

The Next Aid Station
Jake Kilgore
Join us while we dive into the wild world of ultrarunning! Jake and Mick go over important ultramarathon happening each week while giving their predictions on what they think will go down.
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Apr 3, 2025 • 1h 18min
Arizona Monster 300: Who Will Conquer the Beast?
The Arizona Monster 300 is about to test the toughest ultrarunners on the planet—but who has what it takes to survive 300 grueling miles? In this episode of The Next Aid Station, we break down the race course, top contenders, dark horses, and the strategies that could make or break their race. Will experience win out, or will an underdog rise to the occasion? Tune in for our predictions, expert analysis, and what to watch for in one of the gnarliest ultramarathons out there! #Ultrarunning #ArizonaMonster300 #TrailRunning #Endurance #UltraPredictions

Mar 27, 2025 • 52min
Chianti Showdown & the Golden Age of Ultra Docs
The Chianti 120K brought the heat, and we’re breaking down all the top performances, surprises, and storylines from this rugged Italian ultra. Then, we dive into the explosion of high-quality ultramarathon documentaries on YouTube—why they’re getting better, what makes a great one, and how they’re shaping the sport. Tune in for race recaps, deep dives, and all things ultrarunning!

Mar 20, 2025 • 1h 7min
Season 3 Kickoff Episode: Barkley Marathon Predictions and UTMB Chianti Duel!
We're back and better than ever! This week we're going over the mysterious Barkley Marathon that's currently going on right now and then we dive right into the Chianti duel between Killian and Jim this weekend.

Oct 31, 2024 • 1h 17min
Season 2 Finale | Javelina Recap & The Best of 2024
In this weeks Episode, Jake and Mick discuss the 2024 ultrarunning seaon!
Best races, best performances, breakout performances of the year, and so much more.
They also dive into the Javelina Jundred performances & discuss their takeaways from the race.
What a year it's been! Sad to wrap this one up but already looking forward to what the 2025 season has in store for us & the ultrarunning community as a whole.
Until then!

Oct 26, 2024 • 57min
Javelina Jundred Preview || Kodiak 100 Recap
Mick & Jake sit down to discuss the upcoming Javelina Jundred in Arizona.
Widley considered one of the most competitive Hundred Milers in the country, the top athletes in the ultrarunning world are decending to AZ to race in the desert for 4 golden tickets to the WSER 100!

Oct 23, 2024 • 57min
Special Guest: Sabrina Stanley | DC Peaks Champ & Course Record Holder
Sabrina Stanley, DCP Champion and Course record holder, sits down with Race Director & Pod Host Jake Kilgore to discuss her experience at DCP, what it's like living in Silverton, her astonishing career as a professional Ultrarunner, and so much more!

Oct 16, 2024 • 47min
Grant Barnette Joins Us: DC Peaks 50 Winner and Course Record Holder!
We sat down with our 2024 Race Champion, Local Legend Grant Barnette, to talk though his story & introduction to trail running via thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail and the PCT, his experience racing UTMB this past summer & ambitions to race it again, his attempt to break the 24 hour vert world record on skis, and of course his experience at the DCP 50 just 2 weeks ago.
Grant is a beast in the mountains and we were thrilled to not only have him here racing our race, but to sit down & speak with him in the studio!
We loved this one & hope you do, too.

Oct 10, 2024 • 1h
DC Peaks 2024 Recap From RD Jake and Mick
How did DC Peaks 2024 go? What did we love and what did we wish we changed? What will we change going forward? How did the field do? We answer all those and more!

Oct 2, 2024 • 1h 24min
It's Finally Here: DC Peaks Race Prediction Time!!!
Ladies and gents, the time has come. It is DC Peaks week and we're PUMPED to talk about our race and runners for this year's DC Peaks 50 miler. We have put our heart and soul into making all of our events top tier events so we hope you love them as much as we do.

Sep 25, 2024 • 1h 10min
Camille Herron The Wikipedia Wizard?
This week we get into the craziness that exploded across the ultrarunning world when "legendary" ultrarunner Camille Herron and her husband were caught edited wikipedia pages to make herself seem better than her peers while deleting accomplishments from their pages. We also spend the rest of the episode diving into our favorite 100 miler, The Bear, and the stacked field of runners they have running it this weekend.