Hello, happy new year and welcome to free trails rollout of the 2023 Trail Router

of the Year award presented by Ketone IQ.

I'm your host Dylan Bowman, and for the first 10 days of 2024, we will be counting down the top 10

trail athletes in the world for both men and women, as was voted on by a thousand trail running fans

from around the world. Together with the athletes, we recount their seasons,

contemplate highs and lows,

meditate on some learnings,

and look ahead to their goals for the future.

As I said,

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You'll hear more from them later,

but please visit the show notes for a link you can use for 30% off your first subscription of this

amazing product. It's HVMN.com forward slash free trail 30. And again, that link is in the show

notes. Today, we're joined by the number three trail runners of the year, American heroes, Sophia Lockley and Zach Miller,

Sophia at the Olympic Nordic skier, proving she is one of the best trail athletes in the world.

Three huge victories on the Golden Trail World Series, first at the Montblanc Marathon, next at Sierra's and all,

and then lastly at the Pikes Peak Ascent, Sophia bringing home the overall win for the Golden Trail World Series.

Zach Miller, the pre-Fontane of trail running, the human embodiment of hard work.

He won the Tara Weir 100-mile to start the year, finished a strong sixth place at the Long Trail World Championship,

and then an all-time, instant classic battle with Jim Walmsley to take home

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