RE/Run 2025 – July

This article is part of Electric Cable Car’s RE/RUN 2025 – The Year in Review.
This was July 2025 in our world of trail running and mountain culture.

July brings both delight and sadness to (my) the trail running world. Of course, I am still riding high from my race at Lavaredo in the Dolomites, but I arrive back home shortly after to the news that a wildfire near my favorite trails in the Olympic Mountains threaten and eventually cancel Rock Candy Running’s Beast of Big Creek races.

More heartache comes with the announcement that La Sportiva is raising their prices on their Prodigio Pros which in the end is just a result of Trump’s moronic tariffs. (Who’s paying for these again?)

In the aftermath of Western States which highlights the continued progress in our sport a few think pieces are worth revisiting:

• Fire and ice at Western States
• Brian Metzler on Trail Running 2.0
• The Difference Between F1 and Tour de France
• Brands at Odds With Athletes’s Dreams

Finally, after a public call to release the start list for the UTMB Finals, just a couple of days later UTMB shares the list of elite runners. The media rejoices.

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This post is part of Electric Cable Car’s RE/Run 2025 – The Year in Review. I’ll be dropping the August edition in the coming days. To catch up on all of them visit RE/Run.