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2024 COCODONA 250 | The Early Miles
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- Опубликовано: 25 май 2024
- Last year, my wife and I followed along live on RUclips all week as runners made their way from Black Canyon City, AZ 250 miles all the way to Flagstaff, AZ at the Cocodona 250. Aravaipa was providing live coverage of the event almost 27/7 until the last runner crossed the finish line in Flagstaff. When they offered a small discount to register for the 2024 event during their live coverage, that was all I needed to pull out my credit card and sign up for the 2024 edition. After all, it would take place during the week of my birthday or there abouts, so this would be my birthday present to myself.
The Cocodona 250 is a point to point endurance event that takes runners through the high desert of Arizona and into and across the mountains in Northern Arizona. The first 38 miles, Mount Mingus and Mount Elden are probably somer of the most frequently uttered words when runners discuss the challenges of this race. I would add the extreme heat, but also the amazing beauty of the entire course with just a couple of the highlights being the Granite Dells just outside Prescott, AZ and the entire Sedona area.
Luckily, I was able to not only convince my wife to crew me yet again after having just done so during the inaugural Southern States 200 Miler point to point race just 3 weeks earlier, but I also had my local buddy Malcolm Davenport jump in for a taste of crewing and pacing. He had never crewed or paced at an ultramarathon before, let alone a 200 miler that would take close to an entire week. Finally, I was able to rely on my O.G. crew chief Jay Hagan, who had also crewed my at my first and second ever 200 mile finishes at the Moab 240 and the Tahoe 200. He flew in from Washington, while my final piece of the crew puzzle , Tobias Sørensen, drove in from Utah to help my out as crew and pacer for the second time at a 200. With a seasoned crew like this there would be no excuses for not finishing. However, ultramarathons and ultramarathon courses of 100+ miles often have a mind of their own and a finish is never ever guaranteed.
An event this big deserves proper attention, so when I ended up with more than 10 hours of race footage from both my crew and myself, I decided to create two parts to document this personal journey of highs and lows. This movie documents my early race miles from the race start at Deep Canyon Ranch just outside Black Canyon City all the way to the top of Mount Mingus.
Please be sure to subscribe to my channel to ensure that you are notified as soon as I release the second part of this amazing journey that covers the race from the top of Mount Mingus all the way to the finish in Flagstaff, AZ.
P.S.: I also intend to release a short video sharing this adventure solely from my crew's perspective. They had an adventure all of their own beyond the usual hurry up and wait game that crewing is known for.
I hope you enjoy this chronicle of my Cocodona 250 experience. It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows by any means as you will see and hear in my commentary, but I am so thankful I got to experience this as "the juice is always worth the squeeze" when it comes to these types of endurance events.
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thanks for sharing, can't wait for the second half.
That first day towards Lane Mountain is a real butt kicker!
Thanks! Just finished watching yours, great stuff as usual! Yeah, Lane Mountain led to my overheating.
@@ultrakraut yeah...it was "hot" haha
I'd be interested in knowing how you guys carried 4-6l of water. A bladder I assume for some? How much in the front? Where did you put other bottles?
@@wk633 I can't speak for others, but for me it was a 2.5L bladder + 2x 500 mL soft front of my vest + 500mL hard flask in my bag/back of my salomon Adv Skin 12. And a running belt for ultraspire (speedgoat) that has 2x500mL hard flask. All the flask were tailwind (I carried some powder with me from the start), and the bladder was water. I also had 2 spare tailwind pack for the water refill (you get 2 x 1L refills on that segment).
That's only up until crown king. No need to carry as much water later - so I left my bladder at my dropbag at Crown King (37ish) in exchange for warm clothes. Also, I wouldnl't always refill 100% (particularly the hard flask in my bag - empty at night)
@@wk633 ruclips.net/user/shortst228kJLOQB0?si=_wLm3KkX0bDXqhdP check out this shorts video I posted about it the day before the race. I’ll gladly share product details afterwards, if you’d like.
Really nice. I'm hoping for a trilogy :-D .
Thank you! Well, the part 2 and the conclusion will be on my channel later today. There may be a third installment sharing my crew’s journey and perspective of the race in the near future:-)
nice! I'm doing this next year -- and the Silky Smooth by Audio Hertz song at minute 49 or so is one I use sometimes in my videos!
Good luck next year, I already have FOMO:-)
Thank you for sharing your adventure. I was excited to see that so many well known social media producers were running this year.
Thank you, I hope you enjoyed it!
Wow that was crazy! Jagged rocky trails early and wide open flats later. No wonder your feet suffered. Amazing you are doing so well. Vid and music are great as always
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, my feet and heat continue to be biggest issue slowing me down. Still working on that:-)
Loved it can't wait for part2 god knows how you keep going I watched your spine race over here is this one harder thank-you.
Thank you! I wouldn’t say it’s harder, they’re just totally different animals. This one was especially difficult just because I had just finished another 200 miler 3 weeks earlier, the Southern States 200. Feet weren’t fully healed and body not fully recovered.
Could you provide details on how to convince your wife !! Great vlog !
Haha, I wore her down after many years, lol. JK, I'm just very lucky to have found an immenesly supportive partner who happens to like running, too:-)
What shoes did you run this race in? Amazing job and I'm looking forward to part 2!
Thanks! I started in the Timp 5 and finished in Olympus 5.
Great video! Thx for sharing
What hoodie was that you started with?
Thanks! Run in Rabbit
Great video! Random q: would you say... a 200/250 miler race mentally/physically less stressful than a typical 100-miler? (since time is more generous (?)/able to sleep more (?)). I put question marks since I don't know all details of SS and Cocodona's info, haha.
True recovery is definitely longer after a 200. Ability to sleep is easier for some than others. Unfortunately, I have not been able shut my brain off to sleep much during any of my six 200+ mile finishes. I slept the most during the Spine Race, which had individual tents for runners. Most other events I had to manage on 2.5 hours of sleep over the course of up to 140 hours. In other words muscle soreness is the least important factor in recovery. I believe prolonged lack of sleep and general stress on body and mind are the ones to worry about. Not sure this helps in finding your answer.
@@ultrakraut This is great intel! TY :D