The Dirt Division highlights a handful of trends in trail running footwear this year and gives their opinions on whether they love it or could do without it. Along the way, they do a little bit of forecasting, talk about a wide range of options, and end with a little bit of nonsense.... naturally.

GUEST: Seth LaReau is the writer behind the Trail Waves Substack. He approaches the trail space with a unique analytical mind, creativity, and passion. Taylor and Seth discuss his motivation for this output and higlight some of his current/past work.

We sat down with Timm Chiusano at the New Balance Run House to talk about his new book, How to Get Addicted to Appreciation. Timm spent 25 years in corporate America, then found an audience making "growing up less scary" on TikTok, and his wife tricked him into his first marathon. We cover burnout, Rolling Stone, the run that taught him "this is just a phase," and his plan to hand out 26.2 copies of the book during the NYC Marathon.

Chapters

0:00 Intro

0:46 Why preorders matter for authors

3:22 Who is Timm? From corporate to TikTok

13:16 His wife tricks him into his first marathon

16:06 Rolling Stone and the White House

17:40 How running changed his perspective

24:52 What readers will get from the book

28:04 Handing out 26.2 books during the NYC Marathon

We're back from NYC Marathon weekend, and it might've been our best one yet. Thomas and Aubrey ran it just for fun and got hyped up along the way by an NYPD officer and N.O.R.E. himself, while the Megs ran the course backwards and watched Jess McClain sprint into second. We also recap the New Balance Run House and our shakeout run (and the line around the block), and settle which New York song is the most overplayed on your reels.

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