Adam Merry | Bandera Reflections, Representation In Trail Running, State Of The Sport Talks

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Finn Melanson

Wilderness, Trail Running, Sports, Sports News, Mountain Running, Running, Ultrarunning, Ultra Running, News, Ultramarathon

5 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!In this episode we talk with Adam Merry. Adam is a professional Trail Runner for Saucony based in Golden, CO.We reflect on his performance at the recent Bandera 100K, increasing representation in our sport, all the usual questions I have about the state of our sport because Adam is so tuned in, and more. Adam is a great dude and one of the most mission-oriented people in our sport I have come across. I think it will shine t...

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. Indeed, I am your host, Finn Melanson.
0:07.4	In this episode, we talk with Adam Mary. Adam is a professional trail runner for Sokney based in
0:12.9	Golden Colorado. We talk about his recent performance at the Bandera 100K, increasing representation
0:19.3	in our sport, all the usual questions I have about
0:22.4	the state of our sport because Adam is also a huge fan and so tuned in and way more.
0:28.3	And while I mention it in the episode, I want to reiterate it here because I think it's so
0:32.0	important and something we could all be better at.
0:34.9	One of the aspects of Adam I admire so much is how mission-oriented
0:38.7	he is, not just on a performance level, but in all areas of life. I think that's really going
0:43.6	to resonate in this conversation. So let's waste no more time. Let's get started. Welcome to
0:49.0	the show, Adam Mary. Adam Mary, welcome to the single track podcast. What's up, Finn? Thanks a lot for having me here.
0:57.8	I'm really stoked. We're having a conversation. I got to give a quick shout out to a mutual friend and friend of
1:03.3	the podcast, Logan Williams, for introducing us or at least interesting to you. And he's one of my
1:08.7	favorite people in the sport. And anybody that's friends with Logan,
1:11.5	I'm immediately fascinated by. So here we are.
1:14.4	Such a good dude. And yeah, very fascinating, really a very worldly guy. So yeah, I'm lucky to know him
1:22.1	for sure. Truly a Renaissance, man. Well, let's dive in. Maybe we can just start by talking about Bandera because you and I
1:29.1	met about a month ago just to like prep for this episode and to think about things that would be
1:33.3	interesting to cover. And I think in our our world right now, Bandera is the hot topic. And maybe we
1:39.6	can start by just saying what attracted you to the race. And like, why did you choose it?
1:44.0	Oh man. Yeah, great place to start. So I, um, I, just saying what attracted you to the race and yeah like why did you choose it oh man yeah great
1:45.0	place to start so um i like everyone who's interested in the sport of trail running you know
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