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2022 UTMB Preview | Analysis, Storylines, Predictions

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

Wilderness, Sports, Trail Running, Ultramarathon, Ultra Running, Running, News, Sports News, Mountain Running, Ultrarunning

5.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I am joined by Brett Hornig and Leah Yingling to preview the 2022 UTMB. We analyze the course, talk about what it's going to take to be successful, note some of the interesting storylines around the event, and yes, make our predictions for the female and male top-5 finishers this year. Note - this episode focuses exclusively on the women's and men's UTMB fields. We do not discuss TDS, CCC, or OCC. Not for lack of interest, but simply for lack of time. We decided it would b...

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0:00.0

Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson. In this episode,

0:05.3

I am joined by co-hosts Brett Hornig and Leah Yingling to preview the 2022 UTMB. We talk about our

0:13.1

favorite, most interesting storylines, and we analyze and make predictions for the men's and women's fields.

0:19.3

Note this episode focuses exclusively on the women's and men's fields. Note this episode focuses exclusively on the

0:22.0

women's and men's UTMB fields. We do not discuss TDS, CCC, or OCC. This is not for a lack of

0:29.4

interest, but simply for a lack of time. We decided it would be best to go deep on one race

0:35.7

instead of sparsely discuss all four.

0:39.2

Finally, thanks to gnarly nutrition for sponsoring this episode.

0:42.4

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0:48.0

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0:51.0

With that, let's get started.

0:53.6

All right, this is the UTMB pre-race analysis and

0:57.4

predictions episode. I'm joined by once again, Brett Hornig and Leah Yingling to cover all the topics.

1:05.9

Yeah, Leah, you're out in Cormeyer, Italy right now, so what's the vibe like?

1:10.0

Oh man, it is amazing out here.

1:11.9

I think I'm officially sold on making Cormier my pre-TNB hangout spot.

1:18.3

Not a lot of hype, but definitely a lot of good people hanging out here,

1:23.1

lots of good running to do.

1:24.9

And yeah, definitely sold on this environment. It's just incredible.

1:29.1

And I think TDS starts tonight at midnight. So I'm sure we'll start seeing a little bit more

1:33.7

hype here in the next couple hours. And knock on wood, you have a much coveted, solid

1:40.1

internet connection, too. We're making this happen. It's amazing. This is better than at home.

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