TrailCon Wrap-up Incoming

I’ve just spend 2+ days at TrailCon in Tahoe. I arrived late on Monday, missing a couple of the industry talks, but I got to spend two full days wandering the village, checking out booths and meeting with friends and making new ones.

The sun was out, the village was inviting, the mountains surrounding the valley were gorgeous. Olympic Valley above Lake Tahoe is an incredible place that I always love coming back to. And for trail running to celebrate itself it’s a much better location than any sterile conference center. But it’s also fairly remote and I heard from several vendors that they wished more people would’ve been there – growing pains, I suppose. It’s only the second year of the full TrailCon experience. For the future I wonder if TrailCon should add additional programming to entice the average trail running (the consumer), not just the industry professional to stay for the full week between Broken Arrow and Western States. I know this might sound corny to some folks but morning yoga sessions, trail running clinics, bear watching excursions (for the Euros!) and other activities might help with that.

Over the next few days I’ll be sharing some observations here on Electric Cable Car as I gather my thoughts and notes. Stay tuned.