Conclusion

This race is kind of nuts, isn’t it. It’s been over 24hrs that the first finishers of the Cocodona 250 arrived at Heritage Square in Flagstaff and now, on Thursday night we still have more runners out on the course as finishers who completed this race. Of course, this journey folks put themselves on is tremendous, a huge achievement, and triumph to even attempt something like this. It’s commendable, it’s worthy of praise and lots and lots of Strava Kudos. But, with that said, this event does feel like, as much as is was created as the ultimate challenge for runners (and set as a direct response to Destination Trail’s 200 mile event successes) it was also one of the first big events that was created with the media coverage in mind. A event for runners and for spectators. And as I have loved covering it from afar I must say it’s hard to stick with it. Many of the folks I chat with online have moved on from the actual action on the course to debating logistics, behind the scenes business, or quite frankly already the next event on the calendar. And yes, if you know someone still out there battling you are still investing, I don’t begrudge you this and I cheer you on from afar. But from my end, at my current attention span level, I must admit I need a break.

Posted: 8 May 25 9:09 pm PST