Dakota Jones | 100-Mile Record Attempt & Footprints Fundraiser
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Release Date: 02/03/2025
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Welcome to Freetrail's coverage of the 2025 Canyons by UTMB hosted by Dylan Bowman. Today we recap the 100k and 50k races. Thanks to everyone for tuning into this weekend's coverage! And a huge thanks to HOKA!
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Welcome to Freetrail's coverage of the 2025 Canyons by UTMB. Today's show previews the 50k -- one of the most exciting 50k races of the season. Today's cohosts are Dylan Bowman, Corrine Malcolm, and Tim Tollefson. Play fantasy here: Thanks to HOKA for supporting our coverage! Check out the new HOKA Mafate X:
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Welcome to Freetrail's coverage of the 2025 Canyons by UTMB. Today's show previews the Golden Ticket battle for entry to the 2025 Western States 100. Today's cohosts are Dylan Bowman, Corrine Malcolm, and Tim Tollefson. We're also joined at the end by Maggie Tides from the Placer Land Trust -- an organization that protects wild places for recreation, agriculture, and simple existence. Thanks to HOKA for supporting our coverage!
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Welcome to Rest Day, Freetrail's occasional news pod covering the latest happenings in trail running. The docket today: Katie Schide & Germain Grangier return to On Warner Brothers Discovery broadcast partnership with Golden Trail World Series EmKay Sullivan's Golden Ticket rolls down to Abby Hall Golden Trail World Series kicks off in Asia Gorge Waterfalls, Lake Sonoma, & Desert RATs recaps Sponsors: Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Grab a trail running pack from Use code...
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Katie Schide is the reigning Trail Runner of the Year, a Western States and UTMB champion, and Germain Grangier is a UTMB and Diagonale des Fous podium performer -- they are two of the best trail runners in the world. This episode goes deeper into the major breaking news that they have officially re-signed a long term partnership with On, the Swiss performance juggernaut and one of the fastest growing brands in the world. We discuss their history with On, testing and developing confidence in the new product, On’s increased investments in the outdoor and...
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Welcome to Freetrail's coverage of the 2025 Gorge Waterfalls hosted by Dylan Bowman. Huge thanks to our race sponsors, links below: SPEEDLAND - Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear - NEVERSECOND - Use code FREETRAIL25 for 25% off your first order of NEVERSECOND nutrition at -
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Welcome to Freetrail's coverage of the 2025 Gorge Waterfalls. Thanks to the sponsors of the race, links below: SPEEDLAND - Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear - NEVERSECOND - Use code FREETRAIL25 for 25% off your first order of NEVERSECOND nutrition at -
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Welcome to Freetrail's coverage of the 2025 Gorge Waterfalls. Thanks to the sponsors of the race, links below: SPEEDLAND - Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear - NEVERSECOND - Use code FREETRAIL25 for 25% off your first order of NEVERSECOND nutrition at - https://never2.com
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Welcome to Freetrail's coverage of the 2025 Gorge Waterfalls. In this episode we'll welcome some of our elite athletes in the 100k, Adam Peterman, Jeff Colt, Jon Rea, Klaire Rhodes, & Jade Belzberg. Thanks to the sponsors of the race, links below: SPEEDLAND - Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear - NEVERSECOND - Use code FREETRAIL25 for 25% off your first order of NEVERSECOND nutrition at -
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Bill and Loren Armstrong, the husband and wife team behind NEVERSECOND - the cutting edge nutrition brand that in only a couple years has become very popular among trail runners, establishing itself as a leader in the category. Of course, Freetrail has officially been in partnership with NEVERSECOND since the beginning of the year, and in that time we’ve loved getting to know Bill and Loren and have developed a huge admiration for how they conduct themselves and their business – a quality and professionalism that 100% shows up in their products, which are exquisite. I’m...
info_outlineDakota Jones is a longtime professional trail runner for NNormal, living in Salt Lake City, UT. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of Footprints, an environmental non-profit that endeavors to nurture a new generation of leaders in tackling climate action projects in their local communities. On February 15th, Dakota will be chasing the 100-mile American Record at Jackpot Ultras in Las Vegas, NV, currently held by Zach Bitter in 11:19:13.
As part of this record attempt, Dakota is raising money for Footprints, hoping to secure $30k to support the 2025 campers. Freetrail is proud to contribute and support the fundraiser.
Topics discussed:
- Reflecting on 17 years in the sport
- Evolving with the times and continuing to improve
- Training for the record attempt
- How Footprints provides purpose for Dakota
- The idea of pursuing our life's work
- Collective action & heart work
- Footprints fundraising goals
- Dakota's goals for the rest of the season
- A lot more!
Sponsors:
- Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear
- Grab a trail running pack from Osprey
- Use code FREETRAIL25 for 25% off your first order of NEVERSECOND nutrition at never2.com
- Go to ketone.com/freetrail30 for 30% off a subscription of Ketone IQ
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