Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track Podcast. I'm your host, Finn Milanson, and in this episode,

we're joined by Christian Meyer, a professional trail runner for Solomon and business owner based in

Gerona, Spain. We talk about the differences in professional cultures of cycling and ultra trail

running, his interest in the Norwegian style of endurance training, reaching multiple performance peaks

throughout his career, and his work in the sports apparel and brick and mortar spaces

outside of his own athletic pursuits. Before we get started, though, thanks to NACC for supporting

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Meyer. Christian Meyer, it is a pleasure to have you on the single track podcast. How are you doing

today? I'm doing great. Thank you. Pleasure to be here. It's great to have you on the single track podcast how are you doing today i'm doing great thank you pleasure to be here it's great to have you here um i was going preparing for this episode i was kind

of going through some of the archives of conversations you've done on previous shows and there was

one particular quote that stuck out to me you said said, compared to cycling, it's funny how

unprofessional ultra running is. And I'm well aware that, you know, over in the cycling world,

it's all about marginal gains. And you're a relative newcomer to the ultra running space.

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