Cocodona 250

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The Cocodona 250 is a point-to-point ultramarathon across Arizona, beginning near Black Canyon City and finishing in downtown Flagstaff. The course is listed at 253.3 miles, with 38,791 feet of elevation gain and 33,884 feet of descent, and has a 125-hour cutoff. The course crosses a broad sequence of Arizona landscapes. It begins in the Sonoran Desert, then moves north through the Bradshaw Mountains, Crown King, Prescott, the Granite Dells, Mingus Mountain, the Verde Valley, Sedona, and the Coconino National Forest before reaching Flagstaff. Near the end of the race, runners use portions of the Arizona Trail and climb over Mount Elden before descending to the finish at Heritage Square in Flagstaff. Because of its route, the race includes desert heat, mountain weather, night running, sleep deprivation, and large changes in elevation. The 2026 course was described as 45 percent singletrack, 46 percent double-track, and 9 percent pavement. ABC News described the event as one of the most difficult...

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