Episode 59! Today's conversation is with a truly remarkable athlete and adventurer, Liz Woodgate. While Liz's athletic and adventure background is extensive, the focus of this conversation is around her setting the huge Larapinta Trail end-to-end-to-end Fastest Known Time in July this year, covering an incredible 460KM on the brutal Larapinta trail, in 5 days, 22hours, 43minutes and 10 seconds. You can see her FKT on the Fastest Known Website here. We cover off a range of aspects of her...

Episode 58! Today's conversation is with the incredibly motivated, inspiring and humorous, Brisbane based endurance open water swimmer, born without arms, Kerry-Lee Gockel. We cover a whole raft of topics based around Kerry-Lee's journey into swimming and in the past five years or so, long-distance ocean swimming events, including: Kerry-Lee's birth story; being born - unexpectedly - without arms; and the sanctuary and support her family have provided over the yearsKerry-Lee's journey from...

Episode 57! Today's conversation is with UK based adventurer Lottie Dodd. Currently based in the Wirrall, Lottie gives us a glimpse into life, career changes and travel - and in particular, shares with us stories of her HUGE first year of bikepacking while on a career break from her role as Senior Lecturer of Law at the University of Law in Manchester, including: Her journey into bikepacking over the past year Conversation around the bikepacking trips she’s undertaken including her first...

Welcome to the third and final part of our Into the Wee hours Podcast x Gusty Girls Adventure Film Tour mini-series! A huge thanks to our first ever podcast sponsor – the Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour! I've been thrilled to be partnering with Gutsy Girls, a celebration of adventurous women around the world and in Australia. If you haven't already purchased your tickets, head to www.gutsygirlsadventurefilmtour.com.au - and if you've missed a screening or these aren't accessible to you, don't...

The second in our Gutsy Girls three part mini series is here! A huge thanks to Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour for sponsoring this series - make sure to check out the film festival and get tickets to a show near you at www.gutsygirlsadventurefilmtour.com.au Episode 55! Today's conversation is with Geelong based adventurer, travel writer and author, Laura Waters. Laura shares with us her metamorphosis from city living corporate 9-5er to adventurous travel writer and published author - a...

The first in our Gutsy Girls three part mini series is here! A huge thanks to Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour for sponsoring this series - make sure to check out the film festival and get tickets to a show near you at www.gutsygirlsadventurefilmtour.com.au Episode 54! Today's conversation is with Canberra based bikepacker, Stephanie Skinner. After chasing a big goal of racing the Tour Divide in 2023, Steph had to make some serious decisions when struck by injuries which forced her to refocus...

A less than ten minute check-in to let you know the latest in the land of the Into the Wee Hours Podcast, and to announce an exciting collaboration coming up thanks to the Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour - www.gutsygirlsadventurefilmtour.com.au . Listen in and make sure you're subscribed to receive the three part weekly series! Follow the podcast on Instagram @intotheweehourspodcast Thanks to the Patreon community for your support! www.patreon.com/intotheweehourspodcast Hosted on Acast....

Episode 52! Today's conversation is with the super inspiring, Meanjin, Brisbane based bicycling advocate, Ben Fallon. Ben shares with us how his love for riding bikes has been so pivotal in his life, including: Adventuring with his two young children, taking them bikepacking from the ages of 2 and 4Family bikepacking 1000km routes across Tasmania and in New Zealand and tips on choosing gear for bikepacking with childrenFat biking across the Simpson Desert on an adventure, following in the...

Episode 51! Today I speak to the very lovely Sophie Gray, originally from the UK, now based on SA's Fleurieu Peninsula. Sophie generously shares with us her reality of a shock diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia at 29, which subsequently resulted in a lifesaving stem cell transplant. While trapped in a hospital ward for over a month, Sophie looked out of the hospital windows at the countryside surrounding Adelaide, wishing she were out exploring. Indeed nature and movement have formed a...

Episode 50! Wow. And what a great Episode 50 as I'm joined by the super down to earth and engaging, Evan Howard, generously sharing his time with me (on his birthday!) from his home on Wurundjeri Country. As an accomplished mountaineer, skier, climber, bikepacker and much more, not to mention a talented creator, this was a wide ranging conversation with Evan. Tune in to hear it all! A few of the topics we touched on include: the evolution of his business, Terra Rosa Gear, creating and sewing...

Episode 49! Today's episode is a laughter filled, insightful conversation with Rhianna Knight, based on Wurundjeri Country. Rhianna is a fashion designer, hiker, founder of Amble Outdoors and all in all, a really joyful, inspiring creative and adventurous human. While out on her own hiking adventures, including in Patagonia, Rhianna realised that while the gear she was wearing was technically appropriate for the conditions, her sense of personal style was totally missing in the then offering...

Episode 48. Well, there's nothing quite like kicking off Season 2 and Sarah solo hosting, by chatting to Patrick Farnsworth, creator of Bikes or Death podcast - a conversational bikepacking, adventure cycling podcast that hit over a MILLION downloads in 2023! Patrick was super generous with his time, dialling in from Texas, USA, with wide ranging conversation covering everything from podcasting to parenting; mental health to miles on the bike, to entrepreneurial spirit and bikepacking events....

Welcome to Episode 47 and a new season of the Into the Wee Hours Podcast. This is brief check in from Sarah to say thank you to you all for sticking by us this past couple of years - we appreciate all of our listeners, guests and Patreon patrons enormously. With a change in hosts, it's now time to reinvigorate the podcast with regular scheduling and a whole bunch of awesome new guests. It's just Sarah taking the reins now and she's committed to continuing to elevate the voice of the everyday...

Well, it's a new year and we have big news for you... 2024 is going to look a little different for the Into the Wee Hours podcast. Tune in to find out why... (Spoiler alert: Kristen, we're going to miss you big time - thank you so much for everything x ) Find us on Instagram @intotheweehourspodcast A huge thanks to our Patreon patrons (including our brand new patron, Henrietta L!) for helping us keep the lights on. www.patreon.com/iintotheweehourspodcast Hosted on Acast. See...

Episode 45!  Today's episode is a great conversation with German, Gold Coast Hinterland based, Natalie Reutter. Natalie and Kristen met through their joint love of handling and hiding from dogs, at the Queensland K9 Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) group. A concreter by day, as you'll hear in the episode, Natalie loves an endurance challenge and has completed enormous trail runs and races, including the 200 mile "Delerious West" in WA.  We could have covered an entire episode on ultra...

Episode 44 is here!  We speak to bubbly, super adventurous Bright based adventurer, Elise Marcianti just a couple of weeks out from her huge 300KM multiday self-propelled mission through the Australian Alpine region.  Elise chats to us about this upcoming adventure, running an ultramarathon to the highest point of Australia - Mt Kosciuszko, before hiking 250KM solo along the Australian Alps walking track back to Bright. We hear about her planning; her hopes for the journey and her "why' for...

Episode 43! Sarah arrived back in Australia from her Light to Light adventure a few weeks ago so Sarah and Kristen took the opportunity to check in and debrief on her 675KM run from the most southerly point of Scotland at the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, north to the most northerly point of the Outer Hebrides at the lighthouse at the Butt of Lewis.  If you don't know about Sarah's self-mapped and self-named adventure, "Light to Light", skip back to Epsiode 35, Episode 37 and Episode 42 where...

Episode 42! A third and final pre mission check in with Sarah a week before she heads off to start her 700KMish Scotland end-to-end mission on 21 August. For more context, you can hop back to Episode 36, when Sarah set this intention in January and Episode 37 for a May update.  We cover off a general update including: the final name for the project, "Light to Light" how training has been going a fundraising update - fundraising for Free to Run; you can donate via the link here support...

Episode 41! Today's episode is a cracking conversation with Melbourne based, April Drage. April recently returned from taking part in the grand depart of the iconic Tour Divide - a 4000KM+ mountain bike route stretching from Banff, Alberta, Canada to the New Mexico border at Antelope Wells. April completed the route on "Miles" her Curve Cycling, XS Big Kev. If you're interested in a different perspective on the route, on Episode 12 we talked to Toby Lukins about riding the same route,...

Episode 40!  We welcome back Luke Pryor, along with his partner, Kara Landells to talk all things post-race Western States Endurance Run (WSER). Firstly, a huge congratulations to Luke for absolutely crushing and taking out a silver buckle at his first WSER; completing the course in just over 23 hours. It was great to bring Luke back onto the show post race, and to not only hear his experience of running 100 miles in the 50th year of this iconic race, and also to share the conversation with...

Episode 39! We're stoked to welcome back Guinness World Record Holder, Erchana Murray-Bartlett to share with us how life looks after running 150 marathons for 150 consecutive days, covering the length of mainland Australia. With Sarah's 700km Scotland trail run mission coming up, this was also an opportunity to hear from Erchana on her learnings from completing Tip to Toe, which we hope helps anyone considering undertaking their own big multiday running adventure!  If you haven't already...

Episode 38 is here! We're stoked to bring back a good friend of the show, and previous guest, Luke Pryor. If you haven't listened to Luke's original episode, jump back in the catalogue to Episode 7, where we chatted to Luke all the way back in August 2021. After securing a much coveted place at Western States Endurance Run (WSER) through the fiercely competitive lottery process, Luke joins us in the week before he flies across to the US to race to give us an update on his lead up to this...

Episode 37!  Oh hey, it's been a while! We're back with another shorter form episode, with Kristen and Sarah (and guest appearance from Moose, cos, we know you miss the doggos) checking in on Sarah's huge trail running mission, coming up in August of this year. If you haven't listened to Episode 36, check it out to hear the origins of the plan! Sarah shares the elements of her mission which have changed since the January check in. This includes: Being coached now by Nic Ayson at...

Episode 36 - and a "new" format of a shorter episode, amidst our usual guest interviews which will continue as normal... Today we don't have any guests in the "studio" because we're launching a new mini series of episodes with a specific focus. In this episode, Sarah reveals her big mission for 2023 - trail running "the length" of Scotland (exact details tbc!). Our intention is to document aspects of this journey from now through until the mission in August of this year. Jumping in amidst...