If you’ve followed coverage of ultrarunning at all over the last few years, Corrine Malcolm is a name you’ve probably heard a lot. But between her many roles as a member of the media, it could be easy to overlook her as an elite runner in her own right. So we talk to Corrine about how she went from an Olympic-level biathlete to running professionally for adidas Terrex; setting the supported FKT on the Tahoe Rim Trail; her return to racing; and much more. 

TOPICS & TIMES:

• How ultrarunning found Corrine (1:15)
• Why Nordic skiers make great trail runners (4:38)
• Learning how to suffer (10:34)
• Overtraining vs. under recovering (13:07)
• Corrine’s experience with overtraining (16:32)
• Her favorite race distance and why (19:41)
• Corrine’s Tahoe Rim Trail FKT (22:09)
• How injury led her to a career in race broadcasting (33:03)
• Talking for 20 hours straight (37:35)
• Her return to racing at MIUT (39:37)
• Plans for 2022 (41:17)

OUR OTHER BLISTER PODCASTS

• Blister Podcast
• GEAR:30 podcast
• Bikes & Big Ideas podcast

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.