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Official Western States 100 Welcome | Craig Thornley, Topher Gaylord, Carrie Meng, & Lamont King
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Welcome to Freetrail and Western States coverage of the 2026 Western States 100!
This is the Official Race Welcome and Race Director Update. Host Dylan Bowman will be joined by: Western States Board President Topher Gaylord, Race Director Craig Thornley, Asst. Race Director Carrie Meng and Western States Board Treasurer Lamont King (who is racing this weekend).
Freetrail’s Western States Schedule:
--Monday June 22, 2026 at 10am PT - The Top 10 Storylines of the 2026 Western States 100
--Tuesday June 23, 2026 at 3pm PT - Western States Preview Show
--Wednesday June 24, 2026 at 3pm PT - Western States Champions Show featuring Katie Schide, Caleb Olson, Nikki Kimball, and Clare Gallagher
--Thursday June 25, 2026 at 3:30pm PT - Western States Final Thoughts & Predictions
--Saturday June 27, 2026 - 4am PT - Tune into the live broadcast: youtube.com/@WesternStates
--Sunday June 28, 2026 at 3pm PT - Western States Instant Recap Show
Starting on June 19th, we'll be hosting interviews with top personalities and athletes leading into race weekend including Abby Hall, Kilian Jornet, Molly Seidel, Tommie Runz, a press conference with Jim Walmsley and much more.
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Our Western States coverage is brought to you by our good friends at HOKA. We're grateful for their generous support and belief in Freetrail!
You can view our full Western States race week schedule including additional events and activations at freetrail.com plus here: freetrailwserlivecoverage.splashthat.com and on the official race website here: wser.org/race-week-agenda
HOKA’s full Western States schedule here: 2026westernstateshokahub.splashthat.com
Make sure to check out the latest and greatest from HOKA, the Rocket X Trail, speed-tuned performance for the most runnable terrain. Made for trails like Western States!
You can learn more and shop here: hoka.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-HOKA-US-Site/en_US/Coveo-Show
Freetrail Links:
Website | freetrail.com
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Patreon | / dylanbowman
Instagram | instagram.com/runfreetrai...
YouTube | / @freetrail
Freetrail Experts | freetrail.com/experts
Dylan Links:
Instagram | instagram.com/dylanbo
Twitter | twitter.com/dylanbo
LinkedIn | / dylan-bowman-06174380
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