Jeff Browning | Cocodona, High Lonesome, & Colorado Trail FKT Attempt

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Dylan Bowman

Ultrarunning, Training, Wellness, Endurance, Health, Running, Commentary, Trailrunning, Sports, Run

5 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Browning is an ultrarunning legend living in Flagstaff, AZ. He is one of the all-time winningest 100 mile racers and, at 53 years old, still competes at the highest level in the sport. This coming Sunday, Jeff will begin what he characterizes as the project of a lifetime -- an FKT attempt on the Colorado Trail. We talk about the preparation for the attempt and Jeff's motivation for the project. We also talk about Jeff's races at Cocodona 250 and High Lonesome 100.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	free trail fam welcome back to the podcast of course i am your host dylan bowman and today we welcome
0:20.7	jeff browning back to the show je Of course, I am your host, Dylan Bowman, and today we welcome Jeff
0:21.1	Browning back to the show. Jeff is, of course, a legend and an icon of the sport in his third
0:27.7	decade competing at the highest level with no signs of slowing down anytime soon. But even with so
0:34.0	much experience, Jeff, by his own description is on the doorstep of the adventure
0:38.7	of a lifetime, an FKT attempt on the Colorado Trail, the roughly 500-mile route connecting
0:46.2	Denver and Durango.
0:48.3	Jeff is beginning his attempt this coming Sunday, August 18th.
0:52.6	And in addition to being a great athlete, of course,
0:55.7	Jeff is also a great character. So this project provided the perfect excuse to get them back
1:02.3	on the show for a really fun conversation. In addition to spending a lot of time talking about
1:07.3	the record attempt itself, we also chat about some of the stuff that Jeff has been up to this season,
1:12.1	including his dramatic second place finish at the Kokadona 250 in the spring and his fourth place
1:18.1	finished just a few weeks ago at the High Lonesome 100 in Colorado. As usual, Jeff has so much gold to
1:25.0	share, some of which is kind of counterintuitive, or at least contrary to some of the stuff we've been talking about recently on the show.
1:33.3	And I know you will enjoy it.
1:34.9	Suffice it to say a convo with Bronco Billy never disappoints.
1:39.9	Before we get to it, importantly, Jeff is doing this FKT for a very cool purpose.
1:44.4	He's partnered up with the Warrior Trail Foundation to raise money for military veterans
1:49.2	confronting challenges like PTSD, survivors guilt, and physical disability using the great
1:56.3	sport of trail running as an important part of that rehabilitation and amazing cause that we can all
2:02.4	get behind. I put a link in the show notes of today's episodes. So if you feel inspired by Jeff
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