2025 Western States Golden Ticket Races Announced

Today on Freetrail Dylan Bowman interviews race director Craig Thornley and Western States Board Vice President Topher Gaylord and the three share the 2025 Calendar for Golden Ticket Races for Western States.

Here’s the 2025 list of races:

• CCC 100K – 6 tickets
• Javelina Jundred 100M – 4 tickets
• Black Canyon 100K – 6 tickets
• Tarawera 100K – 4 tickets
• Chianti 123km – 4 tickets
• Canyons 100K – 6 tickets

In total there are six races (one less than last year) but the same amount of tickets are being handed out and of course an equal number for women and men. The three do confirm that Hoka as a sponsor is one of the key requirements for race selection. The racing calendar is a bit more condensed and more geographically diverse.

This is breaking news and I will add more information to it as its being released.