Dirt Church Radio Trail Running
Episodes
Episode 58 - Nikki Kimball
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week Eugene and Matt have the utter pleasure and privilege to speak with Nikki Kimball. Nikki is a legend in ultra running, and o...
Episode 57 - Dr John Onate II
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. Last time Matt spoke to Dr John Onate, they were sitting in Matt’s lounge in the heat, luxuriating after a beautiful trail run and d...
Episode 56 - Rod Dixon
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week Eugene and Matt have the distinct pleasure of speaking to Rod Dixon. Rod is a legend in the sport of running - his highligh...
Episode 55 - Ultra Chef Pat Bowring
13 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2012 Executive chef Pat Bowring was at the top of his game in the hospitality industry, running several restaurants, and living the relentless and ...
Episode 54 - Fiona Love
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia ora Whanau. This week, Eugene speaks to Fiona Love, Women’s winner of the 2019 WUU2k 63km. That’s right. The mighty DCR robot had to split int...
Episode 53 - Jason Koop
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia ora Whanau. This week, Eugene and Matt have the pleasure of speaking to Jason Koop, the Director of Coaching for Carmichael Training Systems. Jaso...
DCR Episode 52 - 1st birthday live show ft Andrew McDowall and Katie Wright
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia ora Whanau. We would like to thank you for being with us for the first year of Dirt Church Radio. What follows is the live recording of our specia...
DCR Episode 51 - Jared Hazen
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our birthday!! So we are giving you the present of A) Jared Hazen and B) the correct way to say Coconino (COKE-A-NINO). Jared Hazen is the seco...
DCR Episode 50 - Gareth Thomas and the WUU2K Special
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau!! For our second-ever race special Eugene and Matt took a tilt at the (if-not-by-now) soon-to-be-iconic WUU2K - The Wellington Urban Ul...
DCR Episode 49 - Rachel Grunwell
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau!! This week we speak to Rachel Grunwell. Rachel is an award-winning journalist, a runner, a yoga instructor, and wellness expert. A lon...
DCR Episode 48 - Hollie Woodhouse
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau!! Say Yes To Adventure is not just the title of the magazine that Hollie Woodhouse put out, it is a defining character trait. The term ...
DCR Episode 47 - Mathieu Dore
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau!! These days with running it can feel that is not just about running, you know? There is always someone around the corner saying that w...
DCR Episode 46 - Josh Komen
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau. Josh Komen grew up on the West Coast of the South Island and spent most of his younger years outside with the sky and ridges as bounda...
DCR Episode 45 - Kathrine Switzer
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau!! When Kathrine Switzer laced up her trainers on the morning of April 19th, 1967, there is no way she could have anticipated the seismi...
DCR Episode 44 - Coree Woltering
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau!! This week on the podcast we speak with professional ultramarathon runner Coree Woltering. Coree loves to run, and notes that he will ...
DCR Episode 43 - Peter Maksimow
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau!! This week on the podcast we speak with Peter Maksimow. Peter is an invo8 athlete, a mountain runner who has represented the USA, a co...
DCR Episode 42 - Andrew Thompson
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau!! After just missing out on a spot in the New Zealand Junior Development Squad for orienteering Andrew Thompson’s life steered away...
DCR Episode 41 - Katie Wright, Riverhead Backyard Relaps
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau!! In 2018 Dr Katie Wright quietly moved to New Zealand. She’d quietly run around the coast of Wales and had quietly completed an Iron...
DCR Episode 40 - Chris Ord
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau!! The concept of adventure in our culture is one that is generally associated with the most. The most vert, the most trail, the most di...
DCR Episode 39 - Zach Miller
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau. This week it is Matt’s turn to spread his wings and wobble away from the nest on his solo conversation with the one and only Zach Mi...
DCR Episode 38 - Elise Downing
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia ora whanau. In 2015, having ran a marathon whilst dressed as a crayon, Elise Downing decided to set herself a bigger challenge. I mean, if you’v...
DCR Episode 37 - Roger Robinson
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau, this week Eugene and Matt have the distinct pleasure of speaking with Roger Robinson. Emeritus professor at Victoria University Wellin...
DCR Episode 36 - Luke McCallum
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How often does it seem within our running culture that more is more? And how often has this approach been ruinous to our physiological and psychologic...
DCR Episode 35 - Holly Page
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau, this week we have the distinct pleasure of speaking to Holly Page. Holly is far from a regular runner in the sense that she is the cur...
DCR Episode 34 - Sam Manson
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week we have the pleasure of speaking to Christchurch’s Sam Manson about his journey from precocious trail running talent to el...
DCR Episode 33 - Gareth Morris
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. With Matt out the weekend after Riverhead Rampage, Eugene took the reins and steered the ship into shore (ummm?) with an incredibly in...
DCR Episode 32 - Adharanand Finn
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adharanand Finn is the British author of Running with the Kenyans, Way of the Runner, and his new book Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edg...
DCR Episode 31 - Camille Herron
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. Camille Herron sucks the marrow out of the long bones of life. The Comrades Champion and five-time world record holder ( 50 and 100 mi...
DCR Episode 30 - John Onate
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week Matt speaks to Dr John Onate, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at the University of California Dav...
DCR Episode 29 - Kelton Wright, Jeff Browning and Grant Guise
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week’s episode of Dirt Church Radio is pretty much the complete package. Big call, we know.. but whakarongo mai whilst we break...
DCR Episode 28 - Tim Sutton
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. So often in trail running, the quality of adventure is measured by us stepping outside of our usual surrounds. Somehow, a hill that we...
DCR Episode 27 - Weston Hill
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week, Weston Hill and the No-Plan-Plan. Eugene and Matt speak with Weston Hill, who tore it up in Europe last season following hi...
DCR Episode 26 - Vajin Armstrong!
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week Matt and Eugene have the privilege and great joy to have a conversation with Vajin Armstrong. Vajin has been consistently at...
DCR Episode 25 - Anna Frost
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. Anna Frost is arguably the most successful trail and ultra running export New Zealand has produced and the person Eugene and Matt both...
DCR Episode 24 - Courtney Dauwalter
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau, Welcome back!! To paraphrase Run The Jewels, when we started this podcast we didn’t have no arc, no plan, and certainly no expectati...
DCR Episode 23 - Dirt Church Christmas Special
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau, Meri Kirihimete and welcome to Dirt Church Radio’s Christmas special, or Dirchmas as we like to call it. It’s been a roller coaste...
DCR Episode 22 - Scott Worthington, The Revenant
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau. This week Eugene and Matt speak with Scott Worthington, co race director of The Revenant. This race, which bills itself as an Ultra Ad...
DCR Episode 21 - Ruth Croft
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. The year is screaming to an end but still we are bringing you the hits. For our 21st go around the podcast microphone Matt and Eugene ...
DCR Episode 20 - Kepler Special
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. For our 20th installment of DCR we bring you our coverage of the 31st iteration of the FreshChoice Kepler Challenge. Eugene and Matt t...
DCR Episode 19 - James Kuegler and Andrew McDowall LIVE
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau. Something different for you this week (and us, actually)!! Eugene and Matt bring you the first ever DCR live show, from inside Thomson...
DCR Episode 18 - Marianne Elliott
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau. This week, Eugene and Matt have the pleasure to sit with Marianne Elliott, for what really is an interesting conversation with an inte...
DCR Episode 17 - Dylan Bowman
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora whanau. We’re back, refreshed after our one week break and storming right out of the gates with the indefatigable Dylan Bowman. Dylan has ma...
DCR Episode 16 - Nancy Jiang
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. When Nancy Jiang was five, she moved with her parents from China to New Zealand. One of her first memories was noticing the other chil...
DCR Episode 15 - Scotty Hawker
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. At the end of 2017, Vibram trail athlete and Christchurch boy Scotty Hawker had every right to expect that with continued hard work an...
DCR Episode 14 - Lucy Bartholomew
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. What were you up to when you were 22? Possibly (probably) not coming third at Western States Endurance Run and travelling the world ex...
DCR Episode 13 - Majell Backhausen
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week Eugene and Matt have the pleasure of speaking with Majell Backhausen. Majell is the global content and community manager for...
DCR Episode 12 - Crush the Cargill (Steve Tripp and Andrew Glennie)
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week Eugene and Matt have the distinct pleasure of our first two-on-two podcast, as we speak to Andrew Glennie and Steve Tripp, t...
DCR Episode 11 - Shaun Collins
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week we have a real treat for you. Shaun Collins, the head of Lactic Turkey events, the Running Beast himself, one of the first t...
DCR Episode 10 - Jeff Browning
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week Eugene and Matt have the immense pleasure to sit down with the one and only Jeff Browning. Jeff is a phenomenon in the trail...
DCR Episode 9 - Malcolm Law
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week Eugene and Matt sit down with Mal Law, a man who has made, and continues to make, an indelible mark on the New Zealand trail...
DCR Episode 8 - Dr Tony Page
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia whanau. This week’s interesting conversation with an interesting runner is a bit different. Eugene sits down with All Blacks doctor Tony Page wh...
DCR Episode 7 - Dean Karnazes
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. We are super excited this week to talk to our first international guest and a man who is a giant in our culture, Mr Dean Karnazes. Ove...
DCR Episode 6 - Brad Dixon
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kia Ora Whanau. This week we speak to Brad Dixon, of Everfit Coaching and ENDURObeet about his journey from triathlete to trail and ultra runner, phys...
DCR Episode 5 - Dawn Tuffery
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have the distinct pleasure of speaking to Dawn Tuffery, who alongside her roles as mother and video producer is also the 3 x NZ 100 km ch...
DCR Episode 4 - Mel Aitken
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us for our fourth episode of Dirt Church Radio we have the most excellent Mel Aitken. Mel is based down on the West Coast of the South Island ...
DCR Episode 3 - Grant Guise
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Eugene turn it up to 11 and break off the knob with Altra New Zealand’s Grant Guise. We talk about Hardrock, Punk Rock, and Grant’s begin...
DCR Episode 2 - Fiona Hayvice
24 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fiona Hayvice, Wellington, NZ-based Salomon athlete, talks about running success, the things you learn when things don't go quite so well, volunt...
DCR Episode 1 - Paul Charteris
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Charteris chats about his life, changes to his popular race, and his Greatest Run Ever. Hosts Matt and Eugene talk WUU2K in Stuff You Should Know...
DCR - The Trailer
08 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast: A trailer in which hosts Matt Rayment and Eugene Bingham discuss what Dirt Church Radio will be, and the features that will ...