Rachel Entrekin had three goals for the Cocodona 250 Mile. None of them were just for her. The first was for the women’s competitors to finish close to the 60-hour mark. The second was for a woman to ...

"Why not you?" — That's the mantra Rachel Entrekin repeated in her head as she made ultramarathon history. Entrekin, 34, beat every man and woman in the Cocodona 250 Mile on Wednesday in Flagstaff, ...

Dr. Rachel Entrekin, a Birmingham native and graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, not only won the women’s division of the annual Cocodona 250-mile ultramarathon in Arizona, she won ...

Rachel Entrekin crossed the finish line as the top women’s finisher at the past two Cocodona 250 races. This time on Wednesday, Entrekin beat the entire field — consisting of men and women — to win ...

It all comes down to durability ...

The key to breaking a course record for a 250-mile ultramarathon? Mashed potato, and 19 minutes' worth of sleep on the ground. That is what fuelled Rachel Entrekin in her historic run at the Cocodona ...

In a brutal 253-mile race from Black Canyon City to downtown Flagstaff, Rachel Entrekin crossed the finish line in just 56:09:50, becoming the first woman ever to finish first overall. Post breaking ...

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