EP 497: Pack Burro Racing - A Kick in the Ass
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
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🗓️ 13 November 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
The famous Western States 100 began from a horse race that started back in 1955. SIX years prior to this (1949), Pack Burro racing had been a prize-paying sport that started in the mountains of Colorado.
Here is a fun video produced by Salomon a couple years ago with Max King and Ryan Sandes trying the race.
Past guest and running shoe enthusiast, Brian Metzler, rejoins The Nation after we found out he has participated in many of these unusual events.
Make sure you read Brian's book, Kicksology: The Hype, Science, Culture & cool of Running Shoes
Listen to the episode on shoes we did with Brian.
Check out Christopher McDougall's book about his experience running with a donkey, Running with Sherman
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, here we are, these scantily clad, |
| 0:02.5 | like nylon short-wearing people running with donkeys |
| 0:05.6 | and people are like, what is this? |
| 0:07.0 | And I guarantee, I guarantee that they go home |
| 0:10.1 | and they're like, oh yeah, camping was great. |
| 0:12.0 | The mountains were great and like, oh my God, |
| 0:14.0 | these people are nuts. |
| 0:17.9 | When is it okay to rub a candy cane, |
| 0:20.3 | a sugar cookie, or vanilla chai underneath your arm, Scott? |
| 0:24.9 | Well, I would say if any of those were a deodorant, |
| 0:30.2 | that's what I would rub under my arms. |
| 0:32.3 | And native deodorant has those flavors |
| 0:34.5 | now through January 4th. |
| 0:37.2 | Candy cane, sugar cookie, and vanilla chai. |
| 0:40.1 | I'm sitting here right now with the candy cane |
| 0:43.2 | and it smells great. |
| 0:45.3 | Well, Scott, I have to warn you, you said flavors, |
| 0:48.6 | but they're actually sent, so I wouldn't advise anybody |
| 0:50.9 | eating these, although I think they could |
| 0:53.0 | because it's made with all natural stuff. |
| 0:55.0 | There's things in there that are good for you, |
| 0:56.7 | not some kind of science project |
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