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079. Craig Thornley, Western States race director | Western States, the growth of the sport, the culture and spirit of ultra running

Running long - A trail and ultra running talk

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The Importance of Risk Evaluation and Assessment in Trail Running

Risk evaluation and assessment is a very common experience for ultra-trail runners. I feel like it's something that we should try to preserve because it's a skill. But when you're trying to make money at events,  you kind of setting yourself up for bringing people in who haven't spent the time developing their skills. So ideally, I wish we could slow it down, slow down the getting into the more mountainous events,. That are trying to get runners in immediately.

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