Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track Podcast.

I'm your host, Finn Milanson, and in this edition of our Sunday conversation,

Christian Meyer is back.

If you listen to our first conversation with him, which aired roughly two years ago,

we covered his transition from professional cycling to professional trail running,

which was highlighted at the time by his win at TDS.

This time around, we talk about his new position at Solomon leading their next-gen program.

This is a development initiative designed to take promising young trail runners aged 18 to 25 and give them the tools, support, structure that they need to compete at an international level.

Nine athletes were selected after a recent rigorous evaluation camp in Anisee, and they are now

embedded inside Solomon's full performance apparatus for this season. We cover how the program

works, how athletes were chosen, what development looks like in practice,

and the bigger questions about where elite trail running is headed. After listening, do me a

favor. Head over to the YouTube version of this episode and leave a comment about your impressions

to the program, your thoughts on his opinions about where the sport is headed, as well as any

follow-up questions or topics

you'd like to see covered in future episodes. With that, let's get into it. Norta is the

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nutrition partner of the show. Here is the situation. Over the next few weeks,

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