Rest Day | UTMB Expansion, Kilian Back at Western States, Road Stars Move to Trails, & New World Records
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Release Date: 11/13/2025
Jim Walmsley & Katie Schide | #1 Trail Runner of the Year
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Today we welcome the #1 Trail Runners of the Year, and , both Americans who currently reside in France. This is the second time each has won our prestigious award and they've both been featured all four years of TROY's existence. Jim's season was anything but straight forward. He started with a big win at Chianti by UTMB in the spring before an injury prevented him from defending his win at the Western States 100. Luckily, he bounced back in a big way, winning OCC in August and then the Long Trail World Championship in September - the second individual gold medal of...
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Ruth Croft & Francesco Puppi | #2 Trail Runner of the Year
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Today we welcome the #2 Trail Runners of the Year, of New Zealand and of Italy. We start with Ruth who is unquestionably one of the best to ever do it. This season, she started with a huge victory at Tarawera, another at the MaXi Race 60k, all building towards UTMB where she won in what felt like a flawlessly executed performance. In doing so, Ruth became only the second person to win all three of the UTMB world final events, showing her career-long consistency and range across distances. Francesco Puppi posted the best season of...
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Caleb Olson & Sara Alonso | #3 Trail Runner of the Year
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
This episode is part of Freetrail's annual Trail Runner of the Year Rollout -- an opportunity to reflect on the 2025 season and celebrate the athletes who performed the best according to the global trail running community. We're proud to partner with to bring the awards to life. Today we welcome the #3 Trail Runners of the Year, Caleb Olson of the USA and Sara Alonso of Spain. Caleb established himself as one of the best long course athletes in the world, starting his season with a huge win and CR at Transgrancanaria before focusing...
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Abby Hall & Elhousine Elazzaoui | #4 Trail Runner of the Year
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
This episode is part of Freetrail's annual Trail Runner of the Year Rollout -- an opportunity to reflect on the 2025 season and celebrate the athletes who performed the best according to the global trail running community. We're proud to partner with to bring the awards to life. Today we welcome the #4 Trail Runners of the Year, Abby Hall and Elhousine Elazzaoui. Elhousine, our reigning 2024 Trail Runner of the Year, posted another amazing season, winning the Golden Trail World Series for the second year in a row, including...
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Tom Evans & Nina Engelhard | #5 Trail Runner of the Year
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
This episode is part of Freetrail's annual Trail Runner of the Year Rollout -- an opportunity to reflect on the 2025 season and celebrate the athletes who performed the best according to the global trail running community. In 2025, we're proud to partner with to bring the awards to life. Today we welcome the #5 Trail Runners of the Year, Tom Evans and Nina Engelhard. Tom enjoyed a perfect, undefeated season including winning the 2025 UTMB. Nina might be the biggest breakout star in the sport, winning double Gold Medals in both the Vertical and the Classic...
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Trail Running Year in Review 2025 | Athletes, Performances, FKTs, Rookies, Storylines, 2026 Predictions & More
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
For the fourth year in a row, returns for our end-of-season retrospective podcast to summarize the year in trail running. It was another incredible season with so many amazing athletes and performances - we do our best to encapsulate everything in this episode. The Docket: 00:00 Celebrating Trail Running Traditions 12:21 Trail Runner of the Year: Women's Picks 20:40 Trail Runner of the Year: Men's Picks 33:00 Trail Performances of the Year 39:06 Rookies of the Year 45:18 Key Storylines of 2025 50:58 The Bill Dooper Spirit Award: Celebrating...
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Asker Jeukendrup | Endurance Nutrition Masterclass
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
is a sport scientist whose work has been massively influential, especially in the world of endurance nutrition. His resume is incredible, working with many of the top athletes, teams, brands, and research institutions during his remarkable career. In addition to his academic, consulting, and speaking work, Asker is a co-founder of Neversecond -- a leading supplier of feuling and recovery products in endurance sport and an important partner of Freetrail. This is Asker's first appearance on the podcast. Timestamps: 04:15 What Makes You You? 09:28...
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The Trail Ahead: Consumer & Industry Trends Shaping Trail Running (TRE Live Panel)
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
This is a recording from a live panel conducted at - the running industry's largest trade show. One of the big trends in running is the growth of trail running as a sub-category, something that is felt palpably at TRE. To contextualize this growth, I'm joined by two fantastic guests: , Co-CEO of , Founder of We talk about the following topics: Growth trends in the sport Trail Culture as a growth driving phenomenon Cultural impact vs. commercial impact - the realities of the size of the market How people are discovering and...
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Rod Farvard | Life On The Path
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
is a pro trail runner for HOKA living in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Among other things, Rod is a past champion of the Canyons 100k and a runner up of the Western States 100. We recorded this in person at Freetrail HQ in Marinwood, CA, 24hrs removed from a long run together on my home trails. Topics discuss: Feelings approaching the end of the year Finding and embracing "Your Path" in life Sacrifice as being a necessary element of being On The Path Focusing on UTMB after years committed to Western States Evaluating his 9th place performance in 2025 and where...
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Rest Day | Western States & Hardrock Lotteries, The Running Event, CIM Results, & Rachel Entrekin x Norda
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Welcome to Rest Day, Freetrail's occasional news pod covering the latest happenings in trail running. This week, we're joined by Corrine Malcolm to talk through the following topics: Western States & Hardrock Lotteries Courtney Daulwalter & Christian Allen rip CIM Thoughts from The Running Event Broken Arrow x ACG partnership Rachel Entrekin signs with Norda Debut of Trail Team of the Year Sponsors: Grab a trail running pack from Use code FREETRAIL25 for 25% off your first...
info_outlineWelcome to Rest Day, Freetrail's occasional news pod covering the latest happenings in trail running. This week we're joined by Tim Tollefson to talk through the following topics:
- UTMB's Purchase of Zugspitz Ultra Trail
- The global event landscape and where independent events fit
- Caleb Olson wins GPT100
- Kilian Jornet registers for Western States 2026
- Molly Seidel and Des Linden moving from roads to trails
- Eliud Kipchoge wears Radical Air Flow at NYC Marathon
- New 50 Mile and 100 Mile World Records
- Personal running and life updates
- A lot more!
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