Robbie Simpson | 2022 Ultra Trail Cape Town Pre-Race Interview

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

Wilderness, Trail Running, Sports, Sports News, Mountain Running, Running, Ultrarunning, Ultra Running, News, Ultramarathon

5 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Robbie Simpson is a professional trail runner for Adidas Terrex based in Banchory, Scotland preparing for the 2022 Ultra Trail Cape Town 55K.Timestamps:(0:41) - training opportunities in northeast Scotland(1:45) - thoughts on pro athlete lifestyle(2:27) - whether there's a training and racing formula for the Golden Trail Series(4:02) - toughest competitors he's ever faced(6:01) - whether you can race these distances purely ...

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0:00.0	Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast.
0:03.0	I'm your host Finn Melanson and in this episode we are talking with Robbie Simpson,
0:08.0	professional trail runner for Adidas Terrix based in Bankery, Scotland, preparing for the 2022 Ultra Trail Cape Town 55K in a few days.
0:17.0	In addition to his preparation and thoughts on the event, we also spend a bit of time
0:22.1	on his racing background, including his history with Sears and All, OCC. We also spend a bit of
0:28.3	time talking in general about the sub- Ultra Trail Racing scene. With that, let's get started.
0:34.8	All right, Robbie Simpson. Welcome to the Single track podcast. Thanks. Good to be here.
0:41.0	Before we get into Cape Town, I'd love to get some background for the listeners that may not be
0:45.7	familiar with you. If I understand correctly, you're based in Northeast Scotland. And I guess my
0:52.9	first question is, have you found that that area of the world is
0:56.5	conducive to the training that you need to be, that you need to do to be successful on a high
1:02.2	level? Or do you find yourself needing to go on sort of like training camps around the world
1:06.9	to get more specificity in? Yeah, you're totally right there.
1:11.1	Like I like living in Scotland.
1:12.5	I think it's a great place and that's where I grew up and there are great trails and
1:16.1	mountains to run on and some challenging conditions.
1:19.5	But to be honest, you're lacking the altitude, you know, specific training, heat, all those
1:24.2	things.
1:24.5	So I do spend a lot of time in the year going abroad to train.
1:27.3	But that's
1:27.8	nice if you're able to do it. And I can keep a good level of training at home. It's sort of in
1:35.4	between. You can do some good road training, some okay mountain running, but nothing quite amazing
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