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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Rest Day | Western States Attrition, Kilian's Training, TrailCon, Zegama, & Sunnape Scramble

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Dylan Bowman

Ultrarunning, Training, Wellness, Endurance, Health, Running, Commentary, Trailrunning, Sports, Run

5773 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Rest Day, Freetrail's occasional news pod covering the latest happenings in trail running. The docket today:

 

  • Western States Training Camp
  • Jim Walmsley, Hayden Hawks, & Jon Rea withdraw from Western States
  • Is Kilian the WS favorite?
  • Unbreakable 2 cancellation
  • What to expect at at TrailCon
  • Freetrail's Trailgating coverage of Broken Arrow and WS
  • Zegama recap
  • Sunnape Scramble preview

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, fam, welcome to Rest Day, Free Trail's occasional new show breaking down the latest happenings in the great sport of trail running. This week, Corinne Malcolm is back to blast through a fun docket. We start by

0:25.8

talking about the Western States Memorial Day training camp where we both had a great time. Then we

0:30.6

talk about the big news, attrition in the Western States men's race, Jim Walmsley, Hayden Hawks,

0:36.6

and John Ray all forced to withdraw from the field

0:39.7

due to injury. We talk about how that impacts the race and whether or not Killian might now

0:45.4

be the favorite to secure his second Cougar trophy. Then we talk about Unbreakable 2, which will not

0:51.7

be moving forward as a film project in 2025. We talk about

0:54.9

why we move and talk about free trail's upcoming ultramarathon of race coverage, bringing trailgating

1:01.2

to Olympic Valley for a full week of daily shows from Broken Arrow and throughout Western

1:06.9

States week. Part of that week, of course, is the official launch of TrailCon. So we talk about

1:11.7

what our attendees and participants can expect there. And so if you're still on the fence, go

1:18.1

register. TrailCon is totally free and open to the public. So you can see the full agenda on our

1:23.1

website, trailconference.com, where you can also secure your free registration. Before we sign off,

1:28.8

we also talk about last weekend's race. It's the Gama, the classic Golden Trail World Series

1:34.6

event there in the Basque Country of Spain. And we do a little preview of the Soneppy Scramble,

1:40.4

which is a team USA qualifier for the classic distance of the world championships

1:46.0

happening in Spain later this fall.

1:49.1

Finally, before we get to the show, thank you to our sponsor, Speedland, Osprey,

1:52.3

keytone, IQ, and never second.

1:54.5

Please visit the show notes for links and discounts on their great products.

1:57.9

Thanks so much for listening.

2:15.3

We'll be talking a lot now that I'm officially retired to our listeners. Welcome back to Rest Day. Joining me as always, Corinne Malcolm. Corinne, how you doing?

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