The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman Freetrail
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Professional ultrarunner, Dylan Bowman, brings conversations with a wide-ranging cohort of guests, covering ultrarunning, sports, business, and the outdoor industry.
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Amelia Boone | Embracing Uncertainty & Athletic Career Transition
Amelia Boone is a longtime pro athlete living in Colorado. Amelia is one of the most decorated OCR athletes ever, winning four World Championships across Spartan and Tough Mudder. She has also had a decorated trail running career over many years. A few weeks ago, Amelia published a newsletter titled "Past My Prime," which explores aging as a pro athlete, yet finding joy as a lifelong practitioner of sport. That newsletter inspired this episode and occupies the bulk of the conversation.
Topics Discussed:
Amelia's relationship with writing Her motto for 2024, "maybe" Becoming an unsponsored athlete Her inability to enjoy her prime athletic years The balance between happiness and performance Keeping a career outside of pro sport, even as a World Champion Finding joy in her career transition Turning 40 The idea of retirement Pursuing purpose in life Her current relationship with running Goals for the future A lot more! Subscribe to Amelia's newsletter
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Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:
Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal
Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game
Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion
Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB -
Philipp Ausserhofer & Dylan Bowman | Live Podcast from BOA's European HQ
Philipp Ausserhofer is a professional trail runner living in Innsbruck, Austria. He is the 2021 winner of the Mozart 100k, a race that I will be participating in this weekend. We talk about his history as a mountaineer, his development as a trail runner, his recent win at Snowdonia by UTMB, goals for UTMB Mont Blanc, and a lot more. We also talk about my upcoming race and answer some audience questions.
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Sponsors:
Join our Nutrition Club with The Feed and get $80 to spend on nutrition Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear Grab a trail running pack from Osprey Use code FT15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition Go to ketone.com/freetrail30 for 30% off a subscription of Ketone IQ Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts
Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava
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Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:
Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal
Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game
Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion
Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB -
Grayson Murphy | Two-Time World Champion
Grayson Murphy is a pro runner for Saucony, living in Utah. She is a two-time trail running world champion in 2019 and 2023. In addition to being among the best short course athletes for several years, Grayson was one of the first to be a true crossover runner, racing on the road, track, and trail. She's also an entrepreneur, building a stationery business as she pursues running at the highest level. No matter what she does, Grayson brings a sense of professionalism and intention, contributing to her amazing success. This is her first appearance on the podcast.
Topics discussed:
What makes Grayson unique Her collegiate Coach Kyle Kepler at the University of Utah Her late start to running and fast development Her relationship with her twin sister Her engineering degree Struggles when she went pro for NAZ Elite Leaving the program and finding her calling on the trails Her 2019 World Championship Her entrepreneurial journey Her mixed feelings on social media Moving back to UT and the significance of her home state Her GTWS debut Her upcoming wedding and her fiance's retirement from pro skiing Her expected 2024 racing schedule A lot more! RACIN' GRAYSON TRAINING LOGS
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Sponsors:
Join our Nutrition Club with The Feed and get $80 to spend on nutrition Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear Grab a trail running pack from Osprey Use code FT15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition Go to ketone.com/freetrail30 for 30% off a subscription of Ketone IQ Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts
Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava
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Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:
Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal
Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game
Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion
Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB -
Hannah Allgood & Ryan Thrower | Transvulcania & Tillamook Burn Recap
This week is a special episode and new format on the podcast. Our guests are Hannah Allgood, pro athlete and coach, and Ryan Thrower, Freetrail Co-Founder and Creative Director. In addition to being a great friend, Hannah coaches both Ryan and I in our athletic goals. Coincidentally we all raced last weekend and we all had great days, so we decided to jump on the pod and record an episode about it.
Topics included:
Hannah's personal and athletic background Her personal transformation and path to coaching The importance of emotional health for performance Hannah's friendship with Ryan Trail Running Radio Her race at Transvulcania Recent epiphanies from sport psychology Ryan's race at Tillmook Burn 50 miler Coaching Ryan towards Western States My race at Tillmook Burn 20 miler What's next for Hannah's racing career LISTEN TO TRAIL RUNNING RADIO
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HANNAH'S SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST - LORI EATON
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Sponsors:
Join our Nutrition Club with The Feed and get $80 to spend on nutrition Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear Grab a trail running pack from Osprey Use code FT15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition Go to ketone.com/freetrail30 for 30% off a subscription of Ketone IQ Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts
Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava
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Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:
Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal
Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game
Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion
Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB -
Announcing TrailCon
Today's episode is an announcement of TrailCon, a brand new industry conference for the sport of trail running. TrailCon will launch on June 26th, the Wednesday in between Broken Arrow and Western States, for an afternoon of conversation about the present and future of our sport with some of the leading voices and stakeholders in the industry. My guests today are my co-founders in the event -- Brendan Madigan, Owner of Alpenglow Sports and Broken Arrow RD, and Doug Emslie, a 30-year events industry leader.
In today's episode we talk about the vision and purpose of the event and then unpack the content of the panels we'll host.
A brief summary of TrailCon:
2:30-3:00pm - Registration & Coffee 3:00-3:30pm - Events Panel 3:30-4:00pm - Media Panel 4:00-4:30pm - Brands & Athletes Panel 4:30-5:00pm - Trail Retail Panel 5:00-7:00pm - 100 Mile Happy Hour & Networking Event
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Corrine Malcolm | Mid-Season Trail News & Commentary
Corrine Malcolm is pro athlete, Trail Society podcast co-host, and Freetrail Editor-in-Chief. She joins this week to talk through some of the news and race results that have occurred recently in trail running. Some topics we discuss:
Our respective upcoming races this weekend Katie Schide & Courtney Dauwalter's recent historic performances The conclusion of the 2024 Golden Ticket chase The Golden Trail World Series season debut in Asia Trail running in the Olympics Madeira Island Ultra Trail results Live reactions to Cocodona 250 Transvulcania preview Mid-season TROY watchlist Ben Dhiman's Substack
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Sponsors:
Join our Nutrition Club with The Feed and get $80 to spend on nutrition Use code freetrail10 for 10% off Speedland Footwear Grab a trail running pack from Osprey Use code FT15 for 15% off Gnarly Nutrition Go to ketone.com/freetrail30 for 30% off a subscription of Ketone IQ Freetrail Links: Website | Freetrail Pro | Patreon | Instagram | YouTube | Freetrail Experts
Dylan Links: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Strava
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Other Freetrail podcast episodes you might enjoy:
Kilian Jornet | The New NNormal
Tim Tollefson | The Infinite Game
Clare Gallagher | Black Canyon 100k Champion
Jim Walmsley | Engagement, Moving to Europe, Western States, and UTMB
Customer Reviews
Second nature Ep 1 - thumbs up!
Great first episode! Loved it!
Sports are people too
Dylan has a knack for casual, fluid, gab that draws the story out of his guests and brings attention to the person behind the athlete. His genuine enthusiasm, depth of knowledge, and natural skills as an interviewer make it a listen I keep coming back to. Highly recommend!
Leading trail running culture
Always relevant and insightful.