Hey, everybody. Apologies for the month-long hiatus. I promise it was not for a lack of enthusiasm, quite the opposite. I am as stoked as ever, and there are big plans for this operation. You are just seeing me quote-unquote work in public, and with that, mistakes are made along the way, like getting too stoked and publishing a bunch

of episodes all at once instead of spacing them out for consistency's sake. We are, of course,

course correcting. And from here on out, you can expect weekly episodes to drop on Sunday nights.

I have more exciting things to say about the future of the podcast and newsletter, but that can wait until the outro.

In this episode, we check in with Eric Trans. As most of you know, Eric is the co-founder of one of the most popular media sources in our sport, Ultra Runner Podcast.com.

We get right into it and accidentally do the lightning round first. So let me know what you think

about that. We also cover the state of the podcast newsletter. What makes a good interview,

his favorite conversations over the past decade, the good, the bad, and the ugly of how our

sport is changing and growing. And we get his thoughts on the scene at the Broken Arrow

Sky Race series earlier this month. The conversation jumps all over the place, but in a way

that felt authentic. If you are someone who enjoys pure banter about our sport, I think you

will like this episode. So without further ado, please welcome Eric Shranz to the podcast.

We are live.

Eric Shranz.

Welcome to the single track podcast.

Hey, thanks for having me, Finn.

Appreciate it.

I was reading URP Daily a couple days ago, and I've been noticing a trend.

You've been putting a lot of commentary on Let's Run into the mix.

And my first question is, why doesn't Let's Run exist for the trail running community yet?

Well, first of all, I want to clarify about Let's Run. Let's Run does phenomenal work in terms of

reporting. They do, they put out great stuff for articles and race synopsies. They do really great work.

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