Joe McConaughy | Cocodona 250 Win, Long Trail FKTs, Coaching Ultra Runners

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Finn Melanson

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

5 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Joe McConaughy is a professional trail runner for Brooks Running based in Seattle, WA.Timestamps:(4:05) - collegiate running background(8:42) - factors that led to running dedication(10:24) - training in Seattle, WA(13:59) - coaching business(15:17) - what it's like to be "all-in" on running(18:20) - lessons from coaching runners(24:09) - intro to long trails, Pacific Crest Trail FKT(27:09) - biggest takeaways form PCT, AT,...

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0:00.0	Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track podcast.
0:04.0	I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this episode we talked with Joe McConahe,
0:08.0	a professional trail runner for Brooks based in Seattle, Washington.
0:12.0	We get into the details of his win at the Kokadona 250 earlier this month.
0:17.0	We dig into his experience in the Long Trail FKT scene.
0:21.1	We get some insights into his coaching work and much more.
0:24.6	Let's get right into it. Welcome Joe.
0:27.6	All right, Joe McConaughey. Welcome to the Single Track podcast.
0:32.6	Wooop. Thanks for having me.
0:34.6	Second best excitement I've seen on the podcast.
0:38.3	The first was Scott Treyer after he won or got second at Black Kid and he gave the
0:42.0	Woot Wood as well.
0:43.0	Well, Scott will always want up me and I met Scott on an Iceland vacation running trip
0:49.2	in 2016.
0:51.5	That's awesome.
0:52.2	15.
0:53.2	Okay, maybe we'll talk about that later in the show.
0:55.7	But anyways, I am super excited about this conversation because in a lot of ways, in my
1:01.5	opinion, you represent a new type of elite athlete in our sport with not just the advent
1:06.5	of 200s in your background in the FKT scene, but you have range across a lot of distances.
1:12.2	So that, and we haven't spent nearly enough time on this show analyzing the Long Trail
1:17.2	FKT stuff, so this is going to be good.
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