Hey, fam, welcome to the free trail podcast. Of course, I'm your host, Dylan Bowman, here today with

Dan Green, the pride of Huntington, West Virginia, the Kokadona 250 champion

and course record holder finally here to go long form on the podcast. And this is a good one. For

those who don't know, Dan, he has been a solid athlete on the scene for many years, but of course

exploded into trail running superstardom after his course record victory

at the 2025 Kokadona 250. Shortly thereafter, Dan signed with Solomon, a partnership he extended

at the beginning of 2026, allowing him to step back from work and become more of a full-time

athlete. Dan was here in Marinwood for the Big Alta training run last weekend.

So we took advantage and brought him in studio for this wide-ranging conversation.

Some topics we discuss.

Of course, we start with what makes Dan Dan.

We then talk about his recent engagement and finish line proposal to his now fiance. We talk about

living and training in Huntington, West Virginia. We meditate on the performance benefits of having

an attitude of gratitude. We talk about Dan's earliest mentor, a guy named Lance Fledger. You don't want to

miss that story. And we talk all about Cocodona, including

some of the important learnings and 200-mile strategies, advice he received from Francois Dene

and how it influenced him to not return to Coca-Dona. We talk about the bargain boys, Dan's

training group and podcast co-hosts. We close, of course, with his plans for

2026. And there's a lot more in there. Dan is a legend. It was great to have him here in the

neighborhood. And we're excited to welcome him back to the big alt of 50K in a couple of weeks

time. Before we get into it, a reminder that we're doing these weekly live streams on Monday evenings

at 5 p.m. Pacific time on YouTube, rest day live.

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