Miguel Heras surprised the American ultrarunning world when he won the 2010 The North Face Endurance Challenge Championships. Heras’s victory was much less of a surprise to European ultra fans. Miguel is a long-time endurance athlete who has successfully transitioned from adventure racing to trail running in recent years. Listen to our interview to learn a bit more about his background, what he’s been running, what he thinks about the globalization of trail running, and where you might see him next.

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[Ps. This is our first attempt as a translated video interview. We kept both Miguel Heras’s Spanish and the translation provided by Eduard Martinell of TrailRunningSoul.com . Please let us know if you have suggestions for the format of future bilingual video interviews.]