Ben Mead is a finisher of Cocodona 250 2024. After months of training, he almost didn’t make it to the starting line, and then just after a few miles his race seemed over before even the first nightfall. But, with his team by his side Ben rallied, adjusted, and gritted his teeth all the way to Flagstaff. The stories of humanity these ‘multi-day mega trail races’ like Cocodona generate are truly something special, and this is Ben's story.

• Ben Mead is Chasing Cutoffs on Instagram
• Cocodona, an Aravaipa Running event
• Cocodona RD Steve Aderholt on Singletrack
• Cocodona winner Maggie Guterl and finisher Staci Revel on Singletrack

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Adam Lee, Mr. Community Trail Running, from beautiful Vancouver, BC is back on the show to chat about the importance of keeping ‘community’ in trail running and challenges of the ever-changing media landscape. We opine about the possibility of taking our little sport of trail running to the Olympics and I check in with Adam about his screening of the Trail Running Film Festival at the Rio in his hometown. Catch Adam and the Trail Running Film Festival in early June in several more locations all over Western Canada.

• Adam Lee is Community Trail Running
• Community Trail Running on Instagram
• Trail Running Film Festival on tour

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Swiss Alps 100 race director Jakob Herrmann stops by to chat about the origins of the event, what motivated him to get it off the ground, what keeps him going and what his dreams are for the near and far future. The event has grown offering lots of different race distances, including a Hike and Fly event and now for the first time a Backyard Ultra. Hosted in one of the most beautiful corners of the world a race at the Swiss Alps needs to be part of everyone’s bucket list.

• Swiss Alps 100 on Instagram
• Swiss Alps 100 Website

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Nick Triolo, writer, activist, and trail runner is back on Singletrack to share an update on his recent professional move and the giant leap of faith he just took. Nick and I chat about what motivates him to run, to share with others, and why he believes in beauty within our broken world. We also talk about running for a cause and the importance of story-telling in our overcrowded life full of churned out content.

• Nick Triolo’s website
• Nick Triolo on Instagram
• Nick’s new book: ‘The Way Around‘
• Nick on Dirtbag Diaries

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Gretchen Walla, race director for Walla Trails and now for the Cougar Mountain Trail Series just outside Seattle is back on the show to chat about the amazing events she’s putting on and what makes them so special. We share stories about the challenges of race directing, and I cheer her on taking on a personal challenge of training for Teanaway Country 100 while directing almost a dozen events.

• Gretchen Walla on Instagram
• Walla Trails on Instagram
• Walla Trails Website
• Cougar Mountain Trail Series
• Teanaway Country 100

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Madlen Kappeler just returned from the SkySnow Skyrunning World Championship in Tarvisio, Italy with 4 silver medals two her name. The Bavarian triathlete went to Florida Atlantic University on a scholarship and is now competing in sky running events for the German National Team.

• Madlen Kappeler’s Blog
• Madlen Kappeler on Instagram
• SkySnow World Championship
• SkySnow Championships in Tarvisio, Italy

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Matt Urbanski from Team RunRun returns to Singletrack to chat about Rock Candy Running’s LBA races in Olympia, Washington. We chat about the ins and outs of race directing and why I love being a race director.

The 12hr event was held for the first time and here are your legends of LBA:

• Men’s race: Rob King - 19 Loops or 76miles
• Women’s race: Natalie Silver - 16 Loops or 64miles
• Nonbinary’s race: Estella Hassertt - 9 Loops or 36miles

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• Little Backyard Adventure
• LBA 2024 Results
• Team RunRun
• Nathan Sports - HyperNight Stealth Jacket

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Chrissi Faber is from Germany, lives in New Zealand and just very cool came in 3rd at the Tarawera Ultra Trail Miler. We chat about her race day experience, the event and its origins and the evolution under UTMB ownership.

• Chrissi Faber on Instagram
• Chrissi Faber on UTMB
• Tarawera Ultra Trail by UTMB

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