Singletrack Andrew Drummond: Northeast Trail Running Scene, Pacing Scott Jurek on AT FKT, Running Content Creation (Sunday Conversation)
Jun 8, 2022
01:41:16
Andrew Drummond is a runner, skier, mountains sports retail store owner, and overall great ambassador for the White Mountains based in Jackson, NH.
We cover a lot of ground. We talk about his experience pacing Scott Jurek during the final stretch of his Appalachian Trail FKT in 2015, being a content creator in the sport, we have a wide ranging conversation about the northeast trail running culture, and we also dive deep into his experience running a ski and run speciality store.
Timestamps:
- (2:10) - experience pacing Scott Jurek during 2015 Appalachian Trail FKT
- (13:34) - White Mountains Direttissima
- (18:52) - creating running content for social media, promoting the northeast scene
- (26:22) - where elite ultrarunners are concentrated and why
- (35:10) - why mountain sports brands don't highlight the northeast scene
- (41:40) - northeast trail running events scene, building a UTMB-style event
- (49:49) - pitching the northeast trail scene over the mountain west scene
- (57:14) - coolest routes, FKTs, and races in the northeast
- (66:42) - getting into retail with Ski The Whites
- (69:05) - balancing athletic and business endeavors
- (75:38) - proof of concept for mountain sports retail store
- (78:28) - unintended business benefits of running and skiing content
- (80:51) - whether a purely trail/ski/run speciality store is possible these days
- (83:44) - advice and lessons from ski/run retail, UTMB media experiences
- (90:27) - miscellaneous questions
Links:
- Follow Andrew on Instagram
- Follow Andrew on Youtube
- Ski The Whites
- Sanctity of Space
- White Mountains 100
- Ragged Mountain 75 Stage Race and 50K
- Support Singletrack via Patreon
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