Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and this is another

episode of Trail T with Dan Kurtz, Abby Levine, and Jack Kenzel. One thing to note is that I

unfortunately made a mistake while recording this episode. I neglected to catch an audio issue

early on on Dan's side where he does sound muted in sort of underwater at points.

I will say that the first half of the episode, it's much better than later on in the second

half. I did try to fix it as best I could in editing, but it wasn't perfect.

I will say that we have plenty more of these episodes with Dan, Abby, and Jack in the content

pipeline for 2024.

So have no fear.

I believe the audio will be pristine from there on out.

But in this edition, we talk about the latest on the UTMB controversy here in North America.

We get into our running motivations.

We then talk about the nature versus nurture debate when it comes to being a great athlete in this sport.

And finally, we talk about trail running versus climbing media preferences.

Before we get started, also thank you to NAC for supporting this show.

NAC is the official nutrition partner of Singletrack because I'm a big believer in what they do and how they do it.

The idea behind their products is simple.

The ingestion of a single macronutrient like carbohydrates is not enough for the vast majority

of athletes to fuel ultra distances. After a few hours of effort, you need the complete

nutrition approach to go farther for longer. So many athletes are bonking in the 100k and 100

mile distances because they're using products made for

shorter efforts that overuse sugar and lack other critical macros and that's the problem knack solves

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