Join co-hosts Ben and Liz as they recap their race preparation for Cactus Rose 100. They outline the challenges they’ve faced and overcome leading up to this race. Plus,  as an old-school self-support style race Cactus Rose presents its own unique challenges.

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When your mental health isn’t healthy going into a race, you can DNF before the race even starts. In this episode, we dive into Ben’s mental health journey and how it impacted his attempt at Heartland 125. We dig into his strategies for managing mental health battles day to day and for ultra racing.

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This episode is dedicated to Liz & Ben’s active recovery following their Mountain Lakes 100 attempt, but if you think it’s just about the co-host you’re wrong! Their active recovery in beautiful Ouray, Colorado includes the entire Bridgeman family plus some extended family and friends. Listen up to hear about their adventures in Ouray while in recovery mode.

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In this episode, Liz & Ben, recap their Mountain Lakes 100 trail race in Oregon. Follow along for their tales of lessons learned, problem solving, and unexpected drama. They also give a bit of a look to the future.

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In this episode, the Bridgeman’s talk about the training plan and race schedule for 2024 leading to Mountain Lakes 100. As this will be Liz’s first 100 mile race we focus on her races and all the ups and downs along the way. 

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Find out what it was like for Ben to run ultras while Liz was pregnant and how their racing/crewing changed. We introduce Ben’s big goals for 2024, how those goals changed, and what’s in store for Ben’s 2025 racing schedule.

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In this episode, the Bridgeman’s talk about Liz’s pregnancy and what it was like to run while pregnant. They also share Harper’s birth story and how that experience led to Liz’s big goal of wanting to run a 100 mile trail race.

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In Part 2 of the Bridgeman's ultra running origin story, we get into Ben’s running history and time as an ultra runner. He’s been doing it for awhile, the length of this episode reflects that. Listen to the end to find out how he gets the best surprise of his life! Finding out he’s going to be a dad!!

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In the debut episode of Ultra Runs in the Family, we meet co-hosts Ben and Liz Bridgeman. A husband and wife ultra running duo and new parents. They focus on Liz's running origin story, starting with her days as a collegiate athlete but she wasn't even a runner back then! Come along for the twists and turns as Liz makes her way towards big ultra running goals and motherhood.

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