Ben Whitehead joins the Borderlands podcast to give a first hand account of the Leadville 100.

This episode is perfect for anyone who wants to get to run Leadville. Or for someone who knows they never will but wants to hear all about the iconic course and experience.

Ben Whitehead ran Leadville 100 as his first 100 miler. Is he crazy? Yes. Is that bad? Absolutely not. Ben's crazy was very calculated giving him a solid finish at a very hard race.

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If burning man were an ultra, it would be Javelina Jundred by Aravailpa.

This episode is for anyone who has ran or will run this race and enjoys ultras and/or ultra culture. This means its basically for everyone.

@wolffrunner joins me. He's run multiple distances of JJ and brings his usual insight to the show.

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Jacob found his way to ultrarunning as a place to quiet his mind. And we're all beneficiaries of his work. He's a war photographer who brought his skills to the ultrarunning space and took the most popular photo in the history of ultrarunning probably (here).

When his Kickstarter goes live we will share it.

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Jacob's website

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Brian joins me again to offer some Bad Runners' Takes to the world.

I got beat up for even suggesting that Katie Schide might be headed towards GOAT status over Courtney Dauwalter. So Brian and I asked why we can't even ask the question.

We deviate to talk about the rock stars of old like Anton and Hal. Where did all the rock stars go in trail running? Will we have an era like that again?

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Salomon has been with us on the trails for a while pioneering mountain racing shoes and both evolving with the industry and stayin true to its core values.

In this episode, Taylor Bodin (Lead Trail Reviewer of Believe in the Run) talks with Josh about the past, present, and future hitting on the important points of Salomon's impact on trail running.

Believe in the Run reviews + articles:

Salomon Genesis Review

S/Lab Pulsar 3 Review

S/Lab Ultra Glide First Thoughts

Salomon x Ciele collab

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What are the criteria we should use to crown the capital of North American Trail Running?

Here are some of my thoughts.

Number of elite ultras

Number of non elite ultras

Number of elite runners

Varied trail terrain

Number of dirtbags

Number of bandit races

Trailhead proximity to great restaurants 

Which of these do you like? What would you add?

Why am I doing this?

1. Fun

2. Funner 

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Lars Pedersen founded SAYSKY running in 2013. It's among the first micro running brands still in existence.

In this espidose you'll learn about the history of SAYSKY Running, Lars' life as a windsurfer and how that led him to start SaySky.

It's deeply connected to Copenhagen but is very much an international brand.

SaySky

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My whole adult life has been about celebrating and championing Salt Lake City. In this episode I get a little bit personal on what I think is so great about it even beyond trail running.

Also, I interview Joey Hendrix to talk about our contribution to Utah being crowned the apex trail running capital - Salt Lake Foothills Trail Races.

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Watch our video about Salt Lake City being the trail running capital.

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Remember the Titans. Leadville, Badwater, + Dean Karnazes were once the pinnacle of our sport. So what happened?

They're all doing fine. The races are sold out, Dean stays busy.

But when Brian and I started trail running in the early 2010s these titans were celebrated. Not tracking?

Listen as we bring you along making a case that they belong to be restored to their rightful place.

Wolffrunner is back with me on a new episode of Bad Runner's Take.

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Three things.

1. Wasatch 100 - is this the best 100 miler in the world? I think so. But I'm really biased.
2. UTMB - Did it live up to the hype? It gave us the best two scenarios possible. A no-name came out of nowhere to win the men's race and the expected exceeded expectations in the women's race.
3. Inspirition. I live off it and it's hard to find. Here are three things inspiring me right now in trail.

Hayden's Comments

Billy Yang collab

Tommy Lewis

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