Lots to get through in today’s episode! Duncan talks about his weekend at the Blackall 100, the boys discuss the recently completed Bigs Backyard World Championship in Tennessee and if their previous predictions came true, and how their fantasy teams faired against the rest of the field!
We also chat about out the upcoming Reds Backyard Ultra!
Howdy Snail fam! Today we hear from Harps on his experience at the Lonely Mountain Ultra, plus preview the upcoming Blackall 50k & 100k events in steamy Sunshine Coast.
We give our Bigs Backyard World Championships predictions and more!
Run Queensland YouTube channel (Blackall livestream)
https://youtube.com/@runqueensland?si=cwv71Gz9cYrwG_ys
Bigs Backyard Fantasy competition
The latest chat sees Duncan stitched up by a special guest.. the lads chat downgrades and some recent races results, and their dream INTVL territory
Blackall 100 info
https://www.runqld.com.au/blackall-100
Lonely Mountain Ultra info
https://lonelymountainultra.com.au
For all backyard ultra results and info go to:
The fellas chat about recent Snail events, UTMB, rival podcasts and unpack a big bag of Snail mail with lots of race questions!!
Strava group below - join for Brisbane group run details:
https://www.strava.com/clubs/1116297
New Snails merch store:
Better by next week podcast
Warrens website!
Some great heat training podcast episodes:
Harps is back from Europe and catches up with Duncan, chatting training, plans, new shoes, and taking over the world on the INTVL app, one territory at a time.
Links/codes:
Use our code “SNAILSTW15” for 15% your order at www.tailwindnutrition.com.au
Download the INTVL app and join the Trail Snails club!
The man of many names - Timmy Moffatt joined us for today’s episode! We chatted Herdys (which he won) , Dead Cow Gully, crewing for the Goat Phil Gore, and of course a few fan favourites - hypotheticals!
In this episode we spoke with Hollie Shield, a Bundaberg-based, badass Trail Runner who recently smashed her backyard ultra PB, successfully completing 25 yards at Dead Cow Gully!
Hollie chats to us about her training, her race and how the mind is key to achieving your goals!
It’s a long episode! Strap in!
The week that was!! We recall our races from the 2025 Dead Cow Gully backyard masters, as well as many others - including our much requested pre race tent chat (aka the 6-man-10-min giggle fest)
It’s race week! Dead Cow Gully is around the corner and the Snails chat last minute preparations for our races. We go through a few of the top dogs - the elite men and woman who could be set for some huge totals this year. And of course our new favourite segment - Duncan’s Conundrum!
Good luck to everyone running and crewing at the Gully! Make sure you come say hello and grab a Heaps Normal beer from the boys!
The Road to Dead Cow Gully - part 2!
More wisdom bombs are being dropped on us as we are joined by some more huge guests!
If you are running a backyard ultra then you are crazy to not listen to this one!
Thanks to all the contributors…
The Road to Dead Cow Gully - part 1!
The fellas get some awesome nuggets of wisdom ahead of the 2025 Masters from a range of backyard legends, including World Record holders and crew wizards!
Maybe you’ll find some piece of advice to implement at DCG or at your next Backyard event!
Get your note pad out for this one peeps..
Thanks to all the contributors for helping us out with their time and knowledge!
Toby Steele is a Brisbane-based ultra runner who just ran the 2025 Cocodona 250 in Arizona USA! Toby talks us through his journey toward making it into the race, his preparations for it and of course how the 111 hours panned out for him in a race that throws everything at its participants!
Toby’s instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/tobysteele__?igsh=Yzd0NnYxYnR0ZHVw
Cocodona instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/cocodona250?igsh=MXFiaGxxdWg1a3Frbw==
The Chase - Cocodona 2024 documentary
https://youtu.be/k0HkYULFVvA?si=7Ajo_uYQzT41Jrsu
The Pointy End - Cocodona 2025 documentary
https://youtu.be/N-LVmZdrJuc?si=MCYX3jM1ScJVPdTk
Episode 3 of our “Road to Dead Cow Gully”
We were lucky enough to chat with Dead Cow Gully race director - Tim Walsh! Set on the Walsh
Family property in Nanango QLD, Dead Cow Gully is arguably one of the premier Backyard Ultra events in the world, and the previous Masters having set a world record by Phil Gore at 102 yards.
Set for a huge event at this years Masters, Tim chats about previous events as well as what we can expect from this years edition - we also chat the recent world record set at the Legends Backyard Ultra in Belgium.
This is a must for anyone heading to the gully this June! Enjoy!
2023 Backyard Masters YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/sTPf4MmPw2E?si=1AIZ_8iX7zXAHCqV
2022 Dead Cow Gully YouTube video
https://youtu.be/mKX9rASYUQM?si=zcC_3hxSCFkpEuDV
We chat with personal trainer and Backyard Ultra runner Darren Chandler from Perth, Western Australia.
Darren tells us how he got into fitness, boxing and running, we chat about his recent results at Herdys Backyard Ultra and looking ahead to Dead Cow gully 2025 - and we deep dive into the mental resilience it takes to succeed at a Backyard! + lots more!
If you have an endurance event coming up this episode should give you plenty of inspiration and tools you can use !
Check out Daz on:
https://www.instagram.com/darrenchandlerfitness
https://www.pwrfitness.com.au/about
Happy Birthday to the Escargot show! We are officially 1 year old!
To celebrate, we wrapped up the recent Sydney’s Backyard Ultra and the Gil’s Galavant Backyard Ultra, including a world first involving a neck pillow.
We are in full backyard mode, the road to Dead Cow Gully Masters 2025 has begun!
The weekend that wasn’t! With the Yandina 5-0 postponed due to heavy rainfalls the Snails still made it an event to remember! We chat about our wet and wild weekend and looking ahead to Dead Cow Gully Backyard Masters..
If you want to sign up and run Yandina 5-0 on its new date - June 14 2025 check out Run QLD!
https://www.runqld.com.au/yandina-50
12km, 21km, 36km and 50km distances available!!
Great event on some epic trails, and it starts and finishes at a brewery!!
We are 1 week out from the Yandina 5-0 Ultramarathon and the boys discuss the upcoming event, how their training has been and chat about the course in detail! Good luck everyone!
Toowoombas very own Sara “Little Willy” Wilson joins us on episode 21, chatting how she got started with running and her journey into Backyard ultras!
We talk training, mental toughness, goal setting and much more!
Check her out on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sara__runs__?igsh=MTVkZXU3MDJrOWUwcw==
Link to her coach Matt:
https://www.instagram.com/run_coaching?igsh=MThvcWk1OGptZ2FjYQ==
Ciao mi amores! This episode the lads have a catch up with plenty of shit talk, gripes with technical trails, Montoya Por Favor and big bag of snail mail!
We are joined by Brisbane based podiatrist and personal trainer Matt McKean! Matty proved to be a wealth of knowledge - this was our most informative episode yet! We bust some common podiatry misconceptions, chat about the benefits of strength work, get Matt’s thoughts on running shoe options and much more!
Check out Matt below:
@keen.physique
https://www.instagram.com/keen.physique?igsh=cnYwZThlOXFqYnpt
https://www.keenphysique.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/keen.podiatry?igsh=MTY0anY5aW9ob2piaA==
Link to athlete Alec Blenis
https://www.instagram.com/alecblenis?igsh=b2R0OG9mNjcwdWM3
