Tove's Zegama Statement, Snowdonia and Rothrock Results, + Tahoe 200's Big Return (Singletrack News)
5/18/202647 min
The trail running world never sleeps! We cover race results from Zegama, Snowdonia, Ultra-Trail Australia, and Rothrock, the return of the original, single-loop course for the Tahoe 200, Caleb Olson's foray into full-time ultrarunning, and the latest from Satisfy's marketing playbook.
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First 90 secondsFinn Melanson· Host0:01
This is the Monday, May 18th edition of Singletrack News, joined by Alisa Clark. And Alisa, I have a question for you.
Alisa Clark· Host0:06
Let's go.
Finn Melanson· Host0:08
Given that it's May 18th, the final day of the Cocodona Lottery, I must ask, is your name in said lottery?
Alisa Clark· Host0:14
[chuckles] You s- you surprised me on that one. [laughs] Uh, no. No, it's not. I did notice that, and I thought about it for a second. [sighs] Not quite ready to go back to 200s yet. We'll see. I also brought it up to my husband, and if you watch "The Office," you know the scene with Michael Scott where he goes, "No. God, no. No." [laughs] That is basically his reaction to 200s. I think I scarred him. So it is not. Is yours?
Finn Melanson· Host0:43
Yeah, it's there. It's, it's, it's there.
Alisa Clark· Host0:45
Ah, nice. Okay.
Finn Melanson· Host0:47
It's there for sure. Yeah. I mean, uh, I remember, like, all-- when the Cocodona livestream was going on, uh, you know, Jules and I were watching together, and she just-- On the third day, she was like, "You know, Finn, you've been really sad these past few days. Like, I have never seen you experience FOMO in your life." And I really don't have FOMO. I actually typically, uh... What's the opposite of FOMO? FOBI, fear of being included. I experience fear- [chuckles] ... of being included. That is what I experience. But I experienced FOMO at Cocodona this year, and, um, she's like, "We gotta go back." And so I think I was a little sad- Aw ... that I wasn't there. So, uh, I'm gonna, I'm gonna try to get back in. But I, I think based on all this, um, your work on the livestream, Rachel Entrick in blowing the doors off this event,