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Today I am speaking with ultra runner Rachel Drake. She is the mother of a 1.5 year old, a two time top 10 finisher at UTMB races (7th at CCC in 2019 and 6th at OCC in 2023), Black Canyon 100k champion and was 2nd at the Golden Trail World Championships in 2020. Outside of running, she has her MD PhD from Oregon Health and Science University and is starting residency training in anesthesiology at the University of Utah. She feels most joyful moving through the mountains and sharing the outdoors with her family Tyler, Lewis and Teddy. 

We talk about: 

-dealing with disappointment 

-accepting your pregnant body 

-finding supportive providers 

-expectations versus realities 

-eating and breastfeeding 

-running in a postpartum body 

-rehabing from a stress fracture 

-incorporating strength training 

-doing what your body knows 

-lower mileage training 

Time Stamps 

1:00 Introduction 

4:28 thinking about pregnancy and running 

8:30 having supportive providers 

10:08 managing expectations 

13:10 RED-s with lactation 

16:40 redefining normal 

24:09 dealing with a stress fracture 

30:00 perspective as a medical professional 

34:30 strength training 

40:01 progressing the conversation 

51:48 Western States Endurance Run 

56:05 time management 

59:13 choosing anesthesiology 

60:23 rapid fire questions 

CONNECT WITH CARRIE 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/ 

Website: https://carriepagliano.com 

CONNECT WITH RACHEL 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/rachelraedrake/ 

Strava: https://www.strava.com/pros/14331950 

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4crvjxt2cerL03iRgP5iJ8

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