Ep 15 | Interview with Jeff Merrill of Tracklandia
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On this episode we welcome Jeff Merrill (@jedmerle) President of Portland Track (@pdxtrack) and founder and chief intern of Tracklandia (@tracklandia), a race streaming, broadcasting, and event coordinator for track races in Portland, Oregon. We discuss what Tracklandia is and all that it encompasses, how and why he started it with Andrew Wheating, and how it's changed. We also talk about their unique pay model compared to other track streaming services and their focus on making sure the athletes get paid first. We then get into how to make the sport more entertaining and capture an audience for years to come finishing up with our Daddy Duo of worst activities to leave your house for, unlike the meets that Tracklandia puts on and streams which everyone should go check it out and watch on tracklnd.com
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