Sensational Simone Brick returns to The Trail Runners Experience and talks about her busy life balancing work, study and a huge training load. She goes into detail about recovering from her recent injury and then building up to some of her finest running performances to date.

Ash and Daniel Talk about there respective running weeks and Ash takes a bath.

In The Hive this week is runner Simone Brick. She comes in fresh off winning the national championship after a 15 week layoff from running. She also shares her inspirational battle overcoming severe mental health struggles and past trauma.

For our last show of season 4 we went down to the Mountain Goat Brewery and had a catch up with previous guests Simone Brick and Tommy Lumb.

We heard about what each of them had been up to since we had them on, then discussed caffeine consumption before a race, addressing fear and courage, and found out what's exciting them in running at the moment.

Salomon athlete, medical student, steeple chaser, mountain runner and kombucha fan, Simone Brick joins the podcast to discuss trail running and much more.

It's an open, honest, and raw episode this one.  We chat with Simone Brick about... well... everything.  

We discuss her love for road and track, and recent love for trail, and how running fit in with her mental health and previous eating disorder, including how she eats now.

The topics are vast and varied and well worth a listen.  There are nuggets of brilliant advice for everyone peppered all the way through this long podcast.