Tarawera 102k Preview Show - Who will secure Western States Golden Tickets?
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
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🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Tonight we continue our weeklong coverage of the double Golden Ticket race weekend with Freetrail's in-depth preview of Tarawera by UTMB.
Rotorua once again plays host to the 15th running of New Zealand's largest and most important trail race. For the second year in a row, four Golden Tickets to the Western States 100 are on the line, with many of the sport's top athletes toeing the line to secure their spot in Auburn.
We're going live at 5:00 PM PT / 2:00 PM NZ with Tim Tollefson and Dani Moreno to break down the course, expected conditions, and top contenders heading into race weekend.
The Docket
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Tarawera course overview
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Expected racing conditions
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Women's favorites
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Men's favorites
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, welcome to free trails, trail getting coverage of the double golden ticket race weekend to kickoff 2026, two incredibly exciting races taking place on different continents. |
| 0:23.9 | The Black Canyon 100K happening in Arizona and the TerraWara 102K happening down on the North |
| 0:30.5 | Island of New Zealand between these two races. Of course, 10 coveted spots on the line for the |
| 0:36.6 | 26 Western States 100. And as usual, those golden |
| 0:40.9 | tickets have brought out some dogs, some amazing athletes to compete across these fast but tough |
| 0:47.9 | courses. What you're about to hear is the audio from the live shows that we're doing every |
| 0:51.9 | evening on YouTube. We've got creative teams at |
| 0:55.6 | both races in this entire week. We're doing live stream trailgating coverage for trail fans to |
| 1:01.6 | stay fully up to speed on the races as they unfold. The shows will all be available here in |
| 1:07.4 | the podcast feed, but of course we would love it. If you join us live on |
| 1:10.9 | YouTube, we'll start at 5 p.m. Pacific time every single evening, and we hope to see you in the chat. |
| 1:17.9 | The entire week of coverage is also made possible by our good friends at all conditions gear. |
| 1:22.7 | The much anticipated ACG Ultrafly was just released this week to rave reviews. I've actually been running |
| 1:29.6 | a bunch in the Ultra Fly myself. Of course, the shoe that Caleb wore to victory at Western |
| 1:35.5 | States. I can personally tell you they are legit fast and super comfortable, potentially even |
| 1:41.3 | a hard rock shoe for me. We will see. You'll hear more from ACG during |
| 1:45.4 | the show, but of course we super appreciate their support. The 2026 racing season is here. Trailgating |
| 1:53.5 | coverage begins anew. We are so happy you're here. Best sport ever. |
| 2:11.6 | Hey, everybody. |
| 2:13.9 | We are so back, day two of free trails. |
| 2:18.1 | Trailgating coverage of the Black Canyon and TaraWara double golden ticket race weekend. |
| 2:19.6 | Tonight we are going to go super deep on the TerraWara 102K, sort of the biggest and most |
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