2021 but now focuses on trail-based sports. Lara has traveled the world for both sport and adventure and has found a balance between her trail running pursuits and her successful career.
Lara and I have a wide ranging discussion in today's episode covering her amazing career, living and training at altitude, opera singing, and the dangers of running on treadmills.
Listen in as Lara prepares to embark on her 2023 race campaign, starting with UTA 22 in Sydney then off to the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Austria.
Follow Lara on Instagram @lara_hamilton
or check out her website https://larahamilton.com/
Credits
Podcast Host: Daniel Farrugia
Guest: Lara Hamilton
Music
'The Podcast Intro' - Music Unlimited (via Pixabay)
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Coaching
If you are looking for a coach to get you into the running shape of your life email Daniel Farrugia - distancerunnersunlimited@gmail.com
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He's a runner, rock climber, sailor, sea kayaker, back country skier and all round outdoors-man and he also happens to be a really awesome guy and now he is the 2023 Australian Mountain Running Champion. His name is Fraser Darcy and he joins the podcast live from the unofficial capital of the majestic Flinders Ranges, Quorn, South Australia. We talk about Fraser's outstanding running performances and how his love for the outdoors has helped him become such an incredible runner. Now, this passion now takes Fraser to the pinnacle of world mountain running in Austria in August 2023 as he competes in the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships.
Listen in and support this outstanding South Aussie athlete as he represents Australia on the big stage wearing the 'Green & Gold'. Go get 'em Fraser!
Check out Fraser's awesome sponsors here:
Fraser's blog is full of great info and race reports, I highly recommend it:
Credits
Podcast Host: Daniel Farrugia
Guest: Fraser Darcy
Music
'The Podcast Intro' - Music Unlimited (via Pixabay)
Support The Trail Runners Experience Podcast by sharing this episode with everyone you know. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
Coaching
If you are looking for a coach to get you into the running shape of your life email Daniel Farrugia - distancerunnersunlimited@gmail.com
Trail runner Matt Allbeury joins the podcast for an excellent chat about his most audacious running goal - running 1000kms in 30 days through the Swiss Alps from Zurich to Trieste as part of his Project Alp Run where he is supporting Trees For The Future - an organisation that aims to 'break the cycle of hunger, poverty, and environmental destruction' by planting trees and reestablishing landscapes in developing communities throughout the world.
We talk about Matt's journey to running and what brought him to such an incredible place in his running life. In this wide ranging discussing we talk about everything from martial arts (another of Matt's passions) to philosophy to how to defend yourself if attacked by a bear in the wild (something that is a very real threat on Matt's epic journey).
I always enjoy my conversations on this podcast but I must say that I feel extremely inspired by Matt as a person and by this incredible feat he is about to undertake. I would love to see people support Project Alp Run and Trees For The Future. The planet is at stake.
Be inspired.
Support Matt Allbeury below. Click the links, change the world...
Project Alp Run https://www.projectalprun.com
Trees For The Future https://trees.org
Credits
Podcast Host: Daniel Farrugia
Guest: Matt Albeury
Music
'The Podcast Intro' - Music Unlimited (via Pixabay)
Support The Trail Runners Experience Podcast by sharing this episode with everyone you know. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
Coaching
If you are looking for a coach to get you into the running shape of your life email Daniel Farrugia - distancerunnersunlimited@gmail.com
In today's Sidejog we take a "walk" down memory lane and talk about the most popular sport in the Western World throughout the 1900s - Pedestrianism.
Music by The Mountain - 'Funky Burger' (Pixabay)
Welcome to part 2 of the Toby Durnall Experience. Listen to episode #75 for part 1.
Toby rejoins the podcast almost a year after his first appearance to talk all about Marathon De Sables and UTMB. No spoilers. Just listen to the episode to hear from a very inspiring man!
Dannielle Vanderhuel joins the podcast to talk about that wonderful and crazy sport called trail running. Her recent success shows that she's pretty damn good at it too. Dannielle has numerous wins under her belt including Yurrebilla, Five Peaks and Run Adelaide Hundred just to name a few. It was awesome fun talking with Dannielle. Hope you enjoy.
And I know there is no such thing as a 'bubbling metropolis'.... I'm human :)
Nathan Pearce runs into this episode of the Trail Runners Experience at break-neck speed and makes history by becoming the fastest athlete to ever grace the ears of TRE listeners. Fresh from his run scintillating run at the Golden ticket race at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, NSW, Nathan unpacks his training and racing starting from humble beginnings at Little Athletics to the heady heights of racing at the World Mountain Running championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and how he came to truly enjoy running. He has built a running resume that would be the envy of many. Nathan is equal parts talented and humble so it was an absolute pleasure conversing with him. I hope you enjoy this chat us much as I did.
Credits:
Music by Music_Unlimited from Pixabay
Kate rejoins the podcast as we launch this new side project of the Trail Runners Experience called 'Sidejog'. It is a fun informal look at the world of running. In this episode we discuss the greatest marathon cheat of all time - Rosie Ruiz.
Enjoy!
Credits:
Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/the_mountain-3616498/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=138616">The_Mountain</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=138616">Pixabay</a>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Ruiz
https://youtu.be/jf07fcP7YYc
Join me as I dive into the world of mountain running with Melbourne based coach, Steve Brennan. Steve is a highly experienced runner and coaches a squad of seriously fast runners. Together we discuss the similarities and differences between various disciplines, from cross country to Fell running to marathon running to mountain and sky running. Steve lays out some coaching gold with some excellent training tips to become a better hill runner and shares his passion for the sport of running.
Credits:
Podcast intro - Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/music_unlimited-27600023/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863">Music_Unlimited</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863">Pixabay</a>
After a very long hiatus, The Trail Runners Experience is back featuring new interviews! This season will take on a new approach with most of the interviewees being athletes who are coached by me (Coach Daniel Farrugia) so that you the listener may gain an insight into what it takes to prepare for endurance races of all kinds.
The Toby Durnall Experience Part 1
In this first part we learn about Toby. We find out how he came to be a runner and build up to his first 50km ultra less than two years ago to now (March 2022) as he prepares to embark on two of the biggest and most prestigious ultras on the planet - The Marathon des Sables (250km) and then Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (170km). How does Toby feel as he stands on the precipice of such huge races? Well, you'll have to listen in to find out.
Sonja Jansen returns to the podcast after her blistering world class run at the 2021 Adelaide 24 hour where she covered more than 233km for a huge outright win, female course record and fell just 5km short of the national record. Listen in as we discuss the last few months of her incredible running career and find out what it takes to run with such class and humility while juggling work, family and lockdown.
In this special episode I catch up with two of my athletes, Matthew and Tamas after they recently completed the monumental Irrational S.O.U.T.H 200 miler. Both men ran, walked and crawled from Murray Bridge to Clare in South Australia in cold wet conditions over 320 kilometres. In this coaching catch-up, we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of this huge effort and find out what worked and didn't work with regards to training program, nutrition, pacing strategy and much more.
Enjoy this special episode of the Trail Runners Experience and don't forget to leave a review of the podcast on Apple podcasts.
Ben Hockings - the Great Uncle of trail running in South Australia - returns to The Trail Runners Experience to discuss his Race Directing career, his new and unique ultra series (The Ultra Hard Series), the reasons why he has decided to hang up the race directing hat and running in general. Ben has a wide range of interests when it comes to running so we went for a bit of an exploration of those interests in this conversation. Enjoy!
Find out more about the Ultra Hard Series here: https://ultrahard.com.au/
Rebecca Hunt returns to the podcast 50 episodes after her first appearance on the Trail Runners Experience, this time as host of her very own awesome podcast called Tales From The Midpack. In this special crossover episode we discuss all things 2020 and give a thumbs up or thumbs down to various running related gear or experiences. Have a listen to this episode and then go listen to Rebecca's excellent podcast where you will hear conversations with real people doing massive things.
https://talesfromthemidpack.wordpress.com/podcasts/
Brett from Adelaide Trail Runners joins the podcast to talk about this newly formed venture that aims to bring some new and interesting events to the Adelaide area. The Summer Trail Series (created by Ben Hockings of Ultra Runners SA) is the first exciting event to take place and Brett speaks of his excitement and nervousness at launching this fantastic trail running enterprise. Listen in to hear about the varied and interesting courses on offer for the 2020/21 Summer Trail Series.
If you want to know more about Adelaide Trail Runners go here - https://www.adelaidetrailrunners.com.au/
