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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Rest Day | Gorge x ACG, Pacific Trails Cancellation, JFK & Ultra Trail Cape Town Preview

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Dylan Bowman

Sports, Running

4.8866 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Rest Day, Freetrail's occasional news pod covering the latest happenings in trail running. This week, we're joined by Adam Merry to talk through the following topics:

 

  • Pacific Trails by UTMB Cancellation
  • Gorge Waterfalls new multi-year partnership with All Conditions Gear
  • David Kilgore's departure from the Team Manager role at On
  • JFK & Ultra Trail Cape Town previews

 

 
 
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, fam, welcome to rest day, free trails occasional news show that's getting a little bit more

0:18.6

consistent where we talk about the latest happenings

0:21.6

in trail running the best sport in the world this week adam mary is in the co-host chair

0:26.5

the boulder boys podcaster who got rave reviews from his trailgating prowess at the world

0:33.2

championships we are back together to bang through a hot docket today. We start by talking about

0:39.2

the cancellation of Pacific Trails by UTMB down in Santa Barbara, a race that Adam had been registered

0:46.4

for. Then we talk about the big news in free trail land, the announcement of a multi-year

0:51.5

partnership between all conditions gear ACG and our race gorge,

0:57.2

waterfalls, which actually then led to more advancement in the conversation that we've had

1:03.0

in the last two rest days with Corinne Malcolm and Tim Tollifson, respectively, just about

1:08.4

events in the sport in general and where we stand.

1:12.3

We briefly also discussed David Kilgore's departure from the team manager role at On,

1:18.4

opening one of the coolest jobs in the industry, if you ask me.

1:22.7

And then we close by previewing the JFK 50-miler and the Ultra Trail Cape Town,

1:27.3

both taking place this weekend as the season slowly comes to a close.

1:33.0

Speaking of which, go play fantasy for both races at fantasy.com.

1:39.1

And I meant to mention this in the episode itself, but Trail Runner of the Year is opening soon for voting.

1:45.9

Actually, that will take place on Tuesday, December 2nd, also on fantasy.freetrail.com.

1:51.7

So mark your calendars.

1:53.4

We've got a lot of new, cool things in the works for this year's end of season awards.

1:58.5

And as usual, voting is open to everybody, including you,

2:02.9

the amazing listeners of the free trail podcast. We'll tell you more about that soon. For now,

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