In her Cocodona 250 debut on Monday, ultrarunning celebrity Courtney Dauwalter began sturdy, discovering herself in first total by mile 77.2 (124.2 km). However on Tuesday morning, she ended up recording a uncommon DNF, reportedly as a result of extreme abdomen points.
“Effectively, shoot–Court docket completed her run this morning at mile 108,” her workforce wrote on Instagram. “She’s doing effective and really grateful for all of the cheers each in individual and from afar. Thanks for being a part of our workforce!”
Issues had been trying promising for Dauwalter within the first third of the race–she overtook the ladies’s chief nicely earlier than mile 36.5 (58.7 km), and was main outright upon reaching Whiskey Row at mile 77.2 (124.2 km). “Excited to be out right here,” the 40-year-old mentioned round mile 12.5 (20.1 km). “Tremendous cool. Up to now, loving it.” On Tuesday morning, she pulled off the course at Mingus Mountain, after tackling 174 km.
Her exit from the race leaves Dan Inexperienced main the lads and total, and Rachel Entrekin, final 12 months’s winner, in third total with a crushing main over the ladies’s subject.
Dauwalter, the undisputed GOAT of ultra-trail, got here in as a serious headliner for this 12 months’s occasion; she introduced her plans in January after years of dominating the 100-mile distance. She earned the “Triple Crown” in 2023, profitable Western States, Hardrock and UTMB within the span of about 9 weeks.
The Hopkins, Minn., native hadn’t run a race over 200 miles for the reason that 2020 Huge’s Yard Extremely–though she received the Moab 240 outright in 2017, and was the primary lady and second total finisher at Tahoe 200 in 2018.
Her first 250-mile try comes simply over a month after setting the course document at Crown King Scramble 50K.
The Cocodona 250 is an annual ultramarathon by way of the center of Arizona; this 12 months’s occasion is being held from Might 5 to 10. The course follows a 250-mile (402.5 km) route from Black Canyon Metropolis to Flagstaff, beginning within the desert and climbing 10,000 toes (3,048 m) within the first 50 km. It was the brainchild of Aravaipa Operating’s Jamil Coury and Anthony Culpepper as a technique to create a difficult route linking a lot of their favorite Arizona cities and trails, and traversing mountains, valleys, ponderosa pine forests, desert grasslands, lakes and distinctive rock formations.