Francesco Puppi | Sub-Ultra, Trail World Championships, & Pro Trail Runners Association
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
5 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Francesco Puppi is an Italian runner representing Nike. He is an #anysurfaceanydistance athlete who competes across various disciplines in the sport. On the trails, he focuses on sub-ultra distance events, finishing 2nd in the 40k World Championship in November. Outside of running, Francesco is a content creator, organizer, and leader in the sport, including being a founding member of the Pro Trail Runners Association.
In this conversation, we talk about the state of affairs in sub-ultra racing, Francesco's 2022 season, and finish by talking about his work with the PTRA.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, welcome to the free trail podcast. Happy New Year. Hope you're having a great start to |
| 0:19.7 | 2023. Of course, I am your loving host, |
| 0:21.8 | Dylan Bowman. Join today by Francesco Puppy, the Italian multidisciplinary runner for Nike, |
| 0:27.9 | who I've long wanted to have on the show. Francesco is a great athlete, but he's also an awesome |
| 0:33.5 | content, creator, organizer, and leader within the professional ranks of the sport |
| 0:38.5 | internationally. So it was great to finally sit down for a conversation. The reason we're doing it |
| 0:43.6 | now, the thing that motivated me to set this up when we did is the recent establishment of the |
| 0:48.6 | new pro-trail runners association in organization aiming to preserve the values of trail running into the future |
| 0:56.4 | and to advocate for the interests of the professional athletes globally. |
| 1:01.2 | In addition to Killian Jorna and Pascal Egli, Francesco was part of the founding team and now serves on its board. |
| 1:08.4 | So it was appropriate. |
| 1:09.8 | He joined me to explain the origin story, |
| 1:12.8 | the mission, and the goals of the new organization. You may recall that Corinne Malcolm and I |
| 1:18.4 | discussed this briefly on our end of your recap episode. So this is an expansion on the |
| 1:24.3 | conversation we started there. We start talking about the pro |
| 1:27.9 | Trailrunners Association about 40 minutes into the conversation and spend the first part |
| 1:32.6 | digging into the state of affairs in sub ultra distance racing globally, something that |
| 1:37.5 | Francesco is educated and passionate about as one of the best on the circuit. And we also talk about |
| 1:43.7 | his 2022 season and his second place finish at the 40K race |
| 1:48.8 | at the Trail and Mountain Running World Championships in Thailand back in November. |
| 1:53.7 | We didn't talk about it in the pod, but Francesco is also a podcaster himself. |
| 1:58.7 | He has a show called Running Long. |
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