Ultrarunning Sam Samuel Hill

Send us a Text Message.In this episode I speak to a veteran of the events industry, who also happens to be an ultra runner himself.Doug Emslie has been in the events game for over 30 years and now has a major financial investment in Racoon Media, who organise events like the National Running Show, the Outdoor Show and more recently, the US Running Show in Boston earlier this year.Doug talks about his route into trail running, the events business and his new partnership with Broken Arrow SkyRa...

Send us a Text Message.In this weeks episode I speak to Daniel Weller.Dan grew up in Ohio in the USA before moving to the UK and taking up trail running. Dan has been in the sport for many years, but has started to put down some epic performances at some of the UK’s biggest ultramarathons.Having consistently finished on the podium at many races over the last year, he started this year by winning the winter Spine Challenger South in January. Most recently he won the GB Ultras Pennine Barrier 5...

Send us a Text Message.In this episode of the podcast I speak to returning guest Jon Shield.Jon is possibly the busiest man in UK ultra running right now. When he’s not racing and winning ultras all over the world, he’s coaching, putting on trail running camps, organising the new FENIX running team and he is currently in the process of setting up his own trail running brand! It’s no wonder he only gets 4 hours sleep a night!We talk about his wins since we last spoke. His up and down trai...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of the podcast, I speak to Emma Stuart about her amazing results over the last year. After wins in the 2023 editions of the 100-mile Arc of Attrition, 100-mile Ultra-Trail Snowdonia, and third place in the 120km Lavaredo Ultra Trail, Emma moved up the distance further by entering Italy’s notoriously punishing 205-mile Tor des Géants, which she won 🥇 After a great start to 2024 with a 3rd place at the highly competi...

Send us a Text Message.In this episode I speak to Christina Smith.Christina is an Olympic bobsledding athlete residing in Canada, who now works for The Enhanced Games.If you’re not familiar with the concept of the EG…….it’s set to be the Olympic Games for the next generation.Imagine the Olympics, but without drug testing. Imagine having a team of scientists and doctors overseeing everything in the name of science and research.Well you don’t have to imagine, because it’s coming!This isn’t just...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of the podcast I speak to Sophie Power.Sophie shot to infamy in the 2018 UTMB race, when she was photographed breastfeeding at a checkpoint.Due to the races then policy of not allowing race deferrals due to pregnancy, she found herself racing with a 3 month old baby.When the image went viral around the world, Sophie realised that she now had an obligation to raise awareness of the failings of some race organisations with regard to female runners.The defe...