Welcome to Rest Day, Freetrail's occasional news pod covering the latest happenings in trail running. This week we're joined by Tim Tollefson to talk through the following topics:

• UTMB's Purchase of Zugspitz Ultra Trail
• The global event landscape and where independent events fit
• Caleb Olson wins GPT100
• Kilian Jornet registers for Western States 2026
• Molly Seidel and Des Linden moving from roads to trails
• Eliud Kipchoge wears Radical Air Flow at NYC Marathon
• New 50 Mile and 100 Mile World Records
• Personal running and life updates
• A lot more!

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Eric Lagerstrom is a longtime pro athlete across sports. He's also an entrepreneur and creator, leading That Triathlon Life, a popular YouTube channel, podcast, and brand driving culture in multisport.

After a long and successful pro triathlon career, Eric is now experimenting with elite level trail running, including a 2nd place finish in the 2025 Black Canyon 50k - a very impressive result in a deep field.

• Eric's triathlon career and move to trail
• Building That Triathlon Life: Early inspiration, building momentum, & evolving over time
• What trail can learn from triathlon
• How Eric has changed his training since focusing on trail
• Winning and setting a CR at his 50k debut
• Finishing 2nd place at Black Canyon 50k and what he learned
• The similarities between 50k trail and 70.3 triathlon racing
• Navigating a tough day at Kodiak by UTMB
• Goals for the future
• A lot more!

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This is a recording of a panel from the 2025 edition of TrailCon, a two-day trail running festival, conference, and trade show hosted in Palisades Tahoe, CA in the days between Broken Arrow and Western States.

Today's panel is entitled What Trail Running Can Learn From Other Sports. As trail running continues to grow rapidly around the globe, we wanted to draw parallels to similar periods from other sports to explore what we can learn from their growing pains and maturation arcs.

Our panelists today:

• Aaron Lutze (Moderator)
• Adrian Ballinger, Professional Alpinist & Guide
• Amie Engebritsen, Professional Skier
• Laura King, Cycling Industry Insider & Race Director
• Steve DeKoker, Global Sports Marketing Leader (Brooks, On, HOKA)

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