Strides: A Trail Running Podcast

About Strides: A Trail Running Podcast

A trail running podcast exploring the sport in San Antonio, Texas, and beyond.

Publisher

Mason Hickok

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 May 2025

Latest episode

5 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Nov 2026

   Stealing Souls and Winning A 100-mile Race with Courtney Rouse

   Courtney Rouse again put San Antonio’s trail running scene on the map with a first-place finish at the Arkansas Traveller 100, one of the oldest 100-mile races in the United States. Courtney is beloved in the San Antonio run community, and with a portfolio that includes wins on the road and trail, a long-overdue conversation on this podcast. Weeks ago, Courtney finished first in the women’s race at the Arkansas Traveller 100 in 18:49:00; she also finished nearly two hours ahead of the s...

2. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Moab, Mother Nature, and Unfinished Business at the 200-mile Distance with Shamzi Alkaff

   Though Mother Nature cut short Shamzi Alkaff’s Moab 240 run this year, he wouldn’t trade the experience, especially since he ran the same trails that made him fall in love with trail running. Anyone who follows the trail running scene has likely seen the images and videos that came out of Utah last week during the Moab 240. More than 100 started the run, but none finished after severe storms and winds washed away aid stations and stranded runners. Shamzi was part of the group that ran this ye...

3. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Toeing the line at the Broken Arrow Skyrace with Joe Sierra

   It’s safe to say a love for West Texas flows through Joe Sierra. It’s where he has spent considerable time on trails—at races like Sky Island and the Big Bend Ultra—and the place that helped inspire the design of his run group’s hat. Joe has appeared on two previous pre-race interviews on Strides, but our conversation comes after Joe finished the 46K at the Broken Arrow Skyrace in June; a race that draws the elites, and for Joe, pushed him to newer limits. We chat about what drew him to the C...

Who has been a guest on Strides: A Trail Running Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Edgar Navarrete
• Amy Hermes
• Kirsten Mengden
• Santiago Ortega
• Garrett Philbrick

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

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Quality

84

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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