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Borderlands covers trail running, but not the way it’s usually told.
Less about performance. More about identity, culture, and the people who find their way into it.

Identity

Why people run. Who they become.

Why People Run 100 Miles with Billy Yang
Most people don’t train for it, they drift toward it.
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Why Running Changes You with Raz Rauf
You don’t become someone new. You meet what was already there.
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Ultrarunning Exposes Who You Really Are with Mike Kratzer
There’s nothing left to hide behind.
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How People End Up Here

There is no clear path into this sport.

The Story of Michael Versteeg and The First Cocodona
This doesn’t start with running. It starts with the life that made it inevitable.
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How Do You Rebuild a Life with Tommie Runz?
This isn’t about running. It’s about what you’re trying to outrun.
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How People Become Ultrarunners
No one grows up in this. They find it from somewhere else.
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Gear

I Was Wrong About Kiprun
What we dismiss usually says more about us than the product.
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How Ciele Built a Running Movement
This was never about hats.  It’s about identity.
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Impressions of Norda
Before this, expensive meant road.  This changed the category.
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