Singletrack With Mathias Eichler

This show is a little dangerous. With special guest Katja Hurt of the newly formed Wilderness Chaplains, the team takes a deep dive into the emotional toll on everyone when things go wrong outdoors. It's a serious show. Well, kind of. Show Notes on outdoor-society.com

Running legend, coach and race director Mike Ehredt joins the show to discuss the challenges of Hard Rock 100, adventure running in foreign cultures and the pure bliss of letting our legs carry us mile after mile. Oh, and how many Mocca Frappuccinos it takes to cross America on foot. Full show notes on outdoor-society.com

Your Singletrack team will be hosting an aid station at the Hillbilly Half and Mountain Marathon this March. It's one of the funnest and gnarliest races in the area that you definitely should sign up for. And we'll be there, and it will be wild. Also on the show: Doug is testing chafing balms, Mathias needs new shoes, again, and the crew discusses the film 'Free Solo', finally. Show Notes and links at outdoor-society.com

The crew retells their latest fun-filled adventure at the boggy North Slope of the Capitol Forest. Weather-related race cancelations are discussed and what a lobbying group for trail runners would focus on. Deep stuff.

Your hosts discover new to them sun-filled trails so close to home and introduce Capitol Forest. The usefulness of micro spikes is debated and how one finds the physical and mental energy to get up and go on regular training runs. Show Notes: Doug's favorite song of all time. TopoMaps+, the essential mapping tool to keep yourself orientated on confusing trails like the one we love to run at the Capitol Forest. Gear in the testing lab right now: Microspikes! Hillsound Trail Crampons will hit the trail with us very soon, stay tuned.

Doug runs a race, actually runs it twice! And finishes it, with his grandpa. You're awesome Grandpa Scott, and you too Doug, well done. You're beloved hosts also discuss the on-boarding of new technology and how to cook the best taco meat. Like the white experts they are. Thanks to Rickey Gates and Suunto for Suunto for sending Mathias a new Suunto 9 watch. Very very awesome! Gear in the testing lab right now: - BivyStick - Simple, Affordable, Satellite communication - Tigertail - Handheld foam rollers Got a product you're interested in seeing featured on Singletrack? Get in touch.

Mathias did it! He finished his winter project of running every (damn) single street in Olympia, Washington. The team (even Barbara Walters makes an appearance) have a lengthy conversation around goal setting, personal dreams, and life affirming projects. That is the essence of these short, weird, fun few years we walk and run on this planet called earth. There's other stuff too.

Topics in this week's episode include the UTMB draw, cherry coke, and dynamite. Doug signs up to Run the Rut mountain race, again! And the team gets political by yelling at asshats cutting down trees at Joshua Tree National Park due to the government shutdown.

It's the new year and plans must be made, dreams hatched, and projects planned. Share with us your dream adventure project for 2019 via audio message and we'll include in an upcoming show. Oh, and don't forget to stretch after your run.

Groundbreaking Obscure. Memorable. Hilarious. Artistic. Sometimes, there are movies that are too good to not be shared, Fire and Ice is one of them. In this week's episode, Mathias and Doug give themselves a present by discussing the 1986 German Ski Film, Fire and Ice. Full of memorable quotes, ski dancing, tongue rolling and incredible music, this movie is a classic that few have seen. We dive deep into the movie, recapping the scenes and lines, giving you, the listener, an audio journey of the movie that is a classic at The Outdoor Society. We laugh a lot, talk about 80s culture and clothing, and of course, sing. This episode is brought to you by the 2019 Summit Book, covering Mount Ellinor and Mount Rainier, which is a land of fire and ice!

Singing, seriousness, and storms! Mathias and Doug continue their conversation about running the streets, respond to listener feedback, running with saws and even get into the technical details on route planning and tracking. Despite Doug's best efforts to derail Mathias with random comments, your favorite co-hosts also manage to find time to talk about Zinke's resignation, awesome solar lights, and what song Doug should sing at a holiday Karaoke party. Another 5 star episode? We think so.

Let the year-end extravaganza begin. Your hosts review their best runs of the last year, and shares tips on how to make a vegan pavlova, while eating pork jerky. Commitments are made to volunteer more in the new year and how to strike up the right conversations at the next family holiday gathering. Show notes: Find them on outdoor-society.com

In this brief chat Douglas and Mathias discuss the pros and cons of creating your own ultra adventure vs. participating in organized races. Mathias drinks whiskey with a headlamp on while sharing the progress on his EverySingleStreet project using a SPOTX satellite messenger. Later your favorite hosts make an urgent appeal to take the newly released climate assessment report recently released to heart. This is no joke folks. We have to change the way we live our lives. Shownotes at outdoor-society.com

In this week's jam packed episode, Mathias embraces the holiday spirit, Douglas makes 90s hip hop references, we discuss running the roads of Olympia for #RunEveryRoad or #everysingleroad and then we dive back into our amazing gear reviews. We also highlight the brand new Summit Book 2019, now available on our website, and Douglas answers rapid fire questions. Whew. This episode is brought to you by your 5-star reviews! Haven't left one yet? Why not? Show notes, so many show notes. Find them on outdoor-society.com

This week, Mathias and Doug catch up on the latest running projects they have been enduring, wax poetic about the Olympic Peninsula's Mount Ellinor and work up an appetitive talking about Pizza, Burgers and Shakes with this week's sponsor, Eastside Big Toms. After the break, your co-hosts chat about the upcoming holidays and then dive into awesome gift ideas. Listen, love, laugh and long for more Single Track Adventures. Oh, and don't forget to visit our store for guidebooks, calendars, notebooks and the 2019 Summit Book! Show notes, so many show notes. Find them on outdoor-society.com Sponsor: Eastside Big Toms - get some pizza to feed the family!

We're awake again! Your faithful hosts are recapping Day 2 of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market (including celebrity sightings!), chat about their #OptOutside plans, and share their favorite pies for Thanksgiving. Yes, it is that time of the year! Shownotes on outdoor-society.com Sponsor: Eastside Big Toms Pizza

Live from the OR show in Denver, Colorado, Mathias and Douglas discuss the trade show in great length while trying to stay awake after long trips to get there. Stoked by the environmentally friendly new products, political activism of the Outdoor Industry, talking to new and old favorite companies, and a few quirky contraptions, your heroes might have recorded their most exhausting podcast ever. Short and sweet, they even discuss running a bit before ending this episode. Listeners, try to guess who was the most exhausted!

The crew makes a heartfelt plea to use your senses and go out and vote. Really, life as we know it depends on it. They also talk running slumps, how to review products review in-kind and pacing friends on really big races. Shownotes on outdoor-society.com Got a product you want to introduce to our listeners? Get in touch!

After a whirlwind travel week your friendly neighborhood podcasting hosts share stories of fall adventures at castles in Germany, running into friends on Cub Peak above Hoodsport, WA and how much broken fingers hurt. They didn't talk about cured ham or delicious cakes, which they regret deeply. Mathias also shares his first big race signup for the new year. Exciting! Shownotes on outdoor-society.com Sponsors: STAGRack - the most versatile roof rack for your car. Jessica & Nate Liederbach - realtors with heart.

How many questions can Doug and Mathias answer in very short period of time. Not diddle-daddling allowed. They also cover the joy of running while traveling to far away places and offer a sneak peek at the upcoming Holiday Gift Guide show. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Heritage Bank - locked out of your car, broke your phone? Heritage can help! ide Big Toms Pizza, and milkshakes, and burgers, oh my.

Twenty-five episodes in and the crew is not slowing down. They are celebrating with new limited editions shirts - get some, people! Chips are eating, trails are run and races are selected for the new year. It's a full show. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Stagrack – the best new roof rack now on Kickstarter Heritage Bank – Traveling to a race? Heritage Bank's got you covered! Eastside Big Toms Pizza, now with pepperoncinis

While drinking too much tea Doug and Mathias discuss the challenges of running on difficult downhill terrain. The team celebrates local parks and owls and highlights the gnarliest trails. Mathias gets a lesson on the history of cross country racing. And Doug learns about an ice skating rink for Olympia. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Heritage Bank – we're as local as it gets.

We interview Joseph Bridges from Stagrack, a brand new roof rack coming to Kickstarter this October. Afterwards a heated discussion ensues about the virtues of building and kicking cairns. Mathias volunteers at an elementary school and Doug shares the latest on the #NatureWritingChallenge. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Heritage Bank – business banking made easy.

The show is kicking off with an interview with Sanni McCandless about Outwild - The new event series, resource hub and fall festival for adventurers seeking community. Afterwards the team is discussing favorite race t-shirts, race starting line music, and Duck Tales. We're also celebrating National Public Lands Day and towels. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Eastside Big Toms Heritage Bank

We're officially introducing a rebranding of this fine outdoor podcast to the newly christened: SingleBREAD. Mathias bakes bread and Douglas eats it. Oh right, we're also recapping our weekend runs up to Electric Peak and Mt. Gladys respectively. There's a conversation about fall running and finding joy on trails in the lowlands once the snow hits the mountains - which will happen very soon. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Eastside Big Toms - Get yourself some pizza!!

Back from vacation the team dives into a jam-packed show headlined by an interview with the awesome Jenny Vierling, cofounder of Tailwind Nutrition. The team discusses the benefits of training slow, the UTMB carnage from the prior weekend, new FKTs on the Wonderland Trail, and the endless/pointless discussion around people misbehaving in the wild. Phew… are you still with us? For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Heritage Bank

Mathias shares some big personal news, which brings the hosts to question their facial hair choices. Recovery footwear is tested, approved and may or may not require a towel. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Got a cool product to advertise? Get in touch.

It's finally family vacation time for Mathias and he's in the exciting planning stages to escape the wildfire smokes in the Pacific Northwest and head to Yosemite. Douglas shares his childhood experiences from visiting this crazy popular National Park and they try to figure out how to make this trip the most memorable ever. We'll also bring you a interview with Johannes Ariens, Co-founder and CEO of Loge Co, a rad new local chain of hip outdoor destination basecamps in popular adventure tourist spots like Westport, Leavenworth and Bend, OR. Ready for a road trip? For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: TopoMaps+ has a Labor Day sale - save 20% on an annual pro subscription.

Between praising the virtues of night running and discussing the challenges of running on sandy beaches we're bringing you this week an extra special interview with U.S. Congressman Derek Kilmer representing Washington's 6th District. Derek is co-sponsoring an important bill with bipartisan support that aims to help the National Parks with their maintenance backlog. There's discussion about sending letters to the universe, hiking with fellow members of congress at the Hoh, and how we can get involved helping our public lands. Don't miss this one. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Kevin Hayward State Farm Eastside Big Toms CGear Sandfree Life

We're excited to bring you an exclusive interview with the ladies who just crushed the FKT on the Press Traverse in Olympic National Park. Also: Mathias runs up to Camp Muir at sunrise and Doug is stretching before his runs while dreaming of the cooler temperatures of fall. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Kevin Hayward State Farm Sabre Frontiersman Heritage Bank

Mathias finally gets to run a seriously epic route and makes Douglas envious. Delicious FourPoints energy bars are being throughly tested. Your hosts also take a look at the new premium features in Strava called 'Summit' and their cool route creation tool. The community board Fastest Known Time gets as cool facelift which inspires for more trail shenanigans. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: Big Toms Pizza, Heritage Bank - what's your heritage, State Farm in Lacey, WA.

In this very special episode we interview friend of the show Chuck Malinski, who with his friend Matt attempted to trail run/climb Mount Lena along the Hood Canal in Olympic National Park. With bad visibility the two got completely turned around and found themselves lost on the section beyond Upper Lena Lake. Stumbling through bear country and thick underbrush they had to spend the night under the stars. The next morning with clear minds they bushwhacked themselves out along the Duckabush River until they found a trail leading them to safety. This is their story. For full show notes visit: outdoor-society.com Sponsors: TopoMaps+ & Heritage Bank - thank you!

The crew celebrates the perfect weekday run. Right out the door, a great mixture of terrain, like a great burger, it's there for you when you need it most. Also: Mathias has a great idea on how to keep that commitment to our personal dream projects. It involves $150 and might get you a t-shirt, it might. Full shownotes on outdoor-society.com SPONSOR: This episode of SINGLETRACK is brought to you by Heritage Bank – What's your Heritage. Check out Scott's post on their blog. Thank you for supporting the show!

Server transition - sorry about all the dust! Doug runs Bangtail Divide and is all smiles. Summer is here and our training runs are sweaty and sometimes shirtless. Mathias dreams up a new audacious project, that's both doable and insane. SPONSOR: This episode of SINGLETRACK is brought to you by Heritage Bank – What's your Heritage. Check out Scott's post on their blog. Thank you for supporting the show!

Douglas tells us about his upcoming race: Bangtail Divide. Mathias almost died of heatstroke on his Kaiser loops. Both share their favorite drinks from the Fourth of July. The big topic they tackle is around how to properly train for a big race and how to not let your inflated expectations frustrate you on race day. Full show notes at outdoor-society.com. SPONSOR: This episode of SINGLETRACK is brought to you by Heritage Bank - What's your Heritage. Check out Scott's post on their blog. Thank you for supporting the show!

Your hosts take a deeper look at the gear that carried them through the Broken Arrow Skyrace and what food they love eating at aid stations. We answer the question how important mental strength is during a long race and how cool it would've been if Mathias' iPhone had any juice left for some music on the last few miles of the race. We also dive into some Western States coverage from last weekend and try to find the story beyond the top ten finishers and how the current coverage favors the pros. This episode of SINGLETRACK is brought to you by Kevin Hayward's Statefarm agency in Lacey, WA. Stop by his office, reach out to him on social media and shoot him an email at [email protected]. Thank you for supporting the show!

This is our very very special Road Trip episode. Douglas and I wanted to capture the thrill and the essence of our road trip all the way from Olympia to Squaw Valley by Lake Tahoe where we finally got to run the Broken Arrow Skyrace. There's a lot in this episode, a detailed breakdown of Douglas and Mathias's races and some 'Choco Tacos'. Full show notes at outdoor-society.com.

Almost road trip time! Your hosts are discussing plans for their trip down to Tahoe for the Broken Arrow Sky Race. Doug also gives a detailed play-by-play of his recent crash on the trails where he tripped downhills and fell flat on his face. Glad he's okay! This is a great time to remind everyone of the importance of bringing your "10 Essentials" and proper protection when heading onto the trails. Be safe out there, guys! Full show notes at outdoor-society.com.

With less than two weeks to their first big race of the season Douglas and Mathias compare final notes and training runs thus far. When will tapering begin, what are their plans for nutrition on race day, and what shoes will they be wearing? Also: A first look at some planned adventures in the mountains once the final snow is melted and they are fully recovered from their race in Tahoe. Full show notes at outdoor-society.com.

Douglas takes a road trip to Badlands National Park and Mathias wakes up early to run up Mt. Rose, twice – finally. Training for Broken Arrow is going well for the both of them and they are pushing themselves to keep up their mileage and elevation goals. Mathias bought new shoes – thank you REI anniversary sale, and Douglas has holes in his running socks. Full show notes at outdoor-society.com.

Hungry as always Mathias and Douglas continue to dig into their training routine leading up to their next big race: Broken Arrow Skyrace at Lake Tahoe. They discuss diners in middle America, the best use of poles while attacking hills and why trail running is vastly superior to city marathons. Full show notes at outdoor-society.com.

Mathias is frustrated about buying running shoes, Douglas's hamstrings are sore, and neither of them are wearing tights because it's Springtime. Also, grizzlies, good training routes to get elevation and planning for upcoming races. Full show notes at outdoor-society.com.

In this week's fine installment of our audio experience Douglas and Mathias are in full on nostaglic mood. For the anniversary of their epic run of the fabled R2R2R route at the Grand Canyon they remember the good times, and laugh about the bad ones too. Do you hear that Phantom Ranch, do you, do you? Full show notes at outdoor-society.com.

Doug and Mathias, and Trixy (sady not featured on this fine audio experience) climb Mt. St. Helens. On the popular Worm Flows Route they encounter snow, sun, professional glissaders and get sunburned. Full show notes at outdoor-society.com.

Douglas Scott and Mathias Eichler sit down and talk running, as if they know what they're talking about. Full show notes at outdoor-society.com.