Randi Zuckerberg on Running Cocodona 250 TWICE, Baja FKT & Achieving a Marathon PR at 44

Randi Zuckerberg is best known as the sister of Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, but in the ultra running world, she's building a reputation entirely her own. After a 20-year running hiatus, Randi returned to the sport in 2023 and has since completed two Cocodona 250s, set the overall FKT on the Baja Sur Trail, and run a marathon PR at the Boston Marathon... all at age 44.

In this episode, Jessy Carveth sits down with Randi to unpack her remarkable spring of racing, the mental and physical strategies behind her 10-hour Cocodona improvement, and how she balances life as an entrepreneur, mother of three, and elite ultra runner.

Chapters:
0:00 Teaser: Using AI and a donkey to solve a hydration crisis
0:33 Intro — Who is Randi Zuckerberg?
1:54 How the body is holding up after a jam-packed spring
3:02 From Facebook Live pioneer to ultra runner
4:14 Quick fire questions (coffee, road vs. trail, headphones)
4:51 The 20-year running hiatus and comeback story
8:38 Why an entrepreneur's mindset is perfect for ultra running
11:31 The Double Boston: 5K with her son + marathon PR
16:12 Cocodona 250 Year 2: How she cut 10+ hours off her time
19:29 Sleep strategy: 40 hours awake, 125 miles before first rest
23:23 The darkest moments of the race — and how she got through them
27:30 Recovery, a torn hip labrum, and unorthodox Cocodona training
30:34 The Baja Sur Trail FKT — and the donkey water station
39:30 Balancing training with motherhood and entrepreneurship
43:24 Fueling for 250-mile ultras (Coca-Cola as a health food)
47:14 Shoes, Mount to Coast, and getting brother Mark Zuckerberg to try them
53:31 What's next: Badwater pacing, the Bronx perimeter, NYC Marathon
55:57 Advice for runners in their 40s