Distance To Empty Jeff Garmire is Flagstaff Bound at the 2026 Cocodona 250
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He's run every Cocodona 250 ever held. He holds the self-supported Appalachian Trail FKT. He got engaged at the finish line after 45 days alone in the woods — having carried a two-gram ring the entire way. He broke a rib at Barkley this winter and came back hungry. And now he's heading into year six.
In this episode of Flagstaff Bound, Kevin and Peter sit down with Jeffrey Frederick Garmire to talk about what it actually feels like to keep coming back to the same race while simultaneously doing things nobody else in the sport is doing. Jeff opens up about how the AT FKT finally refilled a tank that had been running on empty — not through training, but through four weeks of being forced off his feet after Barkley. He talks about racing alongside his fiancée Allison Powell, running separate races with separate crews and separate tents the night before, and why that weird dynamic actually works.
He also breaks down the Outdoor March Madness bracket he's running over at Free Outside, gives his actual predictions for who wins the whole thing, and explains why Nerds Clusters might be the dark horse.
And then there's the MBA. Jeff Garmire has already determined that winning the Mingus Basketball Association at mile 110 is his number one priority at Cocodona 2026. The overall race win is secondary. His chalkboard message reflects this perfectly.
Cocodona 250 kicks off Monday, May 4th at 5 AM Pacific. Follow the action live on the Mountain Outpost YouTube channel.