Trail Running Women

Five women take on the goal of highlighting women's FKTs everywhere.

In 2021, only a third of the FKTs set in the PNW were by women. Of 353 routes established in Oregon and Washington, only 41% have women's times. Marta Fisher and her team TAKE ACTION AND SHAKE THINGS UP.

I speak to all 5 women in the leadership team to find out how we can flip the stats.

Today we chat with Marta Fisher and Stacey Lee.

Stacey grew up in a semi-traditional Chinese-American household; where academics and music were emphasized and encouraged and athletics was discouraged. As a result, she wasn't in her mid-thirties until she truly discovered her love of running and within 6 months of starting a "Couch to 5k" program completed her first marathon. Since then, she's raced distances from 5k (road, XC and trail) to attempting her first 100 miler. Stacey's goal is to be a diverse voice in the local running community, to help enable other women of color to discover the sport, and to build a more diverse and inclusive running community.

As a little kid, Marta was the least athletic of 4 siblings. But that changed when she found running as a teenager. Over the years, the kind of running she does has changed (track/x-c, road marathons, casual jogging, trail running, ultra running) but her identity as a runner has not. One of her big running goals is to stick around the sport long enough that she gets an award for being the old woman that finishes. She definitely favors the steeper, more mountainous trails over flat, fast ones.

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Tory and I get together for a quick episode to answer a few questions, but stay tuned for a full WAM recap in a few weeks.

Topics for today include how to transition from Triathlon training to ultra, the minimum days per week needed to do a 50km, and how to pick a race that fits your strengths.

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Recap of the epic weekend that was WAM 100km/100mile!

This recap goes right from the weeks and days leading up to the race to a few weeks after. We hear from Katie and Tara about the 100km, and Tory and Linda who ran the 100mile.

I discuss training with a toddler while on vacation for the biggest training block, and give a very exhausted race recap the day after.

Distance: 102 km/63 miles Ascent + Descent 6,000 m/20,000 ft

Distance: 161 km / 100 miles Ascent +Descent: 9,050 m / 29,700 ft : 8,920 m / 29,250 ft

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A lot can go wrong in training, and you can still persevere. Anne had just gotten into training for a 100miler when she learned her family was going to move across the country. Once settled she developed tendonitis and had to take extra time off. We chat about how much can actually go wrong in training and the mental toughness it takes to get to the start line and finish the race.

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All things Mental Toughness! Alyssa is an outstanding runner and has toughed through the most extreme conditions. This is an episode you will not want to miss!

How to get out the door day after day, how to finish a hard workout, how to keep going in a race, and how to stay determined.

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Adrian Fear ran Mohican 100 as her first 100miler and finished on sheer grit. She shares everything she learned about how to prepare from studying the course, preparing your feet, aid station plans, to post race comfort.

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Buckin Hell 50km!

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2632 meters of climbing (8600 feet)

54ish km

Snow, rocks, roots, and a bucket load of technical downhill. SO FUN!!!

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Welcome to the first mini solo episode! These new short episodes will be everything from tips and life updates to random rants. Reach out if you have a topic you'd like me to discuss @hilsport55

Eva Gifford grew up in Rossland, BC and has been crushing endurance sports since she was a kid. She's now a Chiropractor, run coach, and leader in her local running community. She's only 30 years old but working to change the way Chiro can be used to keep atheltes playing in the mountains for as long as possible. More from her @evagiff

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