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UTMB’s Utah Expansion, Prize Purse Rush, and Global Series Shakeups (Singletrack News)

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

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

5.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This is the February 9th, 2026 edition of Singletrack News. Timestamps: 01:28 Golden Trail World Series Schedule Announcement05:44 Sky Running Series Announcement09:17 Tarawera 102K12:54 New UTMB Race at Snowbasin17:25 David Goggins signs up for Cocodona19:31 Debate on Pacer-Free Golden Tickets22:41 Diadorra's Sub Four Mile Challenge Announcement25:33 Prize Money News27:56 Open Athlete Manager role at The Feed30:58 Courtney Dauwalter to Naak33:56 Jennifer Lichter, Adam Merry, Meg McKenzie m...

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0:00.0

This episode of the show is brought to you by Norda, the official footwear partner of single track.

0:04.4

Look, I test about 25 to 30 shoes every single year from all the major trail running brands in our sport,

0:10.8

and I still keep coming back to Norda's 005 model for race day. Why? Simply put, it is the latest,

0:18.4

fastest, most stable super shoe ever created for our sport,

0:21.7

nor does not just take the tech conventions from road running and apply them to the trail.

0:25.9

Instead, they have developed a highly responsive and stable shoe with super critical foam

0:30.9

that caters to the specific surface demands that our community races on.

0:35.7

That's it.

0:36.5

At Wormat Buffalo Run last year, as well as

0:38.4

Kocodona, had breakthrough performances at both. Don't just take my word for it. Go check out

0:43.1

their athlete roster to see what else is up. They're all rocking it. Anyways, norderrun.com. Don't

0:48.3

wait. This is single track news, February 9th, 2026 edition. I'm fired up for this one. As always, joined by Alyssa Clark.

0:57.0

Alyssa, how are you doing today? I'm doing great. Got my long run in. Now, after this,

1:03.1

going to cheer on the Patriots, and I'm assuming you're also a Patriots fan. There's only one team

1:07.9

to cheer for us. Everyone hate us. Yeah. Just hate us.

1:12.4

I love it.

1:13.4

I don't have enough fingers for all my rings.

1:18.0

Top headline for this episode, Golden Trail World Series schedule finally announced.

1:23.1

That is an editorialized comment there, finally.

1:25.7

Golden Trail World Series recently announced their 26th schedule, five returns,

1:29.8

races like Zagama and Sears and all, three new additions, including Quebec Megatrail,

1:34.9

three events in Asia, including the series finale in South Korea.

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