Update on Top Eight Men and Excitement About Nike's Involvement

Welcome to Day 5 of Good Morning, Mont Blanc. This is the inaugural year of Freetrail’s daily morning show, kicking off with the 20th anniversary of the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (UTMB), the most important global event in the sport of trail running. The show is hosted each day by professional athlete, Dylan Bowman.

Dylan is joined on Day 5 by OCC racers Dani Moreno, EmKay Sullivan and Francesco Puppi, who all had wildly different race experiences and outcomes.

Francesco had an incredible race at OCC, placing second overall. Both Dani and EmKay had tough days and didn’t finish.

Everyone talks about their races and the OCC course and race results in general. Then they pivot to watching and commentating on CCC live, and finally provide their preview for UTMB, which starts at 6pm tonight.

Make sure you tune in.

Freetrail Fantasy

Make sure you play Freetrail Fantasy and pick 10 deep for both men and women for each participating race (OCC, CCC and UTMB). Go get your picks in. Make sure to stay tuned for the rest of the Good Morning, Mont Blanc shows this week where we will be doing race previews for all three races, and interviews with top contenders. 

Fantasy Prizes

We have amazing prizes for Freetrail Fantasy this week. 10 winners will receive head to toe Hoka kits including footwear, a CamelBak Zephyr pack, Ketone shots from HVMN, and Freetrail swag. Please note: We do our best to ship prize packages outside the US, but cannot guarantee it due to shipping costs and logistics.

Freetrail Pro

Interested in joining the best community in trail running? Are you a veteran trail runner or new to the sport and looking to learn more? You’ve come to the right place! Freetrail Pro is the best global community of passionate and dedicated trail runners. Members get access to exclusive content, training plans, early access to races, discounts from partners, and more. Best of all? We have an incredible online community that lives and breathes in Slack - members talk about training, nutrition, racing, mental health, and so much more. Don’t just listen to us. Sign up with a free trial now and see for yourself. 

Our Sponsors

Thanks to our sponsors who are making this show possible, Hoka and CamelBak. 

Hoka and UTMB were born in the Alps - fueled by the thrill of flying up and down mountains.

Trail running is in Hoka's DNA, and they are proud to be the 2023 UTMB World Series Premier Partner and help share the sport with as many people as possible

Check out Hoka's AR experience and join athletes like Jim Walmsley for a run in the alps. 

CamelBak invented the hydration pack category a couple decades ago and has remained on the forefront of innovation for this very important product sector. Outside of footwear, the pack is the most critical piece of running gear and you’ll see a bunch of people trusting CamelBak throughout race week out on the trails around the Mont Blanc.