{"id":196886,"date":"2024-07-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=196886"},"modified":"2024-07-23T22:50:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T05:50:44","slug":"trail-running-with-a-blade-with-zach-friedley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/trail-running-with-a-blade-with-zach-friedley","title":{"rendered":"Trail Running with a Blade with Zach Friedley"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/b4a31238-c85b-487d-bbda-f8751d8aa6b9?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/trail-running-with-a-blade-with-zach-friedley\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zach Friedley is a professional athlete who is changing the sport of trail running. Zach was born without most of his right leg, and is often the only adaptive athlete at the starting line of some of the world\u2019s hardest races. There aren\u2019t a lot of running events with categories specifically for adaptive athletes, but Zach is on a mission to change that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Zach:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trailblader\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Born to Adapt\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.borntoadapt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/borntoadapt\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/running-for-change-with-nicole-ver-kuilen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Running for Change with Nicole Ver Kuilen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program<\/a>\u00a0and learn about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reifund.org\/grantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local REI Fund grantees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/gu\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GU Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Zach Friedley is a professional athlete who is changing the sport of trail running. Zach was born without most of his right leg, and is often the only adaptive athlete at the starting line of some of the world\u2019s hardest races. 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