Daniel Jones | Tarawera 102k Champion
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Daniel Jones is a pro trail runner from New Zealand. He is the 2023 champion of the Tarawera 102k, earning a Golden Ticket to the Western States 100 in June. We talk about his background, his history with running, his relationship with Hayden Hawks, the victory at Tarawera, and look ahead to Western States.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, what's up? Welcome to the free trail podcast. Of course, I am your host, Dylan Bowman. Today we are |
| 0:22.1 | joined by Daniel Jones, the Kiwi sensation, who's just coming off an incredible victorious |
| 0:28.2 | performance at the Terreweiro 1002K, punching his golden ticket to Western states while on home |
| 0:35.1 | soil on the North Island of New Zealand. I mentioned this in the conversation, |
| 0:39.5 | but I want to repeat it here. I am not exaggerating that probably 50 Kiwis and Aussies have |
| 0:45.8 | messaged me on Instagram over the past 18 months singing the praises of Dan and hyping his talent |
| 0:52.8 | and potential as a trail athlete. |
| 0:55.0 | Well, Tara Weira was his breakout international performance, so it's a perfect time to have him on the pod and get to know him a little bit. |
| 1:03.0 | We of course talk about his victory at TerraWara at length, but we also go into his history with sport, his Kiwi heritage, his relationship and friendship |
| 1:12.1 | with American legend Hayden Hawks, which is a great story. |
| 1:16.0 | We talk about his training philosophy and his psychology looking ahead towards the Western |
| 1:22.5 | States 100. |
| 1:23.6 | It was great to get to know Dan. |
| 1:25.1 | I trust you'll become big fans of his. |
| 1:27.2 | So make sure you give some love to this ascending star in the sport. You can follow them on both Instagram and Strava. I have links to both platforms in the show notes. Before we get to it, of course, I need to thank our presenting partner of the free trail podcast speedland the generous supporters of everything |
| 1:45.6 | that we do here speedland are the makers of the g s tam my signature shoe and i am excited to report |
| 1:52.6 | that the final quality control is now underway dave in fact is at the factory doing the production |
| 2:00.0 | trial and we will have news about the shipping dates |
| 2:03.8 | very very soon thanks everyone who has been waiting patiently who's pre-ordered the gs tam |
| 2:09.6 | we are working as quickly as possible to put these amazing shoes on your feet and just like |
| 2:14.9 | everything else that we do we are not cutting corners here at the |
| 2:19.7 | goal line to ensure the best possible finished product, in my personal opinion, the best |
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