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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• David Callahan, Co-CEO of UltraSignup (moderator)
• Stephen Holmberg, Founder of Insight Accelerator
• Rob Goyen, Event Director

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

• Kodiak by UTMB - Results and how UTMB Majors are impacting the event landscape
• GTWS Final results and the "Make Trail Running an Olympic Sport" activation
• Is Courtney Dauwalter a road runner now?
• Diagonale des Fous results and how it impacts TROY
• New Vertical Kilometer World Records
• Javelina Jundred preview and Golden Ticket thoughts

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In this episode, we announce the inaugural running of The Big Alta 100k!

Beginning in Sausalito, CA directly beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, runners will head north on a point to point course, along the coast, tagging Mt. Tam and Big Rock Ridge, before finishing in Marinwood, CA.

The course is 61 miles with 13k' of climbing traversing the entirety of Marin county from south to north on beautiful NorCal trails.

The Big Alta 100k will happen alongside our existing 50k and 28k races, extending the event into a three day trail running festival March 20-22nd 2026.

Registration for all three events will open at 6am PST, Oct 14th on Ultrasignup and you can find more info on our website.

Jim Walmsley is one of the greatest trail runners of all time. Two weeks ago, he won the Long Trail World Championship, a brutally technical 80k race in Canfranc, Spain. This was Jim's second World Title following up a Short Trail victory in 2019. In this conversation, we reflect on the performance and discuss Jim's plans for the future.

Chapters:

1:00 Jim Walsmley's Clutch Gene
10:00 The Success of Doubling Back in Racing
13:04 Technical Challenges of the Course
16:04 Race Dynamics and Early Strategies
19:07 Mid-Race Mindset and Team Dynamics
21:54 The Turning Point at Candanchu
24:52 Reflections on Achievements and Growth
34:38 Shoe Selection Insights
38:27 Performance and ITRA Scores
42:10 Trail Running in the Olympics
54:56 Competing Together: Jess & Jim both racing at worlds
57:25 Looking Ahead: Future Plans

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