Welcome to the Ultrarunner Magazine podcast. We’re absolutely passionate about anything and everything to do with ultra running and will take you to the heart of ultra-marathon events and shine the spotlight on individual athletes with updates on the latest fastest known time (FKT’s), ultra-running kit, training and nutrition in the sport.
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Ultra Trail Drakensberg Race Director Interview – Spurgeon Flemington
Welcome to the Ultrarunner Magazine podcast, thanks for joining us today.
Today we’re privileged to talk to Ultra Trail Drakensberg Race Director and founder Spurgeon Flemington who shares a passionate insight into the events development and deep connection with the mountains, traversing an iconic wilderness steeped in culture amongst the highest mountains in Southern Africa.
Spurgeon shares an insight into setting up the events, the range of distances, the trails the races follow, the challenges along the way and it highlights that the ‘passions extend beyond the events to the environment in which he works and lives’, “directly raising funds to support projects benefiting the local area helping to improve the surrounding environment and its wild inhabitants.”
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19 Dec 2022
Paul Edwards – Walking Across America
Welcome to the Ultrarunner Magazine Podcast.
Today we’re joined on the channel by Ultrarunner Paul Edwards as he shares an insight into his incredible background of endurance and how each test has prepared Paul for his 2800 mile walk across America starting in January 2023…
What makes Paul tick? We delve into the passions that are ignited in Paul to support his local children’s charity, and how does Paul break down the distance into manageable steps… There’s always one last challenge for Paul…
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6 Dec 2022
Everesting Every Month – Lorna Mae Hellam
Welcome to the Ultrarunner Magazine Podcast, thanks for joining us. Today we’re catching up with Lorna Mae Hellam of Hartfell Hill Running Club (https://www.hartfellhillrunningclub.co.uk/), aged 24, from Dumfries, who has just completed a challenge of completing the height of Mount Everest at 8849m every month of 2022 in memory of her beloved uncle.
What makes the challenge even more incredible is that Lorna just completed her December Everesting in less than 24 hours and has now raised over £2600 for the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation (https://www.hospice.ie/)… https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lorna-hellam-everest12 (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lorna-hellam-everest12)…
Lorna shares the difficulties during the challenge, the mindset to continue and how it felt to have the support of her friends and family. Special thank you to Lorna for sharing her story and Norman Neilson for arranging.
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