Jess dishes out tips she wishes she had known before running her first ultra as well as things she's learned along the way.

In this episode, Jess talks about the latest race in the SFARC Trail Race Series at Camden State Park, then goes a bit more in depth about the Sioux Falls Area Running Club organization and the trail race series.

Jess puts on her coaching hat and discusses a key ingredient to finding success in running.

Jess talks over her weekend of participating in the Black Hills group run event: 7 Summits. Taking on running up and down 7 different peaks throughout the Black Hills, covering 33ish miles and 7500 feet of climbing in one day.

Jess talks over her experience crewing and spectating at the Lean Horse Ultra in the Black Hills this past weekend

Jess sits down with guest Jeff Pratt as he shares some background to his rise in ultra running. We do a deeper dive into his last race where he won the Black Hills 100 and briefly cover his latest venture of race directing the Crazy Bear Ultra.

Jess talks over her weekend of volunteering at the inaugural Crazy Bear Ultra, going behind the scenes of what it takes to put on such a race, and shares of upcoming trail races and group runs in the area.

Guest Brian Harms joins the show and takes us along for the story of his running journey. Telling us what it has brought into his life and why he continues to run (and run very far) despite being in his upper 60's.