Is It Fair to Change a Race Course After Selling Out? Snowdonia Drama + JFK 50’s Future (Singletrack News)

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this week’s edition of Singletrack News, controversy erupts around the Ultra-Trail Snowdonia 100K after organizers announced a major course change - which removes roughly 2,000 meters of climbing from the originally advertised route - after the race had already sold out. We also discuss the uncertain future of the historic JFK 50 Mile, which could relocate from Washington County, Maryland, for the first time in more than 60 years after the county ended hotel-tax funding that traditio...

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0:00.0	The single track podcast is brought to you by Norda, makers of my favorite trail-winning super shoes,
0:04.7	including the 005, and maybe you've seen it out there in the wild at this point, the 0-0-5.
0:10.3	In fact, my good friend, Jimmy Elam, just took the win at the old Pueblo 50,
0:15.5	punching his ticket to the Angeles Crest 100 this past weekend in a fresh pair.
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0:28.6	Go check out the rest of the product line, norda run.com. Also thanks to precision, fuel,
0:33.8	and hydration, the official nutrition partner of the show. This past weekend, I took down
0:37.2	105 grams per hour of a mixture of their PF-90 gels and their pH-1500 electrolyte mix
0:43.6	that also included a dose of carbs in there. This strategy fueled me to a five-plus-minute PR at the
0:48.8	LA Marathon. Now I'm pivoting towards training for the Scout Mountain 100 in June. I'm thinking
0:53.6	about adjustments for that one. I'll probably go back to the drawing board a bit in the nutrition planner, which, by the way, if you have a race coming up, go check it out at the link in our bio. Super helpful in dialing in your nutrition plan. Thanks again to precision. We're back. This is the Monday, March 9th edition of Single Track News, joined by-host Alyssa Clark. Alyssa, how are you doing
1:12.2	today? I'm doing well. It is 70s and sunny, as always, so having a blast. And yeah, how are you
1:21.3	feeling today after an eventful weekend, we'll say? First time back in Los Angeles in just over 15 years. It was great. I did the LA
1:31.5	marathon, got to go into a totally different arena, totally different sport, got a taste of the
1:38.5	marathon scene. It was pretty cool. It was cool to go for a place it is notorious for traffic
1:44.0	and it being an adventure to get from point to point B. It was cool to go for a place it is notorious for traffic and it being an adventure to get
1:45.8	from point A to Point B. It was cool to see a city shut down so we could run across it. So that was
1:51.0	cool. I love that. And also you came away with a shiny new PR of...
1:57.7	I broke 240, just barely. Seconds to spare, 2.39.29.
2:02.2	And I'll take that into a summer schedule that is cappedoned by a rivalry with my frenemy, Mike McMonicle.
2:08.4	We're racing at the Scout Mountain 100 and Bear 100.
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