100% Jackson hole is so prime for mountain adventures and family time. Tons of wildlife, tons of good stuff to do with family (hiking, scenic rafting, whitewater rafting, cute downtown) and miles of epic trails and ascents to sneak away to
Given the people declaring themselves good for the sport, I cant help but assume the trail running hall of fame will heavily favor the US professional side (along with their personal friends) and not the actual sport, which exists around the world and has for a couple hundred years before anyone made a profession from it.
I will never forget someone on the FKT judging board not knowing what selfsupported means. Or the person on the Western States broadcast proudly calling themselves an encyclopedia of ultrarunning and a few minutes later saying Gordy Ainsleigh showed the world a man can run 100 miles.
It also appears they don't know the hall of fame has already existed for more than 20 years, and while maintained by the modern almanac of the sport, was actually started by an organization and not just by someone with a strong media presence.
As par for the course as it can come, they don't acknowledge or have apparently invested any time in consulting the current steward of the hall of fame, but instead choose to make their number one point of gratitude go to...a clothing brand.
Their sport is money. THE sport is running.
I feel very dissociated from people who know so little of the sport outside of where they can make money and who think the evolution of the sport is in how corporate it can become. I don't think these people mean harm or have bad intentions; I just think they're ignorant about topics that don't directly benefit them and they're ok with that.
100% Jackson hole is so prime for mountain adventures and family time. Tons of wildlife, tons of good stuff to do with family (hiking, scenic rafting, whitewater rafting, cute downtown) and miles of epic trails and ascents to sneak away to
I apologize for this being so critical.
Given the people declaring themselves good for the sport, I cant help but assume the trail running hall of fame will heavily favor the US professional side (along with their personal friends) and not the actual sport, which exists around the world and has for a couple hundred years before anyone made a profession from it.
I will never forget someone on the FKT judging board not knowing what selfsupported means. Or the person on the Western States broadcast proudly calling themselves an encyclopedia of ultrarunning and a few minutes later saying Gordy Ainsleigh showed the world a man can run 100 miles.
It also appears they don't know the hall of fame has already existed for more than 20 years, and while maintained by the modern almanac of the sport, was actually started by an organization and not just by someone with a strong media presence.
https://ultrarunninghistory.com/hall-of-fame/
As par for the course as it can come, they don't acknowledge or have apparently invested any time in consulting the current steward of the hall of fame, but instead choose to make their number one point of gratitude go to...a clothing brand.
Their sport is money. THE sport is running.
I feel very dissociated from people who know so little of the sport outside of where they can make money and who think the evolution of the sport is in how corporate it can become. I don't think these people mean harm or have bad intentions; I just think they're ignorant about topics that don't directly benefit them and they're ok with that.