Ian Torrence opens the Grab Bag!
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2014
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Ian Torrence has been a busy guy this summer participating in 9 races thus far - and winning 3 of them! He joins us to talk about his recent race, Stagecoach 100, that he directed and had to cancel due to weather threats. Ian then opens the TRN grab bag for a lively discussion on surprise topics.
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| 0:00.0 | Scott, we are careful about who we partner with on this podcast with without question. |
| 0:11.3 | I have in Genji Sox in my drawer from 2004, the old logo. |
| 0:18.7 | Why don't you clean out your drawer? |
| 0:22.1 | Are they still good? |
| 0:23.1 | Are they wearable? |
| 0:24.1 | They're wearable. |
| 0:25.1 | You don't kick an old dog and throw them out in the yard, yeah, keep them around. |
| 0:30.2 | They've worked for you and they're reliable. |
| 0:32.4 | Why in Genji, Don? |
| 0:34.3 | Well, can I tell you my quick and Genji story that's 15 seconds? |
| 0:38.6 | I was running up my first 100k and I'm coming in to the last 10% of that run and Gal came |
| 0:45.5 | up to me and she says, well, how are you doing? |
| 0:47.0 | I said, I have a blister between my toes and she said, well, you need in Genji's. |
| 0:52.8 | I go, I do. |
| 0:54.3 | What is in Genji? |
| 0:56.3 | I was already purchased. |
| 0:57.3 | I had already converted, but I didn't know what I was converting to. |
| 0:59.9 | Even though what she was talking about, I needed them. |
| 1:02.3 | And in fact, I have not run over 50 miles without a pair of in Genji's on since I've started |
| 1:07.4 | running. |
| 1:08.4 | If I'm going any distance, I've got the in Genji because I have not had that same blister |
| 1:13.6 | between the toes. |
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