Cocodona 250 in 2026 and The Biggest Lessons: Belief, Strategy, and How to Save Your Race
About this episode
This episode discusses key lessons from the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon, focusing on belief, strategy, and race execution.
Cocodona 250 delivered some of the most inspiring performances in ultrarunning — and inside those performances are lessons every ultrarunner can use, whether you’re chasing a podium, a PR, or simply trying to reach the finish line. In this episode, I break down the biggest takeaways from this year’s Cocodona 250, including what Rachel Entrekin’s historic overall win and Kilian Korth’s men’s course record can teach us about belief, preparation, execution, and resilience in long ultras. Because in races this long, fitness matters — but it’s not the only thing that determines your result. Your mindset, aid station strategy, fueling plan, decision-making, and ability to problem-solve when everything goes wrong can be the difference between a breakthrough and a DNF. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why “unreasonable” goals might be the exact thing that help you level up How to pair big belief with the actions required to actually make it real The two biggest keys to faster, more efficient aid stations Why sometimes a calculated risk can save your entire race How to know when to fix a problem immediately versus keep moving Why you don’t have to eat real food in long ultras if your…
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