Tommie Runz | The Big Alta Pre-Race Interview
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Freetrail's Trailgating coverage of the 2026 Big Alta. This year's race is presented by Salomon. Salomon makes the gear that transforms sports, experiences, and culture – helping unleash the best in people through mountain sports. Born in the French Alps and refined around the world, check out Salomon's S/LAB range to find your best solutions for shoes, packs, and apparel. We've been running in the new S/LAB Ultra Glide 2 lately and enjoying the balance of comfort and performance on the trails.
Make sure to tune into our full weekend of Trailgating, hosted by Dylan Bowman and presented by Salomon. You can join us in person during race weekend at the Marinwood Community Center right at the finish line, or follow along at the Freetrail YouTube channel or listen in the Freetrail Podcast audio feed.
You can find Salomon gear on salomon.com (http://salomon.com/) or in your favorite running store near you.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, welcome to free trails trail getting coverage of the 2026 edition of the big |
| 0:18.5 | Alta presented by Solomon. |
| 0:21.6 | Very excited to welcome everybody to this three-day trail running festival hosted here |
| 0:25.7 | in my neighborhood, |
| 0:27.7 | Marinwood, California, |
| 0:29.8 | and of course the race would not be possible without our great friends at Solomon. |
| 0:34.7 | Let me tell you a bit about the Solomon products I've got in my rotation. First, |
| 0:39.3 | the S-Lab Ultraglide too. I love this product. A great well-cushion, well-supported, stable |
| 0:46.3 | option for long course trail running. This is definitely what I would wear if I were doing the 100K |
| 0:52.1 | race this weekend myself. We've also got the S Lab pulsar |
| 0:56.8 | 4 here, a lower to the ground lighter weight option that I'd probably rock if I were doing the 50k |
| 1:03.5 | or 28K. And finally, potentially my favorite piece of footwear ever invented because Solomon not only crushes it |
| 1:12.6 | with performance, but also with lifestyle. I got my sick Solomon XT6s here that I just picked up |
| 1:22.1 | with my own money because I love the product so much. Of course, Solomon is a leader not only in performance, |
| 1:29.8 | but also in pushing mountain sport culture forward. And we're very grateful to have their |
| 1:35.7 | partnership at the Big Alta. Hope you guys enjoy our coverage. Tommy runs. Welcome to the Big Altung. Good to see you, buddy. I'm happy to be here, man. |
| 1:51.6 | Your second time here in two weeks? Second time here in two weeks. I feel like a third may be coming |
| 1:57.0 | sometime soon. I don't know. And you were busy in the couple of weeks in the interim. |
| 2:01.5 | We'll get to that in a second. I think the best place to start, it's probably been about a year |
| 2:05.6 | since you and I were connected. Yeah. Came on the podcast last year. It was probably one of our |
| 2:10.6 | most popular episodes of 2025. I mean, that makes sense. And now we're like best buds. He came to |
| 2:16.1 | TrailCon here at the Big Altta. |
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