Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, We talk about Connecting With Our Kids . Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcastBy The Baddie Daddie Podcast

Kia ora e te whanau! David Hellard has had a long and varied history with running. From hashing with his army dad, to reclaiming fitness in his 20’s obstacle racing, adventure racing, a love of city exploration, running everywhere, ultras, to founding the long-running and wildly popular Bad Boy Running podcast. David has run many of the world’s gre…

Kia ora e te whānau! We’ve had the pleasure of some salubrious recording locales with Mr Andrew McDowall and this time is no different. Fresh off a DCMF he’s hit the Forestry Road Subaru Studios with Eugene and Matt for a full rundown of his Western States experience. We even got to stroke the buckle. *Spoiler Alert* That’s a pretty flash buckle, a…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, We talk about Modern Dad's. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcastBy TBD Podcast

In its nine-year history the WUU2K has kicked many a runner in the ass. This year it kicked Matt in the head. Antecedently to the unfolding malarky, Eugene and Matt caught up with NZ trail legend Jenny Hirst, WUU2K race director and founder Gareth Thomas, and long-time collaborator Brent Robinson. You’ll get all the action from the start line, and …

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, We are just talking and chillin. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcastBy TBD Podcast

Kia ora e te whānau! On this episode, Eugene and Matt are joined by the brains trust of SQUADRUN Ali Pottinger and Kerry Suter for a play-along-at-home adventure around the start of planning for a big adventure or event, in this case, Matt’s build up to the Tarawera Ultra Trail. As usual with these conversations, Kerry and Ali are wise beyond years…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, its Men's Mental Health Month and we are chatting it up with Daniel @bayareadadlife! Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast…

Kia ora e te whānau! “At least I don’t have to listen to my own voice”. So goes the bio of Bradley Houghton, the maestro behind Trail Running NZ, the newsletter that has taken the scene by storm. Breaking his own rule, Bradley sits down with Eugene and Matt to discuss his own history with trail running, and the motivation to start Trail Running NZ.…

Kia ora e te whānau! Our mate Andrew McDowall is quite good at running. Eugene calls him (inexplicably) the fifth Beatle of DCR, which is absolutely true if not numerically suspect. Andrew has been trying to get into Western States for what has felt like 100 years, but is actually 9 years. Which can feel like 100 years, I’m sure. He only went and b…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, its Men's Mental Health Month and we are chatting it up with The Dad Tapes! Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, its all about Jake and Danny. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcastBy TBD Podcast

Kia ora e te whānau! Anthony Kerr-Taylor – Ant K-T – couldn’t tell you what got him out onto the Riverhead trails during the country’s first Covid lockdown, but that first run four years ago has lead to a string of incredible results including an 8th place at this year’s Tarawera Ultra Trail 100 mile and a couple weeks ago Ant ran 348kms (or 52 lap…

Kia ora e te whānau. This week we speak to the returning champion and guest on DCR episode 102 Coach Maree Leith of GoRunGirls. We talk to Maree about her efforts in writing and publishing her first book, Finding Her Stride, a compilation of 19 New Zealand woman runners and their stories. We also discuss our top tips for hitting the streets in the …

Kia ora e te whānau! This week Eugene and Matt have the distinct pleasure of speaking to the incredible Caitlin Fielder. In her third year as a professional athlete for Salomon, Caitlin continues to go from strength-to-strength on the European trail circuit. With many strings to her bow, Caitlin discusses mindset, training, her fine art business, w…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we talk about healthy and toxic masculinity. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcastBy TBD Podcast

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we invite a special guest to the table! Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast

Kia ora e te whānau! This episode of the pod finds Matt returning to The Blue Mountains for the UTA running festival. With 7000 athletes over 4 days this is a one-of-a-kind spectacle in one of the most beautiful places on the planet. Down to one wing, the ever dependable Ali Pottinger of SQUADRUN fame jumped into the fray, along with Ben Berriman a…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we talk about Effective leadership in our homes, workplace and amongst other men. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we talk about Honoring the most important women in our lives. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast Follow us for more content on Instagram! @…

Kia ora e te whānau! This week, Eugene and Matt have got the band back together! We have the distinct pleasure of being joined by the brains behind SQUADRUN, Ali Pottinger and Kerry Suter to preview the 2024 edition of Ultra Trail Australia. Ali and Kerry are two people who know this race intimately, they share their favourite parts of the course a…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we answer some hypothetical questions. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast

Kia ora e te whānau! This week we’ve got something different for you. Eugene and Matt take a trip to Ōtautahi/Christchurch for our first ever live show at Further Faster. We were joined by the epic Jess Campbell and Michael Mitchell as we ran through some stories from the past six years. We rounded the evening off by challenging the audience to a r…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we talk about what we needed from our dad's and how it shaped us to father the way we do. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast…

Kia ora e te whānau! This episode we catch up with Jenny and Jeff Vierling, the founders of Tailwind. They were in Aotearoa for the Faultline Ultra on the weekend, and right about now they’ll be riding the Old Ghost Road. They live in the mountain town of Durango, Colorado, where they have made a deliberate decision to grow and keep their business.…

Kia ora e te whānau! This week, Eugene and Matt have the distinct pleasure to speak to Greig Hamilton and let us tell you this has been a long time coming! In case you don’t know, Greig Hamilton became the first Kiwi finisher of the Barkley Marathons. It was his third crack, having knocked off fun runs in 2019 and 2022. This year there were five fi…

The Furber Steps are an iconic part of the UTA course in the Blue Mountains, more than 900 stairs that make up the only path to the finish line. This year, NSW Firefighters are going to climb it for 24 hours raising money for Motor Neuron Disease. And everyone is invited along, so Matt and Eugene and going to be there. We speak with the brainchild …

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we play a little catch-up. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcastBy TBD Podcast

Kia ora e te whānau! This week on the podcast Eugene speaks to returning champion and one of the most impressive human beings we’ve had the pleasure of speaking with, the one and only Roger Robinson. Roger is an age group world champion runner, an emeritus professor at Victoria University where he was in the English Department, he is a world-leadin…

Kia ora e te whānau! Enjoy this cheeky little bijou podcastette from this year’s Northburn 100. Llaingholm’s favourite son, Episode 33 alumni, and Commonwealth Games Medallist Gareth Morris went to Northburn to document the action (okay, so he was supposed to be running, but he was injured so we asked him for a favour …). Acting as our intrepid Mai…

Kia ora e te whānau! WOOOOO some weekends in the calendar just stack up don’t they? This weekend certainly didn’t disappoint with the fourth running of Aotearoa’s original Backyard Ultramarathon, the Riverhead Backyard ReLaps Ultra, the Northburn 100 mile, one of the most challenging 100 mile events in the country, and the Barkley Marathons, the Mo…

Kiwi Sandy Barwick ran 549 miles in six days back in 1990, establishing a world record that stood for 34 years, until Camille Herron broke it, running 560 miles last week. How did Sandy do it, and what does she think of Camille’s run? Lockerroom founding editor Suzanne McFadden interviewed Sandy to find out. We caught up with Suzanne in this chat f…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we get vulnerable and talk about our Strength and Weaknesses as dad's and how it affects our kids. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast…

Kia ora e te whānau! Our friend, fellow MC, and DCR away game co-host Ali Pottinger sent us a message wanting to talk about what the trail running community could do better (and is doing better) to support women in trail running. When Ali talks, we listen. So please enjoy this thought-provoking and engaging discussion with Ali Pottinger around the …

Just before Tarawera we caught up with Kerry Suter and Ali Pottinger from Squadrun for our annual pre-race preview. Days later, as he told us, he was going in for surgery to help get some mobility back after his big crash two years ago. We knew you'd all be keen to hear how it went, and to get his views on the racing at Tarawera, since he's been in…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we'll talk about life lessons. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast

Kia ora e te whānau! She’s 90 lbs soaking wet and with a personality 150 feet tall: Polly Taylor is a force to be reckoned with. A guide in the Marlborough Sounds, past Northburn 100 mile winner, and someone who could talk the iron legs off a stove, Polly is someone who exemplifies that maximum growth occurs on the cusp of support and challenge. In…

We went to Tarawera Ultra-Trail in 2024 and it was incredible. Moments so surreal you question reality. Simple pleasures, mundanity, joy, filth, pride, and noble stupidity (and this was just the car trip down). Please enjoy this episode of the DCR AidStation, recorded at some aid stations, among other places, and featuring Sam Harvey, Coach Eric Or…

Kia ora e te whānau!! Holy Hecka ... the four-day three-ring circus that is Tarawera Ultra-Trail has rolled into town for 2024, and we couldn’t wait to get this out to you all as a wee bonus treat. First off, for your entertainment we have the 2024 Elite Q & A live show, featuring Ruth Croft, Daniel Jones, Kate Avery and an amazing conversation wit…

Kia ora e te whānau. Throughout this episode, Robyn Lesh talks about puzzles. From working out how not to drop a single point in her community college maths class, to graduating MIT whilst figuring out the ideal point of balance on her Olympic class foiling sailboat, to the ideal weight distribution for America’s Cup challenger American Magic, Roby…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we talk about how we are challenged and ways we can challenge our kids as dads. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast Follow us for more conte…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we talk about some struggles of being a dad! Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcastBy TBD Podcast

Kia ora e te whānau. The Big Friendly is rushing up again and Eugene and Matt have the privilege of being joined by their fellow MC’s, friends, and the Squadrun brains trust Kerry Suter and Ali Pottinger. Kerry and Ali continue to be a driving force in coaching in Australasia, as they coach and support thousands. We run down the shiny diamonds in t…

AidStation 001 – Insert Something Cliche About Processes. A special taste for DCR listeners of our new subscriber-only AidStation podcast. We didn’t know this, but the second Friday in January is known as “Quitter’s Day”. This is the day that statistically, most people abandon their New Year’s Resolutions. Are you a resolution person? Or a Goal guy…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we bring in a special guest! Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcastBy TBD Podcast

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, we talk about what's happening and communication. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcastBy TBD Podcast

Kia ora e te whānau. When David Haunschmidt was racing his brothers over the beaches of Westray in the Orkney Islands, he never dreamed that his life would one day take him to New Zealand and near to the top of his sport. Starting trail running in 2018 as a means of expediency (I mean, hey you can still see all the things, but just in less time) Da…

Kia ora e te whānau. For our first podcast of 2024 Eugene and Matt have the pleasure of speaking with Zachary Friedley and Eric Orton. Zach is a returning Champion on DCR, having spoken to Matt on episode 202, and also being part of our Tarawera live pod in 2023. Eric Orton is a first time caller but he will be no stranger to many of you. Together,…

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, the Baddie Daddies recap their Christmas and one Baddie Daddie makes a despised decision. Follow us for more content on Instagram! @baddiedaddie_podcast Follow us for …

Welcome to The Baddie Daddie Podcast! We are a couple of guys born and raised in the Bay Area, CA trying to do the best we can for our family, friends and ourselves. In this episode, The Dad Tapes Rich & Josh join the Podcast and we have some fun talking about Christmas, Fantasy Football learning some new words! Follow us for more content on Instag…