Trails Collective Podcast Ian Golden

Join us as we chat with a few amazing individuals following amazing performances. Arlen Glick established a new course record of 12:57 at one of the most historic races in the country and region, the Umstead 100. Mike Smith, with a team of support, finished his 200th 100-Miler also at Umstead. And Cole Crosby was the first to finish the OG route of the 346 Mile Speed Project in 92 hours.

On this week's Trails Collective Live round were joined by Jana Fridrichova, Tristan Baxendale, & Lee Arbogast with tall tales of bus fires & rigamortous @ the Georgia Death Race. Trevor Fye, Sarah Wallace & Matt Lipsey regaling a day and night in the mud and frozen corneas @ the Rabid Raccoon. And we close out with Matt Pacheco, Brenda Chaffee, & Steven Estremara digging into mud hole spirit animals and the abberation of gnomes riding unicorns at Spring On The Trails. Join us.

In this round we went deep on the Adirondacks with Michael Brockway, Sarah Keyes, Laura Tuttle, and Jay Whitebourne chatting on runable routes, classic FKT lines, and favorite locations and establishments for caloric intake.

In this round we climbed into the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Conversing on community, mountains, trail, and favorites will be Brie Choate, Andrew Drummond, Jess Marion, and Steven Larick.

The World Marathon Challenge. Although non-trail, this has been an event that has stoked my imagination and inspiration. Join us as we welcome 2023 winners David Kilgore & Deirdre Keane, and prior winner Michael Wardian to offer a glimpse of this incredible adventure. We'll then hang onto Kilgore a bit longer to dig into his world a bit.

In this episode we dug into some of the best trail destination tips, ruins-porn best-of's, and lore from the Catskills. We'll be joined by Catskill grid finishers Phil Vondra and Mike Suidy, as well as Escarpment RD and legend Dick Vincent.