Jason Koop: Professionalization of Ultrarunning, Trail Running Teams, Doping Solutions (Sunday Conversation)

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Finn Melanson

Sports, Wilderness, Ultramarathon, Sports News, Trail Running, Running, Ultra Running, News, Mountain Running, Ultrarunning

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Jason Koop is the Head Coach of Carmichael Training Systems Ultrarunning. In this conversation, we talk about whether and how the increasing professionalization of ultrarunning is changing the ways athletes train and race and generally commit their livelihood to the craft, the potential for professional co-located trail running teams, doping and the policies that should be put into place as soon as possible among many more topics. Discounts: Rabbit - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on th...

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0:00.0	Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this
0:05.9	episode, we are talking with Jason Kup, the head coach of CTS Ultraming, author of Training Essentials
0:12.3	for Ultraming, and coach to many prominent athletes in our sport. In this conversation, we talk
0:18.4	about whether and how the increasing professionalization of
0:21.8	ultra running is changing the way athletes train and race and generally commit their livelihood to
0:27.1	the craft.
0:28.0	We talk about the potential for professional co-located trail running teams.
0:32.2	We talk about doping and what policy should be put into place as soon as possible, and so much
0:36.7	more.
0:37.4	Before we get started, though, this episode is brought to you by Rabbit.
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0:55.2	All right, Jason Coop, welcome to the single track podcast.
0:58.8	Thanks, man.
0:59.4	I'm excited to be here.
1:01.4	Pleasure to have you.
1:02.5	And we were just talking offline.
1:04.3	You are on the ground with athletes ahead of the Trans Grand Canaria Race Series this weekend.
1:11.2	And it makes me want to ask you.
1:13.0	I think you're relatively famous for traveling with a lot of your athletes and being on
1:16.6	the ground at these races.
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