341: 'Race Director Stringbean', with Joe McConaughy
Joe McConaughy has achieved a lot in his life already, but this year he's going to embark on two new and daunting adventures : fatherhood and race directing. I don't know which one's harder, but we chat about both and a lot more on this episode of Singletrack.
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350: 'Maybe I Should Use Cocaine', with Joe McConaughy and Scott Sowle
This week's chat with PNW's North Bend Trail Fest race director's Joe McConaughy and Scott Sowle provides me with the perfect distraction from my own race prep for Beast to discuss the news of the moment: doping among influential trail runners. Joe shares his elite athlete perspective and we discus…
350: 'Maybe I Should Use Cocaine', with Joe McConaughy and Scott Sowle
This week's chat with PNW's North Bend Trail Fest race director's Joe McConaughy and Scott Sowle provides me with the perfect distraction from my own race prep for Beast to discuss the news of the moment: doping among influential trail runners. Joe shares his elite athlete perspective and we discus…
Joe McConaughy on the PCT Speed Record, Hallucinating at the Finish, and Why 50–90% of Every Race Is a Grind
Joe McConaughy was a college miler who had never raced anything longer than a mile when he Googled "run the Pacific Crest Trail" at 22 years old. 53 days and 2,600 miles later, he held the speed record. Joe De Sena sits down with Joe, a trail runner, coach, race director, and new dad, to break down…
Joe McConaughy | Beating François D'Haene on the JMT + The "Third Man Factor"
Joe McConaughy returns to Singletrack, fresh off his fastest known time on the John Muir Trail, one of the world's premier FKT routes.
The JMT runs 221 miles through California's Sierra Nevada from Happy, with more than 46,000 feet of climbing and nearly all of it above 8,000 feet. It's often call…
Noah Dusseau - Pre North Bend Trailfest Interview
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A 47-mile pacing shift on a record attempt would be a season highlight for most runners, and Noah Disot treated it like another valuable day in the mountains. Fresh off crewing and pacing Joe McConaughy on a John Muir Trail (JMT) effort, Noah joins us ahead of North Bend Trailfest …
Charlie Lawrence 100K, Joe McConaughy FKT & Backyard Team Championships
Charlie Lawrence just ran 100 kilometers at a clip of 5:56 per mile.
Lawrence won the 2026 IAU 100K World Championship in 6:09:25, holding off world record holder Aleksandr Sorokin and helping the U.S. men capture team gold. Courtney Olsen added another world title for Team USA, winning the women’s…
Joe McConaughy: The “4-Minute Miler” Who Broke the John Muir Trail Record
Joe “Stringbean” McConaughy recently set the supported fastest known time on the John Muir Trail. Somehow, he did it on only 38 minutes of sleep—and felt better on the third day than he expected.Joe and I have been intertwined through FKTs for years. I’ve taken some of his records, he’s demolished …
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