Episode 605: Katie Asmuth on Grit, Comebacks, and the Power of Community on the Trail
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SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today on the show, I’m joined by Katie Asmuth, one of the co-hosts of the Trail Network podcast, which is part of the SandyBoy Productions family. If you haven’t listened to Trail Network yet—this is your sign. The show is hosted by four incredible women in the trail running space: Rachel Drake, Leah Yingling, Katie Asmuth, and Hilary Yang. Together, they bring to life the untold stories of magical moments on and off the trail—capturing the heart of trail running, friendship, and connection.
A few standout episodes I’d recommend: episode 50 with Hillary Yang and Sarah Attar—who competed for Saudi Arabia in both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and is now a celebrated photographer—and episode 46, where Leah talks with Alexis Crellin about raising resilient kids while chasing big goals. That one really hit home for me.
Now, let’s talk about Katie. She’s the mother of two, a nurse practitioner, and a professional trail runner for HOKA. Katie has three top-10 finishes at Western States—including a 5th-place finish in 2021, 9th in 2022 (which she shares more about in this episode), and 4th in 2023. She recently ran a self-supported FKT through Joshua Tree and is getting back to racing after overcoming some major injuries over the past couple of years. She spent several years with Saucony and is now part of the HOKA team, which she’s really excited about.
Katie lives and trains in Mammoth Lakes, California, and if you’re not already following her, you should be—she’s @kt_asmuth on Instagram. This episode is short and sweet, but I left the conversation so inspired by her energy, grit, and openness. I hope it does the same for you—and I hope you’ll check out her podcast while you’re at it!
All right, friends—enjoy my conversation with Katie Asmuth.
What we talked about:
7:00- Living in Mammoth
11:40- Her running journey
18:30- The Trail Network Podcast
26:15- Balancing busy seasons in life
40:00- Her FKT at Joshua Tree
47:45- End of podcast questions
Show notes:
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:17.1 | Hey friends, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hine. I'm your host Lindsay. Thank you so much for joining me today. Today, my guest on the podcast is Katie Asmith. I met Katie because she is one of the co-hosts of the Trail Network podcast. The Trail Network podcast is part of the Sandyway Productions podcast network. And before I introduce |
| 0:39.1 | Katie, let me just tell you, this is such an amazing show hosted by four women in the |
| 0:45.8 | trail running space, Rachel Drake, Leah Yingling, Katie Assmith and Hillary Yang, and they bring |
| 0:52.2 | the untold stories of magical moments amongst trail runners |
| 0:55.6 | to life. |
| 0:56.5 | These stories of runners on and off the trail capture the essence and the heart of trail |
| 1:00.9 | running and the power of friendship and connection. |
| 1:03.6 | It is an honor to have them as part of the Sandy Boy Productions podcasting community. |
| 1:08.8 | The four hosts, sometimes they're all four together on the episodes. |
| 1:13.5 | Sometimes it's a couple of them. Sometimes it's a one-on-one where they're interviewing an |
| 1:17.6 | amazing athlete. One of my favorite recent episodes was episode 50 where Hillary Yang interviewed |
| 1:23.8 | Sarah Atar about embracing adventure, intentionality, and the unexpected. |
| 1:28.8 | And if you don't know, Sarah, she is a gifted photographer, a two-time Olympian, and a trailblazer |
| 1:33.7 | in every sense of the word. |
| 1:35.9 | She competed for Saudi Arabia in the Olympics, competing in track and field in 2012 and 2016. |
| 1:42.0 | And she's a creative force in the photography space so definitely check that out if you want |
| 1:48.4 | to check out the trail not work podcast that would be a great episode to start with another one |
| 1:53.5 | you might be interested in checking out if you're a fan of this podcast i don't know about you but |
| 1:57.6 | this is right up my alley so it might be right up yours a Alexis Creelan, episode 46 of the Trail Network podcast, where Leah, who is going to be a new mom |
| 2:07.9 | herself, talks to Alexis, who is a climber, a mountain enthusiast, and an ultra runner based |
| 2:14.2 | in Salt Lake City. She has two top 20 finishes at UTMB, top finishes at Speedgoat 50K, |
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