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# Borderlands Trail Running: Trail running as culture, identity, and obsession.

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## Posts
- [Ludovic Pommeret Ruined One of My Best Excuses | Hardrock 100](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/hardrock-100/): Borderlands contributor Bryce Carlson reflects on the 2026 Hardrock 100, where 50-year-old Ludovic Pommeret set a new overall course record, Courtney Dauwalter won her fourth title, and Tara Dower completed one of the sport's boldest doubles.
- [French Trail Running Is Changing Western States and Hardrock](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/french-trail-running/): Hardrock Was First. Is Western States Next for French Trail Runners to dominate?
- [Why I Went to Paris Fashion Week to Understand HOKA](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/why-i-went-to-paris-fashion-week-to-understand-hoka/): HOKA is doing some of the most interesting work in collaborations today, yet I don't think the story translates particularly well to runners. More broadly, I don't think Paris Fashion Week is very legible to the running community, even though I believe it's quietly shaping the future of the products we wear.
- [Diadora Highlights Gara Carbon 3 for Summer Racing](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/diadora-highlights-gara-carbon-3/): Diadora has spotlighted the Gara Carbon 3 as part of its summer running lineup, positioning the performance road shoe for runners training and racing in warm conditions.
- [Courtney Dauwalter Returns to Hardrock 100 With a Record to Chase](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/courtney-dauwalter-returns-to-hardrock/): Nobody needs a column explaining that Courtney Dauwalter is good at this. She is probably the favorite because her career has earned that sentence. But favorite does not mean frictionless.
- [What is Borderlands Actually Building?](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/what-is-borderlands-actually-building/): For the first time in months, I'm stepping away from interviews and monologues for a Borderlands Trail Running founder update.
- [Borderlands Moves Its Headquarters from Paris to Salt Lake City](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/borderlands-moves-its-headquarters-from-paris-to-salt-lake-city/): Two years ago, I moved my family here believing a media company could be headquartered anywhere in the world and produce the same results. I was wrong.
- [TUDOR Signs Four Elite Trail Runners as Brand Ambassadors](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/tudor-signs-four-elite-trail-runners-as-brand-ambassadors/): Swiss watchmaker TUDOR has expanded its ambassador roster with the addition of four of trail running's top athletes.
- [Salomon Opens Flatiron Flagship as Trail Running Continues to Shape Urban Retail](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/salomon-opens-flatiron-flagship-as-trail-running-continues-to-shape-urban-retail/): Salomon has opened a new flagship store in New York City's Flatiron District, expanding its presence in one of the world's largest running markets.
- [Op-ed | Green Jackets, Dusty Trails: Western States Eyes Its Masters Moment](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/green-jackets-dusty-trails-bob-crowley/): Masters of States: Who’s Really Playing Through at Western States? Op-ed response to Western States 2026 Analysis | 10 Things I Couldn't Stop Thinking About
- [Vincent Bouillard and Jennifer Lichter Set Course Records at 2026 Western States 100](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/western-states-2026-course-records/): Vincent Bouillard and Jennifer Lichter each set course records to win the 2026 Western States 100 on Saturday in Olympic Valley, California.
- [SPEEDLAND and SAYSKY Announce RX Trail Running Collaboration](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/speedland-and-saysky-collaboration/): SPEEDLAND and Danish running brand SAYSKY have announced the RX, a collaborative trail running shoe that combines SPEEDLAND's performance platform with SAYSKY's design language.
- [Still Thinking About Western States](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/still-thinking-about-western-states/): After watching nearly every minute of the 2026 Western States 100, these were the ten ideas I couldn’t shake. For the full discussion and context behind each point, listen to this week’s episode of the Borderlands Trail & Ultra Running Podcast.
- [The Nike ACG LDV is More Than Just a Retro Release](https://www.borderlands.cc/gear/nike-acg-ldv/): Nike has spent decades building one of the deepest archives in footwear. For sneakerheads, the company must have warehouses full of forgotten prototypes, old running shoes, and abandoned ideas that occasionally get pulled back into the light.
- [Western States Announces Completion of Granite Chief Reroute for 2027](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/western-states-granite-cheif/): Western States organizers say the Granite Chief Wilderness reroute project will be completed in 2027 after four years of trail construction and restoration work.
- [NNormal Reveals 202 Shoe Prototype Ahead of Western States](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/nnormal-reveals-202-shoe-prototype-ahead-of-western-states/): NNormal has revealed that Kilian Jornet will test two unreleased products at this year's Western States 100
- [Zach Miller Got The Ticket to Western States. Now He Gets the Fight.](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/zach-miller-western-states/): Maybe Zach Miller has another chapter after this. Probably he does. Big projects, UTMB, whatever strange thing he decides is worth chasing next. But Western States is here now. The door opened. He got the ticket. Now he gets the fight.
- [Op-ed | The Trail Was Always the Teacher](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/the-trail-was-always-the-teacher/): Trail running survived the Gore-Tex era, the minimalism craze, the obstacle race decade, the Instagram athlete, and a global pandemic. It will survive private equity.
- [Raide Launches Thermal Dispersion Tee](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/raide-launches-thermal-dispersion-tee/): Raide has expanded its growing apparel lineup with the launch of the Thermal Dispersion Tee, a lightweight running shirt designed to improve cooling during high-output efforts.
- [Nils Arend Before the Mythology of The Speed Project](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/nils-arend-before-the-mythology-of-the-speed-project/): Nils Arend founded The Speed Project and ran it for the final time in 2017, stepping away as a participant to focus on creating the experience for thousands of runners who would follow.
- [Western States Wants to Protect. UTMB Wants to Grow.](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/western-states-wants-to-protect-utmb-wants-to-grow/): Western States and UTMB are often presented as opposite visions for trail running. One keeps expanding across the globe. The other has spent decades refusing opportunities to grow.
- [Outside Revitalizes Trail Runner Brand With Expanded Editorial Push](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/outside-revitalizes-trail-runner-brand-with-expanded-editorial-push/): Outside is reinvesting in Trail Runner, signaling a renewed commitment to one of trail running's longest-standing media brands.
- [Tara Dower Lives Between Two Worlds. Western States Will Test Both.](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/tara-dower-western-states/): Tara Dower may be one of the hardest athletes in trail running to categorize, and that is exactly what makes her so interesting heading into Western States 100.
- [Nomadix and Runners for Public Lands Announce Limited-Edition Collection](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/nomadix-and-runners-for-public-lands-announce-limited-edition-collection/): Nomadix and Runners for Public Lands have partnered on a new four-piece collection celebrating trails, summits, and public lands.
- [He Ran The Bear 100 Right After Wasatch. He Still Wouldn’t Quit](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/michael-whiteside-bear-100/): Michael Whiteside ran Wasatch 100 and Bear 100 back to back and learned something we all need to hear.
- [NNormal Cadi Review: Built for Comfort, Not Kilian](https://www.borderlands.cc/gear/nnormal-cadi-review-built-for-comfort-not-kilian/): NNormal is evolving and the Cadi is proof.
- [Janji Expands Bag Lineup With Ultrahauler Travel Collection](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/janji-expands-bag-lineup/): Janji has expanded its bag lineup with the launch of the Ultrahauler Collection, a new range of travel-focused products designed for endurance athletes.
- [Kilian Jornet’s 2026 Western States Gamble](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/kilian-jornet-western-states/): After Zegama, Kilian finally got an MRI.
- [Why Western States is America’s Most Important Race](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/western-states/): Western States 100 occupies a different place in trail running than almost any other race.
- [Norda Previews New 055 Trail Shoe Ahead of Summer Launch](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/norda-previews-new-055/): Norda has revealed early details of the upcoming 055
- [theROCKER: the Most Misunderstood Trail Running Shoe](https://www.borderlands.cc/gear/satisfy-therocker/): But here's the thing... I love this shoe, and I've been trying to work out why for a while now.
- [Leaving the Road Behind](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/leaveing-the-road-behind-mollly-seidel/): Olympic bronze medalist Molly Seidel is preparing for her first Western States.
- [Trail Running Loves Winners. Does it Love Competitors?](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/trail-running-loves-winners-does-it-love-competitors/): Trail running celebrates winners. It just isn’t sure what to do with competitors.
- [Molly Seidel, Western States, and the Honest Kind of Starting Over](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/molly-seidel-western-states/): The Molly Seidel Western States story is not just about whether an Olympic medalist can run 100 miles. It is about what happens when a runner who has already reached the highest level starts looking for a different kind of running.
- [SOAR Running Releases New Film, ‘No Boundaries’](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/soar-running-releases-new-film/): SOAR Running has released No Boundaries, a new film directed by Paul Calver exploring the fluid nature of modern running.
- [Salt Lake Foothills Trail Races](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/salt-lake-foothills-trail-races/): The 4th running of the Salt Lake Foothills Trail Races was a wet and muddy success with runners going out and proving themselves on a difficult day.
- [Kiprun Kipsummit Max Review: Decathlon Stops Asking for Permission](https://www.borderlands.cc/gear/kiprun-kipsummit-max-review/): The Kipsummit Max does not behave like an entry-level product. It behaves like a company realizing it no longer needs to imitate the category to participate in it.
- [ARC’TERYX LAUNCHES INAUGURAL ‘GROUNDWORK’ PROGRAM](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/arcteryx-launches-groundwork/): Arc’teryx has announced Groundwork, a new city-to-trail running program designed to help urban runners build the skills and confidence needed to transition from roads to trails.
- [Rachel Entrekin, Norda, and the Sponsorship Story Trail Running Needed](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/rachel-entrekin-norda-and-the-sponsorship-story-trail-running-needed/): Rachel Entrekin’s Cocodona win was not a brand-made breakout. It was the moment her greatness became impossible to ignore.
- [Jacob Puzey | What Happens When Running Becomes Your Job](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/jacob-puzey-what-happens-when-running-becomes-your-job/): Jacob Puzey has been in the running zeitgest for 20+ and only recently felt free while running.
- [The Race that Built Trail Running is Being Forgotten](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/the-race-that-built-trail-running-is-being-forgotten/): UTMB may create demand but the local 50k is where runners start and its being forgotten.
- [4t2 sayonara review: Built for Atmosphere](https://www.borderlands.cc/gear/4t2-sayonara-review-built-for-atmosphere/): Trail running shoes have become increasingly serious objects and the 4t2 sayonara confronts it.
- [norda Extends Partnership with Rachel Entrekin](https://www.borderlands.cc/news/norda-extends-partnership-with-rachel-entrekin/): Canadian trail running brand Norda has extended its partnership with ultrarunner Rachel Entrekin through 2029.
- [Impressions of Klättermusen: The Brilliant Confidence of a Brand That Knows Itself](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/impressions-of-klattermusen/): Klättermusen feels different. Not because it rejects performance entirely, but because performance does not appear to sit at the center of its identity.
- [What is Trail Running Becoming?](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/what-is-trail-running-becoming/): Trail running is changing. What used to feel small, local, and deeply personal is becoming something much bigger. So what happens as trail running grows up?
- [Hoka Speedgoat 2 x Unna Review: When Trail Shoes Don’t Require Trails](https://www.borderlands.cc/gear/unna-x-hoka/): The Hoka x Unna collab is a performance franchise rewritted for heart and soul.
- [We Built “Live on Course” After Cocodona’s Coverage](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/we-built-live-on-course-after-cocodonas-coverage/): LoC is a live race intelligence system built around distributed human observation throughout a course.
- [Cocodona Has a Fan Problem | Essay](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/cocodona-has-a-fan-problem-essay/): I spent the last day watching Cocodona coverage while tracking live concurrent viewers in real time.
- [Is High-Carb Fueling Breaking Ultra Runners?](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/is-high-carb-fueling-breaking-ultra-runners/): If you’ve ever had your stomach shut down mid-race, you know something isn’t adding up.
- [Brooks Cascadia Elite Review: Performance Steps Into Taste](https://www.borderlands.cc/gear/brooks-cascadia-elite/): The Cascadia Elite proves that Brooks is trying to win the customer before they even try them on.

## Pages
- [Trail Running Culture](https://www.borderlands.cc/trail-running-culture/): Trail running is not only a sport. It is a culture shaped by landscapes, races, brands, athletes, media, aesthetics, community, ambition, and the stories runners tell themselves about suffering, freedom, and belonging.
- [Trail Runner City Dweller](https://www.borderlands.cc/trail-runner-city-dweller/): Trail Runner City Dwellers explores the people who move between two worlds: urban life and wild places. Through conversations with founders, artists, designers, and runners, the series asks why so many people who thrive in cities find themselves drawn to the trail.
- [Trail Grit](https://www.borderlands.cc/trail-grit/): Trail Grit follows Josh Rosenthal's pursuit of a finish that never seemed to come. After finishing just one of his first nine 100-mile races, he sets out in search of number ten.
- [Essential Podcasts](https://www.borderlands.cc/essential-podcasts/): The defining Borderlands episodes on the tensions shaping trail running: ambition, culture, money, meaning, growth, and preservation.
- [Play](https://www.borderlands.cc/play/): Play -> Goat Rodeo 100, a tiny 8-bit trail running game about surviving the long, dumb, beautiful chaos of a 100-mile race.
- [Films](https://www.borderlands.cc/films/): These trail running films explore the people, places, and moments that define the sport beyond race results.
- [Essays](https://www.borderlands.cc/essays/): These trail running essays examine what actually drives the sport beneath the surface.
- [Gear](https://www.borderlands.cc/gear/): Almanac is Borderlands’ considered look at trail running gear, exploring shoes, equipment, and product culture through identity, taste, and what gear reveals about the sport beyond performance.
- [Podcasts](https://www.borderlands.cc/podcasts/): These trail running podcasts go beyond race results and surface-level interviews to explore the people, ideas, and tensions inside the sport.
- [Columns](https://www.borderlands.cc/columns/): Distinct perspectives on trail running and the culture surrounding it.
- [Authors](https://www.borderlands.cc/authors/): The voices behind the stories.
- [Reviews](https://www.borderlands.cc/reviews/): A considered look at gear through a non-performance lens.
- [Trail Running Founders](https://www.borderlands.cc/trail-running-founders/): The people building trail running.
- [Photo Essays](https://www.borderlands.cc/photo-essays/): Visual stories through photo essays from the world of trail running.
- [Cocodona](https://www.borderlands.cc/cocodona/): Most race coverage ends when the race ends. This begins there.
- [Western States](https://www.borderlands.cc/wser/): WSER 2026 is shaping up to be yet another race we won't forget as it remains trail running's center of gravity. As the sport grows, professionalizes, and globalizes, this collection explores why one race still carries more cultural weight than the rest.
- [Profiles](https://www.borderlands.cc/profiles/): People are where ideas become visible.
- [Contact](https://www.borderlands.cc/contact/): Contact For editorial inquries, partnerships, collaborations, and story ideas hello@borderlands.cc
- [AI Policy](https://www.borderlands.cc/ai-policy/): Borderlands supports the use of AI as an editorial and production tool.
- [Start Here](https://www.borderlands.cc/start-here/): 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.
- [Recent Podcast Episodes](https://www.borderlands.cc/recent-podcast-episodes/)
- [Best Ultra Running Podcasts 2026](https://www.borderlands.cc/best-ultra-running-podcasts-2026/): Ultra running podcasts have become one of the best ways for runners to learn from elite athletes, race directors, coaches, and everyday ultrarunners pushing the limits of endurance.
- [High Tones](https://www.borderlands.cc/hightones/): Ludovic Pommeret Ruined One of My Best Excuses | Hardrock 100 French Trail Running Is Changing Western States and Hardrock Why I Went to Paris Fashion Week to Understand HOKA Diadora Highlights Gara Carbon 3 for Summer Racing Courtney Dauwalter Returns to Hardrock 100 With a Record to Chase What is Borderlands Actually Building? Borderlands Moves Its Headquarters from Paris to Salt Lake City TUDOR Signs Four Elite Trail Runners as Brand Ambassadors Salomon Opens Flatiron Flagship as Trail Running Continues to Shape Urban Retail Op-ed | Green Jackets, Dusty Trails: Western States Eyes Its Masters Moment Vincent Bouillard and Jennifer Lichter Set Course Records at 2026 Western States 100 SPEEDLAND and SAYSKY Announce RX Trail Running Collaboration Still Thinking About Western States The Nike ACG LDV is More Than Just a Retro Release Western States Announces Completion of Granite Chief Reroute for 2027 NNormal Reveals 202 Shoe Prototype Ahead of Western States Show More LOADING...
- [Bio Site](https://www.borderlands.cc/bio-site/): Play our new 8 Bit Trail Running Games
- [Borderlands Trail and Ultra Running Podcast](https://www.borderlands.cc/borderlands-podcast-josh-rosenthal/): Josh Rosenthal is the host of the Borderlands Trail and Ultra Running Podcast, a trail running and ultrarunning podcast from Borderlands Media. The show explores the people, races, athletes, gear, ideas, and culture shaping modern trail running and ultramarathon running.
- [Terms of Service + Privacy Policy – KEEP](https://www.borderlands.cc/privacy-policy/): @media (max-width: 767px) {
- [Borderlands | the Heart of Trail Running™](https://www.borderlands.cc/): Conversations move between human stories and the deeper forces influencing trail running.

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- [Bad Runners Take](https://www.borderlands.cc/?p=6888): Enter the zeitgeist. We have thoughts and takes not traditional to the sport we love the most. Every individual has their own voice and their own take.  Everyone is welcome in trail running.  Every opinion.  Every take.  Even the ones we/you don't like. BRT brings another voice to the mix with the purpose of further widening the gates and welcoming everyone into the fold. Lane Seven Urban Heavy Weight T Fabric weight: 7.66 oz. (260 GSM) Material: 100% ringspun combed cotton Style: Boxy fit for a relaxed look Tear-away label for maximum comfort Excellent shrink resistance and durability