Wild Race Experiments + Players' Tribune for Pro Ultrarunning?

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

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

5 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! In this clip from the latest edition of the Long Run Archives on the Singletrack Podcast, Finn Melanson, Brett Hornig, and Jeff Colt discuss new angles on races like Western States and Hardrock, "course record pace", and a new media opportunity in the works for pro ultrarunners. Partners: Norda - check out the 005: the lightest, fastest, most stable trail racing shoe ever made (https://nordarun.com/)Gorewear - use code S...

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0:00.0	Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track Podcast. I'm your host Finn Melanson and this is another
0:05.5	clip episode from a recent recording of the long run archives with friends and colleagues, Brett Hornig and Jeff Cole.
0:11.8	Before we get started though, thank you to our partners, Norda, makers of my favorite shoe,
0:15.9	the 005, NAC, makers of my favorite recovery mix, Goreware, makers of my favorite trail apparel,
0:22.6	and Raid Research, makers of my favorite running belt.
0:25.8	All of these partners make the show possible.
0:28.0	Head to the show notes of this episode to use their discount codes.
0:30.8	It's one of the best ways to support us.
0:32.5	And with that, let's get started.
0:35.9	Can I pitch you guys on mine?
0:37.9	Yeah.
0:38.8	All right.
0:39.1	So this is a,
0:40.6	it's kind of inspired by Ian Sharman,
0:43.1	always doing like the double Boston Marathon.
0:46.0	I like,
0:46.6	I just thought that was so cool.
0:47.7	He just run the Boston Marathon and they get to the finish
0:49.6	and just run back to the start.
0:51.5	And,
0:51.7	uh,
0:52.9	it like,
	...

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