So what if a company like Hoka said, all right, we admit like we've only been paying like most of our athletes like $20,000.

Okay, we're going to fill five spots on like the men's and women's side of ultra running.

We're going to pay all of them a minimum of $100,000.

And, you know, the tryout is going to be in 12 months.

How many people pop over from the roads and try and take those contracts and how many of them take it from what we currently think are great trail and ultra runners?

Did you just think of that question on the spot?

Yes.

That's a fantastic question.

Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track podcast.

I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and this is another episode of the Long Run Archives.

I'm joined by my co-host, Brett Horning, to debate all sorts of interesting topics in the

trail running scene.

To list off a few, we cover whether

the culture has groomed pro athletes to be passive about their career prospects, the biggest

scams in our sport, whether it's harder to get to the top or stay at the top in this sport,

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