Category: ultrarunning
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Cocodona Race Report Part 5: Mt. Mingus to Jerome
Mingus Mountain to Jerome Aid Station (Mile 125.3) (17 miles w/ +1750ft of gain and -4,428ft of loss) On paper, this is a runner’s dream. A little up and a lot of down. But I had done my homework and knew that this was a section that many runners described as one of the hardest…
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Cocodona Race Report Part 4: Fain Ranch to Mingus Mountain
Fain Ranch to Mingus Mountain Camp Aid Station 108.3 miles (12.4 miles w/ +2,862ft of gain and -284ft of loss.) This section packed some punches. I was aware that the climb to Mingus was going to be tough. Very tough. Especially as it would come more than 100+ miles into the race. What I wasn’t…
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Cocodona 250 Race Report Part 3: Whiskey Row to Fain Ranch– Mile 96
Whiskey Row to Iron King Aid Station 90.7 miles (13.4 miles w/ +918ft of gain and -1,270ft of loss) Moving through Prescott in the heat of the day was not fun. There was nothing sexy about running on sidewalks with no shade, crossing busy intersections and then running uphill on Ruth St. for what felt…
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Cocodona 250 Race Report Part 2
The Journey from Crown King to Whiskey Row Mile 77.3 Crown King to Arrastra Creek Station Mile 53 (16.4 miles +2,838ft of gain and -3,222ft of loss) I had left Crown King after about a 45-minute pitstop. It was 5:31pm and it was hard saying goodbye to my crew. I knew it would be a…
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Cocodona 250 Race Report
Part 1 The 2024 Training Run: When I first decided to sign up for the Cocodona 250, I saw that they offered a training run that covered the first infamous 37-miles of the course from Black Canyon Ranch to Crown King. The section has been known to decimate runners before they even make it to…
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Top 10 Favorite Podcasts on Ultrarunning
I love a top 10-list. Unless it’s about books and then I have a very difficult time. If I try to write a list about books, I want to get into genres and sub-genres and time-periods and authors and it becomes more of a spreadsheet only I don’t know how to create spreadsheets so more…
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Arizona Monster 309
It’s a Wrap After spending almost 7-full days running from Superior Arizona to Patagonia AZ, climbing 41,000 ft and descending 42,000 ft, facing freezing, sleet-speckled nights and oven-hot days, Carolyn Cunha, 62 years old, of Bozeman Montana, was the final finisher of the Arizona Monster 309-mile race. Out of 284 runners that began the race…
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The Injured List
Some thoughts from the bench That’s what a comeback is. You have a starting point and you build strength and momentum from there. Stay the course, remain patient. Focus on small steps that are constantly forward. — Kara Goucher. I knew something was wrong. I was running down from Skytop Tower in the middle of…
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Erin Quinn 