Kilian on What’s Next for Trail Running

In a lengthy post titled ‘Trail Running 2026, where are we, where are we going.‘ Kilian Jornet blogs (blogs!) about he sees as trends for 2026 and beyond for our sport and culture.

First of all I want to express that those are just some opinions and thoughts I had when thinking on what’s going on with trailrunning at that time. I therefore have biases, first as an elite athlete I would have tendency to focus more on events that elite found more relevant versus what the big mass of participants might find important or not, I’m also European and part of the European – and at some degree American – trail scenes mostly, and even if I’m informed of what’s going on in other parts, probably I have some bias there. Those are only that, opinions based on what I’m observing in 10 different aspects of the sport.

This, without me having to say it, is of course must-read material for anyone interested in our sport.

I largely agree with him and see similar trends and issue emerge. The one thing I am surprised he doesn’t mention though is the challenge of climate change for our sport. But aside from this one quibble this one is ‘chef’s kiss – no (just one) notes.