RunThrough Trails – Details, episodes & analysis

Lewis and James chat to the inspirational Luke Grenfell Shaw. Luke is a Brooks athlete who will be competing at the upcoming CCC by UTMB in Chamonix this week. Luke has experienced another level of challenge throughout his personal and athletic career and he very kindly shares his incredible story with us. This one is something special, enjoy.

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RT Trails Race Calendar 🗓

Ladybower Reservoir, UK - 12th October 2024
Beat Box Hill, UK - 26th October 2024
Girona, ESP - 24-25 Maya 2025
The Fox, UK - 24th May 2025
Ultra Trail Morzine-Avoriaz, FRA - 20-22 Juin 2025
Tittesworth Water, UK - 6th July 2025
Engelberg, SUI - 22-24 August 2025
Snowdonia Sea2Sky, UK - 2025 date tbc

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Our team is made up of passionate runners and outdoor enthusiasts, who are so lucky to get to do something that we love every day. We have come together as individuals to make up a collective of people who are both experts at organising events and experienced participants, having taken part in hundreds of races throughout our personal running journeys. From this our aim to create the best possible trail events for you to race in. 

Lewis and James chat to HOKA athlete and Elite Trail Team member Kris Jones. Kris speaks all about his running career so far as well some of his training methodologies and upcoming race goals. 

In this episode James and Lewis talk all things trail running with legendary British trail runner Jon Albon. Jon has a world class list of race results dating back over a decade. Join us as he takes us through his journey from Obstacle course racing into ultra distance trail running and discusses his recent Western States debut as well as his training philosophy and much more! 

The first of our upcomming run of athlete interviews. Tom Joly is a professional trail runner, originating from the UK but now based in Spain. He is a member of the Elite Trail Team and joins James & Lewis to discuss all things running! 

Tom takes us through how he started running, his training philosophy, recent races and his plans for this years big race - UTMB.

On this episode James is joined by Lewis' better half Gemma, and they discuss their recent Euro road trip including course recce's in Chamonix, Retreats in Morzine and an upcoming race in Verbier

While Lewis heads off to Austria to support Gemma and Justin at Mozart, James travels to Annecy after a last minute call up to represent Team GB at the European Off Road Running Championships.

After a big weekend of racing at Ultra Trail Snowdonia, James and Lewis talk through the week leading up to the race and breakdown James' winning run. 

James and Lewis welcome you to the new pod with updates on recent training, future race plans and plenty of other random trail chat to keep you company on your next long run.

Lewis and James sit down in the stunning Chamonix valley for a collab podcast between New Levels Coaching and RunThrough Trails. James talks about his personal running journey and how he ended up where he is today.

In this episode the James & Lewis debrief their time away in the Alps & the UTMB week of racing. James & Lewis also discuss the future of the RunThrough Trails and the 2025 race calendar.