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Sara ran for Stanford University, where she was a 7-time

It is clear that she has put in the work to be a world class athlete. Her dedication to mastering her craft is on another level. Like any world class athlete, she has organized her life to be her absolute best, and potentially the best. But what stands out about Sara is how she has organized not just her outward life, like her actions around training and recovery, but how she has organized her whole life around a deep, meaningful, and lasting purpose to love God and others.

In this conversation, Sara shares her faith story and how

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Rachel Nelson ran for Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo and Liberty University. She has been part of the Altitude Project community since the first year of the camp in 2004, when she attended while running for Cal Poly.

In this conversation, Rachel shares how she saw her team as her mission field and how God led her to be a light to her teammates in a rather dark situation. She also shares how she learned to prioritize her relationship with God and train and compete for an Audience of One - running to please God instead of others.

Rachel is now a massage therapist and offers a neat perspective on how our physical, emotional, and spiritual parts are connected, including practical insight into how we can train our whole selves to truly thrive.

The Straight Race blog: https://thestraightrace.blogspot.com/

The Straight Race podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1FaNhjjnG3Uov3Gbs05Yqa?si=e73ac873e308435f

The Altitude Project: https://altitudeproject.com/

Significant verses:

- John 3:30

- Psalm 37:25-29

- Jeremiah 29:13

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Matt Galvin ran for Baylor University (2012-2016) and post-collegiately before stepping down from competitive running. He now serves the Lord through serving his family, through his job, and by serving young people at his church and a cross country and track team.

In this conversation, Matt shares how he started living out his faith and not just saying the right things. He emphasizes the power of community and offers insight into how we can organize our lives to seek and experience more of God - the source of true, lasting satisfaction.

Watch this conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dJ12StOV6eo

Amanda (Winslow) Rego was a 7-time All-American runner at Florida State University, including an NCAA runner-up finish in the 2013 indoor mile. She then went on to run professionally, with a 1 mile personal best of 4:26. She is now a coach at Metro State Denver University in Colorado, where she is living a passion that she had since early in her running career.

Amanda's story is a wonderful example of how centering your life on Christ can transform how you view running or your sport into a way to glorify God and grow in his likeness. Amanda shares how she came to center her running and life on Christ, and how experiencing God's love is more valuable than anything you can achieve on the cross country course or the track. She shares how finding purpose in running or your sport gives you the freedom to passionately pursue your goals without the emotional risk of letting others down and without feeling guilty about how much you invest in your sport.

Follow Amanda: https://www.instagram.com/regorunner/

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AIA resources: https://athletesinaction.org/resources/

AIA Track and Field: https://athletesinaction.org/track-and-field/

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With passion to help athletes become fully satisfied in knowing God, Nick Schuetze works as a missionary with Athletes In Action Track and Field. Nick ran for the University of Portland and later moved up to the marathon, running 2:16 to qualify for the 2007 Olympic Marathon Trials. In addition to working with AIA Track and Field, he is a volunteer coach with the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs.

In this conversation, Nick explains how an identity as an athlete can get in the way of experiencing joy in sport and how integrating faith and sport helped him see that he is more than a runner, providing a greater purpose. He also shares practices that you can use to connect your faith with your sport so that you can experience a secure identity independent of how you perform or what others think about you. This conversation on identity and purpose provides fundamental yet profound insight for anyone investing in their sport or anything they care about.

Tyler and Cali Werner took a leap of faith to step into the roles of co-directors of the Altitude Project. In this conversation, they describe how they are continually challenged and used by God to make impact.

Cali ran for Rice University, qualifying for NCAAs in cross country and the 10k on the track. She also ran at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials. She is an OCD therapist, motivated by her personal experience with OCD to connect her running, faith, and desire to help others through her clinical practice. Her husband Tyler is a firefighter in Houston, TX, where they live. He is an avid runner and sub 3 hour marathoner.

Both demonstrate passion to make disciples and impact others with the message of Christ. As Cali emphasizes, impacting one person is significant and can result in a much larger impact - the ripple effect. This conversation encourages us to continue showing up in faith so that God can use us, as he wills, for his kingdom.

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Register for this year's camp: https://altitudeproject.com/register/

Books mentioned:

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Much has been written and talked about concerning training physically and mentally in sports, whereas spiritual training receives little attention. However, training this aspect of life is the most impactful thing you can do for yourself (and others).

In this conversation, Kevin Gideon, coach of cross country at Le Tourneau University, explains the importance of training spiritually along with his approach to physical and mental training. You'll also learn best practices for spiritual as well as physical training and how to approach competition with a productive mindset - insight to help you grow holistically.

With fire in their hearts to provide college runners the opportunity to train competitively while also investing in their spiritual development, Avery Blackwell and Greg Jimmerson co-founded the Altitude Project in 2004. Both were successful college runners - Avery 8-time All-Conference and an NCAA XC qualifier at Cal Poly in 2000 and Greg an All-American with a 4th place finish at the NCAA XC Championships at Stanford, leading his team to the title in 1996 - training post-collegiately at the Nike Farm Team, an elite/Olympic development training group.

In this conversation, they recount the story of envisioning and realizing the vision for The Altitude Project, from their high school/college running experience through their time as camp directors. While this is the Altitude Project story, it is more so a story about being commissioned. Listen to how Avery and Greg were commissioned and obedient in answering their call to those around them and later to college runners across the nation - a beautiful example of commissioned followers of Christ and how all of us are called to God and to others.

Learn more about The Altitude Project at https://altitudeproject.com

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Welcome to the Altitude Project Podcast! On this podcast you will hear from high performing athletes, coaches, and others from the Altitude Project community about the intersection of the Christian faith and running.

We have passion for helping athletes find fulfillment in knowing God and worshiping him through their sport, so we are stoked to bring you this series of conversations with extraordinary people who have been transformed by their faith in Jesus Christ. In this episode, we explain the motivation and goal of the podcast, and provide an overview of the things you will take away from these conversations to enhance your physical, mental, and spiritual development.

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