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Courtney Dauwalter: Chianti Pivot, Marathon Lessons + Cocodona Redemption

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

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

5.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Courtney Dauwalter returns to the Singletrack Podcast ahead of her second attempt at Cocodona 250, the race she started last year and didn't finish, to talk through everything that has happened in between. We open with the Tenerife cancellation and the scramble to pivot to Chianti, including the late surge that won the race and why she credits road marathon training for giving her a new gear she didn't know she had. From there we get into her first real reset in her ultra career, what went ...

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hydration, the official nutrition partner of the show. Here is the situation. Over the next

0:27.7

few weeks, I am introducing longer runs into my rotation for a few bigger projects on my summer

0:32.9

list. We're talking four, five, six hour outings. And one of my go-to products in the field will be precision's 300 gram flow gel pouches.

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without adding more water.

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So sometimes I'll bring their flow gel bottles with me too, and I'll put 120 grams-ish in each,

1:04.9

and it makes hourly consumption super easy to track too.

1:08.3

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and hydration planner. I have a link for it in our show notes, and that is going to get you squared away

1:16.6

planning-wise for your next big race too. And if you end up getting some product, feel free to use

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code single track for a nice discount at checkup. According to Walter, it's great to have you back

1:26.9

on the single track podcast. How are you doing today? I'm doing great, it's great to have you back on the single track podcast.

1:28.5

How are you doing today? I'm doing great. It's good to see you. Great to be here. And I think we start

1:34.7

with Tenerife slash Kianti. When Tenerife got canceled due to extreme weather earlier this year,

1:40.2

was your first instinct to take the week off and restart?

1:44.5

Was it to immediately start looking for something new?

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