Clare Gallagher | Carving a Different Path

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Dylan Bowman

Ultrarunning, Training, Wellness, Endurance, Health, Running, Commentary, Trailrunning, Sports, Run

5 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Clare Gallagher is a professional runner for Patagonia, living in Boulder, CO. She is among the most decorated athletes of the last decade, winning many of the sport's most iconic events including Western States, CCC, Black Canyon, & Leadville. Outside of her athletic talent, Clare is also just a very interesting person. A third year PhD student, poet, and environmental advocate, Clare has always approached her career differently from other pro athletes. Clare is a close friend who I really respect. It was great to catch up again in today's episode.

Topics discussed:

Balancing her pro racing career and PhD work at CU
Clare's current relationship with running, racing, and the expectations of pro athletes
Her relationship with the digital world
Clare's emerging interest in poetry and writing
Her participation in the Snowman Race in Bhutan last fall
What Clare is inspired about as an athlete in 2025
A lot more!

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0:00.0	Hey, fam, welcome to the free trial podcast. Of course, I'm your host, Dylan Bowman, here today with Claire Gallagher. Claire is a pro
0:22.9	runner for Patagonia and Las Sportiva living in Boulder, Colorado. She is among the most decorated
0:29.4	athletes of the past decade, winning many of the sports most iconic events, including Western
0:35.2	States, CCC, Black Canyon 100K, and the Leadville 100,
0:40.7	among many others. But outside of her amazing athletic talent, Claire is also just a very interesting
0:46.9	person. She's a third-year PhD student at the University of Colorado. She's a poet. She's an
0:53.2	environmental advocate.
0:55.0	And what I love most is that Claire has always just
0:57.9	approached her career differently from other professional athletes,
1:02.0	including myself.
1:03.3	She and I have always really vibed together.
1:06.0	She's a close friend and I really just respect how she conducts herself in life and in her racing career.
1:13.3	It was great to get her back on the show and catch up a bit in today's episode.
1:17.7	Some topics that we discussed balancing her racing career and her PhD work at CU.
1:24.1	We talked about Claire's current relationship with running, racing, and the expectations of modern professional athletes. We talked about Claire's current relationship with running, racing, and the expectations of modern
1:30.1	professional athletes.
1:31.3	We talked about her relationship with the digital world, which led to a rich discussion.
1:36.1	We talked about Claire's emerging interest in poetry and writing for participation in the
1:41.9	snowman race in Bhutan last fall,
1:48.4	her new podcast with friend and co-host Abby Levine.
1:54.4	We talk about Claire, what she's inspired about here in 2025, and a lot more.
1:59.6	Before we get to it, I am off to New Zealand today after Black Canyon last weekend. The Freak Trail team is head to TerraWara to cover another awesome golden ticket event.
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