Final Cocodona Thoughts, Transvulcania Recap, Western States Updates (Singletrack News)
5/11/202653 min
Alyssa Clark is back in the co-host seat for this week's edition of Singletrack News. It's a bit of a non-traditional episode as we go longer and spend the first half trading thoughts on this year's Cocodona 250. After that, we go through a brief recap of Transvulcania, a preview of Zegama and other local and international races this coming weekend + our content and gear picks of the week.
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First 90 secondsFinn Melanson· Host0:00
This is the Monday, May 11th edition of Singletrack News, joined by Alyssa Clark, who is fresh off a masterful commentating experience at the Cocodona 250 this past week, which is its own ultra, I would say. How are you recovering from the job?
Alyssa Clark· Co-host0:16
Oh, gosh. Well, let's just say I had a seven-hour drive back yesterday, and I was quite excited to sit for a lot of that in silence or listening to podcasts that had very little to do with running.
Finn Melanson· Host0:31
[both chuckling] Well, here's the thing. So w- we, Brett Lee and I, midweek this past week, did sort of a quick reactions Cocodona recap episode. It was sort of after both the men's and women's podiums had finished up. But, like, there's-- I feel like there's still a lot to honor and talk about here, and absolutely wanted to get some of your takeaways. I have a few that I've developed in the past few days as well, but, um- Yeah, we can kind of riff off of, riff off each other, as we do. What is top of mind for you?
Alyssa Clark· Co-host1:02
Yeah. You know, I th- I feel like there's the obvious things where it's like m- course records broken, Rachel coming in first overall. I, I feel like those have been talked about quite a bit, so I want to pull back, I think, on the media side is something I really wanted to dive into. So I did have the chance to be on the commentating team for Mountain Outpost. I see a lot of the behind-the-scenes that's happening. The level of production