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The Steep Stuff Podcast
Professional trail runner James Lauriello sits down with some of the most interesting athletes, coaches, adventurers, and personalities in the mountain running world to take an inside look at what drives them and what it really takes to chase greatness in the mountains.
With no script and no two conversations quite the same, The Steep Stuff Podcast dives deep into the people, stories, and ideas shaping trail, mountain, and skyrunning. From training and racing to adventure, gear, lifestyle, the…
Episodes
The Steep Stuff PodcastAlexa Aragon Signs with Mammut & La Sportiva
Send us Fan Mail A sponsorship announcement is only interesting if it changes something real, and that’s why we wanted to hit record with Alexa Aragon. Alexa…
The Steep Stuff PodcastAndie Cornish Signs with Mammut
Send us Fan Mail A lot of athletes say they love the mountains, but Andy Cornish actually builds her whole season around them. We talk about Jackson Hole…
The Steep Stuff PodcastSophie Wright Signs with La Sportiva
Send us Fan Mail Mount Marathon looks simple on paper, but Sophie Wright explains why it can leave your entire body trashed for days. We talk about that unique…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#186 - Dani Moreno
Send us Fan Mail A trail running comeback can look heroic from the outside, but the real story usually lives in the months nobody sees: the freak accidents…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#185 - Timmy Parr
Send us Fan Mail He’s 44, he’s racing almost every weekend, and he’s still winning. Timmy Parr is one of the true American mountain running legends, and he’s…
The Steep Stuff PodcastMorgan Elliott Pre Whiteface Skyrace Interview
Send us Fan Mail A two-loop skyrace sounds straightforward until you’re halfway through lap one and realize the real battle is in your head. We sit down with…
The Steep Stuff PodcastRobin Vieira Brower Pre Whiteface Skyrace Interview
Send us Fan Mail A double loop can turn a mountain race into a mind game fast. We sit down with Robin Vieira Brower right as Whiteface Sky Race week kicks off…
The Steep Stuff PodcastWhiteface Skyrace Race Companion
Send us Fan Mail A 20K with nearly 8,000 feet of climbing shouldn’t exist, and yet Whiteface Sky Race is about to make a whole field of strong runners question…
The Steep Stuff PodcastKlaire Rhodes Pre Mount Marathon Interview
Send us Fan Mail Mount Marathon is the kind of race that makes no sense on paper and perfect sense the moment you watch it. It is short, steep, chaotic, and…
The Steep Stuff PodcastKyle Richardson Pre Mount Marathon Interview
Send us Fan Mail Mount Marathon is the kind of course that doesn’t care about your resume. It’s steep, loose, fast, and packed with a century of mountain…
The Steep Stuff PodcastThe History of Mount Marathon with Eric & Denali Strabel
Send us Fan Mail Mount Marathon looks simple on paper: sprint from downtown Seward, climb hard, then hang on for dear life all the way back to the finish. But…
The Steep Stuff PodcastMount Marathon Race Companion
Send us Fan Mail A 5K with nearly 3,000 feet of climbing should not be able to feel this fast, but Mount Marathon always does. We’re heading into July 4 in…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#184 - Karina Andersen
Send us Fan Mail Karina Andersen’s season doesn’t start with a perfect training block, it starts with a hard reset. After closing out her track era at Colorado…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#183 - Jen Day Denton
Send us Fan Mail Some athletes chase attention. Jen Day Denton chases a feeling, and somehow ends up rewriting what’s possible on the map. We talk with the…
The Steep Stuff PodcastThe Sub Stack Short Trail News - Episode 5 - Broken Arrow & Sunapee Scramble Recap
Send us Fan Mail Broken Arrow is no longer “a big US race” and Sunapee is no longer “just a championship weekend.” These two stops are starting to feel like…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#182 - Marshall Graybill
Send us Fan Mail You can learn a lot about mountain running by talking to someone who didn’t grow up logging endless run miles. Marshall Graybill comes to the…
The Steep Stuff PodcastInside The 2026 Merrell Skyrunner U.S. National Series
Send us Fan Mail Skyrunning is back on U.S. soil, and we wanted to make the details impossible to miss. James Lauriello sits down with Eti Rodriguez (Managing…
The Steep Stuff PodcastBroken Arrow 23K Race Companion
Send us Fan Mail $102,200 on the line, a Nike livestream, staggered elite starts, and a start list so deep we joke we’d need a hundred pre-race interviews to…
The Steep Stuff PodcastBroken Arrow 46K Race Companion
Send us Fan Mail Two loops can turn a fast mountain race into a straight up psychological experiment. Broken Arrow 46K is the perfect example: you rip a…
The Steep Stuff PodcastBroken Arrow Ascent Race Companion
Send us Fan Mail Broken Arrow isn’t just another race weekend anymore, it’s the point in the season where trail running feels like it snaps into full focus…
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Hang out with the Steep Stuff Podcast at the Broken Arrow Skyrace
Send us Fan Mail Join us Thursday - Sunday at the Broken Arrow Vendor Expo at the Sidas booth! You can also hang with us Thursday 6/18 at the Mountain Tiger…
The Steep Stuff PodcastMaya Rayle - Post Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail Someone finally closes the gap on you mid-race. You don’t know if it’s one runner or the whole field. Your legs are fading on a rocky climb…
The Steep Stuff PodcastAres Reading - Post Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail One wrong turn can end your day, or it can reveal what you’re made of. Right after the U.S. Mountain Running Championships, we link up with…
The Steep Stuff PodcastMason Coppi - Post Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview - Post Race Live
Send us Fan Mail Post Sunapee Interview from Sunapee Mountain in NH - Mason was interviewed by the commentary team, Rachel Tomajacyk, James Lauriello, Remi…
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2026 USATF Mountain Running Championship - Sunapee Scramble Live Stream Audio
Send us Fan Mail 2026 USATF Mountain Running Championship - Sunapee Scramble Live Stream Audio Hosts James Lauriello - @jameslauriello Remi Leroux -…
The Steep Stuff PodcastSunapee Scramble Race Companion
Send us Fan Mail Sunapee is the kind of short trail race that exposes everything you skipped in training. Two loops. Steep ski-area grades. A second lap that…
The Steep Stuff PodcastElisa Morin - Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail The fastest races can be the most revealing, especially when they’re your first start back after injury. We sit down with a Quebec-based…
The Steep Stuff PodcastOakley Olson - Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail Mud, pressure, and a two-loop course that punishes impatience. We sit down with Oakley Olson as she heads into Sunapee for the US Mountain…
The Steep Stuff PodcastRena Schwartz - Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail One muddy ski slope can turn a championship race into a traction test, and Mount Sunapee is exactly that kind of day. We sit down with rising…
The Steep Stuff PodcastAimee Kohler- Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail The East Coast trail running season flips on fast, and suddenly you’re staring down wet descents, ski-slope climbs, and a start line packed…
The Steep Stuff PodcastCourtney Coppinger - Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail Two loops can mess with your head in a way a single climb never will, and Mount Sunapee is the perfect example. We sit down with Courtney…
The Steep Stuff PodcastDan Curts - Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail A neck surgery is not part of any training plan, but it became the center of Dan Curts offseason and the lens for everything that came after…
The Steep Stuff PodcastGabby DeAngelis- Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail That moment when a trail points straight down, the mud is slick, and your brain says “absolutely not” but you go anyway, laughing the whole…
The Steep Stuff PodcastMason Coppi - Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail A championship race can mess with your head before it ever tests your legs. We’re back with Mason Cobi on the eve of the US Mountain Running…
The Steep Stuff PodcastRemi Leroux - Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail Sunapee is the kind of mountain race that exposes everything you try to hide, especially your downhill. We sit down with Remy LaRue to get…
The Steep Stuff PodcastTayler Peavey - Pre Sunapee Scramble (U.S. Mountain Running Championship) Interview
Send us Fan Mail Two loops can turn a “simple” mountain race into a full blown tactics problem, especially when the second lap gets more technical and the…
The Steep Stuff PodcastKicking off the La Sportiva Green Mountain & Grandeur Peak Challenge with Anton Krupicka, Jason Dorias, Tom Goth & Kelsey Quinn
Send us Fan Mail Your backyard peak can be more than a workout, it can be a measuring stick for an entire community. We’re joined by Kelsey Quinn from La…
The Steep Stuff PodcastThe Sub Stack Short Trail News - Episode 4
Send us Fan Mail Trail running is getting faster right in front of us, and you can see it in the results: course records dropping, deeper fields showing up…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#181 - Simon Kearns
Send us Fan Mail Mount Rainier is not the place where you get to switch your brain off and “just suffer.” The route moves, the glacier breathes, and a boot…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#180 - Taylor Stack
Send us Fan Mail A muddy mountainside, a deafening wall of fans, and a start line stacked with icons of trail running. Taylor Stack joins us right after Zegama…
The Steep Stuff PodcastSome Thoughts on Zegama
Send us Fan Mail Zegama-Aizkorri in the rain is supposed to slow people down. Instead, it gave us one of the loudest statements of the year, and I needed a…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#179 - Kristina Randrup
Send us Fan Mail A pro trail runner who spends her days modeling blue whale populations sounds like a made-up character, but Kristina Randrup is very real and…
The Steep Stuff PodcastZegama-Aizkorri Race Companion
Send us Fan Mail Zegama-Aizkorri is the race that turns a mountain into a stadium. One steep Basque climb packed with cowbells, one technical day where mud can…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#178 - Stevie Kremer
Send us Fan Mail Stevie Kremer's name is stitched into trail running history, but the part that surprised us most wasn’t the podiums. It was how she built a…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#177 - Kieran Nay
Send us Fan Mail He flew across the world, navigated a high-stakes visa process, got sick right before travel, and still walked away with a breakthrough…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#176 - David Norris
Send us Fan Mail David Norris is stacking proof-of-fitness in the most honest way possible: show up early, race hard, learn fast. We sit down to catch up right…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#175 - Max King
Send us Fan Mail Barkley Marathons is famous for suffering, but Max King explains the part most people miss: it’s a puzzle that rewards cooperation as much as…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#174 - Erin Ton
Send us Fan Mail She’s calling in from the backcountry of Utah with a Starlink connection, fresh off slot canyons, desert miles, and yet another FKT. Erin Tun…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#173 - Olivia Amber
Send us Fan Mail She steps away from competition for years because of serious health issues then returns with a top-five at Transgrancanaria and an audacious…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#172 - Marcel Höche
Send us Fan Mail A top European trail runner lands in the US, strings together races and workouts across the West, and leaves with a clearer view of what makes…
The Steep Stuff PodcastAnnouncing Our Presenting Sponsor
Send us Fan Mail Create a Rendezvu Account @rendezvu Use code SteepStuff for 20% your cart on Sidas.us Follow James on IG - @jameslauriello Follow the Steep…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#171 - Aimee Kohler, Founder & RD of The Running Kind
Send us Fan Mail Trail running says it loves the outdoors, but are we willing to change how we race to protect the places we run? I’m joined by Aimee Kohler…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#170 - Christopher Fisher
Send us Fan Mail Chris Fisher just came back from a three-month Ecuador adventure that started with almost no plan and turned into a full-on human-powered…
The Steep Stuff PodcastAlexa Aragon | Gorge Waterfalls 30K Pre Race Interview
Send us Fan Mail The Gorge Waterfalls 30K brings a rare mix of speed and strength: runnable trail, road sections where pace changes can stick, and late climbs…
The Steep Stuff PodcastGrant Colligan | Gorge Waterfalls 30K Pre Race Interview
Send us Fan Mail A course that makes you hammer 5:15 pace on the road, then immediately asks you to thread technical trail like you still have fresh legs, is…
The Steep Stuff PodcastMason Coppi | Gorge Waterfalls 30K Pre Race Interview
Send us Fan Mail A great race can change your season, but it can also expose every weakness you’ve been dodging. We’re joined by Mason Coppi for a Gorge…
The Steep Stuff PodcastRobin Vieira Brower | Gorge Waterfalls 30K Pre Race Interview
Send us Fan Mail A fast 30K can be more intimidating than a steep ultra, especially when the trail begs you to push from the opening minute. James sits down…
The Steep Stuff PodcastTyler McCandless | Gorge Waterfalls 30K Pre Race Interview
Send us Fan Mail A stacked start line, a rolling course that never lets your legs settle, and a late climb that can flip the whole day on its head. That’s why…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#169 - Caleb Hardaway
Send us Fan Mail A five hour push across Boulder’s Flatirons sounds like a hard trail run until you add exposed scrambling, solo climbing up to 5.7, and the…
The Steep Stuff Podcast#168 - Mountain Tiger RD's, Connor & Alice Curley
Send us Fan Mail A great trail race isn’t a distance on a flyer, it’s a line you cannot stop thinking about. I sit down with Connor and Alice, the founders and…