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Before Cocodona 250: Nerves, Training, and the PCT Mindset

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Who Wins, Who Falls, and Who Knows: Cocodona 250 Preview Show Ft. Tara and Allison

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Walker of the Year: The Secret to Having the Most Fun

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Sally McRae on Cocodona, Mindset, and What Actually Matters in Ultras

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Cocodona 250 History: The Stories Beneath the Miles

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What You Become Before the Finish Line

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Go Two More

8

Vibe. Grind. Shine. (And Don’t Fall). Carb Maxing to run for Team USA

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Heritage Square Bound: Cocodona 250 Strategy

10

Salty Boy Training Camp

11

He Trained 9 Miles a Week… Then Became an NCAA Champion. The Eric Jenkins Story

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What Happens When the Record Slips Away, with Liz Derstine

13

Appalachian Trail FKT Talk, Cocodona Tactics, and the Year of the Fall

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Brackets Are Cooked. Cocodona Prep Is Heating Up

15

Mike McKnight Is Directing a 200 While Racing Five More

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Two Guys, One Bracket: Bracketology for Outdoor March Madness

17

Two Larabars, Pepperoni, and 900 Kilometers Unsupported

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10,000 Miles on Foot, Madison Blagden’s Biggest Year Yet

19

The Wrong Turn That Shook Running

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From Probation to Podiums - Overcoming

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High Performance Exerciser Jacob Banta

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Jeff Galloway’s Legacy: Olympics, Run Walk Run, Meaning, and “Fill Your Dash”

23

Barkley Marathons for Valentines Day

24

Barkley Marathons: A Recap with Allison, Map, Compass, Vert, Repeat

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Three Minutes of Chaos: Ski Mountaineering’s Olympic Debut, Explained

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Barkley Marathons Before They Were Famous: With the First Finisher, Frozen Ed Furtaw

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Barkley Marathons 2026: The race explained, and I’m Running It

28

From Turkey Trot to Black Canyon: The Madison Liechty Story

29

Sub-4 Miler to Black Canyon 100K: The Zach Perrin Story

30

White Mountains Stories and a Retreat Invite

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Black Canyon 100k Preview: Burritos, Banked Tracks, and Golden Tickets

32

Ben Dhiman: From Sleeping by the River to UTMB

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Consistency Beats Intensity: Action over Noise

34

Triple Crown, Double Tahoe, One Jeffrey

35

My Mom Got Me a Coach (It Was Hayden Hawks)

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Dylisms and being REALLY REALLY good at Exercising

37

Olympians Are Winning Trail Races Now, So What Happens Next?

38

Do the Stupid Thing (Why Fun Matters More Than Optimization)

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Make It Make Sense: World Cross Country, Burrito League, and Running Media Losing the Plot

40

Before You Set Your Next Big Goal

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FKT of the Year Acceptance Speech

42

The Jeffrey Awards: FKTs, Controversy, and Absolute Chaos

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Rebuilding the Jeff Brand: Tights, Treehouses, Technical Chaos, and The Mahoosuc Traverse

44

Roadside America With Ordinary Jeff: Prairie Chickens, Hot Dogs, and Teddy Roosevelt

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Ultra Running Then vs Now: Jeff Browning vs Jeff Garmire

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From “Someday” to “Now”: Jeffs of the Appalachian Trail

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Operation Hiking Home: 122 Laps on the Manitou Incline

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Filming While Racing, The Jeff Pelletier Method

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The Jeff Behind Your Running Shoe Reviews

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Barefoot Jeff, The Origin Story of Jeff Mogavero

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Olympics, Community, and Jeffing - The Jeff Galloway Way

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Hot Peppers, Fast Legs, and Crotch Pots

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The Gear That Actually Worked This Year

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The Adventure I Wish I Was Still On: The Great Western Loop

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Above the Plateau

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Purpose, Pardons, and Trail TMZ

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The Ultra Wisdom Episode: Best of the Free Outside Show

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When Everything Feels Loud and Messy

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Do Simple Better: Will Murray on winning Javelina 100

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Adult Cross Country, Halloween Chaos, and Santa Sees Javelina 100

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Will Power: Javelina 100 Recap, Molly Seidel News and the rest of 2025

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Tech on the Trail: The Good, the Bad, and the Data-Obsessed

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When the Goal Is Over, but the Feelings Aren’t

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Javelina Jundred Preview Show Chaos

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Love Letter to the Wasatch: Millwood 100

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Chicago marathon Meets Local News

67

Exulansis: When No One Gets It But You

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The SCAR Maker and the AT Record Breaker

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A+ Suffering, B+ Sanity: My Self-Graded Appalachian Trail FKT

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The A-T(eam): How We Actually Pulled Off The Appalachian Trail Record

71

Southbound and Stubborn: Unpacking the Appalachian Trail FKT

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[While I Suffer] My Top 5 Hallucinations Ranked

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Homeless by Choice: Redefining My Why

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Inside the Appalachian Trail FKT: Tara Dower’s Record-Breaking Journey [Replay]

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AT FKT Strategy: Why I’m Going Southbound

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The Bitter Truth: World Records, Super Shoes, and Science

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The Gear That Might Break Me Or Break The Appalachian Trail Record

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Vote Jeff Garmire: Against Botulism, For the People, and the Appalachian Trail

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Obsess. Break Yourself. Repeat: Joey Camps on the Art of Suffering

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The Tempo of the Trail: Warren Doyle on History, Hiking, and Heart

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The White Mountains Will Eat Your Shoes: Andrew Drummond on the Direttissima

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The Wonderland Trail: A 90-Mile Crash Course in Backpacking

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Failure, Resilience, and a Record: Raven’s Oregon Coast Trail FKT

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No Home, All Heart: The AT FKT Begins

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John Kelly vs. the Appalachian Trail: Lessons from the Edge

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What Is an FKT? The Rules, Styles, and My Appalachian Trail Attempt Explained with Allison Mercer

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Circle of Hell Champion: Bryce Brooks on Running Through Fire

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Am I ready for an FKT yet? THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL FKT?

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Pro Runners vs Influencers: Who’s Really Shaping Trail Running?

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Live from a Hotel Room: AT Training Camp Diaries

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In Defense of Being a Fan (And Why It’s Not Cringe)

92

Appalachian Trail Record Training Camp: Alive From Bangor, Maine

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From Bowhunting to Cocodona 250: Cam Hanes Unfiltered

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Lavaredo, Chasing Courtney, and Hot Takes with Alyssa Clark

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Western States Gets an Award Show: The Westees

96

The One Where We Fix Western States (ft. Allison Mercer)

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Big Horn 100: No Pacers, No Headphones, All Delusions, and a Hardrock Qualifier

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Therapist Out of Office, AT FKT Coming Up

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Golden Hour Grit

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What is THE WHY? Of doing hard things...

101

Racing (and winning) after Kids with Kate Pallardy

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I’m Going for the Appalachian Trail Record: Here’s the Plan

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A Cinematic Cocodona 250 Race Recap

104

Trail TMZ: Unbreakable 2 is Broken? Western States Drama & Trail Running Chaos

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From DNF to Done: Coree Woltering's Cocodona 250 Story

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The Cocodona Cult and Trail TMZ

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Board Games and Blisters: Kevin Russ on Cocodona and Creativity

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Cocodona Mom: Running 250 miles with your kids

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Should you run Cocodona 250?

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Cocodona 250: Hallucinations, Hailstorms, and a Five-Time Finish

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Predicting How Cocodona 250 is Going, while running it. Im going out aggressive

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Cocodona 250 Deep Dive: Strategy, Forecasts, and How to Beat Courtney Dauwalter

113

Cocodona 250 Preview and 100 Men vs. a Gorilla

114

Drew Darby’s Career Glow-Up and how to film Ultramarathons

115

Behind the Yellow Gate: Inside the 2024 Barkley Marathons with Hiker Trash Radio’s Doc

116

From the CDT to Content Creation: The Thru Hikers Tim & Renee’s Outdoor Adventures

117

Arizona Monster Victory and How Pete Mortimer still slept 8 hours

118

Gorge Waterfalls 100k, Course Records, And a Stabbing

119

Calendar Year Triple Crown with Jackrabbit: 8,000 Miles, One Year, Zero Mushroom Knorr

120

Mantras, Marathons & the Mental side of Hard Things with Alyssa Clark

121

Trail TMZ, Why we need it!

122

Voicing the Pain Cave with Chris Worden

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Jeffing Everything: My Evolution from the PCT to Barkley and Cocodona 250

124

Fastpacking, Filmmaking, Adventuring, Running and Just Being Chad

125

The Barkley Marathons: A Race Like No Other

126

I Ran for 12 Hours Straight – Here's What Happened... Training For Cocodona

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Hollywood, Hiking, and Meals - The Trail Goods Co. Story

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Bears, Moose & Mountain Lions—My Wildest Animal Encounters on Trail

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How to train for anything - Including Cocodona 250

130

Hallucinations and Storytelling Chaos with Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy

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If You Love Public Lands, It’s Time to Pay Attention

132

How to turn down a golden ticket with glitter, ft. Helen Mino Faulkner

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Preparing to thru hike the Calendar Year Triple Crown with Stella

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From the Classroom to the Golden Ticket – Will Murray’s Road to Western States

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Fueling the Dream: How Kelly Newlon Merges Cooking, Trail Running, and Athlete Representation

136

Should You Sit in a Sauna or Just Run Faster? And other common running questions

137

The Black Canyon 100K Preview: Rivalries, Predictions & Outlandish Advice

138

Trail Magic to Course Records: Grant Barnette’s Evolution

139

The Ultimate Chipotle Showdown: Jamil vs. Kevin

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2025 Predictions, Hot Takes, and Stories with Ken Seals of The Ultra Minute

141

Sodium Secrets: Sweat Science and Mastering Endurance Nutrition

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What is a Back Yard Ultra? With Shep

143

California Burning: Wildfires, Climate, and Communities with Pete Deneen

144

Big Bend National Park Adventures, Ultra Training, Backpacking, and My 2025 Plans

145

Ideas - Goals - Plans... and the Appalachian Trail Record

146

Hot and Cold: The Science of Heat Training and Cold Plunging For Runners

147

Overcoming FKT Tragedy on The Pacific Crest Trail

148

The Jeffrey Awards 2024: Highlighting the Best & Worst of Trail Running in 2024

149

Lost, Scratched, and Soaked: Backpacking Los Padres

150

Manifesting Adventure with Professional Traveler Jeff Jenkins

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1980 vs. 2010: Two Generations of John Muir Trail Adventures with Jeff Hester

152

Fast Packing and Filmmaking: Jeff Pelletier's Dual Journey on Trail and Screen

153

Bronco Billy Rides: The Story of Jeff Browning’s Ultra Career, Chaffing and All

154

Ultra Running, Comedy, and the PCT: Jeffrey Binney’s Life Lessons

155

Jeff Colt: Talking Burritos, Golden Tickets, and The White Mountains...with a bit of Trail Running

156

Jeff Mogavero, Taylor Swift, Trail Running, and Skiing

157

Gear of the Year - My Ramble on the Best Trail Running, Thru Hiking, and Backpacking items of 2024

158

David Sinclair's JFK 50 Mile Course Record - Performance of the Year? And Breaking News

159

Lessons From The Pros: Fueling, Mindset, and Pushing Limits

160

Breaking Records: Nick Fowler's Arizona Trail FKT

161

David Roche and Setting Records with Science and Running Economy

162

Dean Karnazes: The Ultramarathon Man

163

From Thru Hiking to Ultrarunning: My Evolution, from the PB And Mountains Podcast

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Tara Dower: And the Art of the Appalachian Trail FKT

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Mastering the Backyard Ultra with Frank Gielen

166

What is Wrong with Award Season in Ultrarunning and FKTs?

167

The Unique Atmosphere of Javelina Jundred

168

Why People Quit So Much More Now

169

The Journey of a Race Director

170

Capturing the Essence of Trail Running through Photography

171

The Ego Trap: Lessons from recent controversies

172

Hypothermia and the PCT Yo-Yo with Jon Shwarze

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Appalachian Trail FKT, The WURL, and Catching up on Records

174

2nd Place: Recap of The Grand to Grand Stage Race Recap

175

The Benefits of Quitting

176

Questions: The Ones You Asked

177

Allison Powell, and the Divide 200 mile Victory

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How to plan for a stage race: Grand to Grand

179

Epically Crewing Divide 200 miler

180

The Best Interview Yet. (It's me)

181

FAIL at Wasatch 100, When I couldn't trust my body

182

How to Run 100 miles, with Joe Corcione

183

How to Taper for an Ultramarathon

184

Ruby Crest Trail Yo-Yo Recap

185

Wonderful World of Wag Bags

186

Hallucinating in the Philippines, Race Directing, and Trail Running with Aaron Barber

187

A Record, Ongoing FKTs, and a Moose while Trail Running

188

How to get faster, How to train your body, and How to Get Sponsored

189

Working in the Industry, Carb Revolution, Creating Routes, and Failing at FKTs

190

A Beer Mile, Dropping out of a Race, Olympics, Trump in Bozeman, and a JMT FKT attempt

191

Hitchhiking, The Olympics, and The Lost Princess Anastasia

192

Setting the Record on the Oregon Coast Trail and Running Houda Trail with Jameson Collins

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Short and Fast, the Other Side of Trail Running with Morgan Elliot

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Failing Epically at the Tahoe Rim Trail FKT

195

Montana Meltdown Race, Scummy, and an FKT attempt upcoming

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Huge News and Mika Thewes! We are talking 200 mile races and a new event

197

Crazy Animal Encounters with Grizzly, Moose, Goats, Coyotes, and Mountain Lions

198

Everything About Outdoor and Backpacking Content Creation and YouTubing with Devin Ashby

199

Failing Forward: An FKT Attempt on Costa Rica's Tallest Mountain

200

The Calendar Year Triple Crown with Brandon Weis

201

How we made a movie? The Free Outside FKT Story

202

Trail Runner Shelby Farrell's Epic FKTs: Adventures, Costumes, and Van Life with Cats

203

Breaking the JMT Record: My Journey to the Fastest Known Time on the John Muir Trail. Inside FKTs

204

Walk with Cal, Tahoe 200, and Talking Backpacking, Thru Hiking and FKTs with Cal Swartzentruber

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Pedestrianism to The Rise of 200 mile running races, and other long-distance ultramarathons

206

Fill Out Your Dash and Talking Balancing Running and Music: Liz Derstine's Story

207

Interviewed by a Robot. Thru Hiking, Ultrarunning, Backpacking: Artificial Intelligence interview me

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Cottage Brands in the Outdoors with Lloyd Vogel of Garage Grown Gear

209

Pursuit of Happiness: Mental Health Journey with Ultrarunning, FKTs, Thru Hiking, and Trail Running

210

Crocs, Eclipses, Trail Running Contracts, Bear Encounters, and thru hiking the Pangea Traverse with Lil Buddha

211

Doping, FKTs, Cocodona, UTMB, Trail Running, and Ugly Rocks in this solocast

212

Setting Guiness World Records Running on the Treadmill with Don Reichelt

213

Hallucinations on the Trails

214

Setting the PCT Record with Nick Fowler, the FKT extraordinaire

215

Recap of the Cocodona 250

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Cocodona Episode: Trail Running, Thru Hiking, and FKTs are all the same