And today's tailwind tip of the trail is brought to you by Eric Strand.

Eric Strand has been a nation member for I would almost say from the very beginning.

Like one of the founding fathers.

Yeah.

I see his name all over the place, you know, commenting.

And so we just happened to, we were able to catch him in a good time frame.

So he's joined us.

Now Eric is not a newbie to the trail running scene.

In fact, the last two years he has run the very difficult Leadville Trail 100 and finished

both times.

So he's a double buckle owner of the Leadville Trail 100.

So Eric, what is your golden nugget tip of the trail for us?

All right.

Well, thanks for the opportunity to share with the tribe.

All runners know that one of the most important relationships in running is between you and

your shoes.

But even in the best of relationships, there can be sometimes some friction.

And friction between your shoes and your toes means blisters.

So here's my tip of the trail.

If you love your running shoes, but they're rubbing your toes the wrong way, you might

be able to salvage that relationship by taking a sharp knife to your shoes.

Ooh.

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