Indie Race Survival: Community, Why, and Resilience

Welcome 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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