Professional runner Nell Rojas joins The People Run Podcast for an honest conversation about identity, recovery, and rebuilding her relationship with running.

After stepping away from racing while battling Lyme disease and multiple co-infections, Nell opens up about the physical and mental toll of losing the thing that once defined her, learning how to slow down, and finding perspective through it all.

We talk about the road to finally getting answers, how chronic illness changed her relationship with running, fear and validation in elite sport, signing with Altra during recovery, coaching athletes through breakthrough moments, and what it really takes to compete at the highest level.

This episode is about more than racing. It’s about purpose, perspective, and learning who you are when running gets taken away.

This is The People Run.

Chapters

00:00 Where Running Left Nell Rojas

03:28 When Her Body Started Breaking Down

12:25 The Long Road to Answers

15:04 A  Different Relationship With Running

18:03 Coaching Through Recovery

21:33 Missing Running & Learning Patience

27:48 Finding New Opportunities

32:05 What it Takes To Compete At The Top

37:21 This Is Part Of The Process

43:07 Why Running Still Matters

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Photo Credit to Joe Friend


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