The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

For the first 10 days of 2024, Freetrail will be rolling out our Trail Runner Of The Year award, presented by Ketone IQ. The award recognizes the top-10 male and female athletes of the 2023 season, as voted on by 1000 trail runners from around the world.    In #5, we're joined by Grayson Murphy from the USA and Aurelien Dunand-Pallaz from France.   Grayson's highlights: Double USA Mountain Running Champion (Vertical & Up/Down)  3rd place Vertical World Championship 1st place Up/Down World Championship Aurelien's Highlights 2nd place at the Maxi Race 80k 1st place at Hardrock 100 1st place at Diagonale des Fous Check back in tomorrow for #4!    Get 30% off your first subscription of Ketone IQ at HVMN.com/FREETRAIL30

For the first 10 days of 2024, Freetrail will be rolling out our Trail Runner Of The Year award, presented by Ketone IQ. The award recognizes the top-10 male and female athletes of the 2023 season, as voted on by 1000 trail runners from around the world.    In #6, we're joined by Judith Wyder from Switzerland and Jonathan Albon from Great Britain.   Judith's highlights: 2nd place at Short Trail World Championship 1st place at Mammoth Trail Fest 2nd place at Golden Trail World Series Final Jonathan's Highlights: 3rd place at Zegama 1st place at CCC 1st place at Grand Trail Des Templiers Check back in tomorrow for #5!    GET 30% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION OF KETONE IQ: HVMN.com/FREETRAIL30

For the first 10 days of 2024, Freetrail will be rolling out our Trail Runner Of The Year award, presented by Ketone IQ. The award recognizes the top-10 male and female athletes of the 2023 season, as voted on by 1000 trail runners from around the world.    In #7, we're joined by French duo Germain Grangier and Claire Bannwarth.   Germain's Highlights: 1st place at Mont Blanc 90k 3rd place at UTMB 2nd place at Diagonale des Fous   Claire's Highlights 1st place at MONTANE Winter Spine Race 1st place at Tahoe 200 1st place at Kodiak by UTMB 100   Check back in tomorrow for #6!    GET 30% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION OF KETONE IQ

For the first 10 days of 2024, Freetrail will be rolling out our Trail Runner Of The Year award, presented by Ketone IQ. The award recognizes the top-10 male and female athletes of the 2023 season, as voted on by 1000 trail runners from around the world.    In #8, we're joined by Leah Yingling from Salt Lake City, UT and Stian Angermund from Bergen, Norway.   Leah's highlights: 2nd place at Way Too Cool 50k 9th place at Western States 100 8th place at UTMB   Stian's Highlights 1st place at Istria by UTMB 69k 1st place at Short Trail World Championship 1st place at OCC   Check back in tomorrow for #7!    GET 30% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION OF KETONE IQ   Sub Hub Podcast with Stian

For the first 10 days of 2024, Freetrail will be rolling out our Trail Runner Of The Year award, presented by Ketone IQ. The award recognizes the top-10 male and female athletes of the 2023 season, as voted on by 1000 trail runners from around the world.    In #9, we're joined by Tyler Green from Portland, OR and Ruth Croft from New Zealand.   Tyler's highlights: 3rd place at Transgrancanaria 2nd place at Western States 100 7th place at UTMB   Ruth's Highlights: 6 races, with 4 victories 1st place at Zugspitz Ultra Trail 1st place at Ultra Trail Cape Town   Check back in tomorrow for #8!    GET 30% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION OF KETONE IQ

For the first 10 days of 2024, Freetrail will be rolling out our Trail Runner Of The Year award, presented by Ketone IQ. The award recognizes the top-10 male and female athletes of the 2023 season, as voted on by 1000 trail runners from around the world.    To start the countdown, in #10, we talk to Anthony Costales from Salt Lake City, UT and Blandine L'Hirondel from France.   Anthony's highlights: 1st place and CR at Black Canyon 100k 3rd place at Western States 100 3rd Place at Ultra Trail Cape Town Blandine's Highlights 7 races, with 4 victories 5th place at Zegama 3rd place at UTMB Check back in tomorrow for #9!    GET 30% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION OF KETONE IQ

Corrine Malcolm is a pro trail runner, media personality, and co-host of the Trail Society Podcast. She is our most frequent recurring guest and also Freetrail's Editor-in-Chief. As is our tradition, Corrine is back for our End of Year Podcast where we celebrate the 2023 trail running season. These are the categories that we review: Trail Runner Of The Year: Top-5 M/W Performance Of The Year: Top-3 M/F FKTs Of The Year Rookies Of The Year Overall Story of 2023 Bill Dooper Spirit  Award - Someone who made an impact outside of being a good athlete Predictions for 2024 Personal highlights from 2023 and what we're excited about for 2024 GIFT A FREETRAIL PRO MEMBERSHIP   Sponsors: Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear Use code freetrail15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition Get 30% off your first subscription of Ketone IQ at HVMN.com/FREETRAIL30 Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts   Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava   ________________________   Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:   Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal   Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game   Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion   Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB

Nick Handel is a trail runner, data scientist, and entrepreneur. He graduated college at 19, was recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30 at 25, founded a company at 28, and sold it this year at 31. In addition to being very successful in his academic and professional life, Nick has become a great trail runner who had a breakthrough season in 2023, including wins at Mammoth Trail Fest 50k and the Quad Dipsea.   In the episode we talk about his formative years, his entrepreneurial journey, leadership and team building, selling his company, the 2023 racing season, and a lot more.   Follow Nick on Strava   Read more about Transform's acquisition by dbt Labs   SIGNUP FOR THE FREETRAIL NEWSLETTER   Sponsors: Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear Use code freetrail15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition Get 30% off your first subscription of Ketone IQ at HVMN.com/FREETRAIL30 Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts   Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava   ________________________   Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:   Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal   Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game   Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion   Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB

These interviews were part of Good Morning, Austin - our daily show from The Running Event in Austin, Texas. Every day, Dylan talked to industry leaders about brand and product innovation shaping the trail running landscape. This week, we'll release a few "Best Of" episodes here in the podcast feed. Todays guests: Steve Doolan, President of the Americas, Salomon (04:34) Steve is the newly appointed President of the Americas for Salomon. Born in France and now living in Utah, Steve started with HOKA in 2010 where he had an incredible impact on the brand. Now he joins Salomon, a brand that’s focused on both trail running and skiing (a lifelong passion), as well as a connection to his roots in France. Dylan and Steve talk about what’s next at Salomon, and they also talk about TRE - Steve first went to the show in 2008 in Dallas. Steve shares his thoughts on why he thinks TRE has endured when so many trade shows haven’t. Ryan Hitzel, Founder of Roark (27:13) Ryan Hitzel, founder of Roark, joins us to talk about the brand, the recent huge news announced earlier this week that Roark named former Volcom executive Jason Steris as their new CEO. They talk about trail culture, surf culture and the similarities between the communities and cultures in niche sports. Sponsors: THANKS TO BOA FOR SPONSORING OUR COVERAGE ALL WEEK! Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear Use code freetrail15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition Get 30% off your first subscription of Ketone IQ at HVMN.com/FREETRAIL30 Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts   Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava   ________________________   Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:   Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal   Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game   Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion   Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB

These interviews were part of Good Morning, Austin - our daily show from The Running Event in Austin, Texas. Every day, Dylan talked to industry leaders about brand and product innovation shaping the trail running landscape. This week, we'll release a few "Best Of" episodes here in the podcast feed. Todays guests: Clark Morgan & Don Reichelt from Speedland (04:43) Dylan is joined by Clark Morgan, new Director of Brand Experience at Speedland and Don Reichelt, a founding Speedland athlete. They talk about Clark’s background, how he’s now focused on building the brand and community around Speedland, and what’s next for the brand. They share a (sweet!) upcoming prototype that we can’t wait to get our hands on. Larissa Rivers & Tim Myers from Strava (28:28) Larissa was one of the first employees at Strava back when it was a fledgling startup in San Francisco. Her legend precedes her - she’s a real life energizer bunny who crushes her job, being a mom of 3 amazing girls, and supporting those around her to move their bodies and be their best selves. She’s joined by her colleague Tim, who works in Product at Strava, and has played a key role in major updates like the Local Legend feature. They announce a new and very exciting messaging feature that is coming soon - this episode is embargoed until Monday 12/4 when the launch can be shared more broadly. Monica Devreese, Founder of Rabbit Apparel (51:21) Monica is the founder of Rabbit, one of the core brands in trail running. Her limitless energy and passion to build the brand is infectious. They talk about her entrepreneurial journey, how she’s built Rabbit and how the brand is going. Plus, they quickly speak to Erik Senseman’s recent retirement announcement. It’s always great to hear and learn from Monica, we hope you enjoy. PS: She had a really fun off-camera teaser for us after the interview that we’ll release when the time's right. Stay tuned for big things coming from Monica! Sponsors: THANKS TO BOA FOR SPONSORING OUR COVERAGE ALL WEEK! Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear Use code freetrail15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition Get 30% off your first subscription of Ketone IQ at HVMN.com/FREETRAIL30 Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts   Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava   ________________________   Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:   Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal   Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game   Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion   Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB