Top 10 Storylines 2026 Black Canyon 100k & Tarawera 102k
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Tonight's live show begins a full week of Trailgating coverage of the 2026 Black Canyon and Tarawera double Golden Ticket race weekend. As usual, we begin the show with the Top 10 Storylines of around these two premier trail running events.
Tonight's docket: - Molly Seidel & Des Linden do trails - Analytics corner - Jenn Lichter's 100k debut - People who don't need Golden Tickets - World Record Holders at Black Canyon - Ruth Croft & Dan Jones defend Tarawera Crowns - Riley Brady defends Black Canyon course record win from 2025 - Athletes debuting with new sponsors - Rise of the Black Canyon 50k - Francesco Puppi's 100k dominance - will it continue?
Of course, we finish with the Strava file of the week!
Our full show schedule for the week is listed below. We'll be going live every night at 5pm PT!
- Monday 2/9 - Top 10 Storylines of Black Canyon & Tarawera (TONIGHT)
- Tuesday 2/10 - Tarawera Preview Show
- Wednesday 2/11 - Black Canyon 100k Preview Show
- Thursday 2/12 - Black Canyon 50k Preview Show & Golden Ticket Predictions
- Friday 2/13 - Tarawera Instant Recap Show
- Saturday 2/14 - Black Canyon Instant Recap Show
Our 2026 Tarawera and Black Canyon coverage is brought to you by Nike ACG (All Conditions Gear). Make sure to check out All Conditions Gear footwear and apparel. All Conditions Gear is designed, tested, and made on planet earth specifically for trail running. You can learn more and check out the latest ACG gear at allconditionsgear.com. We're super grateful for their support!
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Transcript
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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. Hey everybody. Welcome to Rest Day Live, our second Monday in a row |
| 2:16.0 | doing this live format. We had so much fun last week. And this week, |
| 2:20.1 | it coincides with the kickoff of our trailgating coverage of the 2026 racing season. It is Monday |
| 2:26.7 | of Black Canyon and TerraWera race weekends. Two golden ticket races happening on the same weekend for, I think, the first time |
| 2:35.8 | ever. Our co-hosts might fact-check me on that. And actually, I think Craig Thornelly's in the chat. |
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