Who’s Carrying the Boats? Moab 240 Fallout, Backyard Ultra Hype & Javelina 100 Predictions

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Allison Mercer, our award-winning correspondent of the year, is back, and we brought some hot takes. We start with the Backyard Ultra team world championship. Can you call it a world championship when every country runs a different course, in different weather, and the rules change mid-race? And why is this format suddenly the most-watched thing in ultrarunning?

Then we get serious about the Moab 240 and race safety: what runners should be able to expect from race organizations, Allison’s own scary story from crewing, and why trail ultras could learn a lot from the Boston Marathon. After that, Allison turns the mic on me and my first flat 24-hour at Fat Ox.

We also launch the official Rajpaul Pannu fan club and make our Javelina Jundred golden ticket picks.

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