RE/Run 2025 – October

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

October followed a busy September with a wrap up of WMTRC and some general questions of what this event means for the larger calendar of trail racing, how it affects the rest of the events and what role it plays in highlighting new athletes in different disciplines.

A few smaller things worth nothing:

• Western States changed their policy on poles. To be fair, I noticed it in the fall, the decision might’ve happened sooner. (Again, small potatoes, but a sign of the sport conforming – currently there’s a big conversation happening around pacers at WSER, which is another possible rules adjustment in that direction.)
• Salomon throws their full force of the Golden Trail Series behind their push to make trail running an Olympic Sport (and them being the hand that guides it.)
• UltraSignup makes waves by acquiring the US Trailrunning Conference and bringing on Brian Metzler to beef up their ever-growing news platform.
• There was this brief moment of Strava suing Garmin, only to withdraw their suit shortly after. Again, a small blip, but a bigger sign of internal problems of Strava that highlight their increased hostility or at least indifference toward the community.

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