Borderlands Trail Running

Borderlands Trail Running

Eventually, Your Legs Aren't Coming Back
Acceptance in ultra running, Kilian's Gamble, the NNormal Cadi, and more from Borderlands.
 • Josh | Borderlands
Western States, the Masters, & the Kentucky Derby
The only sporting events left that feel inseparable from where they happen.
 • Josh | Borderlands
The Cost of Being Seen
Analog #16 looks at trail running’s mainstream moments, and the cost of wanting more people to find the thing we love.
 • Josh | Borderlands
A 100-Mile Trail Race, Rebuilt as an 8-Bit Video Game
Goat Rodeo 100 is an 8-bit ultratrail running game. Climb, descend, manage your fuel, and try to make it to the finish.
 • Josh | Borderlands
I Had Western States Backwards
This Week: Obsession, starting over, running culture, and the stories shaping trail running.
 • Josh | Borderlands
Does Trail Running Actually Want Competitors?
The values that make trail running welcoming are not always the values that create champions.
 • Josh | Borderlands

May 2026

What Happens When a Race Intelligence System Gains Live Location Intelligence?
Exploring how precise location data could strengthen [LoC], our experiment in building a distributed network of human race intelligence.
 • Josh | Borderlands
After the Cocodona Coverage Conversation, I Built Something.
A fully functioning (but not race-ready) prototype designed to make ultra running coverage more immersive, legible, and alive.
 • Josh | Borderlands
The Local 50K Is More Important Than We Think
As trail running scales, the local 50K remains the best layer to reproduces the culture.
 • Josh | Borderlands
What Happens to Trail Running When It Grows Up?
A follow-up to Who Decides What Trail Running Becomes? after spending time in Stockholm with Klättermusen CEO Gonz Ferrero Sormlands 100 RD Billy White.
 • Josh | Borderlands
The Strongest Counterarguments To My Cocodona Piece
How much of the sport’s friction is actually part of its identity?
 • Josh | Borderlands
Cocodona Has A Fan Experience Problem
What 13 Hours Of Viewer Behavior Revealed About Trail Running Media
 • Josh | Borderlands
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