Sarah Overpeck and I were connected by the Founder of the CNO Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, Carlton Ray.

During this episode, sponsored by Relay Active, we talk about:

• How she's Indiana through and through - grew up here, went to high school here, and went to Indiana University before working for the NCAA in downtown Indianapolis

• The sports she was around growing up including her mom’s “race walking”

• Losing her sister suddenly in 2017 and her dad to cancer 

• How she found running and ran AND rowed in college

• Her role in High School Review at the NCAA where she’s worked for 16 years

• 2007 when she ran her first marathon in Little Rock Arkansas

• Other races she's done and the “train story” where she and other runners climbed through a stopped train to continue in a race 

• Moving into the world of ultramarathons and Ironman races (70.3)

• How she became part of the first all female team to win The Speed Project, a 340 mile race through Death Valley (watch the video)

• Working with Back on my Feet Indianapolis

• Her next trip abroad to go on a Wilder Retreat for runners and writers hosted by Lauren Fleshman

Links:

• Lauren Fleshman’s Good for a Girl

• The Speed Project Documentary with Cameron Balser

• Oiselle Bird Strike Video

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