049. Albert Jorquera | Telling the story of our sport: past, present and future of trail running, from a media standpoint

Albert Jorquera is a journalist, author, community manager and runner specialized in trail and mountain running. He's one of the voices from the sport that is contributing to its popularity and expanding its audience. Albert travels to the world most famous trail races to tell their stories and showcase the athletes, the competition and the values that make our sport so interesting and unique. He's also been working to bring trail running on the large screens, managing and broadcasting several TV streamings in English and Spanish for races like Transgrancanaria, L’Olla de Núria, Salomon Ultra Pirineu or The One Race, the final of the Golden Trail World Series. In this conversation we discuss about the past, present and future of our sport from a media standpoint, what are the most interesting trends and why we are in a very exciting moment for the development of trail running. The episode is full of tips and advice for people wanting to enter the media side of the sport and become journalists in trail running. Enjoy! Follow Albert Jorquera on Twitter | Instagram | Runedia _____________________________ Follow @vert.run on IG Download our app and sign up to our training plans on vert.run You can send us a message with any questions for us or for our guests! https://anchor.fm/vertrun/message Francesco's links: Instagram | Twitter | Strava | Website