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- Yesterday31 min
Beast of Big Creek Race Companion with Rachel Tomajczyk
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- 2 days ago14 min
Daniel Antonioli & Beñat Albisu, Pre Beast of Big Creek Interview
Send us Fan Mail They just landed in Seattle, they’ve barely had time to shake out their legs, and they’re already thinking about one thing: how a U.S. sky race will feel compared to the European skyrunning circuit. We sit down with Daniel Daniel Antonioli & Beñat Albisu for a quick, high-energy pre-race conversation as they get ready to race near Big Creek in the Olympic Mountains for the first time on American soil. We talk travel realities and first impressions of the Pacific No...
- 2 days ago21 min
Jackson Cole, Pre Beast of Big Creek Interview
Send us Fan Mail A mountain race where the “trail” turns into a real cliff scramble, a town that treats race weekend like a holiday, and a new skyrace in Washington that might finally feel like Europe without the altitude excuse. We sit down with Jackson Cole fresh off Mount Marathon to unpack why Seward, Alaska draws thousands of fans, how the hype somehow matches reality, and what it feels like to go full gas to the summit in a truly competitive field. We also get specific about what...
- 3 days ago16 min
Josh Potvin, Pre Beast of Big Creek Interview
Send us Fan Mail A fast sky race can look simple on paper until you add singletrack bottlenecks, an out-and-back with traffic, and a technical finish that punishes sloppy footwork. We sit down with Canadian trail runner Josh Potvin for a quick, focused catch-up before Beast Of Big Creek, starting with what training has looked like from Vancouver and why this has been one of his most consistent years ever. From there, Josh breaks down Quebec Mega Trail: the heat, the ruthless technical sectio...
- 3 days ago15 min
Mercedes Siegle-Gaither, Pre Beast of Big Creek Interview
Send us Fan Mail A course can look “runnable” and still scare you a little. That’s exactly why Beast of Big Creek is so intriguing, and why I brought back Mercedes Siegle-Gaither for a tight, honest pre-race chat. She’d just been on the route previewing and training, and her take is vivid: long stretches of shady forest on smooth trail, a relentless uphill grind, then a shift above treeline into steeper, rockier skyrunning terrain with wildflowers and big mountain energy on the Olympic Penins...
- 3 days ago31 min
Kalie McCrystal, Pre Beast of Big Creek Interview
Send us Fan Mail A technical FKT at home can be more than a big day out. For Kalie McCrystal, it’s a proving ground for the skills that matter when the terrain gets steep, exposed, and unforgiving, and a stepping stone toward bigger goals like the Matterhorn speed record. We talk through her Tantalus Traverse FKT in the Tantalus Range across from Squamish, BC, a bucket-list alpine line that mixes runnable trail with moraines, snowfields, glaciers, route finding, and a crux that often include...
- 3 days ago25 min
Carmen Pelar Graves, Pre Beast of Big Creek Interview
Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to fall back in love with running might be to become a beginner again. Carmen Graves knows what it feels like to chase mastery: high school sprinter, college soccer and track standout, then a decade-long professional grind in the steeplechase that took her to US Trials. After years of the same build-ups and the same track-season patterns, she wanted something new, so she stepped onto the trails and embraced the discomfort of learning from scratch. We talk thr...
- 4 days ago56 min
#189 - Mathias Eichler, RD - Beast of Big Creek
Send us Fan Mail Two weeks before a race, the glamor disappears and the real work shows up: shipping cutoffs, permit conversations, course marking decisions, and an inbox that never stops. We sit down with race director Mathias Eichler to talk about what it takes to bring Beast of Big Creek back and level it up as part of the Skyrunner World Series, without sanding off the personality that made it special in the first place. We get specific about the runner experience and the race director r...
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