Christian Meier | Former Pro Cyclist, Pro Trail Runner, & Serial Entrepreneur
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
5 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2022
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Christian Meier is a Canadian trail runner living in Girona, Spain. He was a professional cyclist for many years before retiring to focus on various entrepreneurial ventures. He later became enamored with the sport of trail running and has emerged as a very solid pro, sponsored by Buff. We talk about his cycling career, his entrepreneurial life, and the intersection between sport and business.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, happy holidays. Hope everyone is doing great. Welcome to the free trail podcast. Of course, I am your host, Dylan Bowman. |
| 0:22.4 | Today, our guest is Mr. Christian Meyer, a former pro cyclist and current pro |
| 0:28.5 | trail runner who has become a huge inspiration to me. In addition to being a great athlete, |
| 0:34.6 | Christian has founded a handful of very cool businesses in his adopted |
| 0:39.6 | hometown of Gerona, Spain. Christian and I met in the opening miles of Ultra Piraneu, a hundred |
| 0:46.7 | kilometer race that we both ran in Catalonia in October. And a few days after the race, Harmony and I |
| 0:53.3 | went and met Christian in Gerona, one of the |
| 0:56.4 | coolest sporting cities in the world. He was kind enough to host us for a meal at his cafe. He |
| 1:02.7 | took me for a run. And we became fast friends launching into long conversations about the intersection |
| 1:10.3 | between sport and business, about opportunities |
| 1:13.0 | that exist within trail running at the moment. |
| 1:15.3 | So naturally, I wanted to record a conversation and share it here in podcast form. |
| 1:21.5 | We recorded this a couple months ago already now, and we're finally getting around to publishing |
| 1:27.2 | it. But just a couple weeks ago |
| 1:29.2 | Christian finished a very strong fourth place at the Thailand by UTMB 100K the Asian major as part of |
| 1:37.3 | the UTMB world series so big congrats to Christian on that result we didn't get around to |
| 1:43.7 | talking to it just because we recorded this well before that accomplishment. |
| 1:47.0 | But this is one of those episodes where we don't talk a ton about running, but instead talk about how sport inspires us and shapes the things that we create and contribute to the world. |
| 1:59.3 | So I hope you enjoy getting to know Christian in this conversation. |
| 2:03.5 | As always, the free trail podcast is presented by our good friends at Speedland, the boutique |
| 2:08.8 | trail equipment brand based in Portland, Oregon, where I am actually broadcasting right now. |
| 2:14.5 | I'm going to meet Dave and Kevin tomorrow talking about deepening our |
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