In the debut episode of Freetrail Unfiltered, we talk about the recent controversies in trail running: Camille Herron's Wikipedia edits and subsequent lululemon fallout, the bump heard round the world at Mammoth Trail Fest, and the FKT that wasn't -- Michelino Sunseri's Grand Teton mishap. 

Today's episode is co-hosted by my friend Aaron Lutze. 

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Jean-Marc Djian is the brand new VP of Footwear for SATISFY and one of the OG shoe dogs of trail running. Jean-Marc worked at Salomon for almost 20 years, pioneering trail running footwear during an important moment for the sport. After Salomon, Jean-Marc went to The North Face where he was able to significantly improve the brand's footwear offering. We talk about his career and learnings from both brands and look ahead to the goals for SATISFY.

Topics discussed:

• The intersection of science and soul
• Jean-Marc's Olympic hockey career & the psychology of the goalie
• The birth of Salomon trail running
• His relationship with Jean-Luc Diard, the Co-Founder of HOKA
• The 0 to 1 process for TNF footwear
• His transition to SATISFY and the intention behind it
• The evolution of trail footwear over time
• Athletes who are pushing their sport forward
• A lot more!

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After a break from Office Hours, we regroup today! Dylan shares some of the feedback from our member survey and plans for Office Hours. We will share more feedback and results from the survey with everyone soon. We talk about our time at Cirque A-Basin, our new favorite trail runner Johen, and hear from a few people about their recent races. It's good to be back! Thanks to everyone who joined us.

• Strength training
• Sleep considerations for international races
• Pre-run warmup
• Returning from injury
• Interval 101
• And more!

Skip the first 3 min, tech diff