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We’re two hikers whose interests extend way beyond the trail. Come take a listen for trail talk, running talk, traveling talk, history talk, bs talk, tumbling, getting mad, etc. Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/RocksandRootsPodcast?fan_landing=true
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Saturday Aug 24, 2024
Saturday Aug 24, 2024
Today we tackled Friday and Balsam Cap Mountains in the Catskills and boy was it awesome. A fun and challenging bushwhack for all levels, This is a perfect one to dip your toes in if you were thinking about trying out a bushwhack. Tumbles goes over the hike as well as has a mini TED talk on the importance of strength training. Enjoy!
Wednesday Aug 07, 2024
Wednesday Aug 07, 2024
Hey R&R friends, we decided to head north this time and do a small section of Vermont! Were there rocks? Yes. Roots? Yes. MUD?! Oh hell yes.
We also caught the thru hiker bubble and chatted with some awesome humans. Enjoy!
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Hello intrepid listeners! A full report on the beauty of southern Virginia on the AT! We saw ponies, longhorns, highlands, untrained dogs, and much more on this episode!
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Hi friends!
We’re happy to be back and talking to you about the small but mighty Bull Hill Loop in Cold Spring, NY!
A great after work uphill and downhill trail that has fun for everyone. Have you been here? Let us know!
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Hey friends and a happy belated New Year. We missed you and hope you missed us. We have been working hard training for our redemption ultramarathon taking place in less than 2 weeks! Check out our adventure running Manhattan. Mucho mucho love.
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
Heyo! The duo discusses one of Tumbles’ favorite sections of the AT and its historic impact on the Appalachian Trail. Crank goes into an unknown trail near the Zoo and Tumbles tries to not get sick.
Enjoy and thanks for listening!
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Hey y’all! We got our booties out and traveled down to Virginia for some AT/Mau-Har Trail action! It’s the height of foliage in western Virginia and we were blessed with great weather and even a rainbow! Come check out the 3 Ridges Trail on this episode, known as one of the most difficult in Virginia!
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Barefoot Ken joins us once again for a fantastic chat on his Ultra/Half Marathon run, the Shawangunk Ridge Trail Run! We get into the logistics of this trail and what made him decide to co-race direct this awesome race! We also go into some of Ken’s recent and upcoming races as well as New York/New Jersey Trail Conference updates. Thanks, Ken, it was fun to catch up!
We’re signing up. Are you? runwild.org/srtrun or look for the Shawangunk Trail Run on UltraSignup.com
Check Ken out at thelongbrownpath.com
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
The lovely Tina Merritt joins us once again to talk all about her journey to the Grand Canyon. Not only that but Tina went to hike one of the most difficult trails out there, the R3 or Rim to Rim to Rim. That’s going from the south rim of the Canyon to the North Rim and back to the South Rim. Just shy of 50 miles, Tina talks about her experience with Project Athena, heat induced hallucinations, and a SNAFU at the North Rim which resulted in a 10pm dinner with a 12am wake up time.
Tina’s hard work and resilience training over the years has paid off since she was able to conquer this beast of a trail.
Congratulations, Tina! We <3 u!
Check out Tina on Insta! @tinatreksne
Project Athena: www.projectathena.org
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
And they said it wouldn’t last, but we’ve reached 100 proper episodes on the Rocks and Roots Podcast! We are thrilled to chat with ultrarunner and author Catra Corbett!
We hear about Catra’s start in the ultra running world in the mid-90s after a battle with substance abuse. Her determination on the road and then trail gives her an edge that not many possess; the ability to conquer very hard things seamlessly. She went from 10ks to 100s in less than a year, has podiumed, don’t multiple FKTs of the John Muir Trail and beyond, and loves her some 200 mile races.
She is on the way to do the High Sierra Route in August 2023 and we wish her the best in that awesome endeavor!
Looking forward to having Catra back on the show soon!
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