Two-time Grayson Murphy and World Mountain Running Champion joins the podcast today to share the announcement of her new sponsor.

Before getting into that, we take a moment to catch up on her recent journey through pregnancy and what the past months have looked like for her as both an athlete and a new mom.

Dani and EmKay chat with race directors Steve White and Tom Hooper about why YOU should participate in Cirque Series. We also talk about the exciting news that Cirque Series has added TWO new races to bring the series up to 10 total races for you summer fun. Make sure you check out the website and sign yourself up for one of these beautiful short trail events.

https://www.cirqueseries.com/

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Dani and EmKay sit down with the founder of Hdrop, Adria Abella to talk about the product. Adria talks about the origin story of the product, how it is best used by athletes and how the app can help on race day as well. The Sub Hub Podcast is starting a new partnership with Hdrop so if you are interested in using the sweat monitor, go to this link to use our discount code.

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In this episode Emkay and Dani share their current injury comeback statuses, first reactions to the release of the 2026 Golden Trail World Series Calendar, and previews of the Black Canyon 50k and Tarawera 50k, both happening this weekend.

Élisa Morin is a 5 time Canadian National Champion and was recently 10th at the Classic Up/Down race at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Canfranc, Spain. Today she announced that she is signing with the Brooks Trail Running team. Dani and EmKay were super excited to get the chance to learn more about Élisa as she starts this new journey. Go give her a follow when you get a chance!

In this episode, Dani Moreno and EmKay Sullivan interview Cam Smith, a rare dual-threat athlete who’s carved his way from Vertical K and uphill mountain running to earning a spot on Team USA’s Olympic skimo team.

Cam breaks down how long he has been eyeing the 2026 Winter Olympics, what it actually takes to make an Olympic team in a endurance sport, and dives into his history of injuries and comebacks these past few years.

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📍 Venue: Stelvio Ski Centre in Bormio, Italy.

📆 Competition Dates:

• February 19, 2026 — Men’s and Women’s Sprint events

  • Morning session: Sprint Heats begin ~9:50–10:30 CET• Midday: Sprint Semis and Finals follow later in the morning/early afternoon.

• February 21, 2026 — Mixed Relay event

  • Early afternoon start (e.g., around 13:30 CET).

📋 Medal Events:• Men’s Sprint• Women’s Sprint• Mixed-Gender Relay

📺 How to Watch — U.S. & International

📺 United States✔ NBC — Primetime and marquee event coverage✔ USA Network — Live daytime action✔ Peacock — Live streaming of nearly all events online✔ NBCOlympics.com/NBC Sports apps — Live & replay streaming available

🌍 International✔ In Europe — Discovery+/Eurosport, BBC and other EBU broadcasters (country-specific) ✔ Elsewhere — Check with your local Olympic broadcast partner or national sports channel.

In this episode, Dani Moreno and EmKay Sullivan interview Anna Gibson, one of the most exciting uphill talents in mountain running and now a newly minted Team USA Olympic skimo athlete.

Anna shares her path into skimo, how her training is going and what it looks like, what it’s been like navigating two high-level sports at once, and what her 2026 holds.

photo: Owen Crandall

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📍 Venue: Stelvio Ski Centre in Bormio, Italy.

📆 Competition Dates:

• February 19, 2026 — Men’s and Women’s Sprint events

  • Morning session: Sprint Heats begin ~9:50–10:30 CET• Midday: Sprint Semis and Finals follow later in the morning/early afternoon.

• February 21, 2026 — Mixed Relay event

  • Early afternoon start (e.g., around 13:30 CET).

📋 Medal Events:• Men’s Sprint• Women’s Sprint• Mixed-Gender Relay

📺 How to Watch — U.S. & International

📺 United States✔ NBC — Primetime and marquee event coverage✔ USA Network — Live daytime action✔ Peacock — Live streaming of nearly all events online✔ NBCOlympics.com/NBC Sports apps — Live & replay streaming available

🌍 International✔ In Europe — Discovery+/Eurosport, BBC and other EBU broadcasters (country-specific) ✔ Elsewhere — Check with your local Olympic broadcast partner or national sports channel.

Jordan Hamm is the team manager for Brooks Trail. In the last year he has put together a super start team of young athletes all over the US. Many of these athletes have showed their talent in the sub ultra distances in the last year at the Golden Trail World Series, World Champs and WMRA series events. Jordan shares with us the why of how he puts together a team and the things he enjoys most about the current team.