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2025 Chuckanut 50k Preview and Fantasy Trail Picks · Let's Talk Trail Running

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SPEAKER_00: Hello, hello, and welcome back to Let's Talk Trail Running.
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SPEAKER_00: It's me, your host, Rob Prosser.
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SPEAKER_00: I was hoping to get this episode out a bit earlier,
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SPEAKER_00: but alas,
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here we are now that Fantasy Free Trail unlocked the ability to
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make picks about a
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SPEAKER_00: day ago.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm recording this on Tuesday.
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SPEAKER_00: And before the upcoming race, that is Chuckanut 50K.
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SPEAKER_00: Before I start talking about picks and things like that,
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SPEAKER_00: some little housekeeping items,
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Trans Grand Canaria Marathon and the classic event or the last
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event I talked about.
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SPEAKER_00: And both those events went pretty well on the pick side for the marathon.
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SPEAKER_00: I think I went 28th out of 389th.
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SPEAKER_00: And for the Classic, I think I went 70th out of like almost 600 picks.
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So I'm knocking on the door of the top 10 for the overall leaderboard,
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which is pretty cool.
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SPEAKER_00: And just some thoughts coming off of Trans-Grand Canaria.
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I think the two big storylines are probably one,
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Caleb Olsen has ascended the throne.
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SPEAKER_00: If you can knock off John Albin.
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SPEAKER_00: I know he had a little bit of a stomach issue,
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SPEAKER_00: it sounds like,
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SPEAKER_00: and you had to stop and get that sorted.
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SPEAKER_00: But I feel like if you can knock off John Albin at any race,
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SPEAKER_00: that is proof that you are doing lots of things right.
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SPEAKER_00: His Substack articles were awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: He dropped one right
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SPEAKER_00: as the race started at midnight in Euro land,
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SPEAKER_00: and then,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: has also had some good content post race that I highly,
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SPEAKER_00: highly recommend.
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SPEAKER_00: Super excited to see how his schedule plays out.
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SPEAKER_00: He was looking for feedback from,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: people on,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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kind of he's eyeballing four or five races and where people
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think he should focus
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SPEAKER_00: his attention.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh,
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SPEAKER_00: Don't know that it will necessarily sway him.
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SPEAKER_00: I think it will all depend on his individual life circumstances,
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but pretty cool how he's engaging with people and giving an
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inside look at how he
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SPEAKER_00: chooses to craft his schedule and choose his races and things like that.
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SPEAKER_00: But the race was really good.
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SPEAKER_00: I messed myself up.
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I told you that one of the two British guys was going to be in
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the top five,
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SPEAKER_00: and I picked the wrong one.
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SPEAKER_00: I went with Mark Derbyshire and Josh Wade.
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Had a killer race,
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probably his best performance yet with that third place.
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running up there with the big dogs and I was really really
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impressed with him
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disappointed and pick him and really cool to see I'm excited to
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see where he's gone
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I think he's a big name to watch this year and I think he'll be
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racing some some
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really good races he seems to be a very very smart racer picks
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strategic races and
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I bet he's going to have some big big results this year in
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Europe so curious to see
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where else he will be racing at and then the marathon second
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big storyline that
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SPEAKER_00: past video
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SPEAKER_00: From Francesco Poopy on Robert Kamoy at the end.
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SPEAKER_00: I think if I'm not mistaken,
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SPEAKER_00: when I chatted in the podcast,
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SPEAKER_00: I picked Francesco to go second behind Robert.
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SPEAKER_00: And he very nearly did, but he raced all the way through the line.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: and his splits on the last 5k,
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SPEAKER_00: I think he put down like a 17,
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SPEAKER_00: 15,
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SPEAKER_00: 5k at the end of that essentially 30 mile race.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a little bit more than a marathon.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, he smoked it.
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SPEAKER_00: He was kicking and closing, um, and really, really, really cool videos.
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SPEAKER_00: If you haven't seen that, you can go on, um,
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SPEAKER_00: I think they're on Francesco's Instagram.
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SPEAKER_00: And if not, you can go on Trans-Granc Canaria's Instagram.
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SPEAKER_00: But man, that boy closed, looks super good.
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SPEAKER_00: And just very, very well done on his part.
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SPEAKER_00: So that was pretty cool.
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SPEAKER_00: Trans-Granc Canaria looks like an amazing race.
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Don't know if I'd love the midnight start on that classic,
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but it would be amazing.
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SPEAKER_00: I think all those island races,
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SPEAKER_00: whether it's Trans-Granc Canaria,
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SPEAKER_00: Madeira Island Ultra Trail or Trans-Valcania,
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SPEAKER_00: just the concept of running across an island.
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SPEAKER_00: And be it an island,
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SPEAKER_00: you know,
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SPEAKER_00: off the coast,
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SPEAKER_00: whether it's in the Azores,
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SPEAKER_00: the Canaries,
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SPEAKER_00: both those places sound amazing.
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And I think that's definitely a goal of mine would be to race
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one of those races,
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SPEAKER_00: if not all three.
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It just seems like an awesome time of year to be racing in an
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awesome place.
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SPEAKER_00: And it seems like the community on the island is really, really involved.
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SPEAKER_00: Other tiny housekeeping items.
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SPEAKER_00: On the personal side of things,
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SPEAKER_00: I got to race last weekend at the Run Through Time Half Marathon.
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SPEAKER_00: which was pretty cool.
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SPEAKER_00: Had a good race, a good day.
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Those trails out in Salida is my first time out there after
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living in Colorado
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SPEAKER_00: Springs for about a year.
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SPEAKER_00: Those trails in Salida are awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: They're impressively technical coming downhill.
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SPEAKER_00: But I say that because I really enjoy that type of stuff.
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SPEAKER_00: And in even cooler news,
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SPEAKER_00: I got to witness the goat,
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SPEAKER_00: Miss Courtney DeWalter,
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SPEAKER_00: crush a race,
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SPEAKER_00: crush the marathon distance and get first overall.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's pretty cool to see Courtney in person.
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SPEAKER_00: I've never done that.
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Uh,
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I considered going up and talking to her,
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but my girlfriend was being kind of shy.
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Uh,
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so we decided not to,
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but she raced and finished within 20 seconds,
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my buddy,
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Dan Vega.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: so I was going to chat with her about,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: if they ran together at all,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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and then ask her some questions about her upcoming documentary
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with Ryan thrower.
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SPEAKER_00: But it was cool to see,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: cool to hear some people go up to her,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: after the end of the race and say,
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SPEAKER_00: Hey,
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I know you probably get this all the time,
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but you're the reason I started running.
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SPEAKER_00: And as you'd expect,
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SPEAKER_00: she was super magnanimous,
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SPEAKER_00: super,
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SPEAKER_00: super cool and super patient with everyone.
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SPEAKER_00: So just a cool weekend slide.
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SPEAKER_00: It was gorgeous.
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SPEAKER_00: The race was good.
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SPEAKER_00: I ran a pretty good time.
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SPEAKER_00: And then other housekeeping things.
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SPEAKER_00: For the first time in my life,
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SPEAKER_00: I ran a sub five minute mile since the last time I recorded a podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: Having not started running until I was about 24, 24 years old.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm 29 now.
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SPEAKER_00: I never really tried to run a fast mile.
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SPEAKER_00: But it was pretty cool.
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SPEAKER_00: It took me a couple of tries.
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SPEAKER_00: I went 503 in the first one.
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SPEAKER_00: The second one,
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SPEAKER_00: I split halfway in like 226,
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SPEAKER_00: but my hammy felt pretty tight and I didn't want to push it.
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And then third time's the charm,
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I went 455 in a track home in Boise,
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Idaho,
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not too long ago.
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SPEAKER_00: So about a couple of weeks ago.
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SPEAKER_00: So that was pretty cool.
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SPEAKER_00: And in doing so, it made me think of a question for the Boulder Boys pod.
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So I went and asked it in the most recent episode and they
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spent a good bit of time talking.
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SPEAKER_00: I basically asked them what, you know,
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: what milestones,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: have been some lifelong goals of yours,
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SPEAKER_00: whether it's a certain time at a race or a certain time in event.
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SPEAKER_00: And then,
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SPEAKER_00: you know,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: what was it like to achieve them or,
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SPEAKER_00: you know,
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SPEAKER_00: what are those milestones that are kind of on the horizon?
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SPEAKER_00: So I really appreciate them taking the time to answer that question.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, and it was cool.
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SPEAKER_00: It's cool to hear.
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SPEAKER_00: It's still,
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SPEAKER_00: I'm still getting used to hearing my voice and it's still weird,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: to hear it played back.
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SPEAKER_00: And it was even weirder to hear it on a podcast that I listened to,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: pretty much whenever it comes out and have really come to enjoy.
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SPEAKER_00: But that was a neat little plus.
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SPEAKER_00: So just some personal housekeeping stuff.
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SPEAKER_00: Other big things too.
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SPEAKER_00: I'll do picks for Chuckanut this week and then Big Alta next week.
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SPEAKER_00: And I'll actually be at Big Alta and racing the 28K.
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My girlfriend will be,
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Caitlin will be racing her first ever 50K at the 50K.
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SPEAKER_00: So super exciting times.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm super stoked to be out there.
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SPEAKER_00: And then looking forward, I'm going to try to keep this podcast going.
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The biggest thing is I'll be gone out of the country for some
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military stuff,
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but I'm going to try to bring my recording equipment and still
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plan to talk about
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SPEAKER_00: races as much as I can.
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conditions permitting so we'll see how that goes anyways
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getting back into it today
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we're going to talk about the Chuckanut 50k over in Bellingham
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Washington a classic
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race I think last year was the 30th year so this will be year
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number 31 and it just
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seems like a really really good early season 50k fast good mix
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of terrain flat fast
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towpath type stuff good climbs good descents and apparently a
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ridge I'm curious
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SPEAKER_00: what that one looks like but if you're curious about the course
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SPEAKER_00: It sounds like on the most recent Boulder Boys podcast,
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SPEAKER_00: they did a good job of talking about it.
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SPEAKER_00: And they actually listened another.
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The first listener question before mine was basically talking
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about the listener asked,
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SPEAKER_00: hey,
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SPEAKER_00: if you raced Chuckanut,
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SPEAKER_00: what would be advice to a runner who is racing Chuckanut?
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SPEAKER_00: From a listener, I think he's racing it for the third time.
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SPEAKER_00: And they had a good mix of answers, I think.
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SPEAKER_00: Matt said he has two totally different athletes that are racing.
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SPEAKER_00: So it all depends on the individual, obviously.
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But Chuck and I is a really historic race with some goaded
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names in the top 10.
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And even if I look at the all-time top 10 results on the male
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and female side,
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SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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SPEAKER_00: we got some stunners on the men's side.
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uh one through ten adam peterman francesco poopy matt daniels
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max king adam mary
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hayden hawks anthony costales seth ruling drew holman and max
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king once again i
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guess cole lawson cole lawson if you only want to consider one
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of max king's times
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and then on the female side uh jody adams more for the fastest
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time ever uh
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impressively in 2013 i have not heard of her 20 uh so claire
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gallagher keely
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SPEAKER_00: henniger
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SPEAKER_00: Ellie Greenwood,
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SPEAKER_00: Lottie Albertson-Junkins,
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SPEAKER_00: Kat Drew,
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SPEAKER_00: Ellie Greenwood,
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SPEAKER_00: Ellie Greenwood,
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SPEAKER_00: Ellie Greenwood.
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SPEAKER_00: She was obviously very good about this race.
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SPEAKER_00: Claire DeVoe, and then Kimber Maddox and Magda Boulay.
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SPEAKER_00: So, yes, there's some really heavy
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SPEAKER_00: Big time hitters in this race.
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And just an exciting early Rust Buster Ultra for a good mix of
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different types of athletes.
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SPEAKER_00: So that'll be cool to see.
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SPEAKER_00: And talking about Chuckanut 50K, let's take a look at...
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SPEAKER_00: Let's take a look at the female side first.
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SPEAKER_00: Actually, I'm going to go with the male side first.
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SPEAKER_00: One important theme that I kind of noticed with the male side,
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SPEAKER_00: this is kind of the battle of the top five at JFK last year.
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SPEAKER_00: We've got two through four from JFK.
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So people that are coming off some really good results in
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longer distance races,
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SPEAKER_00: not too long ago at all,
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SPEAKER_00: you know,
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SPEAKER_00: that's Thanksgiving weekend of last year.
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SPEAKER_00: And when I'm saying two through four,
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SPEAKER_00: I'm talking about second place,
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SPEAKER_00: Mr.
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SPEAKER_00: Ryan Sullivan,
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SPEAKER_00: third place,
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SPEAKER_00: Mr.
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SPEAKER_00: Matthew Seidel,
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SPEAKER_00: and then fourth place,
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SPEAKER_00: Mr.
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SPEAKER_00: Trayson Knopp.
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SPEAKER_00: So it's kind of interesting little fun fact pulled out from...
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: from some of the research that I did for this podcast,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: looking at the,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: men's side,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: and just reading off some of the top names to begin with.
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SPEAKER_00: You got Will Murray fresh off the second place at black Canyon.
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SPEAKER_00: Really excited to see him race.
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SPEAKER_00: He got eighth last year at Chuckanut.
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And obviously we know he's in super good shape from his Black
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Canyon result.
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SPEAKER_00: Chuckanut being a little bit of a faster, sharper event.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm sure that he has done the training necessary,
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SPEAKER_00: but I'm curious to see how he'll do at a sharp event.
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It sounds like he probably would have gone top five last year
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if he didn't have
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SPEAKER_00: some nutrition issues.
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I heard him talking about it on the Free Outside podcast with
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Jeff Garmeyer.
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SPEAKER_00: And he was mentioning, I think he missed a drop.
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bag or missed some nutrition he kind of fell off at the end of
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the race last year
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still got eighth place i did not know that um so he knows the
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course uh knows what
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it takes to succeed i could very easily see him going top five
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at this race and
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he's been a really really smart racer so i'm excited to see him
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up there mixing it
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up up front um and i'm going in order of index for right now
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and then i'll kind of
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SPEAKER_00: jump around eventually um so second on
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internet decks i'm looking at mr chris myers chris myers got
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third in black canyon
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50k just recently and then obviously coming off a really big
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and impressive last
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year with the third place at black canyon 10th place at western
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with a 15 18 and i
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SPEAKER_00: think he raced ccc as well if i'm not mistaken
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SPEAKER_00: Western States, Mammoth, Trailfest, 50K.
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SPEAKER_00: And I thought he raced ACC as well.
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SPEAKER_00: But anyways,
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SPEAKER_00: Chris Myers,
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SPEAKER_00: he's pretty killer when it comes to these fast 50Ks,
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SPEAKER_00: whether they're technical or not.
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um so curious to see how he races uh yeah he has a lot of
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really good results in
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50ks throughout uh his racing career so last year uh this year
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black and your 50k
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sorry third place last year he won gorge uh and then got third
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at black and 100k
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SPEAKER_00: and then previous events um
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broken arrow he's got fourth way too cool he's got a top 10 so
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um chris myers i
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think is pretty much a lock for your top five um and it kind of
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depends on where
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you want to put him and i think he's got a really strong chance
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to win as right now
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i haven't picked a win as well uh going through carl augustine
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squamish british
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columbia he has some good results in canadian races hasn't
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raced a ton recently and
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SPEAKER_00: um
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SPEAKER_00: Best results recently have been the Squamish 15-mile there.
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SPEAKER_00: In 2023, he got first.
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SPEAKER_00: Did a little bit of Skyracing last year.
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SPEAKER_00: Skyraced in Mathazine, which was a really technical, short, steep race.
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SPEAKER_00: Got 38th.
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SPEAKER_00: And then Gorgeous Dutarn, another Skyrace, 17th.
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SPEAKER_00: So kind of that short, fast VO2 max.
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As recently as 2022,
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he went 244 at Sears and all,
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which is a really impressive time.
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SPEAKER_00: And he got six at the Minotaur Skyrace.
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SPEAKER_00: So he's kind of more race to international events.
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SPEAKER_00: I'll be curious to see how he shakes out.
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SPEAKER_00: I've seen his name on some start lists here and there, but not a ton.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one we're looking at is Jackson Brill.
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mountain running sky running athlete member of team usa in the
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austrian world
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champs i believe 2023 uh got 30th overall he's gotten sixth in
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broken era at the
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52k sky race day mathazine another competitive one he went uh
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top 10 in 2021 and
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then um yeah he's just been racing in the sub ultra scene for a
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long time 2019 he
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SPEAKER_00: got to do a lot of sick racing marathon to mont blanc zagama
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uh and sierras and all that is like the summer the dream summer
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when it comes to uh
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trail racing he hasn't raced a lot recently uh nothing on utmb
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since 2023 and then
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ultra sign up let's see i know he did his uh his steens
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crossing with he did steens
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crossing with uh with max king i want to say it was last year
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maybe it was the end
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SPEAKER_00: of 23 um but kind of quite uh last year
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SPEAKER_00: Not as much on the racing calendar,
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SPEAKER_00: so curious to see where his fitness is at and how he'll do in this race.
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I think he's living in Bend,
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Oregon these days,
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originally from Boise,
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Idaho.
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He has a lot of very fast times on the segments in Boise and is
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a very entertaining
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SPEAKER_00: Strava follow,
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SPEAKER_00: at least used to be when he posted a lot.
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SPEAKER_00: He hasn't been posting as much recently.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one on the list we have is,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: Mr.
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SPEAKER_00: Trayson Knopp from Alaska,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: partners with,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: Claire Rhodes.
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SPEAKER_00: They'll both be racing.
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SPEAKER_00: They tend to show up to races and race together.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, he is one of those, uh, group of two through four at JFK last year.
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SPEAKER_00: He took fourth place in 531,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: raced at Broken Arrow 46K,
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SPEAKER_00: got 13,
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SPEAKER_00: and then just missed out on Black Canyon or that golden ticket.
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SPEAKER_00: He was one of the
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four through six or four through seven pack that was super
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duper tight um with
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craig hunt him and i can't remember who fifth place was right
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now um so uh he's a
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really experienced really consistent racer i think this race
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suits his type of
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running uh it's very similar in my experience to some of the
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running that's or
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excuse me i've done some of the running in anchorage and it's
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very technical and i
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SPEAKER_00: think it suits him well i also think he has extremely good speed
15:30
SPEAKER_00: If you run 531 at JFK, that is a stupidly fast time.
15:34
SPEAKER_00: I think he's a pretty safe lock for 3-6 as well.
15:38
SPEAKER_00: Continuing down the list, Chris Balistrani from British Columbia.
15:43
SPEAKER_00: He's got second at Squamish 50 miler last year.
15:45
SPEAKER_00: And then Broken Arrow 46k, he got 14th.
15:49
SPEAKER_00: And Broken Arrow was really, really stacked last year.
15:52
SPEAKER_00: So I think he's definitely somebody to watch.
15:54
SPEAKER_00: I don't know that I would guarantee he's going to go top 10,
15:57
SPEAKER_00: but I think that he might be a little bit of a dark horse potentially.
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SPEAKER_00: Next on the list, you have Free Trail's very own Mr. Debo Dylan Bowman.
16:06
SPEAKER_00: Curious to see where his fitness is at.
16:08
SPEAKER_00: I did not see his time at Terra Awera.
16:12
and I don't recall if he was over or under the amount of
16:15
handicap that Hayden gave
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SPEAKER_00: him or that they agreed on.
16:20
I think it was 45 minutes,
16:20
and I think he was a little bit over it,
16:21
if I'm not mistaken.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one's going to be Matt Seidel.
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SPEAKER_00: He is in that pack of
16:27
SPEAKER_00: Racers that I talked about at JFK going two through four,
16:31
SPEAKER_00: he went third at JFK last year in a 529,
16:35
SPEAKER_00: so sub 530.
16:36
SPEAKER_00: He's running for Norda these days, if I'm not mistaken.
16:39
SPEAKER_00: I'm pretty sure he ran in the 005s at JFK.
16:44
SPEAKER_00: And just a super speedy, super talented guy.
16:48
SPEAKER_00: He has had some really good results.
16:52
SPEAKER_00: Went eighth overall at Canyons last year.
16:54
Black Canyon,
16:55
he came out stupidly hard in the banana shirt and ended up
16:58
finishing 19th.
16:58
SPEAKER_00: So he still hung on, but it was not nearly as fast as that first half.
17:03
SPEAKER_00: And then he's had other good results.
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SPEAKER_00: Lake Sonoma, when it was the U.S.
17:07
SPEAKER_00: Champs, he went eighth overall.
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SPEAKER_00: Canyon's 50K in 2023, he went fourth overall.
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SPEAKER_00: He's gone fourth at JFK, and he's also won Lake Sonoma as well.
17:17
SPEAKER_00: So curious to see where his fitness is at, I mean, his last race.
17:21
Matt Seidel has actually also signed up for Gorge Waterfall,
17:24
so this should be a nice tune-up.
17:26
SPEAKER_00: leading up to that.
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SPEAKER_00: But Matt said, I'll already somebody to watch.
17:30
SPEAKER_00: And then I'll go for one or two more.
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SPEAKER_00: Casey and Campbell,
17:36
SPEAKER_00: speedy guy,
17:37
SPEAKER_00: more of the sub-ultra stuff,
17:39
SPEAKER_00: but did get second at formidable 50K.
17:43
SPEAKER_00: Two, was it Hans Troyer?
17:44
SPEAKER_00: No, Josh Park, unfamiliar with that name.
17:48
SPEAKER_00: And a 343.
17:48
SPEAKER_00: So speedy sub-ultra guy.
17:48
SPEAKER_00: He's also gone...
17:53
SPEAKER_00: Eighth at breakneck last year, and then 19th at Mammoth Trail Fest.
17:59
SPEAKER_00: He has gone eighth at the up-down at Sunapee when it was a U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: Champs qualifier, so I recognize his name from there.
18:05
SPEAKER_00: And he went 11th at the Sunapee vertical, also when it was the U.S.
18:08
SPEAKER_00: Champs qualifier.
18:09
SPEAKER_00: Curious to see where he is at.
18:12
SPEAKER_00: He's a very fast guy, and I think he could do very well.
18:16
SPEAKER_00: He just doesn't race as long as 50K a ton.
18:19
SPEAKER_00: But with that being said, I mean, that second place at formidable in 343,
18:23
SPEAKER_00: It seems like a pretty good tune-up coming into this race,
18:26
SPEAKER_00: and that's just as recently as a month or so ago.
18:28
SPEAKER_00: So definitely somebody to keep an eye on.
18:30
SPEAKER_00: I think he's a potential dark horse.
18:33
SPEAKER_00: And if I'm not mistaken, I feel like he's either made U.S.
18:35
SPEAKER_00: teams or he's always been right on the cusp.
18:36
SPEAKER_00: He goes for a lot of those U.S.
18:38
mountain running qualifiers and is often mixing it up there up
18:42
front with the big dogs.
18:44
So next one,
18:47
and I think this is somebody who's really on the up and up when
18:49
it comes to racing.
18:51
SPEAKER_00: And I think they have a very good race ahead of them.
18:54
SPEAKER_00: And that is Mr. Ryan Sullivan.
18:58
SPEAKER_00: He first came on my radar.
19:00
Last year,
19:00
I raced a 50K,
19:01
a little local 50K that Aravipa puts on called the North Fork 50K.
19:06
SPEAKER_00: He raced it and he ran like a 342.
19:09
SPEAKER_00: So that's a 50K with like 3,000 feet of vert,
19:10
SPEAKER_00: all of it between 7,000 and 9,000 or 6,000 and 8,000.
19:18
SPEAKER_00: And I mean, he just speed ran it for him in the front, no competition.
19:22
SPEAKER_00: And I had to do some research.
19:25
And then I saw,
19:26
oh,
19:26
his previous year,
19:27
JFK in 2023,
19:28
went 540 for third place overall.
19:30
SPEAKER_00: He's won the San Juan Solstice 50 miler.
19:34
SPEAKER_00: He got seventh at Lake Sonoma.
19:35
SPEAKER_00: The year was the U.S.
19:36
SPEAKER_00: qualifier in 2023.
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SPEAKER_00: Multiple top fives and really good times at JFK.
19:41
SPEAKER_00: So he's really experienced here.
19:43
And then looking at last year,
19:44
I mean,
19:45
he had a really amazing year last year too.
19:47
So North Fork,
19:48
and then he came into Leadville,
19:49
got third,
19:50
or excuse me,
19:52
fourth in 1721.
19:55
SPEAKER_00: So an amazing time.
19:56
Most years that'll definitely get you top three,
19:58
if not win a lot of years.
19:59
SPEAKER_00: Won the Blue Sky Marathon in 306,
20:02
SPEAKER_00: and then went out and did JFK in 527 for second overall,
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SPEAKER_00: only behind a course record from David Sinclair.
20:09
SPEAKER_00: So really, he's been a really, really impressive racer.
20:13
SPEAKER_00: What's even cooler is that North Fork,
20:15
SPEAKER_00: after he broke the course record,
20:17
SPEAKER_00: he was hanging out,
20:17
and he was the first one to say congratulations when everyone
20:20
was crossing the
20:20
SPEAKER_00: finish line,
20:21
SPEAKER_00: giving out high fives,
20:22
SPEAKER_00: giving out Stoke.
20:24
SPEAKER_00: So you just can't beat that.
20:26
SPEAKER_00: That's part of what's super cool in the trail community.
20:29
SPEAKER_00: He made a friend and a fan in me, and I will be rooting for him.
20:32
SPEAKER_00: I also think he has the chance to win this race,
20:35
SPEAKER_00: and if not,
20:36
SPEAKER_00: I think I see him strongly in the top three.
20:38
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
20:40
SPEAKER_00: So definitely somebody I'll be rooting for.
20:42
SPEAKER_00: Speaking of other people I'll be rooting for,
20:44
SPEAKER_00: Mr.
20:45
SPEAKER_00: Gus Gibbs,
20:46
SPEAKER_00: Boise's very own Gus Gibbs,
20:49
SPEAKER_00: will be racing Chuckanut.
20:50
SPEAKER_00: And if I'm not mistaken, I don't think he has ever raced Chuckanut.
20:54
SPEAKER_00: I'm super excited for him.
20:56
SPEAKER_00: He has also recently announced that he's going to race Cannons 100K,
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SPEAKER_00: which he has raced before,
21:03
SPEAKER_00: I think back in 2022.
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Boise Calgill did an amazing thing and essentially got him a
21:08
charity bib on the
21:10
SPEAKER_00: most recent free trail podcast,
21:12
SPEAKER_00: the recovery day or rest day,
21:13
SPEAKER_00: whatever they're calling it.
21:15
SPEAKER_00: Corinne talked a little bit about this,
21:16
about how UTMB for whatever reason is being kind of stingy with
21:20
the elite bibs at Canyons,
21:22
SPEAKER_00: which doesn't really seem to make a lot of sense to me.
21:25
SPEAKER_00: So instead,
21:26
Gus had to get a charity bib and Boise Calgill helped him to
21:30
raise money for that
21:31
SPEAKER_00: charity bib in order for him to go to Canyons.
21:35
SPEAKER_00: Super excited to see Gus Gus is I am personally biased.
21:40
SPEAKER_00: He is a good friend of mine.
21:42
He is an amazing human being who will literally give you the
21:45
shirt off his back and
21:46
SPEAKER_00: do just about anything for you.
21:48
SPEAKER_00: And it's pretty awesome.
21:49
SPEAKER_00: If you haven't already heard Chris Myers is interview on free trail.
21:53
SPEAKER_00: uh,
21:53
SPEAKER_00: when Debo asked him who he admires,
21:55
SPEAKER_00: Gus is,
21:56
SPEAKER_00: uh,
21:56
SPEAKER_00: listed and he kind of goes into just the type of person Gus is.
22:00
I thought he really did an amazing job of capturing how special
22:03
of a guy Gus is.
22:05
SPEAKER_00: And just, um, and just, um,
22:08
yeah,
22:08
portraying him in the light that I think a lot of people will
22:10
see him in.
22:11
SPEAKER_00: He's really a fixture of the Boise running community.
22:13
SPEAKER_00: He will literally give you the shirt off his back.
22:15
He's given me the jacket and clothing off his back before when
22:19
I didn't bring
22:20
enough warm clothes in the summer in Sun Valley and it snowed
22:23
all of a sudden in July.
22:25
SPEAKER_00: But anyways, I digress.
22:28
SPEAKER_00: Gus has only two races last year where Lake Sonoma,
22:32
SPEAKER_00: or excuse me,
22:32
SPEAKER_00: he did three races last year,
22:33
SPEAKER_00: but all in the early season.
22:35
um he did big all to 50k inaugural inaugural big all to 50k he
22:38
got sixth place um
22:40
just outside of that top five by maybe five minutes behind
22:44
david laney um and then
22:47
SPEAKER_00: he raced lake sonoma marathon got second and
22:52
SPEAKER_00: Scout Mountain Ultras, he got third in the 50K.
22:55
SPEAKER_00: So be curious to see Gus Gus Race.
23:00
SPEAKER_00: I'll be rooting for him.
23:01
SPEAKER_00: I think I see him pretty solidly in a 5 through 10 slot.
23:04
SPEAKER_00: He's been really consistent.
23:05
SPEAKER_00: I haven't been keeping up if he has been programming a lot of workouts.
23:09
He definitely has been getting the mileage and the distance,
23:11
so I see no issues with him.
23:13
SPEAKER_00: in the back half of the race.
23:14
SPEAKER_00: Uh,
23:15
SPEAKER_00: if I'm not mistaken,
23:15
he's started a run streak in December and has been keeping it
23:19
going for the four months,
23:21
SPEAKER_00: first three months of the year,
23:22
SPEAKER_00: give or take.
23:22
SPEAKER_00: So,
23:23
SPEAKER_00: uh,
23:23
SPEAKER_00: be curious to see where Gus Gus is at and I will be rooting for him,
23:27
SPEAKER_00: uh,
23:28
SPEAKER_00: forever and always,
23:29
SPEAKER_00: um,
23:30
SPEAKER_00: because I'm biased.
23:32
SPEAKER_00: And so that's kind of where that's at.
23:35
SPEAKER_00: Um, other names to watch Ryan Smith.
23:37
SPEAKER_00: He's gone top 10 as recently as 2022.
23:38
SPEAKER_00: Um,
23:40
SPEAKER_00: He's kind of a local legend in Boulder.
23:41
He's been in the ultra scene for a long time,
23:44
but hasn't raced a lot recently.
23:46
SPEAKER_00: So curious where his fitness is at.
23:48
SPEAKER_00: And then Andrew Rylarsdom,
23:51
SPEAKER_00: he got third at Gorge Waterfalls 30K last year behind Liam,
23:59
SPEAKER_00: Miro,
23:59
SPEAKER_00: and Matt Daniels.
24:02
SPEAKER_00: And he's also raced Mammoth 26K, Tamal Pie Headlands 50K,
24:07
SPEAKER_00: Weiss trail fist and breakneck points,
24:10
SPEAKER_00: 21 K.
24:11
So he raced the half marathon trail champs and got six last
24:15
year behind some really
24:17
SPEAKER_00: fast dudes.
24:17
SPEAKER_00: So I could see him being in the top 10 somewhere as well.
24:21
SPEAKER_00: Um, hasn't, doesn't have quite as many 50 Ks on the list.
24:24
Um,
24:25
but it's not a huge step up and I could see him being in that
24:28
top 10 as well.
24:29
So that kind of concludes,
24:31
uh,
24:31
the male side of the race,
24:33
um,
24:34
for my male picks for top five.
24:37
SPEAKER_00: Once again,
24:37
SPEAKER_00: I am liable to change this any minute and likely,
24:41
SPEAKER_00: uh,
24:41
SPEAKER_00: we'll change it 20 times before the picks are final this weekend.
24:45
SPEAKER_00: Um, looking at my men's top five picks, um,
24:49
SPEAKER_00: And first,
24:51
SPEAKER_00: I've got Mr.
24:52
SPEAKER_00: Chris Myers in his new Brooks kit,
24:56
SPEAKER_00: racing a strategic and smart race,
24:59
SPEAKER_00: sticking with the lead pack and then making some late moves.
25:03
SPEAKER_00: So I got Chris Myers in first, got Mr. Will Murray in second.
25:07
SPEAKER_00: I cannot emphasize enough this guy.
25:11
SPEAKER_00: is really has an awesome outlook on, uh, on running.
25:15
SPEAKER_00: I think I mentioned in my last podcast,
25:16
but if you haven't go look at his Strava post from his black
25:19
Canyon result,
25:20
SPEAKER_00: it really does an amazing job of chronicling,
25:22
SPEAKER_00: uh,
25:23
SPEAKER_00: his lead up to black Canyon,
25:24
SPEAKER_00: his philosophy going into it.
25:26
SPEAKER_00: Um,
25:27
SPEAKER_00: and then on top of that too,
25:28
SPEAKER_00: I guess his interview with Jeff Garmire on the free outside,
25:30
SPEAKER_00: um,
25:31
SPEAKER_00: also did a good job how he kind of makes more,
25:33
SPEAKER_00: uh,
25:34
SPEAKER_00: rather than results.
25:35
SPEAKER_00: Um,
25:36
SPEAKER_00: excuse me, the results-based goals or results-based outcome-based goals.
25:39
SPEAKER_00: He kind of makes process-based ones.
25:41
SPEAKER_00: I know it sounds really simplistic,
25:42
SPEAKER_00: but the way he talks about it in Strava post and in that interview,
25:45
SPEAKER_00: I think really goes into depth.
25:47
And I think he's got a really good nuanced head on his
25:49
shoulders and is kind of
25:51
SPEAKER_00: experienced beyond his
25:53
actual level of experience in ultra racing since he's only been
25:55
doing it for a couple of years.
25:57
SPEAKER_00: He's got a much more advanced view on doing it.
25:59
SPEAKER_00: Anyways, I think he is pretty solidly fit.
26:03
Also looking at his Strava,
26:04
it looks like he has began getting coached by somebody at CTS.
26:08
He didn't put any names,
26:09
but if you look at a Strava,
26:10
it says coached by CTS.
26:11
SPEAKER_00: So I'm curious what that means if he's coaching,
26:14
if he's getting coached by Coop or somebody else at CTS and how
26:17
that's changing his philosophy.
26:19
SPEAKER_00: Cause he had a pretty
26:20
SPEAKER_00: a pretty level head.
26:23
SPEAKER_00: And he had a pretty good philosophy about how he approached his training.
26:27
SPEAKER_00: And I really liked it.
26:27
SPEAKER_00: And it's always cool to hear from athletes that are self
26:30
trained how they choose to do that so anyways first place chris
26:34
myers second place
26:35
will murray third place i'm looking at matt sidell but i might
26:38
swap i think i'll
26:39
probably move ryan sullivan up in that spot um now i'm looking
26:43
at matt sidell's
26:44
results um kind of leaning a little bit more towards uh ryan
26:48
sullivan but could go
26:49
either way so third and fourth uh matt sidell ryan sullivan and
26:52
fifth place tracen
26:54
SPEAKER_00: not coming off of an alaska winter in which he probably is
26:58
SPEAKER_00: uh,
26:59
SPEAKER_00: sharp and fast,
27:00
but maybe hasn't done as much running as some of these other
27:02
people in the lower 48.
27:05
SPEAKER_00: So that covers the men's side.
27:06
SPEAKER_00: Once again,
27:07
SPEAKER_00: I got Chris Myers in first,
27:08
SPEAKER_00: second,
27:09
SPEAKER_00: Will Murray,
27:10
SPEAKER_00: third,
27:10
SPEAKER_00: Ryan Sullivan,
27:11
SPEAKER_00: fourth,
27:12
SPEAKER_00: Matt Seidel in fifth,
27:13
SPEAKER_00: Trace and Knopp.
27:14
Looking at people on the bubble,
27:15
I think Casey Campbell is a strong lock for four through eight.
27:19
SPEAKER_00: I think that, I think Mr. Gus Gibbs will be in the top 10.
27:25
SPEAKER_00: I think Andrew Reilersdom is a strong choice.
27:29
SPEAKER_00: And I think...
27:33
SPEAKER_00: Uh, that's probably who I'm leaning towards.
27:36
SPEAKER_00: Yeah,
27:36
SPEAKER_00: that's probably who I'm leaning towards,
27:38
SPEAKER_00: um,
27:40
SPEAKER_00: as point getters on the men's side of the race.
27:44
SPEAKER_00: Uh,
27:44
SPEAKER_00: going over to the female side of the race,
27:47
SPEAKER_00: um,
27:47
SPEAKER_00: and looking at the female,
27:49
SPEAKER_00: just listening to the names off the top.
27:51
Uh,
27:51
so Jasmine Louther,
27:52
Sarah Beal,
27:53
Clara Rhodes,
27:54
Jade Bellsberg,
27:55
Addie Bracey,
27:55
Claire DeVoe,
27:56
SPEAKER_00: Sarah Carter, Jenny Quilty, Stephanie Ryle, and Barrett Gray.
28:02
SPEAKER_00: So looking at the women's race,
28:05
I think there's probably two or three heavy hitters that have
28:10
the potential to win
28:11
SPEAKER_00: this race.
28:13
SPEAKER_00: And I think those three people are Jasmine Lother.
28:17
SPEAKER_00: I think she's probably my favorite.
28:19
SPEAKER_00: I think Claire Rhodes has been really coming into form.
28:23
And her result at the rut last year was extremely impressive in
28:28
my eyes with the
28:29
SPEAKER_00: win in the course record.
28:31
Yeah,
28:31
winning the course record pretty decisively in a competitive
28:35
field as well,
28:36
nonetheless.
28:37
SPEAKER_00: So Claire Rhodes,
28:42
SPEAKER_00: Jasmine Lothar,
28:42
SPEAKER_00: and I think Claire DeVoe,
28:44
SPEAKER_00: the returning champion who's already proved that she can win this race,
28:47
I think they are going to be the three big dogs up front
28:50
competing for the win.
28:52
SPEAKER_00: I think Sarah Beal has the fitness to win this race,
28:57
SPEAKER_00: but some kind of up and down racing in her history.
29:00
SPEAKER_00: So that makes me a little bit hesitant to pick her as somebody who...
29:06
SPEAKER_00: as somebody who is going to win the race per se.
29:11
SPEAKER_00: So,
29:12
SPEAKER_00: um,
29:13
SPEAKER_00: anyways,
29:13
SPEAKER_00: going into the individual athletes and the results,
29:16
SPEAKER_00: uh,
29:16
SPEAKER_00: Jasmine Lother,
29:17
SPEAKER_00: Jasmine Lother came off one heck of a year last year,
29:21
SPEAKER_00: uh,
29:22
SPEAKER_00: winning basically a ton of really big mountain,
29:24
SPEAKER_00: uh,
29:25
SPEAKER_00: mostly 50 Ks.
29:25
SPEAKER_00: Um, but yeah,
29:28
uh mountain 50k so looking at her results from 2024 she got
29:32
speed goat she got the
29:33
win at in a competitive stack field and a really good time for
29:36
speed goat 615 i
29:36
think she's probably only about five ish minutes off the course
29:39
record i'm pretty
29:40
sure it's around 610 for the females she competed at ccc but
29:44
dnf'd and then ultra
29:45
trail cape town she took the win at and if i'm not mistaken i
29:50
thought she had one
29:51
SPEAKER_00: more mountain ultra on there let me double check
29:55
But yeah,
29:56
Jasmine Lothar recently signed with Arc'teryx,
29:57
formerly a North Face athlete.
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SPEAKER_00: Excited to see her racing that new Arc'teryx kit.
30:02
Yeah,
30:03
she got second at Run the Rout to Clara Rhodes,
30:05
also in,
30:05
of course,
30:05
record time.
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SPEAKER_00: So all three of the top three females that run the rut went on their
30:10
jen lector's course record so that was uh claire jasmine and um
30:16
hannah all good so
30:18
yeah i mean she just had a killer year last year uh and is in
30:22
really good shape for
30:23
these type of mountain races she also has a second place at uh
30:28
she has a second
30:28
place at chuck a nut from 2023 if i'm not mistaken uh 2023
30:31
chuck and uh no excuse
30:32
SPEAKER_00: me 2022
30:40
SPEAKER_00: 2022 Choconut.
30:42
So she's got experience on this race,
30:45
knows the course,
30:46
knows what it takes to do well.
30:48
SPEAKER_00: I think she's got a strong chance to win.
30:49
SPEAKER_00: I think her fitness is looking really, really good.
30:51
SPEAKER_00: Claire Rhodes, all the same reasons that I just mentioned.
30:55
SPEAKER_00: She's super good at these type of races.
30:57
She set the course record last year,
31:00
got second at Broken Arrow,
31:02
46K,
31:03
and second at Kodiak.
31:04
SPEAKER_00: Went over to OCC, didn't have the day she wanted.
31:06
SPEAKER_00: And she also got second at the Big Alt at 28K, actually.
31:09
SPEAKER_00: Um, went over to OCC, didn't quite have the day that she wanted.
31:12
SPEAKER_00: Uh,
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SPEAKER_00: but,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: she's really both,
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SPEAKER_00: both her and her partner,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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are really good and really can trace in are really good and
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really consistent racers.
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Uh,
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and I respect that and am impressed by their racing results,
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um,
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consistently.
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SPEAKER_00: So I'll be cheering for both of them.
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I think people from Alaska are,
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are tough and hardy breed looking at Sarah Beal.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, she has, um,
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um let's see most recently results dead horse ultra 50 miler
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first place pike's
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peak marathon she got second last year uh tamal pie headlands
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third place quad rock
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25 fourth place and gorge waterfalls uh she got first um and so
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i think she's got a
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SPEAKER_00: really good chance for a former jfk winner former
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uh what else does she want yeah former JFK winner um so she's
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got that leg speed um
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I don't always think of her as a more or the most technical
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runner but she
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definitely has that really superior leg speed um and let me see
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if she has any UTMB
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results I'm missing Gorge 50k from last year Black Canons DNF
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from last year
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SPEAKER_00: Javelina DNF so that's the big thing I'm hesitant about
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SPEAKER_00: Just looking at her most recent UTMB results.
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SPEAKER_00: So Black Canyon 2024 DNF, Javelina 2023 DNF, Black Canyon 2023 DNF.
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SPEAKER_00: So she is super fast.
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SPEAKER_00: And if she finishes, she...
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SPEAKER_00: is typically going to be in top five in any race that she races in.
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SPEAKER_00: The only thing I hesitate with is that she tends to DNF.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know if she DNF Chuck or not because it's a shorter event,
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SPEAKER_00: but she tends to DNF some of the longer,
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SPEAKER_00: more competitive stuff.
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SPEAKER_00: So it makes me a little hesitant to pick her for a win.
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SPEAKER_00: And that's Sarah Biel that we're talking about.
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SPEAKER_00: Next racer on the list is going to be Jade Bellsberg.
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SPEAKER_00: Jade,
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SPEAKER_00: Canadian athlete,
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SPEAKER_00: made the Canadian mountain running team at least one,
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SPEAKER_00: if not two,
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SPEAKER_00: the past world championship years.
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SPEAKER_00: Last year, she got third or fourth place at Chuckanut.
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um and she's coming over with nicodemus de la rosa her partner
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um former barclay
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marathon finisher which is pretty awesome um last year jade
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raced and she got
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SPEAKER_00: second place excuse me second place behind clear to though um
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SPEAKER_00: Jade has some really good speed, and she has really good range.
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SPEAKER_00: She can kind of race long and short stuff, and I was surprised.
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SPEAKER_00: I thought of her as more of an ultra runner,
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SPEAKER_00: but she raced some really short,
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SPEAKER_00: fast stuff and did really,
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SPEAKER_00: really good last year.
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SPEAKER_00: Looking at last year, she did a White East Trail Fest, got first.
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SPEAKER_00: Broken Arrow Skyrace, 23K, second place.
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SPEAKER_00: Broken Arrow VK, ninth place.
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Uh,
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she got,
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she raised canyons and got ninth and a hundred K checking out
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second place.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, so I thought of her as more of a long ultra distance runner.
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SPEAKER_00: And I think she even made a comment about it or post about it too.
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But coming back in these short and fast races,
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like she really smoked it last year.
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Um,
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and I think she is a pretty solid block for top,
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top five,
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if not top three.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, I think she has the potential to win this race.
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SPEAKER_00: I just don't know.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know that I put her
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white up there with jasmine claire and claire roads and claire
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de vogue excuse me
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so that's three people uh two different claires i didn't i
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didn't think about that
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but i think that jade i actually probably will go back on my on
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my ward and i think
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jade could legitimately win this race um so i wouldn't be
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surprised at all she's a
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solid pick for top five i think she will 100 get points and
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yeah and just a cool
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racer she also has a Substack that i subscribe to um and read
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and would recommend uh
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SPEAKER_00: i like her writing it's enjoyable and
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SPEAKER_00: And we definitely recommend supporting her on that front.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one on the list is going to be Addie Bracey for Nike Trail Athlete,
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SPEAKER_00: has been in the ultra running space for quite some time.
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SPEAKER_00: Looking at Addie's results most recently,
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SPEAKER_00: she raced,
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I did not know she raced UTMB the full distance last year and
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got 27th in 30 hours.
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SPEAKER_00: She raced at Canyons 100K last year, 14th, chucking up 50K last year.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, Choconaut 50K last year got sixth place.
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SPEAKER_00: And then CCC the year before, Speed Goat, Kanon's 100K.
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SPEAKER_00: So curious to see.
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She still had some good results as recently as 2023 with her
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third place at Speed Goat,
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SPEAKER_00: her fifth place at Kanon's 100K,
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SPEAKER_00: and then the year before her first place at Speed Goat.
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SPEAKER_00: So yeah, curious to see where Addy Bracey's Fitness is at.
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SPEAKER_00: Still, I mean, Addy's been in the sport for a really long time.
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SPEAKER_00: Definitely a super well-respected name and somebody to look out for.
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You know,
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went top 10 at Chuckanut,
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won sixth place at Chuckanut last year.
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SPEAKER_00: So also won Tushers, 70K, and yeah, not missing anything else.
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SPEAKER_00: So Addy Bracey, somebody to look out for.
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SPEAKER_00: I think Addy could easily be in that 5-10 spot.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: if I see Addy going in the top five,
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SPEAKER_00: next one is Claire Deveau,
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SPEAKER_00: a previous winner of Chuckanut,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: won it last year in four 13,
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SPEAKER_00: and then also followed it up with a gorge 30 case sec third place rather.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, and then didn't really race for the rest of the year.
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So I think she's coming over from a collegiate running background,
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if I'm not mistaken.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: So she's got that leg speed,
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SPEAKER_00: is real fast,
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SPEAKER_00: and we'll be curious to see if she can repeat the win.
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SPEAKER_00: Some other names to look out for on the female side.
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SPEAKER_00: I think Sarah Carter, Jenny Quilty, and Barrett Gray.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, are all people worth mentioning?
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SPEAKER_00: So Sarah Carter athlete from Boulder.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh,
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SPEAKER_00: she had some good results last year,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: younger 26 and looking at her 2024 in order broken arrow VK 15th.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh,
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SPEAKER_00: so stacked field over there,
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SPEAKER_00: super competitive broken arrow,
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SPEAKER_00: 23 K nine place of top 10 over there.
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uh and then her other two races she basically only raced super
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duper competitive uh
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headlands 27k so that was a golden trail event you'll remember
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14th place which
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doesn't sound like much but when you're talking about golden
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trail world series
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14th place in that stack of the field pretty impressive at age
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25 and then also
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SPEAKER_00: mammoth 26k elevation didn't do quite as well 23rd place over there
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SPEAKER_00: So she basically picked the four most competitive sub ultra,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: events in the U S on the trail and,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: kudos to her for sticking her nose in some really good competition,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: and still,
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SPEAKER_00: and probably learning a lot and also still having really good results.
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SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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ninth at 20 of the broken arrow at the 23 K and 15th of the VK
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and 14th at headlands,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: that race was blazing fast.
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SPEAKER_00: So I think Sarah Carter's a sleeper.
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SPEAKER_00: I think she could easily be
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in that top five I think she's a little dark horse I don't know
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if she's I'm not
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saying a little dark horse I think she's a dark horse you
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should watch um Jenny
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Quilty another one Canadian athlete for Norda um has gone just
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outside the top 10
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at Western States in 11th two years ago last year Jenny Quilty
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raced Black Canyon
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60k got fourth and Gorge 100k and got sixth so not as much
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racing I don't know if
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SPEAKER_00: she's bad from an injury um but curious to see how she does I could see
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SPEAKER_00: Her, she has raced Chuckanut in 2022 and got ninth place.
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SPEAKER_00: A lot of racing in BC and a lot of the BC events.
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SPEAKER_00: And then, yeah, a lot of racing in BC basically.
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So I'm curious to see where her fitness is at and how she's
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going to bounce back to form.
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SPEAKER_00: Those 005 Nordos look sweet.
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So maybe a little bit of an advantage racing in those really
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cool looking shoes.
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SPEAKER_00: Last one I mentioned, Barrett Gray.
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SPEAKER_00: She got seventh two years ago at Chuckanut.
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SPEAKER_00: And I think she's a recent signee from Brooks.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: I think,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: she knows the course,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: could have some good results looking at her results last year from 2024.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, so she, she raced, uh, run, Robert run and got third place.
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I'm pretty sure in front of Leah Yingling,
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which is really impressive in 2141.
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SPEAKER_00: She did a broken arrow 46 K and got eight, uh, Tillamook burn.
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SPEAKER_00: She got the win in the 50 K and yeah, 2043.
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SPEAKER_00: She got seventh at Chuck and not.
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SPEAKER_00: So
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SPEAKER_00: I think she's definitely somebody to watch.
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SPEAKER_00: Recent Brooks signee, really good results from last year, Broken Arrow.
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SPEAKER_00: I mean, 46K, top 10, that's looking real good.
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SPEAKER_00: I think she's somebody to look out for.
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I think her and Sarah Carter are somebody to look out for in
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that like 4th through 6th area.
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SPEAKER_00: So that covers up the female side.
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SPEAKER_00: On my female side, I think I am going with...
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SPEAKER_00: Jasmine Louther for the win.
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SPEAKER_00: Claire Rhodes in second place.
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SPEAKER_00: Claire DeVoe in third place.
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SPEAKER_00: Jade Bellsberg in fourth place.
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SPEAKER_00: And Sarah Beal in fifth place.
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SPEAKER_00: Once again, I'm subject to change.
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SPEAKER_00: People right on the bubble that I think are solid four through eight.
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SPEAKER_00: I think Sarah Carter will be up there.
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I think that Barrett Gray will be in that mix and potentially
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Addy Bracey as well.
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SPEAKER_00: So that covers the preview for Chuckanut 50K.
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SPEAKER_00: This is Tuesday, March 11th.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm hoping to get this out tonight.
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So that way you got plenty of time to ponder over your picks
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for Chuckanut 50K and
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SPEAKER_00: hopefully get a nice top 10 spot,
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SPEAKER_00: bump you back up,
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SPEAKER_00: bump you up.
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SPEAKER_00: on the leaderboard.
40:35
SPEAKER_00: And hopefully I can get bumped into the top 10 on the leaderboard.
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SPEAKER_00: That'd be sweet.
40:39
SPEAKER_00: Looking at the upcoming events, I'm super excited for the big Alta.
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SPEAKER_00: And also Chianti, I guess, is the same weekend as well.
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SPEAKER_00: Those are both going to be amazing races to talk about.
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SPEAKER_00: Chianti, I mean, if...
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SPEAKER_00: If Killian can make it,
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SPEAKER_00: you're looking at Killian,
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SPEAKER_00: Killian,
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SPEAKER_00: Jim,
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SPEAKER_00: Andreas Ryder,
40:57
SPEAKER_00: Vincent Bouillard,
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SPEAKER_00: Zach Gardner.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, just all kinds of guys.
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SPEAKER_00: And then on the female side,
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SPEAKER_00: not quite as deep as our Garcia,
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SPEAKER_00: Abby Hall,
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SPEAKER_00: Fiona,
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SPEAKER_00: Pascal,
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SPEAKER_00: Lynn Chin is on the list.
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SPEAKER_00: But I feel like Lynn Chin's name was on every golden ticket race.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know if they're actually be racing.
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uh,
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Fabioli Conti,
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Arroyo,
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Arroyo,
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Arroyo CO,
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um,
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and just a handful of other racers.
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Um,
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and then looking at the big Alta,
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I mean,
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the big Alta is going to be sweet.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm super excited.
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Um,
41:29
that's guys mentioned me talking to Debo,
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uh,
41:31
to try to talk about picks potentially.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, so we'll see if that pans out.
41:35
SPEAKER_00: That'd be awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: If not, I don't really want to be pushy.
41:37
SPEAKER_00: I'm not a pushy person.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, but that would be like a dream come true.
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SPEAKER_00: Looking at big Alta 50k, Mary Denholm, David Roach, Eli Hemming,
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SPEAKER_00: Sylvie Abel, Tabor Hemming, Ryan Becker, Keely Henniger, Preston Cates.
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SPEAKER_00: Haven't seen him in a while.
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Andrew Bumbelow,
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Elliot Cardin,
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Remy LaRue,
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Canyon Woodward,
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Brett Hornig,
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Lindsey Allison.
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SPEAKER_00: So the list goes on and on.
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SPEAKER_00: Super excited to preview those two.
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And I'll probably have to do a combo episode to get both of
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those out for next week.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's something to look forward to.
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SPEAKER_00: In the meantime, super excited to be back.
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SPEAKER_00: And talking about trail racing,
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SPEAKER_00: drop me your picks or anything that you think I got right or wrong.
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SPEAKER_00: Feel free to comment on Substack or any feedback possible.
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SPEAKER_00: And in the meantime, I look forward to the next one.
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SPEAKER_00: And thank you as always for listening.
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SPEAKER_00: See you.