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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.

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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

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