Borderlands Trail (+ Ultra) Running

Randi Zuckerberg is new the sport of ultratrail. If you're an old grumpy get-off-my-lawn trail runner you will hate this conversation because Randi is an enthusiastic evangelist for the sport of tra…

In 2019 Jeremy Cox ran the Buffalo 100 only to finish dead last after the finish line had been torn down. How did he keep going? Why?

We told this story to tell the ultra trail world that every ru…

What is Borderlands Trail Running? It's not obvious, I know. Bottom line, I love the trail running industry and want to grow it because I genuinely believe the world will be a better place.

In thi…

Hellbender 100 in North Carolina is quite a race. Tons of vert and (b)East coast running to the max. Rooty and steep and relentless. It's also now a Hardrock qualifier if that tells you anything a…

It's hard to pick one single race that emobidies the American Western trail running experience. Buffalo 100 is a strong candidate. From the race director to the course to running with Buffalos in s…

Elite Trail Running athletes deserve every single dollar a brand will give them in a contract, but is it sustainable? Can the industry support sponsoring athletes?

I don't think the current model is …

I love the 100 mile distance. And in this episode I go for my 10th 100 miler on my favorite course in the world - Zion by Vacation races. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed mak…

A wise trail runner has many counselors. There's no other way. The sport is challenging by design and this episode is my pursuit of wisdom from those who have gone before me/

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This week on a bad runners take:

Big Trail Running • it’s a consolidation of attention around a few names and events but is trail running to new as a spectators sport to do it to this scale?

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Despite all my 100 mile failures I'm going to try again. Before I do, I need to see how my fitness is coming along. In this episode I run the Dead Horse 50 miler by Mad Moose in Moab, Utah to see h…

Why do we keep going after the big goals that crush us? I'm obsessed with the 100 mile distance even though it continues to crush me.

I've DNFed 8 of 9 100 mile attempts. And I'm back for more.

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PATH Projects started in 2017 to solve a problem: running shorts. They were mostly designed by shoe companies who are looking to increase average transaction sizes when runners are buying shoes.

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It's the second edition of Bad Runners Take. In this episode we review the UTMB + Gary Robbins debaucle and I offer my two cents on where its at and how it will resolve it self. Also I talk about H…

Tomokazu Ihara is a Japanese Ultratrail runner by way of Tokyo going for 100 100 mile finishes. He first came on my radar after interviewing the RDs of Devils Gulch in Washington. He ran it last ye…

The first edition of A Bad Runner's Take on the news. It's all about Western States.

This is commentary not journalism. I'm not breaking the news. I'm not unbiased.

• I'm super impressed that Jim …

Scott and I went on a run and recorded this podcast episode about Hurt 100.

Hurt 100 is different than I expected. For some reason I thought it was big corporate event in Hawaii. Not so. Scott brin…

Landy is a Utah-based ultrarunner going for the Grand Slam of Ultras. This week he embarks on the Western States 100. In this episode we talk about the commercialization of ultra running, WSER's fa…

Tim is legend in ultratrail running. He's putting his own stamp on the race industry with Mammoth Trail Fest in Mammoth, California.

In this episode we explore Mammoth, race directing, and hospital…

Devil's Gulch has 3 distances - 1/2 Marathon, 50 Miles, + 100 Miles. In a hot year (2023) DG had only three finishers out of 21 starters.

The course lives up to its name and belongs in the discussi…

In this conversation, Josh and Ben (of Honey Videography) discuss their experience shooting 'the Zion 100 Miler Broke Me' video for YouTube. They talk about the challenges of capturing the stories an…