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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.
Alyssa Clark is a 27 year old, American Ultrarunner and Endurance Adventurer currently based in Panama City Beach, Florida. She is most well known for running 95 Marathons in 95 Days setting an American record and a pending Women’s Guinness World Record for consecutive days running a marathon distance.
Read MoreSarah had a really scary park encounter early July 2020. We planned to chat about her story and get into the incident, when I realized we were chatting the day before she set out for a self supported 100mile! The chat went from her story, to preparing for this challenge and how she feels going into her 100miles having just had a terrifying experience.
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Read MoreKamilah goes way beyond sharing her story. Her wisdom in both life and running really came through in this episode and there is so much to learn from her. As an elite track athlete she talks about using trail running as a place to run for the love of it, and not for the competition. We talk about the Black Lives Matter Movement and how we can all do our part to create a more diverse running community.
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Read MoreTory and I get together to celebrate 100 episodes!
We answer listener questions on how to run your first 50K race and reminisce about our first attempt at the distance. Should you run your first 50 as a virtual race or hold out for the real deal? Does gardening count as training? What if you can only get to the trails once a week, can you train on road? How do you train when it’s so darn hot? Get the answers plus a whole lot of banter in this episode.
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Read MoreSherry is the type of person you want to do your long run with. The mom of 4 found running in college to reduce anxiety and stress and it became her medicine and therapy. As a mother, running gave her a space to create a community with other moms, which eventually turned into the instagram account @crazy_mother_runners.
We go off on all sorts of tangents including marriage, motherhood, hormones and friendships. Sherry is both fun and inspiring.
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Read MoreYou name it, Bailey has been through it. I have no words to describe the abuse and trauma she had to go through as a young person
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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.