About this episode

Meghan Gould interviews Jes Parker about the importance of giving trail running gear a second life and the impact of waste in the sport.

What happens to all the gear you don’t use anymore? In this episode, I’m talking with Jes Parker, founder of Take 2 Trail - a platform built to give trail running gear a second life. We talk about the real cost of this sport, the amount of waste most runners don’t think about, and how rehoming gear can make trail running more accessible for everyone. In This Episode, We Cover: How Take 2 Trail got startedThe cost (and waste) problem in trail runningWhy used gear matters more than you thinkMak...

People in this episode

Host: Meghan Gould

Guest: Jes Parker

Topics covered

• trail running
• sustainability
• gear rehoming
• accessibility
• waste reduction

Keywords

• trail running
• gear recycling
• sustainability
• waste
• accessibility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Take 2 Trail

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