This is an emergency episode recorded in San Antonio, TX at The Running Event. We're here to breakdown the recently announced new multi-year partnership between the Broken Arrow Skyrace and All Conditions Gear (ACG) and the exciting details contained in the rollout.

Our guests today provide perspectives from three distinct angles:

• Brendan Madigan: Broken Arrow Race Director
• Todd Simpson: ACG Global Marketplace & Strategy
• Bailey Kowalczyk: All Conditions Racing Department Athlete

Topics discussed:

• High level details of the partnership
• Why ACG is excited about trail running
• The $150k prize purse
• What this means for current and future generations of pro trail runners
• Other areas of investment: Adaptive athletes, inclusivity, women/mothers, spectators, etc
• The importance of TRE
• The state of specialty retail
• The 2026 TrailCon
• A lot more!

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Today's panel is entitled The Lives of Modern Professional Trail Runners, recorded live at 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.

Our panelists today:

• Sally McRae (Moderator)
• Jim Walmsley (HOKA)
• Hayden Hawks (HOKA)
• Hillary Allen (Brooks)
• Tabor Hemming (Adidas TERREX)

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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 Adam Merry to talk through the following topics:

• Pacific Trails by UTMB Cancellation
• Gorge Waterfalls new multi-year partnership with All Conditions Gear
• David Kilgore's departure from the Team Manager role at On
• JFK & Ultra Trail Cape Town previews

Fabrice Perrin's LinkedIn Post

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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 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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