Caleb Efta is one of the Race Directors for the High Lonesome 100 in the Sawatch Range of Colorado.
He joins the show to discuss why UTMB races have been excluded from the qualifying process for High Lonesome, the values of our sport, the nature and purpose of community events, and the increasing commercialization and professionalization taking shape in this space.
Timestamps:
(0:30) - introduction, trail runner magazine article quote
(3:13) - explaining UTMB stance, reasons for exclusion from qualification process
(22:45) - how these issues should be hashed out by the greater ultrarunning community
(31:41) - whether corporate races are a threat to grassroots races
(56:14) - commercialization and professionalization of the sport
(61:59) - how community values are decided
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