Hello, Many thanks for your message, You should consult our website to see how we are active on our health policy www.goldentrailseries.com/health-policy/ For your information, the Top10 best men&women before Sierre-ZInal get a capilary control, this is the most efficient (and expensive) anti-doping control we can do to be able to know what an athlete took the past 6 months. The only constraint is that we will have the results only when we will have a free slot at the police scientific laboratory, who's taking care of crimes analyses. It could takes some times, but no one can hide anything in the hairs. Of course, as it's expensive, we are not taking the hairs at each race. Before Pikes Peak, athletes will have blood tests. And the Top5 M&W after Sierre-Zinal get an official anti-doping control from the WADA. Thanks, The GTS Team.

Chill now, following the 50-mile record he set earlier in the year on a flat course it shouldn't be surprising that he's known for flat terrain pace in the EU.

benvanop with no professional marathon, one professional half marathon, 2 western states wins, 3 time JFK 50 champ and more, im confused as to how he’s a road runner. Yes he’s had success on flatter ultras but they’re all trails and very different than road, but flat and road can be different things.

​@@joshschwam9060 cool thanks for that breakdown, they write this script in three languages though so just cut them some slack. I'm not spending any more of my day on this topic - have a good one.

@@joshschwam9060 Yeah mate, he's got an incredible trail repertoire as well as a road one, but it really wasn't a big deal. I'm just stoked they make these videos in the first place. They do a pretty damn good job with these.

yeah, I personally think the commentators of Golden Trail Series are a bit "less" educated, they don't want the to call the Western States 100 champ by his full title.

nah, just didnt want to get blocked

If Kilian had lost the record for a few seconds 😡🤬🤬. I’m tired of those people with their children. In particular if they don’t pay attention to the others..

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Hello Daniel. Thanks for your comments. Our commentators know perfectly the sport as they are themselves really good runners and know the athletes for a long time (you can make research on them). Believe us we try our best to deliver the best content we can and we wish people could just be happy of what we try to do for the sport. Happy runs!

@@goldentrailseries7022 Please do not take my comment as bashing what you are doing because that is really not the case, I absolutely love the video content and production etc.. my opinion and it will definitely differ from others is that I feel the commentary could be toned to more professional and analytical standpoint? Guess it was the well known road runner Jim Walmsley comment etc as hes a bit better than a well known road runner if you understand where you are coming from! It was just a where to improve comment and not meant to set a negative tone on the production as a whole as I look forward to the next episodes each time. Thank you for your reply it is greatly appreciated!

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Keith Black yes true sorry for this mistake...

I noticed this as well. Shocking :-D

Into the wild by Lorenzo De Feo

I totally agree with you. I can’t understand why that behaviour should be considered a positive approach...it sounds fake and it’s annoying..... by the way...Martina...such a beautiful voice..lovely! 🙈🙉🙉🤣

i think he intended to dramatize like the commentator of MotoGP race, i used to it :))

@@burhanisulthon 'intended ' being the word.

I agree. it is really off putting and sounds completely fake.

Hello, Many thanks for your message, You should consult our website to see how we are active on our health policy @t For your information, the Top10 best men&women before Sierre-ZInal get a capilary control, this is the most efficient (and expensive) anti-doping control we can do to be able to know what an athlete took the past 6 months. The only constraint is that we will have the results only when we will have a free slot at the police scientific laboratory, who's taking care of crimes analyses. It could takes some times, but no one can hide anything in the hairs. Of course, as it's expensive, we are not taking the hairs at each race. Before Pikes Peak, athletes will have blood tests. And the Top5 M&W after Sierre-Zinal get an official anti-doping control from the WADA. Thanks, The GTS Team.

@@goldentrailseries7022 that doesn't mean anything, really. he was invited to race and then you are promoting his race performance. it's a stain on the race and even moreso on the sport.

@@tradejs The Golden Trail World Series has established, since the first edition in 2018, the strictest doping controls that can be found in a sport today. We work with 2 different independent agencies to develop a specific program dedicated to our private series. - The Quartz program takes care of all the controls before the races o One test, one month before the race, in a laboratory, and one day before the race, by the Quartz team.  If the difference between the 2 tests is abnormal, there is a "no-start rule" and the athlete's name is given to the Wada for external and extra checks.  Tests can be on urine / blood / saliva or hair, depending on the research  Depending on the history of the athletes, the tests maybe in more complexe to analyze more substances. In Sierre-ZInal, the top 10 athletes participating in M & W have their hair analyzed the day before the race. This is the most expensive order, but also the most interesting because you can see what has happened during the athlete’s last 6 months. The results of these hairs showed absolutely no abnormal pattern for all the athletes involved in the controls, including Maude Mathys, Elisa Desco and Petro Mamu. - The Wada controls the Top5 M & W after the race  This is an official check to ensure that no one takes any substances on the day of the race.  During this control, the athletes declare the substances they use and if the athletes does not want to be caught positive by a prohibited substance, they must show a therapeutic exemption (TUE) of the substances used. The Golden Trail World Series is a private series with private rules. So, to avoid "authorized doping", the TUE is not allowed on the series. - If an athlete is sick, it is best if the athlete stays at home to heal the sickness instead of winning a race under "TUE"… - Athletes must declare if they have a TUE during the Quartz Controls, which is compared to the Wada Control Report. - In Sierre-Zinal, it's the Swiss Olympic who came to do the controls after the finish for the Top5 M & W. To correctly understand, if an athlete has an abnormal profile, a "no-start rule" will be applied, but a team will take care of the athlete to understand what happened, why It Happened. Information, discussion and education are essential to mentally support the athlete and avoid any abnormal analysis in the future. Protecting a sport does not mean "only" banning those who have used banned substances, but also educating them to a healthy sport without medication.

@@goldentrailseries7022 Sure, educating is important. That's not the issue with convicted dopers. How do you deal with prior convicted dopers and the gains they have accumulated through that process? They're not going to test positive on raceday or on a scheduled test a month out, come on. Do better (i.e. lifetime bans). If an athlete has been convicted for doping before, you should apply that "no-start rule" to them because if you think about it, by your own words that should be considered as abnormal.

Visuals are great but the people speaking and narrating are really bad!

tbh I thought it was pretty fun

When the presenters are trying to be funny it looks like kids TV show but a BIG Kudos to the running and biking camera men making it possible to see the action on the trail

I thought the narrators were full of enthusiasm and made it a joy to watch I don't agree at all.

Not American, European with annoying American-like accent

@@georgerichard6946 I thought so too.... but even worse then.... :)

Thanks for your feedbacks! Happy runs!