{"id":564,"date":"2026-05-17T09:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=564"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:41:35","slug":"the-woman-who-keeps-beating-men-at-americas-most-punishing-running-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"The woman who keeps beating men at America\u2019s most punishing running events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fueled by mashed potatoes and moxie, Rachel Entrekin blew past the field at a 250-mile race known for breaking competitors\u2019 will.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-561\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6decb9da926d6eb40938fdf5c74d3b95.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Rachel Entrekin at the finish line in Arizona. (Anadolu\/Getty Images\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Rachel Entrekin was already known as the \u201cQueen of Cocodona\u201d when she arrived in Arizona last week for one of America\u2019s most punishing ultramarathons.<\/p>\n<p>Then the 250-mile race started. Entrekin, a two-time women\u2019s champion in the event, found herself running again with the elite males, and she began wondering: \u201cWhy not you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then she pulled away, crushing the course record by seven hours, beating every man and woman in the field and providing another example of how multi-day races have erased gender lines.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at 34, Entrekin\u2019s the king of Cocodona, too, or maybe something more than that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my pacers has determined that I must be from another planet,\u201d Entrekin said in an interview this week, still buzzing from her historic win.<\/p>\n<p>Entrekin began running in 2009, as a student at the University of Alabama, before starting a career in physical therapy. She eventually started competing in half marathons, then full ones, before hitting longer ultramarathons in the Southeast and descending into what she called \u201cinsanity.\u201d When she moved to Washington state and looked up at the vistas, she found her calling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love running up mountains,\u201d she told the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/rachel-entrekin-queen-of-cocodona-250\/id1453616436?i=1000750650089\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/rachel-entrekin-queen-of-cocodona-250\/id1453616436?i=1000750650089\">For the Long Run\u201d podcast<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Entrekin is fully sponsored and has won or placed <a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasignup.com\/results_participant.aspx?fname=Rachel&amp;lname=Entrekin\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/ultrasignup.com\/results_participant.aspx?fname=Rachel&amp;lname=Entrekin\">in about 100 ultras<\/a>, regularly beating men. At Cocodona, that meant finishing in 56 hours, nine minutes and 48 seconds. Kilian Korth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kiliankorth\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kiliankorth\/\">the men\u2019s winner<\/a>, finished 78 minutes behind her.<\/p>\n<p>Passing Korth and other top runners at mile 60 was a test of Entrekin\u2019s \u201cwhy not you?\u201d philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought about my r\u00e9sum\u00e9 \u2014 that I\u2019ve won this race twice already, and that I won lots of other 200-mile races and other 100-mile races. I\u2019m just as qualified to be at the front of this race as they are, so why can\u2019t it be me?\u201d she said. \u201cI thought, \u2018I think I can do this, so why not?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\" src=\"None\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>The Cocodona 250 is among the most punishing races in the country. (Cheyanne Mumphrey\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Cocodona, which debuted in 2021, begins in the Sonoran Desert and weaves north through red rocks, pine forests and mountain ranges. It has quickly become a measuring stick for some of the world\u2019s best ultrarunners.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s race featured a mind-boggling 38,791 feet of elevation gain, which translates into miles of painful ascents and descents. It\u2019s been described as the race that \u201cbreaks you,\u201d and it\u2019s one many starters can\u2019t finish.<\/p>\n<p>A female competitor died on the course this year from a \u201cmedical emergency.\u201d Some social media posts from runners discuss feet that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DJbuRZMRG9h\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DJbuRZMRG9h\/\">feel like raw hamburger<\/a>, along with discussions about swollen tongues and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYQhtl-pK7F\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYQhtl-pK7F\/\">videos of bloody foreheads.<\/a> Hallucinations from lack of sleep are common. (Entrekin may or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trailgangstaz\/reels\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trailgangstaz\/reels\/\">may not have seen bats<\/a>.) Medics rushed in to meet one competitor who crawled across the line to the same chorus of cheers, 125 hours after starting.<\/p>\n<p>Jamil Coury, the creator of the race, noted that Cocodona\u2019s slogan is \u201cAdventure Awaits,\u201d not hell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal wasn\u2019t to make the most brutal beatdown possible,\u201d he said. \u201cWe wanted to create an adventure that takes you through historic towns and incredible landscapes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coury said Entrekin\u2019s performance last week was a \u201cbit shocking,\u201d and seeing her story break into mainstream media has been a joy. She\u2019s been on ESPN, Bloomberg Television and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/video\/132797146\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/video\/132797146\">Good Morning America<\/a>\u201d since the win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s the perfect person for this,\u201d Coury said. \u201cShe\u2019s been dominant for many, many years, but she\u2019s just so energetic and positive. It\u2019s great for the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-563\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4f2bfe7adbe4441629ddf85904747c18-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4f2bfe7adbe4441629ddf85904747c18-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4f2bfe7adbe4441629ddf85904747c18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4f2bfe7adbe4441629ddf85904747c18-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4f2bfe7adbe4441629ddf85904747c18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4f2bfe7adbe4441629ddf85904747c18.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Entrekin said she hoped her achievements will change the conversation around women in racing. (Anadolu\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Entrekin has some theories about why women have excelled at longer distances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTop-end speed is not the be all, end all in the multi-day-running endurance scene,\u201d Entrekin said. \u201cI think women have a lot more practice, maybe, dealing with adversity and managing our emotional state and communicating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/run.outsideonline.com\/people\/ann-trason-is-quietly-coming-back-for-more\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/run.outsideonline.com\/people\/ann-trason-is-quietly-coming-back-for-more\/\">Ann Trason,<\/a> arguably the most accomplished female ultrarunner of all time, and Tara Dower, who finished the 2,197-mile Appalachian Trail in 40 days, 18 hours and 6 minutes in 2024, as examples.<\/p>\n<p>Entrekin, who now lives in Colorado, isn\u2019t calling for races to end gender categories and said she\u2019s self-assured enough not to care how her win is classified. She just wishes, as Trason did decades earlier, that the conversation would evolve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope this is a step in the direction of maybe making men less of the measuring stick,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Clark, editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/ultrarunning.com\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/ultrarunning.com\/\">UltraRunning Magazine<\/a>, said Entrekin is one of a handful of elite women doing unprecedented things in the sport. She said Courtney Dauwalter won the prestigious Moab 240 Endurance Run outright in 2017 and finished sixth overall at Cocodona. Entrekin, Clark said, has an uncanny ability to push through the lows that haunt every runner in ultramarathons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s so tough, and she goes hard, but she just has such a positive attitude. She doesn\u2019t let those lows pull her back,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>Entrekin, Coury noted, finished the race relatively unscathed. She slept just 19 minutes total over those 56 hours. While she consumed precision-crafted electrolyte drinks and gels to hydrate, like most competitors, she also had a Coke or two and a ton of mashed potatoes. She calls potatoes the \u201cunsung hero\u201d of ultrarunning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just get tired of chewing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, loading up on candy and drinks at 7-Eleven was a pre-race ritual for Entrekin. She only recently started wearing a watch, and her cross-training consists of \u201coccasional yoga,\u201d she said. During the race \u2014 even one as serious as Cocodona \u2014 Entrekin is mostly all smiles, cracking jokes, petting dogs and chatting up fellow racers. She\u2019s seemingly nonchalant about any setbacks, which are few.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUh, I fell in a hole,\u201d she said at one aid station.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of getting deep sleep and lots of real, hot meals after her finish, Entrekin hung around Flagstaff to cheer on other finishers. She\u2019s not taking a beach vacation or any time off, really. In August, she\u2019s racing in the highly competitive Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in France.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s been itching to go for a run, but interviews keep getting in the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean running is my favorite thing in the world,\u201d she said. \u201cObviously.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fueled by mashed potatoes and moxie, Rachel Entrekin blew past the field at a 250-mile race known for breaking competitors\u2019 will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The woman who keeps beating men at America\u2019s most punishing running events - 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MAY 06: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'SCOTT ROKIS \/ COCODONA 250\/ HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Athlete Rachel Entrekin celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon in Arizona, United States on May 6, 2026. The 34-year-old made history by beating the entire field of elite men and women, setting a new overall course record of 56 hours, 9 minutes, and 48 seconds, shattering the previous record of 58:47:18. The 253-mile race across Arizona features extreme desert conditions and nearly 39,000 feet of elevation gain. 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