Singletrack Cascaudio

The time is right for Doug and Mathias to go 'there'. In this deep and serious episode we address the issues of the day. We're also buying running socks in outdoor stores and listening to cassette tapes of our past.

Doug sees a bear and Mathias walks on snow. Both events are eye-opening and a bit more unsettling than they should be. But lessons are learned and pictures takes.

Mathias sleeps in his new tent and welcomes summer. Doug discovers trails and worries about bears after a long winter. The two discuss best practices to stay safe in the backcountry when traveling beyond cell coverage and especially lately, solo. Links at outdoor-society.com

Doug gets a haircut, Mathias a Strava subscription, and UTMB gets cancelled. This week is full of new stuff, fun stuff, and sad stuff. The future of trail running is discussed and how timber harvesting changes local trails. Links at outdoor-society.com

Let's have a podcast to talk about another podcast - that's new. But seriously, in this week's episode we dive int0 the phenomena of the "Fastest Known Time" run, and find obscure routes for ourselves. Good Times. Five Stars. Links on: outdoor-society.com

Our first virtual race was an incredible success and we're excited to sit down with women's race winner Tabatha Collins who shares her challenges with teaching first graders during this time, overcoming injury and running up and down her backyard hill 188 times. The show includes bacon, torrential downpours and lots of unfinished paperwork.

Some state parks and other public lands are slowly being opened up for outdoor activity. What does this mean for us trail runners and how should we behalf when heading for the trail heads? This and other hard hitting questions are being discussed in this week's show. Also: Virtual Vert Challenge is happening this weekend and the Virtual Trail Running Film Festival is coming to your living room. Exciting times in quarantine-land.

Year three of Singletrack kicks off with a bam. James Varner of Rainshadow Running and Abram Dickerson of Aspire Adventure Running stop by to talk about the upcoming Virtual Trail Running Film Festival. Of course, there's other stuff too, like injury talk, exciting!

Aside from the weather your favorite podcast hosts don't talk about running, yet again. Here are their favorite songs currently on their playlist, so you get something out of listing to this. And go for run already! Link to playlist in Apple Music on outdoor-society.com.

Doug and Mathias discuss how to venture into the outdoors in a safe manner. They celebrate the ingenious backyard projects and our endless yearning for adventure. The mountain will wait for us, but will be patient to wait for them. OUR RULES: - Behave like you’re the carrier of the virus – stay way from people. - Be flexible with your plans, avoid crowded places, find routes where you can easily avoid people. - Stay within your community. - Don’t put yourself in a place where ‘Search and Rescue’ might need to be called , no risky adventures. - Don’t run with anyone outside your immediate household – adventures alone. Did we miss anything? Let us know on Twitter or via email.

Doug finds bags of flour to bake and shares a story of one of his favorite runs in Glacier National Park. Mathias contemplates running every single street in Olympia again and shares some of his favorite Tailwind flavors... buzz buzz...

We’ve started the next 100 episodes with a special SingleTrack, after dark. What was different? We added drinks and recorded after the sun set. Mathias ran a 5k around his house, which led us to a conversation about how to interact with the trail running community during Covid-19. We chat about Unbreakable: the Western States 100 feature film, hear about Doug getting back to running after an injury and finally get to incredible recipes to make. We decided to mixed things up a bit and invited four friends of the show to share their favorite quarantine/lock down recipes and talked about a few of our own. This show made us hungry to run and eat. Six feet apart, of course. Links to all our guest's recipes at outdoor-society.com

For this 100th episode, amidst a global pandemic Doug and Mathias don't have much to celebrate. Trail races are cancelled all over the world, people are discouraged to congregate and Mathias is slowly running out of flour... But, we still have each other, we still have adventures out our back door, we still have daylights, and sunsets and cups of coffee... How do you measure, measure a year podcast?

It's a show for the end of the world... or so it it feels. Doug is injured, Kaiser Woods dances with Mathias, races are canceled and training plans are made for these desperate times. Stay healthy, friends, stay healthy.

Doug suspends his campaign, finally. Mathias forgets his water on his long run, like a noob. They discuss Walmsley at the Olympic Trials, proper nutrition on long runs and what adventure experiences do to the human psyche. We need more of it. Thanks for tuning in every week - means the world to us!

The recent search and rescue event out at the Duckabush on the Olympic Peninsula make your favorite podcasters re-up the conversation about safety in the backcountry. Do not be complacent. Go prepared, check things twice, bring your stuff and tell people where you’re going. Also, running shoes are purchased, orientation runs are organized and jokes are made about tiny houses.

Hey, Doug and Mathias got to run together, in real life, that was fun, and it was at Kaiser. The team discusses all the new 100 mile races that are popping up in the PNW and Mathias reviews the Nathan ExoDraw handheld from last week in more details. The first orientation run at Kaiser is announced. All the fun in the neighborhood!

It's product review time here in the Singletrack studios. Doug and Mathias talk about the new Biolite headlamps, a Teton Sports backpacks, Boca Gear hats, and Nathan hydration vests. Since we're already reviewing stuff, of course we have to talk about that NYT article about Jim Wamsley too. Oh, and don't forget socks, so many awesome, socks! Links to products reviewed can be found at outdoor-society.com.

Mathias finds a pocket in the weather window and marvels at the man-made alpine on timber land. Doug runs with some tailwind and shares some road closure updates due to severe flooding... and, well climate change.

Mathias dreams of life in a tourist town and rollerblades through Munich, Doug takes his gramophone out on a trail and makes eye contact with a dog. Spot on trail running talk, as always. Prices increase Feb. 1: Little Backyard Adventure Prices increase Feb. 1: Wild Kaiser