2026 Cocodona 250 Preview | Analysis, Storylines, Predictions
4/28/20261 hr 47 min
Finn Melanson, Brett Hornig, and Leah Yingling provide in-depth analysis, commentary, and predictions for the competition at this year’s Cocodona 250.
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Welcome back or welcome to the Singletrack Podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and this is the preview episode for the 2026 Cocodona 250, a race that has quickly evolved over the last five years into one of the most compelling and important events for the North American ultra community. I'm joined, as usual, on this one by Brett Hornig and Leah Yingling. We talk about the history of the race, the evolution of strategy here, and the overall, uh, thought process in the multi-day scene. Talk about the course, the men's and the women's fields, our predictions. I am so excited. Looking at this men's field as I speak, just a few names that, uh, we do, we do touch on, but I think just deserve additional shout-outs here, if we didn't cover them a ton. Ryan Clifford, Joe McConaughy, Adam Kimball, Jeff Browning, Versteeg, Max Jolliff, Jeff Garameia, Zach Hauer, Kilian Khorh, McKnight, Cody Poskin, DJ Fox, Jeff Pelletier, Eder Ramirez. It's a great lineup. On the women's side, Courtney Dauwalter, Rachel Entrickin, Mika Thews, Megan Eckert, Heather Jackson, Lindsay Dwyer, Lila Godreau, Holly Stables, Lauren Jones, Stephanie Rozbaugh, Manuela Vilaseca, and Sally McRae. So yeah, just a compelling race across both fields. We recorded this one on April 23rd, about 11 days pre-race. We did talk about the weather forecast, but I ultimately removed it from this episode because the projections have changed dramatically since then. Other than that, before we get started, thanks to Precision Fuel and Hydration.