Courtney Dauwalter | Bandera Reflections, Career Trajectory, Pain Cave, Motivations

Courtney Dauwalter returns to the podcast to talk about Bandera, the moment she went all in on ultra running, whether she’s interested in returning to Barkley, and for the hometown listeners here in Salt Lake City, whether she will race the Wasatch 100 one day. Discounts: Rabbit - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://www.runinrabbit.com/ ) to get 20% off your next order Gnarly Nutrition - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://gognarly.com/ ) to get 20% off your next order HVMN - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website ( https://hvmn.com/SINGLETRACK20 ) to get 20% off your next order Timestamps: (2:00) - whether racing and the pain cave ever get easier, more routine (4:56) - challenges at Bandera (6:29) - whether improvement is felt in training in addition to race results (8:03) - racing intuitively (10:52) - Salomon discussion (13:06) - what she attributes leveling up in 2016-2017 to (17:39) - driving force to go full-time as an ultrarunner (20:54) - mentorship (22:12) - reducing training, racing load in recent years (25:01) - UTMB (27:42) - whether she will return to Barkley Links: Follow Courtney on Instagram Follow Finn on Instagram and Strava Additional Episodes You May Enjoy: #174 - Courtney Dauwalter | 2023 Bandera 100K Pre-Race Interview #54 - Garrett Heath | Switch To Trail Running, Pro Lifestyle, Running Teams, Brooks Beasts Support the show