Dani Moreno | CCC Pre-Race Interview
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
This interview is part of Freetrail's coverage of the 2025 Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB). Our shows and athlete interviews are hosted by Dylan Bowman who sits down to talk with some of the favorites who are racing this year.
In this interview, Dylan talks to professional runner, Dani Moreno (Adidas Terrex). Dani lives and trains in the East Sierra, and has raced OCC here in Chamonix multiple times. Dani is an incredible trail athlete, with impressive shorter distance trail podiums under her belt. She's stepping up in distance this year to the 100k at CCC. We love Dani and wish her the best!
Make sure to tune into all of Freetrail's coverage leading into the 2025 UTMB. All shows hosted by Dylan Bowman, with special guests listed below:
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Friday August 22nd: Top 10 Storylines of the 2025 UTMB with Tim Tollefson
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Saturday August 23rd: OCC Preview Show with Dani Moreno
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Sunday August 24th: CCC Preview Show with Hayden Hawks
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Monday August 25th: UTMB Preview Show with Sally McRae
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Tuesday August 26th: Final Predictions Show with Corrine Malcolm & Keith Byrne
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Wednesday August 27th: TDS Recap Show with Ryan Sandes & Martina Valmassoi
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Thursday August 28th: OCC Recap Show with Corrine Malcolm and Ryan Montgomery
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Friday August 29th: We'll provide photo and video coverage of the race for the Freetrail social channels. Make sure to follow along here and @runfreetrail on Instagram.
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Saturday August 30th: UTMB Instant Reactions + CCC Results Show with Jim Walmsley & Sally McRae
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Sunday August 31st: UTMB Week recap with Corrine Malcolm
Make sure to play Freetrail's own fantasy trail running at https://fantasy.freetrail.com/events and pick 10-deep for OCC, CCC & UTMB for a chance to win sweet prizes including Freetrail swag and special items from our partners HOKA, SunGod and more!
Our 2025 UTMB coverage is brought to you by HOKA, the best people and products in the trail running business. The show is also made possible with support from Red Bull & SunGod. We're grateful for their support!
HOKA
Make sure to check out the HOKA Mafate 5, the shoe Hayden was wearing during his interview and the CCC Preview show recordings today!
The Mafate 5 is a shoe with plush cushioning for tough terrain. A pinnacle product for technical trail, the Mafate 5 goes the extra mile with more cushioning and protection than ever before. Built tough for mileage chasers, this tenacious trail runner helps maintain control during long haul efforts with our Rocker Integrity Technology™ and protects from trail debris with an optional ankle gaiter. Finished with a soft, springy foam just underfoot and impact-absorbing foam near the sole, the Mafate 5 is grounded in aggressive Vibram® Megagrip traction lugs. No doubt, this is the shoe our team will be wearing on the trails all week in Chamonix!
SunGod
A longtime friend of Freetrail, we're grateful for SunGod's support of Freetrail's UTMB coverage this year! SunGod makes performance eyewear worn by the world's top trail running athletes.
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Freetrail Pro members receive a deeper discount on SunGod, available after you sign up at https://freetrail.com/pro
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LinkedIn | / dylan-bowman-06174380
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to FreeTrell's cover to the 2025 Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc. Of course, I am your loving host, Dylan Bowman, broadcasting from the heart of Chamonie, France steps from the finish line. |
| 0:24.1 | Free Trail is honored to be here on the ground with our friends at Hocca to bring you the global trail running fan base, all the amazing stories of the 2025 |
| 0:33.8 | U-TMB, and over the next week. |
| 0:37.4 | Plus, we'll be doing daily trailgating shows, |
| 0:40.1 | pre-imposed race athlete interviews, boots on the ground, social media, race day coverage of all |
| 0:46.2 | the world final events. And we couldn't be more excited. It doesn't need to be stated, |
| 0:51.8 | but UTMB is truly one of the great sporting events in the |
| 0:55.0 | world celebrating its 22nd year. It has been a major part of my life for more than a decade at |
| 1:01.9 | this point, and it's an honor to be able to share our coverage with the global trail running |
| 1:06.9 | community. What you're about to hear in the podcast feed is the audio recording from our shows and |
| 1:11.9 | interviews. We're also publishing these on our YouTube channel. So if you prefer the in studio video |
| 1:18.3 | experience, please visit the show notes where you can find a link to Free Trail's YouTube channel. |
| 1:23.3 | As I said, our coverage all week is made possible with the support of our friends at Hoka, the brand born in trail running here in the Alps, the presenting sponsor of UTMB and the makers of some of the most popular footwear and apparel products on the market, including the new Hoka Mafate 5, the product that was just released to rave reviews and that will likely be on the feet of the |
| 1:45.6 | hoka athlete team this week you'll hear more from hoka during the shows but please visit |
| 1:51.3 | hoka.com to check out all of their amazing trail running products as we say trail running will |
| 1:57.6 | save the world and we are here trying to do our small part to that end |
| 2:02.8 | during one of the best weeks of the year. We hope you enjoy our coverage, and a big thank you |
| 2:08.3 | for the support. |
| 2:15.9 | All right, we are back here. |
| 2:24.6 | CCC pre-race interview with Danny Moreno, Danny in studio after just helping us with our OCC preview. |
| 2:26.3 | We're just joking. |
| 2:27.0 | You're in the hot seat now. |
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