Majell Backhausen is an Australian ultrarunner and environmentalist. He’s run many races in all corners of the globe but possibly his most important run ever was running to save a forest.   

In this episode, we talk to Maj about his childhood, his journey to trail running, about following curiosity, being a good human and his epic 273km run across the proposed Great Forest National Park to stop native forest logging.  

Footprints Running:  

https://runfootprints.org/australia 

takayna trail: https://takaynatrail2023.raisely.com/ 

Thank You For Not Chopping Here: 

https://www.patagonia.com.au/pages/the-great-forest/ 

End to and End: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mhOsOGWs6g