The RUNEGADE Podcast

E10: Liza Howard | Defying Time | Running to Middle Age and Beyond


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Welcome to The Runegade Podcast: we’re set to explore the human connection with running, through conversation, big stories, guest interviews and our own experiences - we're your hosts Mark Prociw and Todd Marentette


Have you been struggling to come to terms that your running performance has been declining? You fear it will only get worse and worse, as you age? What can you learn from those who run strong through middle age and beyond?


Episode 10: Liza Howard, long-time ultra runner & coach joins the podcast


Liza ran her first ultramarathon in 2008 and has been balancing racing, training, work and a young family ever since. What's her secret?


Liza has won several hundred-mile races and also held the USATF 100k and 50-mile national trail titles in 2011. Her 100-mile PR of 15:07 is one of the fastest trail times ever by a woman, run while nursing a newborn throughout the day.


Proving that age is merely an arbitrary number, in July 2023, at the age of 51, Liza won the Badger 100 mile in a time of 16:50 - earning her Age Group Performance of the Year by Ultra Running Magazine - we love Ultra Running Magazine, check them out.


Top coaches always give off a great vibe - and we can tell Liza is an amazing coach. Experience, she shares, is the best teacher and what a running resume she has amassed - Leadville, Keys 100, Umstead 100, Bandera 100k, Western States 100, Badwater 135, Javelina - just to name a few, and making all the mistakes along the way.


She hasn't just "run" these races, she has dominated them. Setting course records and top finishes along the way.


Come listen as we learn all about Liza, her running story still being written, while she shares coaching advice, tips and her thoughts on all things running and ultra.


Liza shares her passion, Band of Runners: Their mission: to share the community of trail running and the physical and psychological benefits running in nature provides with veterans and their surviving family members.

Band of Runners: https://www.bandofrunners.org/


Thank you to Liza, a new friend of the podcast.


More Liza:

  • https://www.sharmanultra.com/coaches/lizahoward
  • https://www.instagram.com/lizahoward1/

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