About this episode

Zach Bitter discusses the Cocodona 250 Mile event and its impact on the running community.

Cocodona 250 Mile had all the ingredients to go viral beyond the world of running. I dive into the variables that led to it, what we are learning around the weight of certain performance variables like running ability and durability, and why the event has a polarizing aspect to it. Episode Sponsors: ProBio: probionutrition.com/endurance Code: Endurance (20% Off) LMNT: drinkLMNT.com/HPO (free sample pack with purchase) deltaG: deltagketones.com Code: BITTER20 (20% Off) Podcast Details: Support HPO: zachbitter.com/hposponsors HPO Website: zachbitter.com/hpo Zach's Coaching: zachbitter.com/coaching Zach's Journal: substack.com/@zachbitter Find Zach: zachbitter.com | IG: @zachbitter | X: @zbitter | FB: Zach Bitter | Strava: Zach Bitter

People in this episode

Host: Zach Bitter

Topics covered

• Cocodona 250
• running performance
• durability
• polarizing events
• sports news

Keywords

• Cocodona 250
• running
• performance variables
• durability
• sports

Sponsors

ProBio, LMNT, deltaG

Mentioned in this episode

Products: probionutrition.com/endurance, drinkLMNT.com/HPO, deltagketones.com

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