Weekly Rundown for September 30, 2020
https://youtu.be/tjQRIGFE2xw The Rundown This past weekend I had a great time spending the day heading up the Dry Run Aid Station for the World’s End 100k. It’s an event typically running the same weekend as my Cayuga Trails races, so, although I’ve always wanted to, I’ve never been able to get down to run or volunteer. It was a beautiful day to be out there, it was
TC Interviews: Debbie Livingston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd0R2UcD4PQ Debbie Livingston has been running ultras for over 20 years. Her first 50 miler was the Vermont 50 in 1999, where she met her future husband after exchanging email addresses at the finish. Livingston was 4th, in her first 50 mile race. Oh, and Nikki Kimball won that race, also her first 50. Over 124 races later, Livingston is still at it now participating in the
Weekly Rundown for September 23, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qJW__yDIqc Registration Just Open For / Join Us At: Bold Coast Bash, Cutler, ME, registration just opened for the November 15th event, prioritizing the 30 mile distance, followed by the 20, then the 10, though it appears they have registrants for all distances, and with it being 2/3 full. http://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=79258 New Interviews, Reviews, and Products at the Trails Collective this Week: On the TC Interviews Ellie released an interview
TC Interviews: Scott Parr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv_tKVY6PXQ Scott is that guy. The guy who will steal the podium if the “local elite” in the race isn’t on their A game. He’s gotten 6th at Twisted Branch, a tough 100k, the past 3 years. When he sees people show up, he knows his competition, but Scott knows his true race is with himself. He wants to run against the trail and the day
Weekly Rundown for September 16, 2020
In this week's Trails Collective Rundown we cover a busy weekend at the races. From Maine's Mahoosuc to Virginia's Yeti, to unbroken necks at New York's Breakneck Point. We plug a handful of FKT's, and a busy couple weeks ahead for the races, including a last chance at Salomon's Golden Ticket series.
TC Interviews: Katie Ghidiu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaltN9O1b9g Katie Ghidiu won the last race from the “before” times. Before a pandemic ended running and life as we know it. Before masks were cool and 6 feet of distance meant losing a race by less than a second.S he won the Last Runner Standing put on be TrailsRoc in early March
Weekly Rundown for September 9, 2020
https://youtu.be/r_CMCcLbxnU Weekly Rundown for September 9, 2020 This weekend was a blur of race related preparations and getting a review of the Salomon Wildcross live. A model I’ve been anxiously awaiting for the past year. Now with over a 100 varied miles into it, I dig into a review of the materials, design, and whether it all flows together into the model I’ve been waiting for
Review of the Salomon Wildcross
https://youtu.be/vGyDKbt3wzM The Salomon Wildcross: What I've been waiting for? Hey Trails Collective, Ian here with a review of 2020’s Salomon Wildcross, a model I was stoked out of the gates for with a first meeting in November, 2019. I’ve yet to find a Salomon that I’ve loved. My history with Salomon is finding models to be either too firm and slappy, or too rigid and narrow in
TC Interviews: Shan Rigss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxxIg74XK74 Shan Riggs is running across the country. Having a background in marketing and branding, Shan came to the east coast to work for the Hartford Marathon Foundation, being able to work remotely out of his van. He is taking his unemployment opportunity to try to do something positive in this pandemic. No races this year, meant Shan was out of a job, had a lot
Weekly Rundown – September 2, 2020
https://youtu.be/XbjMdEwXOe0 Weekly Rundown September 2, 2020 Results: Baker Trail Ultra Challenge, Brookville, PA: Kathleen Cusick, women’s winner of the race and awesomist quadriceps, in 9:21, and the overall and men’s win went to Brenner Burkholder in 7h 29m for the 50.2 mile course. (Virtual) Race to the Top of Vermont, Stowe, VT, 4.3, biggest fundraiser to benefit the Catamount Trail Association and support backcountry skiing in Vermont. Run up
