Black Canyon 100k Preview Show | Exciting Storylines & Golden Ticket Contenders
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
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🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Black Canyon 100K Preview | Golden Ticket Weekend
Tonight we continue our weeklong coverage of the double Golden Ticket race weekend with Freetrail's preview of the Black Canyon 100K.
Over the last 12 years, Black Canyon has grown into one of North America's most prestigious trail races. It now feels like the annual kickoff to the professional racing season — and the energy reflects it.
A Super Golden Ticket race again in 2026, Black Canyon has attracted some of the best athletes in the sport to battle across this classic desert course for a chance to compete at this summer's Western States 100.
We'll be live at 5:00 PM PT / 2:00 PM NZ with Tim Tollefson and EmKay Sullivan to break down the course, expected conditions, and top contenders heading into race weekend. We'll also be joined by a special guest.
Our 2026 Tarawera and Black Canyon coverage is brought to you by Nike ACG (All Conditions Gear). Make sure to check out All Conditions Gear footwear and apparel. All Conditions Gear is designed, tested, and made on planet earth specifically for trail running. You can learn more and check out the latest ACG gear at allconditionsgear.com. We're super grateful for their support!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, welcome to free trails, trail getting coverage of the double golden ticket race weekend to kickoff 2026, two incredibly exciting races taking place on different continents. |
| 0:23.9 | The Black Canyon 100K happening in Arizona and the TerraWara 102K happening down on the North |
| 0:30.5 | Island of New Zealand between these two races. Of course, 10 coveted spots on the line for the |
| 0:36.6 | 26 Western States 100. And as usual, those golden |
| 0:40.9 | tickets have brought out some dogs, some amazing athletes to compete across these fast but tough |
| 0:47.9 | courses. What you're about to hear is the audio from the live shows that we're doing every |
| 0:51.9 | evening on YouTube. We've got creative teams at |
| 0:55.6 | both races in this entire week. We're doing live stream trailgating coverage for trail fans to |
| 1:01.6 | stay fully up to speed on the races as they unfold. The shows will all be available here in |
| 1:07.4 | the podcast feed, but of course we would love it. If you join us live on |
| 1:10.9 | YouTube, we'll start at 5 p.m. Pacific time every single evening, and we hope to see you in the chat. |
| 1:17.9 | The entire week of coverage is also made possible by our good friends at all conditions gear. |
| 1:22.7 | The much anticipated ACG Ultrafly was just released this week to rave reviews. I've actually been running |
| 1:29.6 | a bunch in the Ultra Fly myself. Of course, the shoe that Caleb wore to victory at Western |
| 1:35.5 | States. I can personally tell you they are legit fast and super comfortable, potentially even |
| 1:41.3 | a hard rock shoe for me. We will see. You'll hear more from ACG during |
| 1:45.4 | the show, but of course we super appreciate their support. The 2026 racing season is here. Trailgating |
| 1:53.5 | coverage begins anew. We are so happy you're here. Best sport ever. |
| 2:12.2 | Okay, folks, we are back. Welcome to Day 3 of Freetrails Trail Gating coverage around the double golden ticket |
| 2:16.9 | race weekend, Black Canyon, Terraweraating coverage around the double golden ticket race weekend black |
| 2:18.2 | canyon terrawera just around the corner tonight we're going to go deep on the black canyon |
| 2:23.9 | hundred k after last night's preview of the terrawera one hundred and two joining me to break |
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