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Greg Vollet | Golden Trail World Series Director
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Greg Vollet is a long time influential professional in the trail running industry. He was the athlete manager for Salomon for many years before transitioning to focus solely on the Golden Trail World Series, one of the premier racing platforms in the sport. The GTWS begins this weekend with the Kobe Trail in Japan where some of the best athletes in the world will kick off their racing season. Topics discussed:
- The original Salomon Running TV videos
- Developing the sport vs developing a brand
- Lessons about building community
- The founding story of Golden Trail
- The unique structure of the series
- The impact of media and the GTWS digital strategy
- The impact of Eurosport broadcast distribution
- The power of focusing on short course racing
- The expansion into Asia this year
- Greg's views on trail running's future as an olympic sport
- A lot more!
Sponsors:
- Join our Nutrition Club with The Feed and get $80 to spend on nutrition
- Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear
- Grab a trail running pack from Osprey
- Use code FT15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition
- Roark Apparel -- Listen to the ad or DM us for the code
Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts
Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava
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Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:
Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB343 episodes
Manage episode 413200659 series 2588705
Greg Vollet is a long time influential professional in the trail running industry. He was the athlete manager for Salomon for many years before transitioning to focus solely on the Golden Trail World Series, one of the premier racing platforms in the sport. The GTWS begins this weekend with the Kobe Trail in Japan where some of the best athletes in the world will kick off their racing season. Topics discussed:
- The original Salomon Running TV videos
- Developing the sport vs developing a brand
- Lessons about building community
- The founding story of Golden Trail
- The unique structure of the series
- The impact of media and the GTWS digital strategy
- The impact of Eurosport broadcast distribution
- The power of focusing on short course racing
- The expansion into Asia this year
- Greg's views on trail running's future as an olympic sport
- A lot more!
Sponsors:
- Join our Nutrition Club with The Feed and get $80 to spend on nutrition
- Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear
- Grab a trail running pack from Osprey
- Use code FT15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition
- Roark Apparel -- Listen to the ad or DM us for the code
Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts
Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava
________________________
Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:
Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB343 episodes
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