<p>FLAGSTAFF BOUND is BACK for 2026!</p><p><br></p><p>Become a Distance to Empty subscriber!: https://www.patreon.com/DistancetoEmptyPod </p><p><br></p><p>Get some free DTE Swag by supporting out sponsors!</p><p>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Janji.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and be sure to select &#39;podcast&#39; &gt; &#39;Distance to Empty&#39; on the post purchase &quot;How did you hear about Janji&quot; page. Thank you!</p><p>Check out Mount to Coast here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mounttocoast.com/discount/Distance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</p><p>Code IRON at www.goodranchers.com and mention us in the post purchase survey!</p><p>She won Badwater 135 in 2021. In 2023 she ran four 200-plus mile races in five months — Cocodona 250 first, then Tahoe, then Bigfoot two weeks after that, then won Moab 240 to cap the Grand Slam — despite getting blisters within the first few miles of Cocodona and spending much of that year in a level of physical discomfort she describes as the worst of her life. She&#39;s coming back for Cocodona in 2026 after a significant knee injury that had doctors telling her she was done with 200s. She found a surgeon who paused and said &quot;but.&quot;</p><p>In this episode of Flagstaff Bound, Kevin and Peter sit down with Sally McRae — Yellow Runner, Badwater champion, Grand Slam finisher, author of Choose Strong, and the only guest in this series who described Cocodona 250 as &quot;an eating contest from Phoenix to Flagstaff.&quot; Sally talks about what that 2023 Grand Slam actually felt like from the inside, why she&#39;s leaning into gratitude and away from pride heading into this year&#39;s race, and the thing she tells athletes who are in their darkest moments out there — think about the story you want to tell.</p><p>Her daughter is a runner at NAU. Sally is hoping she runs her into the finish line.</p><p>Cocodona 250 kicks off Monday, May 4th at 5 AM Pacific. Follow the action live on the Mountain Outpost YouTube channel.</p>