Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host Finn Melanson and in this

episode we're joined by Rachel Drake, a professional trail runner for Nike based in Portland,

Oregon ahead of her race at the Black Canyon 100K on February 10th. In this conversation, we talk about

using the road marathon as a vehicle for trail speed, collaborating with competitors

to reach your potential, the appeal of Black Canyon and a golden ticket to Western

States, compartmentalizing her running career and her experience in the Hong Kong

trail scene last month. Before we get started though, thank you to NAC for supporting the show.

NAC is the official nutrition partner of SingleTrak.

You've heard we talk a lot about their mission, their products, and why I'm into what they're doing.

But one thing I haven't talked a lot about that I'm pretty excited on are their race-specific nutrition quizzes.

These exist on their website, NAC.com.

And, you know, with races like Black Canyon 100K on the near horizon, you can take

these quizzes, enter all your relevant information like height, weight, sweat rate, and race day

goals, and it formulates a nutrition plan right down to the precise aid stations on each of

these courses. It's awesome. Go check it out for yourself. Again, the website is knack.com. And while you're there,

if you end up buying some product, feel free to use code single track 15 at checkout for 15%

off your next order. With that, let's get started. Rachel Drake, it is great to have you on

the single track podcast. How are you doing today? I'm doing great. I'm excited to be here. It's great to have you on the single track podcast. How are you doing today? I'm doing great.

I'm excited to be here. It's great to have you here. And there is a lot to talk about with

regard to the Black Canyon 100K. But I also have an assortment of questions sort of about like

your last few months of training and racing and overall outlook on the sport. I think the first thing I'm interested to learn more about is the way you characterize

to CIM.

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