Trail Running Women

This year I sit down with my parents to discuss fitness and longevity, kids in sports, and parenting athletes. Janet & Bill give insight on how to raise a happy kid and keep playing sports fun at any level. 

We also chat about staying active as you age and use my dad's mom as an example. She turns 103 this week. Her siblings are 95, and 97.

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Julia is a force to be reckoned with. She began running only 5 years ago, and quickly caught the endurance bug. In 2020, Julia was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. The COVID-19 crisis complicated matters as she had to navigate the healthcare system and help ensure the financial security of her company, Vision Advertising, during the crisis. Find out how she's kept up with training, leading a company, and long term goals while fighting cancer. 

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Ben is a remarkable young person as both an athlete and a coach, and a pleasure to speak with. 

He represented Australia as a junior at the World Mountain Running Championships and immediately wanted more. He made a very rapid step up in distance after that, running his first ultramarathon when he was 19, and just a few years later he won a bronze medal in the Skyrunning World Championships in the Ultramarathon. 

Ben completed a Bachelor of Science (majoring in Physics), and started a PhD in theoretical quantum physics, but left part-way through to pursue coaching full-time with Mile 27. As well as various coaching, personal-training, and strength-and-conditioning qualifications, he is now just a few weeks away from completing a Masters in Sports Coaching.

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How come some people can run all year-round and don't seem to get injured or tired? What if I've stopped completely, how do I get my mojo back? What if I'm anxious to come back after an injury, trying to get pregnant, or just lost my motivation completely? Tory and I dive into these questions and much more. 

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Dena had to overcome some of the toughest things a child could go through. Instead of letting it get her down, she found running and became one of the most positive and inspirational people I've spoken to. The mom of 8 recently finished 2 x 200mile races that were 11 days apart, coming in 3FOA and 2OA /2F. Oh, and did I mention she home schools all 8 of her children? We no longer have the "I'm too busy," excuse. 

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When Laura was a young adult she decided she needed to change her sedentary life and poor eating habits. She went from feeling stressed and over worked to racing multiple Ironmans and eventually qualifying for worlds for XTERRA. Shortly after her qualifying race her life changed. What she thought was post race soreness ended up a rare condition called iliac artery endofibrosis. She talks about nearly losing both legs and how she battled back to become a successful trail runner and triathlete. 

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Jackie is a nationally competitive ultra trail runner. She holds numerous female race wins and course records for trail and ultramarathon races all over the Northeast and Southeast regions in distances ranging from marathon to 100 miles. Some of her highlighted achievements include a 2nd place finish at the 2015 USATF 50 mile National Trail Championship race, overall wins at the Ice Age 50K, Snakebite 50K and Mystery Mountain Marathon in 2016, the women’s course record at the Pinhoti 100 miler, 2nd place at the Georgia Death Race, 7th woman at the Western States 100, and 2nd place at the JFK 50 mile in 2017.

In 2018, Jackie shifted her training focus to growing a human and welcomed their daughter, Jordan, into the world at the end of that year. She runs for the HOKA ONE ONE trail running team and Lily Trotters compression socks women’s squad. 

When she is not running, Jackie can usually be found in the lab playing with cool neuroscience toys that can measure brain activity. At her day job, Jackie studies how the brain controls how we move our bodies and how we can change our brains based on the behaviors we engage in. Yeah, she is kind of a nerd. 

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Lydia is a young runner from the UK who just finished her first 50km ultra in crazy weather. She talks about how she's fallen in love with running and how she's managed to keep it up while juggling life as a mom, a law student, and a model. She's now running half marathons while pushing her young son in the buggy as a casual training run. Her story is both inspiring and full of useful tips on how to fit it all in. 

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Katie and I take on the Hudson's Bay Company Trail and try to set a new female FKT. The previous record was 12:50, so we were stoked with an 11:35 finish. This is a compilation of pre run prep and post run debriefing. You can find more about this run here https://www.instagram.com/p/CFTYbw4nyl0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

78km

4065 meters 

Ridiculous 

https://www.strava.com/activities/4079782036

About the trail "The Hudson's Bay Brigade Trail, sometimes referred to simply as the Brigade Trail, refers to one of two routes used by Hudson's Bay Company fur traders to transport furs, goods and supplies between coastal and Columbia District headquarters at Fort Vancouver and those in New Caledonia and also in Rupert's Land"  - Google

Tory is back to answer listener questions on how to get started in the trails. We cover everything from training and recovering for your first ultra, to how much time you need to take between races. We also discuss the best way to maintain fitness through the off season, when to start building back up for your next race, and how to get the most bang for your buck in the gym. 

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