Tonight's live show begins a full week of Trailgating coverage of the 2026 Black Canyon and Tarawera double Golden Ticket race weekend. As usual, we begin the show with the Top 10 Storylines of around these two premier trail running events.

Tonight's docket: - Molly Seidel & Des Linden do trails - Analytics corner - Jenn Lichter's 100k debut - People who don't need Golden Tickets - World Record Holders at Black Canyon - Ruth Croft & Dan Jones defend Tarawera Crowns - Riley Brady defends Black Canyon course record win from 2025 - Athletes debuting with new sponsors - Rise of the Black Canyon 50k - Francesco Puppi's 100k dominance - will it continue?

Of course, we finish with the Strava file of the week!

Our full show schedule for the week is listed below. We'll be going live every night at 5pm PT!

- Monday 2/9 - Top 10 Storylines of Black Canyon & Tarawera (TONIGHT)

- Tuesday 2/10 - Tarawera Preview Show

- Wednesday 2/11 - Black Canyon 100k Preview Show

- Thursday 2/12 - Black Canyon 50k Preview Show & Golden Ticket Predictions

- Friday 2/13 - Tarawera Instant Recap Show

- Saturday 2/14 - Black Canyon Instant Recap Show

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