This episode is an interview with professional runner for Saucony, Grayson Murphy. Grayson grew up playing soccer, and even went on to play soccer in college. When she decided college soccer wasn't for her, she walked on to her college's track/xc team. Grayson went from having no experience with running and running 1 mile at a time to becoming a 5x D1 All-American at the University of Utah. Grayson signed a professional contract soon after college, and has competed in a wide variety of events. She finished 6th in the steeplechase at the 2021 Olympic Trials, is a 5x US mountain running champ, and 2x World mountain running champ. Grayson is also the owner and founder of Wild Strides Paper Co., which sells training logs and stationary for runners and recently started offering coaching.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What it was like to switch sports while in college and walk on to a team to compete in a sport she had never done before
• Her transition from collegiate to professional running, and how Grayson has found to love trail and mountain running
• How the process of learning how to fuel during runs has been a crucial to her success as a trail and mountain runner
• Grayson's struggle with health issues and having to advocate for herself to ultimately get her recent diagnosis of Crohn's Disease
• Why it's important to Grayson to have life outside of running, and how founding her business Wild Strides Paper Co. allows her to have balance

If you're interested in keeping up with Grayson, you can find her on Instagram @racin_grayson or on her blog HERE. Don't forget to check out Wild Strides Paper Co. for some super cute training logs and stationary!