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Alex Honnold | Fatherhood, Legacy, & Giving Back

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Release Date: 04/04/2025

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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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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

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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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

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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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

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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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

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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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

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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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

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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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

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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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

  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...

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Alex Honnold is among the most accomplished climbers in history. Bursting into the mainstream consciousness in 2008, Alex has personally changed what people have viewed to be possible in the vertical world. In 2017, Alex did the first ever free solo of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, a feat that many consider to be the greatest athletic accomplishment in history, and that was documented in the Oscar winning film, Free Solo. We're honored to host him on the podcast.

Learn more about The Honnold Foundation: https://www.honnoldfoundation.org/#mission

Topics:

 

  • Where Alex is the arc of his career
  • His feelings recollecting to the times before he was famous
  • The inspiration Alex took from climbing legend Peter Croft
  • The state of climbing as a sport and the impact of the Olympics
  • Training and the similarities between running and climbing
  • How becoming a parent has impacted goal setting
  • The physical and psychological toll of being a pro athlete for two decades
  • Staying motivated over time
  • Alex's relationship with competition 
  • The aftermath of Free Solo and what Alex called his "deployment to Hollywood"
  • His home in Las Vegas and why it's a great place to live
  • The Honnold Foundation
  • A lot more!

 

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