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The Next Great Ultrarunning Film? (The Chase: A Cocodona 250 Story)

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

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

5897 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes! In this episode, I'm joined by ultrarunning filmmaker Dylan Harris for a special conversation. Dylan is the director of an upcoming film called "The Chase", which tells the story of the epic six-way battle for victory at the 2024 Cocodona 250, featuring Jeff Browning, Harry Subertas, Michael Versteeg, Joe McConaughy, Arlen Glick, and Michael McKnight. We've had almost all of these guys on the pod before — some of my favori...

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0:00.0

Welcome back or welcome to the Single Trek podcast. I'm your host Finn Melanson, and in this episode,

0:05.7

I am joined by ultra-running filmmaker Dylan Harris for a special conversation. Dylan is the director

0:12.1

of an upcoming film called The Chase, which recounts the legendary six-way battle for victory at the

0:18.3

2024 Kokadona 250 between Jeff Browning, Harry Subbertus, Michael Versteeg,

0:24.5

Joe McConaug, Arlinglick, and Michael McKnight. We've had almost all of these guys on the pod before.

0:30.6

They are some of my favorite characters in the sport, and it was so cool to see how this movie

0:35.5

was able to show what the confluence of their personalities

0:38.9

and stylistic approaches would look like at a premier multi-day race like Kocodona.

0:45.5

This conversation with Dylan starts and finishes with some discussion about the feasibility

0:50.2

of making more content like this for the sport of ultra running, which was awesome.

0:54.7

But even more so, we spend the bulk of the time in the middle of this one going deep on each

1:00.1

of the characters in a way that I think adds another cool layer of perspective to the production.

1:06.2

Anyways, I know I'm being long-winded here, but another cool aspect of the chase is that there is a film tour attached to it.

1:13.6

And in fact, if you are local to the Salt Lake City, Park City area, the show is coming to town on March 30th at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.

1:22.6

I will absolutely be in attendance.

1:24.9

Head over to Aerevipe, their website to purchase your tickets to and

1:29.5

don't worry I'm gonna I'm gonna put that link in the show notes for you as well

1:33.0

Let's see what else we got here. Oh

1:35.0

Today is the day Norda officially launches their zero zero five model shoe. It is

1:41.5

It's so sick and speaking of coca dona it is the shoe that I will be using on race day there in May.

1:47.5

I am having a hard time thinking of any other shoe on the market that I would race in at basically any distance and on any terrain.

1:55.1

But this one checks all those boxes.

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