Alpine Start Podcast: Professional Ultrarunners and Mountain Athletes Katie Schide and Germain Grangier

In this episode of the Alpine Start podcast, Grace Staberg talks with ultrarunners Katie Schide and Germain Grangier.

Katie and Germain both have top-10 finishes at UTMB and have won races like the UTCAM, MIUT and the Swissalpine Marathon. Together, the pair traversed from Cervinia to Chamonix in 3 days along the summer Haute Route. The project, which they completed in 2020, was documented by On Running in a production called “Taming Giants”. Among other skimo races, the two have raced the Pierra Menta, and this winter Katie raced 2 Skimo World Cups for the USA. We talk about navigating a career as a professional athlete when your partner is doing the same, training in the mountains throughout the seasons, the ties between skimo and ultra-running and much more.
Alpine Start with Grace Staberg

Note: Katie Shide won the 2022 UTMB with a time of 23:15:12.

Watch the “Taming Giants” video about Schide and Grangier’s Haute Route adventure below.