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What do you think of Rachel’s performance this year ?
If Rachel can keep her foot on the gas- It looks like she’s about to take the win and overall CR at Cocodona 2026. Regardless of the outcome today her performance has already made A HUGE impact on women’s endurance sports.
The women in this reel are some of the most iconic in endurance sports- and every one of them has paved a path for other women to follow. With more and more women pushing boundaries- I can’t wait to see where the sport goes.
Footage from @rachel__entrekin ‘s Instagram- fist clip by @sean.haworth .
#cocodona #hereforthewomensrace #ultramarathon
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Rachel Entrekin is about to take the overall win at Cocodona, and this is what it means for women in endurance sports. In just 1967, Katharine Schweitzer was famously the first woman ever to enter the Boston marathon. Infamously, an official there tried to rip off her bid. Fast forward to the late eighties and early nineties, where Anne Trason was dominating the ultra marathon scene. She famously finished second overall at massive races like Western and Leadville, pushing the pace and rivaling legends like Giannis Kouros. Now we have a growing women's field that is increasingly competitive with legends taking overall wins like Courtney Dauwalter at Moab two forty and Big's Backyard, Maggie Gutrell at Big's Backyard, Jasmine Paris at Tier Spine, Jared Dauer with the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail overall FKTs. Then, of course, this week's performance of Rachel Entrekin at Dona, smashing her own course record and about to take the men's as well. There is growing research that shows that women outperform men at these longer distances. As the sport grows rank amazing women like Rachel continue to show others that it is possible to be competitive at the very top of the sport regardless of gender, I expect to see more and more overall records broken by women. Where do you see tier sport going, and what did you think of Rachel's performance at Cocodona this year?
