Dirt Nap Diaries

By Brittany Olson

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Episodes: 43

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A trail running podcast for everyday trail runners juggling training with real life. Hosted by women’s trail running coach Brittany Olson, it’s where the messy, funny, and real parts of running meet strength, joy, and the reminder that you’re more than “just” a runner.


Episode Date
Episode 42: Cocodona Day One: The Desert, the Dark, and Why It Still Feels Like a Different Race
May 19, 2026
Episode 41: Cocodona 250: What I Wish I Said at the Finish Line
May 12, 2026
Episode 40: There’s more than one win: Celebrating all the things
May 05, 2026
Episode 39: How Training Actually Builds: From General to Specific (And Why It Matters)
Apr 29, 2026
Episode 38: The final phase of training: Taper like you mean it
Apr 21, 2026
Episode 37: 75 Human: Why You Don’t Need Another Hard Thing
Apr 14, 2026
Episode 36: Fueling for performance: Support the work you're doing
Apr 07, 2026
Episode 35: Stop Asking the Internet: Trust Yourself Before Race Day
Apr 01, 2026
Episode 34: Cocodona Training Camp: Trail Running over 3 days
Mar 24, 2026
Episode 33: What Actually Matters in Trail Running: 3 Things I Care About More Than Pace
Mar 17, 2026
Episode 32: Stop Policing Other People’s Finish Lines: Someone Else’s Medal Isn’t Your Problem
Mar 10, 2026
Episode 31: Effort Over Pace: Their Effort is Not Your Effort
Mar 03, 2026
Episode 30: Pacers in Ultra Running: Support System or Safety Blanket?
Feb 24, 2026
Episode 29: Aid Stations for Everyday Trail Runners: Efficient, Prepared, and Not Distracted
Feb 17, 2026
Episode 28: Crew: What They’re For, What They’re Not, and How to Use Them Well
Feb 10, 2026
Episode 27: Borrowed Confidence vs Earned Confidence: Why Trusting Yourself Comes From Reps
Feb 03, 2026
Episode 26: This Isn't Normal: Silence, ICE and Trump are the Enemy
Jan 27, 2026
Episode 25: Not Everything Has to Be Hard: Training Smarter in a World Obsessed With Suffering
Jan 20, 2026
Episode 24: Running Research : Why It’s Not Always About You
Jan 13, 2026
Episode 23: New Year’s Resolutions Aren’t the Problem: Being a Dickhead About Them Is
Jan 06, 2026
Episode 22: When Shit Goes Sideways: Safety, Scars, and Still Chasing Big Dreams
Dec 30, 2025
Episode 21: How to Schedule Your Running: Building a Week You Can Repeat
Dec 23, 2025
You’re Not Lazy, You’re Tired: A Trail Runner’s Guide to Sustainable Training
Dec 17, 2025
Episode 19: Your Watch Is Being Dramatic: A Trail Runner’s Guide to Chill
Dec 09, 2025
Episode 18: Aid Station 101: Snacks, Chaos, and Getting In and Out Fast
Dec 03, 2025
Episode 17: The Ups and Downs of Trail Running: How to Move Efficiently on Every Hill
Nov 25, 2025
Episode 16: How to Actually Run Easy: Where Endurance Really Starts
Nov 18, 2025
Episode 15: Permission to Rest: Why Doing Less Sometimes Moves You Forward
Nov 11, 2025
Episode 14: What Are We Running For: When the World Feels Heavy
Nov 04, 2025
Episode 13: Running Is Not That Serious: Lessons From the Party in the Desert
Oct 28, 2025
Episode 12: Race Strategy: How to Run Smart on Any Trail, at Any Distance
Oct 21, 2025
Episode 11: The Season of Meh: When You Just Don’t Have It (and You’re Not Sure Why)
Oct 14, 2025
Episode 10: Building Your Race Season: How to Choose Races That Actually Mean Something
Oct 07, 2025
Episode 9: Training Runs Are Practice: Why Everything Counts on the Long Run
Sep 30, 2025
Episode 8: Out of Control: Trail Running When the World Feels Heavy
Sep 23, 2025
Episode 7: When Finishing Isn’t the Win: The DNF I Didn’t See Coming
Sep 16, 2025
Episode 6: The invisible part of training: How to really recover
Sep 09, 2025
Episode 5: The weight we carry: Running through the heavy
Sep 02, 2025
Episode 4: Your watch is lying to you: Ditch the data (RPE vs HR)
Aug 26, 2025
Episode 3: The company you keep - Find your people for the hardest miles
Aug 19, 2025
Episode 2: Start where your feet are: How to actually begin trail running
Aug 12, 2025
Episode 1: Where real life meets the trails
Aug 12, 2025
Before We Hit the Trail…
Aug 06, 2025