Christian Meier on Salomon's Next Gen Program: Building the Pipeline That Could Change Elite Trail Running (Sunday Conversation)
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Christian Meier discusses Salomon's Next Gen program and its impact on elite trail running.
Christian Meier returns to the Singletrack Podcast to discuss one of the most ambitious talent development initiatives the sport has ever seen: Salomon's Next Gen program, which he leads as Head of Performance Programs. The first section covers how this role came about, what it looks like day to day, and why trail running's elite development infrastructure has lagged so far behind other endurance sports for so long. Christian takes us inside the Annecy selection camp, the evaluation process t...
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