A small step for inclusivity, a giant leap for trail running

Broken Arrow co-race director Ethan Veneklasen has worked to fix complex political structures both at home and abroad. He wants to do the same for trail.

Trail running is the fastest-growing section of the running world, so it demands attention, if not scrutiny. Diversity on the trails is a topic that I’ve written about a number of times. There’s an insane (hopefully out-of-date) stat that 75% of ultrarunners are white men. We want it to be different, right? We want it to be better than that.

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