The Life Outside Podcast

Troy Croxdale, known as Punisher on trail, is a thru-hiker, runner, and ultra athlete from California. After a major personal reset in 2019, Troy built a life around long trails and big endurance challenges. He has hiked the Pacific Crest, Appalachian, and Continental Divide Trails multiple times, and in 2025, hiked all 3 in a row, completing the Border-to-Border Calendar-Year Triple Crown and a 10,000-mile hiking year. He’s also an accomplished ultrarunner, making the podium of the Tahoe 200, and recently finishing the Cocodona 250 after a massive day-one comeback. My name is Cam Bostock, and this is the Life Outside Podcast. Make sure to follow the show wherever you are listening and leave us a 5-star rating if you enjoyed.

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In this episode of the Life Outside Podcast, Cam sits down solo to chat about the benefits of hiking and time outside. Not just his personal anecdotes, but the science. Cam dissects a handful of studies and shares his thoughts and experiences that relate to and confirm their findings. We hope you enjoy.

Studies referenced:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1510459112?
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8125471/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3372546/
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1700325/full
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(13)00764-1?
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9434994/
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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Alex Coe, both the day before and the day after they attempted the Rinjani 100 miler on Lombok, Indonesia. 162km with 13,600m of elevation gain and some of the gnarliest terrain you’ll ever set foot on. Unfortunately, both of the boys DNF(did not finish) due to some wild events that they discuss during the episode. We hope you enjoy.

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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Laura Waddell. Laura is an Aussie hiker and creator who has spent time on many of the longest and most challenging trails in Oceania, including the Aussie Triple Crown of thru-hiking: the Bibbulmun, Heyson, and Aussie Alps Tracks, as well as Te Araroa, traversing the entire length of New Zealand. We chat about Laura’s journey into hiking over the last half-decade, her thoughts on the diverse and challenging nature of Australian multi-day hiking and so much more. We hope you enjoy!
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In this episode of The Life Outside Podcast, Cam chats with Andrew Glaze. Andy might be the world’s most well-known ultrarunner, having completed over 75 ultra marathon races, ranging from 30 to 300 miles long. He documents his running through his social media platforms, reaching 10s of millions of eyes, inspiring people to push further and overcome adversity. We chat about Andy’s new book, his recent 300-mile ultra in Arizona, and discuss why challenging yourself in nature is so powerful. Andy also gives me his best advice for my upcoming 100-mile ultramarathon. We hope you enjoy!

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