Why Jamil Coury Is More Excited About Running Than Ever — And It's Not What You Think

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Finn Melanson

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

5 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Jamil Coury joins the show to talk about the reasons behind his renewed passion for running, some inner workings of the Cocodona 250, various eras of Aravaipa Running, and his relatively recent acquisition of Ultrarunning Magazine. Timestamps:(0:50) - Chipotle Challenge(13:35) - Cocodona 250(37:51) - Reflecting On Eras Of Aravaipa Running(92:57) - Ultrarunning MagazinePartners:Naak - use code SINGLETRACK20 at checkout on th...

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0:00.0	Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this
0:05.2	episode, I am joined by Jamil Curry, founder, CEO of Aerovite by Running, though to this audience,
0:11.1	I would be shocked if he has anything less than 100% name recognition. Jamil and I talk about
0:17.6	the reasons behind his renewed passion for running, some inside baseball by the Kokadona 250, some retrospectives on the building of his event company, and a little bit of time spent on his relatively recent acquisition of Ultra Running magazine.
0:31.6	One thing to note, my recording software prematurely cut off the end of this conversation. You'll notice Jamil riffing on his 2025 plans and then it cuts.
0:41.8	Sorry about that.
0:42.8	Otherwise, this was a lot of fun and I am sure you will enjoy it just as much as I did.
0:47.4	With that, let's get started.
0:50.3	Jamil Curry, it is a pleasure to finally have you on the single track podcast and
0:54.7	interview form.
0:55.7	How are you doing today?
0:56.7	Doing great.
0:57.7	How are you, fan?
0:58.7	I'm good.
0:59.7	And I think we got to start here because there are some really interesting current
1:05.3	events going on in your life.
1:07.1	And we were talking, we had a phone call the other day and you mentioned this Chipotle challenge that has totally captivated you for the past few weeks.
1:15.1	For listeners that aren't tuned in, what is this challenge and why has it kind of restoked
1:21.1	your running life?
1:23.9	Yeah, it's like taken over my life, essentially.
1:26.7	And I'm trying to figure out why and what exactly this is for me.
1:33.5	But it's essentially a month-long challenge on a Strava segment where if you become the local legend, by the end of the month, you win a year's worth of Chipotle, which ends up
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