Singletrack

Long Run Archives #18 | Backyard Ultra Olympics, Disrupting Western States 100 Elite Field, Moonshot Ultrarunning Ideas


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Brett Hornig and Jeff Colt join the Singletrack Podcast for another edition of the Long Run Archives. We talk about the prospect of the backyard ultra format being added to the Olympic games, insights for trail runners from the Tour de France, a Western States 100 with no automatic returning top-10 runners, the value of increasing popularity in fastest known time attempts, and speculate where top runners like Zach Miller and Courtney Dauwalter might race next.
 
 
 Timestamps:

  • 00:00 Imagining the Backyard Ultra Format in the Paris Olympics
  • 08:28 Tour de France Nutrition Strategies for Trail Running
  • 27:29 Training Partners vs. Crew Service
  • 39:40 Changing the Invitation System for Western States
  • 44:40 The Impact on Race Dynamics and Strategies
  • 48:04 The Role of Team Support and Camaraderie
  • 53:51 Improving the World Trail Majors' Team Format
  • 1:15:09 Harnessing the Power of Self-Talk in Sports Performance
  • 1:31:50 The Strava Pro Badge Purge
  • 1:35:34 The Worth of Increasing the Popularity of the FKT Scene


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