On the eve of one of America's largest ultra trail race, the Black Canyon Ultras, Mountain Outpost announces another new initiative: 'Race Purse'- a crowdfunding platform for prize purses for elite runners. In recent months Black Canyon, and Aravaipa have gotten under increased scrutiny for not offering any prize money at all. This new project, seemingly outsourcing the solution created lots of chatter online and Krissi is joining me to try to make sense of it all.

• Krissi on Singletrack
• Krissi on Instagram
• Race Purse by Mountain Outpost
• On Electric Cable Car: Black Canyon Ultras Prize Money
• On Electric Cable Car: Jamil Coury is the most powerful person in Trail Running

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Joe McConaughy has achieved a lot in his life already, but this year he's going to embark on two new and daunting adventures : fatherhood and race directing. I don't know which one's harder, but we chat about both and a lot more on this episode of Singletrack.

• Joe's coaching website
• Joe on Instagram
• Youth Trail Project
• Vert Running Series

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Austin is taking the big leap into self-employment and joins me on Singletrack to chat about his new business Point to Point Photography. As a trained photographer with years of experience making connections in the outdoor industry Austin is ready to step behind the lens and share his vision of running on trails in wild places with the world.

• Austin on Instagram
• Point to Point Photography

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• Rock Candy Running
• Trail Running Film Festival

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This week we're opening the much anticipated registration for Beast of Big Creek. Who better to help me launch all this than the person who reached out first when I wanted to get Beast on the radar of The International Skyrunning Federation. Ryan Kerrigan is the executive director of Skyrunning USA and on Singletrack we chat about the history of skyrunning and the process it took to bring the Skyrunner World Seriers back to the US. 2026 will be an exciting time in short and steep trail racing.

• Beast of Big Creek
• Skyrunning USA
• International Skyrunning Federation
• Skyrunner World Series

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• Trail Running Film Festival

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Nicholas Triolo wrote my favorite book of 2025: 'The Way Around' and he's back on Singletrack to chat about it. We discuss the process of writing, the inspiration for the stories, and what a great travel books are meant to do for the reader. You'll think different about that loop in the woods next time you head out on your run, I promise.

• Nicholas's website
• Nicholas's blog
• Nicholas's book 'The Way Around'

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Alex Bond joins Singletrack for one last hurrah of 2025 - and yes, I am fully aware that I'm posting this already in 2026. So, a first hurrah of 2026. We're chatting about the world of trail and mountain running over the past year and looking ahead and the new one. Hope it will be a happy one for y'all!

• Alex Bond on Strava
• RE/Run 2025 on Electric Cable Car

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It's the end of 2025 and I'm joined by special guest Krissi Polentz to chat about this past year in trail running. What stood out? What were the big stories and big misses that shaped out sport and culture? We're taking a look at the players that speak, the businesses that spend money, and the movers that have shape our sport this past year. And of course, we're making some predictions for what this all will mean for the coming one. Happy Holidays and thanks for being part of the ride.

• Krissi's website: The Runetarian
• Krissi on Instagram
• Cover photo by Mike McMonagle

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Very special guest Morgan Powell joins Singletrack to help me unveil the poster art for the Trail Running Film Festival's Global Tour 2026. We chat about the inspiration behind the artwork and get to know Morgen, the artist and athlete behind it all.

• Morgan Powell's design studio: Unthaw.co

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