The Trail and Error Podcast

Mar 18 2025 86 ep. 67 mins 66
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Welcome to Trail & Error. The podcast where together we'll explore the world of trail running, capturing the diverse perspectives of a range of guests, from professional and amateur athletes, event and race directors, coaches and scientists. Learning what works, what doesn’t, and having a few laughs along the way.

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#89 David Parrish

Mar 18 2025 65 mins  
Ex Royal Marine David Parrish joins me alongside a new guest co-host, Jodie Gauld, to talk multi-day adventures, his victory at the 2023 Cape Wrath Ultra and how he's preparing for the 2025 Dragon's Back Race. Alongside his record breaking companion, 'Munro' the spaniel, David has been running and hiking in the mountains in his native Scotland since leaving the military and his ski

#88 Max King

Feb 21 2025 66 mins  
#88 Max KingA resident of Oregon and ‘Dragon Tamer’, running legend and coach Max King joins me and guest co-host Lewis Ryan on this episode.We talk about his 2024 DBR win, taking on locals in their own back yard and the narrowing differences between race experiences around world. We even got the scoop on Max’s upcoming attempt at the Barkley Marathons and his tips for on the

#87 Shane Ohly

Feb 12 2025 59 mins  
I’ve been itching to have Shane back on the show for a number of reasons.The foremost of these was his completion of the Dragon’s Back in a one’r, creating an FKT for this iconic route. It’s also the first real ‘3 peat’ achievement in appearing as a guest on the pod’!We chatted about his sub 24 hour finish on January’s Arc of Attrition by UTMB 100 miler and discuss

# 86 Noor van der Veen

Jan 31 2025 58 mins  
#86 Noor van der VeenOn this episode I speak to ultra runner and mountaineer Noor van der Veen. Noor turned up with an awesome performance on this year's 100 mile Arc of Attrition by UTMB taking 1st place in the women's race comfortably. As always we cover a whole host of topics including race recce's and tactics, opinions on the race and the realities of female participation in th

#85 Lewis Ryan

Jan 28 2025 60 mins  
In this episode I chat to Lewis Ryan, overall winner of the Arc of Attrition by UTMB 100 mile race. We cover how the race unfolded and his experiences along the route as well discussing comparisons between his 2024 victory on the 50 mile race and how that race unfolded this year with a victory from Tom Evans and also how he felt about the race being a UTMB World Series event. We al

#84 Julia Davis

Jan 28 2025 64 mins  
On this episode I speak to ultra runner and coach Julia Davis. We turned this chat into a travelogue of sorts, talking about Julia's running experiences donning the GB vest to race in India, her love of a race over Cape Town's Table Mountain and her uncanny ability to attract snow and unseasonable weather as well as chatting about the Arc of Attrition podium and her coaching with

#83 Winter Downs 200: Race Special

Dec 29 2024 82 mins  
In this episode of Trail and Error Tris is back on the start line... for the Centurion Running Winter Downs 200 race. 200 miles obviously an extremely long race, and Tris's longest attempted one’r distance to date. We go through all the details of his preparations, the race details and his plans in the first half of this episode before catching up with him again to hear how i

#82 Chris Kelly

Dec 28 2024 50 mins  
In this episode of Trail and Error we talk to endurance runner and coach Chris Kelly. A former footballer, hip surgery in 2016 forced Chris to look at sport in a new way and thankfully he discovered he was a runner! We talk about his running, injuries and rehab, 1st place on the GUCR and his epic 24 hour/169 mile feat as well as his sub 21 hour finish Arc of Attrition.Despite his i

#80 Luke Grenfell-Shaw

Oct 21 2024 61 mins  
In this episode we talk to Luke Grenfell-Shaw, a member of the Brooks Running trail running team and cancer survivor. Luke was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in 2018 at the age of just 24. Far from recoiling he launched himself out into the world on a mission to make the most of life. 8 years on and Luke has a tandem bike ride from Bristol to Bejing under his belt as well as com

#79 UTMB: TDS Race Special

Sep 13 2024 68 mins  
Jay heads over to Chamonix to take on the TDS. A race with 9400m of elevation change over 145km of remote alpine trails, the TDS has a formidable reputation for difficulty and testing the endurance of those seeking more of a challenge than the classic UTMB 100 miler can offer. TDS takes its participants from Courmayeur in Italy back to the iconic finish line in Chamonix, giving