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Dakota Jones

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Dakota Jones is a professional ultrarunner and co-founder of Footprints, a nonprofit helping runners use their public platforms to support community climate action and local environmental work.

Public work
Footprints co-founderProject-owned public biography, checked October 18, 2026.Source

11 TUM reports · Published coverage below

Publication history

Coverage over time

10 editorial issues

Distinct issues per publication month. Each issue counts once.

Dakota Jones — monthly TUM coverageFrom Jul 2024 through Nov 2026. Highest month: 3 issues. Exact counts are provided in the accessible chart description.Jul 2024: 0 editorial issuesAug 2024: 0 editorial issuesSep 2024: 0 editorial issuesOct 2024: 0 editorial issuesNov 2024: 0 editorial issuesDec 2024: 0 editorial issuesJan 2025: 1 editorial issueFeb 2025: 2 editorial issuesMar 2025: 0 editorial issuesApr 2025: 0 editorial issuesMay 2025: 0 editorial issuesJun 2025: 0 editorial issuesJul 2025: 0 editorial issuesAug 2025: 0 editorial issuesSep 2025: 1 editorial issueOct 2025: 0 editorial issuesNov 2025: 0 editorial issuesDec 2025: 0 editorial issuesJan 2026: 0 editorial issuesFeb 2026: 0 editorial issuesMar 2026: 0 editorial issuesApr 2026: 0 editorial issuesMay 2026: 0 editorial issuesJun 2026: 0 editorial issuesJul 2026: 1 editorial issueAug 2026: 0 editorial issuesSep 2026: 2 editorial issuesOct 2026: 3 editorial issuesNov 2026: 0 editorial issues
Jul 2024Peak 3Nov 2026

Monthly editorial issue counts: Jul 2024: 0; Aug 2024: 0; Sep 2024: 0; Oct 2024: 0; Nov 2024: 0; Dec 2024: 0; Jan 2025: 1; Feb 2025: 2; Mar 2025: 0; Apr 2025: 0; May 2025: 0; Jun 2025: 0; Jul 2025: 0; Aug 2025: 0; Sep 2025: 1; Oct 2025: 0; Nov 2025: 0; Dec 2025: 0; Jan 2026: 0; Feb 2026: 0; Mar 2026: 0; Apr 2026: 0; May 2026: 0; Jun 2026: 0; Jul 2026: 1; Aug 2026: 0; Sep 2026: 2; Oct 2026: 3; Nov 2026: 0.

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In The Ultra Minute

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Published in TUM

Footprints completes its Great Salt Lake run

Dakota Jones and Footprints finished a five-day run around Utah’s Great Salt Lake and urged prioritizing the lake’s protection. This closes the previously announced undertaking.

Published in TUM

Jones starts Where the Water Was

Dakota Jones ran 33 miles on the community relay’s first day. Footprints published the October 13–17 Great Salt Lake plan and support links.

Published in TUM

The crew behind a mountain project

TUM linked Raziq Rauf’s profile of Preston Hopkins’s logistics and cooking work for Jornet’s 2025 States of Elevation project.

Published in TUM

Where the Water Was announced

TUM covered Dakota Jones and Footprints’ planned October 13 start for a five-day run. This is an announcement, not a completion report.

Published in TUM

A debate over racing and progress

TUM linked Dakota Jones’s response to Ben Dhiman’s argument about preparation, pacing and performance.

Published in TUM

Jones on CCC bib pickup

TUM linked Dakota Jones’s humorous account of elite treatment and race bureaucracy in Chamonix.

Published in TUM

QMT80 open-race win and Canadian titles

QMT80 winner and course record: 7:51:25 at Quebec Mega Trail; reported July 6, 2026.

Published in TUM

The 2025 UTMB finishers and non-finishers

TUM reported a UTMB 2025 finish in 26:02:50.

Published in TUM

Jones drops from Jackpot around mile 50

TUM reported that Dakota Jones dropped from the 2025 Jackpot 100-mile race around mile 50 with stomach issues while chasing an American record. His reflection emphasized the Footprints Running community and fundraising for its climate-action camp.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: February 21, 2025

Published in TUM

Pannu and Jones plan Jackpot record attempts

Planned an ultra road debut and American 100-mile record attempt while testing prototype NNormal carbon shoes.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: February 14, 2025

Earlier coverage (1)
Published in TUM

Jackpot 100-mile record ambitions and field

Pannu targeted the American 100-mile record at February 14,2025 Jackpot, recalling his 11:58:01 debut a year earlier. Dakota Jones also announced an attempt; Nathan Brown, Devon Yanko and Sierra DeGroff were listed in the field. Bitter’s 11:19:13 and Sorokin’s 10:51:39 were benchmarks, not results from this planned race.

Repeated links & other mentions (3)
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Prior-issue link highlight

The most-viewed module linked earlier coverage. This is a repeated link, rather than new reporting.

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Dakota Jones’s Chamonix Again

The issue repeated this link from earlier coverage. It is not a new report.

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Original public source

Where the Water Was

Original public context, separate from the dated TUM account.

Footprints

Connections

Published response

Ben Dhiman

Responded to Dhiman’s racing argument in an essay · 2026-09-14

Source

Completed the five-day Great Salt Lake run

Footprints

Dakota Jones and Footprints finished a five-day run around Utah’s Great Salt Lake and urged prioritizing the lake’s protection. This closes the previously announced undertaking.

Source

QMT80 winner and course record: 7:51:25

Quebec Mega Trail

Dakota Jones won QMT80 in a course-record 7:51:25. Second-place Jean-Philippe Thibodeau took the Canadian long-trail title; Sarah Bergeron-Larouche won the women’s race and Canadian title in 9:04:43.

Source
Sources & notes

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Public background sources checked October 18, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.

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