Free Trail, fam, welcome back to the show.

Hope all is well as we emerge into summer, it feels like.

I hope you have some fun adventures and races on the horizon.

Thanks so much for making time to listen to the show.

Today, we're joined by Stephen Kirsch, pro trail runner for Adidas Terrix,

and one of the brilliant minds behind Rabbit Wolf Creative, the digital content studio that makes a lot of beautiful

photo and video work in the sport of running. You guys have probably seen it on YouTube or

social. But while I have followed Stephen for a while and admired his work, we didn't really

know each other until this past weekend. Stephen was in town here

in Portland for a wedding, and he and I snuck out for a couple hours in Forest Park while he was

here, and we had a great convo out on the trail, as is often the case when you connect with new people

in the sport, which of course made me want to turn the mics on

and make a pot out of it. I have to say, I really like this episode. Stephen and I go deep

on his background and career arc as a runner, but we also spend a ton of time talking about

creativity, the brutal slog of entrepreneurship, some of the serious health challenges

that Stephen has dealt with over the last couple of years and what he's learned from it.

And a lot more.

It's one of those convos where we use running to talk about a ton of deeper life topics.

And I hope you enjoy it.

Make sure you stick around to the end where Stephen and I give a few recommendations on recent sports media content that we've

enjoyed as to connoisseurs and creators of such things. As always, a big thank you to Speedland

for being the presenting sponsor of the free trail podcast

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