What Kara Goucher Learned from the Leadville Marathon
Martin Fritz Huber/Outside Online, 21 Jun 2019
As you may be aware, Outside has recently made a lot of new friends in the trail running community, thanks to an article that suggested that the demographic should be more proactive about volunteer work. At the risk of squandering the surplus of goodwill, last weekend’s Leadville Trail Marathon brought to mind a contentious question: What would happen if more elite road runners transitioned to trail racing? Or, as we asked in an article from 2015: Are the stars of the ultra scene only successful because the best distance runners tend to stick to the roads?
The answer appears to be “no,” at least if last weekend’s race is anything to go by.
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- Michael Bowen
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