Golden Ticket Predictions, Final Thoughts, & Canyons 50k Preview With Hans Troyer
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Freetrail's coverage of the 2026 Canyons by UTMB, brought to you in partnership with our good friends at HOKA. We're grateful for their long-term belief in and support of Freetrail!
Today's show is hosted by Dylan Bowman and he's joined by long-time co-host Corrine Malcolm.
We are recording from the Placer Land Trust office which sits directly in front of The Canyons finish line located in downtown Auburn.
Make sure to tune into all of Freetrail's coverage of the 2026 Canyons by UTMB.
--Thursday April 23rd LIVE at 5pm PT: 100k Preview: Storylines, Stats and Contenders -
-Friday April 24th LIVE at 12pm PT: Golden Ticket Predictions at 12pm PT: Final Thoughts & Canyons 50k Preview
--Saturday April 25th LIVE at 5pm PT: Canyons by UTMB Instant Recap Show: Golden Tickets, Podium Interviews & Race Highlights
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Free Trow's Trail Gating coverage of the 2026 Canyons endurance runs presented by Hoka. |
| 0:20.1 | My name is Dylan Bowman back in studio with |
| 0:22.5 | karenne malcolm karenne good afternoon howdy howdy we are also joined by very special guest here |
| 0:30.6 | hoka athlete new boulderite though the pride of georgia hans troier thanks for coming in studio. Thank you for having me. |
| 0:39.4 | Happy to be here. Dude, we had a group run this morning and I was running just behind you, |
| 0:44.6 | just admiring the balance in your step right now. Maybe first of all, just to fill the people |
| 0:50.2 | in how you're doing here. I know you flew in yesterday. Thanks for joining the show. |
| 0:55.1 | Where does life and fitness find you here at the end of April 2026? I mean, I'm drowning in |
| 1:00.5 | oxygen down here. Like all that stuff about the altitude, it's true. I mean, running uphill is so |
| 1:06.4 | easy here. But yeah, happy to be here and just, crewing this weekend but um i had the the race |
| 1:11.6 | bug really bad like i really want to race so i figured i got you know get my uh get my filling here |
| 1:17.2 | this weekend is watching yeah and for the audience here we want to throw to you in a second |
| 1:21.1 | crin but we were just obviously watching the follow cam footage from francesco poopie on |
| 1:25.1 | cal street last year and i made the comment to you. |
| 1:31.6 | You were chasing the guy down out there last year. Of course, just a reminder for the audience. |
| 1:35.6 | Hans finished second place at the Canaan's 100K last year. That's where you got your ticket to Western States in 2025. And of course, you're going to go back and try and do better here |
| 1:41.4 | this year. So anyway, how were the memories while you were watching poopie floating along Cowstreet? Man, I mean, he was running away from me the entire time at that point. I was not making up any ground on him, but it was such a crazy race last year. Like, I mean, it was a dream come true. I'd been hunting for that golden ticket for a while. So getting one done was really special. And then being out here this year in like a whole different spot in my career is just |
| 2:04.2 | phenomenal, super exciting. |
| 2:05.9 | But yeah. |
| 2:07.9 | Yeah, I was going to say before we went live, we were chatting a little bit about being |
| 2:11.9 | at a big race, obviously with Hoka event, you're crewing a teammate. |
| 2:17.3 | It feels very different, though. |
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