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The women of the trails share their stories about running, racing, and life. These badass ladies from around the globe get honest about everything from competing, motherhood, and trying to have it all. Get ready for training ideas, gear tips, and a healthy dose of inspiration.
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So many great tips in this episode!
Lauren Beihoffer, aka Lauren Runs Wild, is a biochemist turned running coach who is now specializing in helping women over 40 run their best. She's a certified nutritionist, metabolic specialist, certified coach, and a badass runner and mom herself. We dip into all her knowledge with some great tips for athletes of all ages.
We are back with Cory Jennermann, co-founder of RunGuides.com, and super skilled runner and pacer. Run Guides is the go-to website for finding the perfect race for you. We chat about his top tips for getting faster in the trails, how to easily cut off time in your next race, and how to pace like a pro. We get into all things pacing from dialing in road splits, to pacing friends in super long trail events, and when to throw oranges at them.
I first interviewed Lizzie in 2020 when we was diagnosed with rare heart condition called AVRC. It's genetic condition that effects the muscle in your heart and makes it turn into scar tissue the harder you work the muscle. In short, it means running can kill you. We chat again about how she's learned to live with it and how far she can push.
Reid Taylor is a Delta Firefighter who has now run 2 marathons wearing 45-pounds of his turnout gear. Reid has always been an athlete but endurance running was something entirley new to him. After his first marathon he began to get chest pains and training stopped abruptly. We chat about how he overcame a 90% blockage in his artery and eventually geared up to run the marathon a second time in March 2024.
Ben is a remarkable young person as both an athlete and a coach, and a pleasure to speak with.
He represented Australia as a junior at the World Mountain Running Championships and immediately wanted more. He made a very rapid step up in distance after that, running his first ultramarathon when he was 19, and just a few years later he won a bronze medal in the Skyrunning World Championships in the Ultramarathon.
Read MoreLydia is a young runner from the UK who just finished her first 50km ultra in crazy weather. She talks about how she's fallen in love with running and how she's managed to keep it up while juggling life as a mom, a law student, and a model. She's now running half marathons while pushing her young son in the buggy as a casual training run. Her story is both inspiring and full of useful tips on how to fit it all in.
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Read MoreJessica grew up with a severely mentally ill mother. Her story is gut wrenching, and yet here is another guest who came out stronger. Her most recent accomplishments include a 2nd and 3rd female in the Quarantine Backyard Ultras.
She explained it best in her bio, relating to other guests with childhood trauma, "the theme is still childhood (and some adulthood) trauma, and though the details are somewhat different, the arc is again that those experiences evolved from post-traumatic stress to post-traumatic growth, and ultimately a self-efficacy I wouldn't have without climbing out of adversity".
Read MoreTara is a Vancouver based runner with a love for bacon, beer, and the occasional mountain run in a banana or taco costume. She’s run 40 ultra-races including the classics like UTMB and Fat Dog, and she’s earned a spot on the podium at many races across the Pacific Northwest. More than races, Tara’s main reason for trail running is for the adventure and exploring beautiful mountains. She has completed longer self-supported adventure runs, and has set some female fastest known times on some of the most rugged routes around the Coast Mountains with her friend Alicia.
Read MoreFeeling down? We've got you. Welcome to our 2nd episode of Trail Tips with a focus on mental health.
Read MoreThe holiday special is here! 6 ultra runners sit down and discuss all things life and running. We chat 2019 highlights, 2020 goals, fears, periods, ultra running husbands and a whole lot more. HASHTAGBLESSED
Pargol @vancouverrunner
Katie @katie_s_mills
Julie @joolibert
Kate @csandila
Tory @to_scho
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April went from not being able to run 60 seconds to running the Chicago Marathon. When she was in the darkest place in her life she buckled down and got out the door. She didn’t know anything about running, she just wanted to have peace in her mind and to love life again, and she did! She is now 4 years in the game and loving what running has done for her and her life.