The Golden Ticket chase is on, folks! This is the Javelina Jundred Mile women's field preview!

Javelina is the second race of the 2026 WSER Golden Ticket series (CCC, in August, was the first), and is a notoriously fast and competitive event.

In this episode, you'll hear from ten of the top women chasing their best, and one of the two tickets available in the 100 mile race.

In order of appearance:

-Tara Dower (00:01:53)

Javelina Jype song: "Girls in the Hood", Megan Thee Stallion

-Anna Louden (00:15:19)

Javelina Jype song: "Come Alive", The Greatest Showman

-Carla Molinaro (00:29:00)

Javelina Jype song: "Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels", Todrick Hall

-Lauren Puretz (00:40:17)

Javelina Jype song: "I Don't Fuck With You", Big Sean

-Addie Bracy (00:53:29)

Javelina Jype song: Anything from Lane 8 (we chose "Run" for the playlist)

-Careth Arnold (01:07:04)

Javelina Jype song: "Free", Broods

-Valerie Arsenault (01:18:17)

Javelina Jype song: "Love Takes Miles", Cameron Winter

-Brier Youngfleish (01:32:52)

Javelina Jype song: "Bread", Sofi Tukker

-Nicole Laughton (01:42:18)

Javelina Jype song: "Ella Es Mi Fiesta", Carlos Vives

-Amy Cameron (01:51:51)

Javelina Jype song: "Crazy Train", Ozzy Osbourne

Find the complete Javelina Jype playlist here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Sj8d0UekgY158pjmiFoJ2?si=cD51HfsGR4WAXOcCMCueWw&pi=dRnVJvSYTD29G

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Sandi Nypaver just won the 2025 Grindstone 100k, returning to the race where her ultrarunning career began - winning her second 100-mile race ever at the 2010 Grindstone 100 mile, at the age of 22.

The full circle moment shined a light on the longevity of her career in ultra-endurance; and the stories of growth, change, and experience she's gained along the way.

In this episode, Lauren and Sandi discuss her urban upbringing in Cleveland, discovering a love of nature and her place in it, running and winning the Mohican 100 mile as her first ultrarunning race ever, the pressures of instant success, her growth through trial and error/success and failure along the way, her entry in coaching, and the way her training and racing philosophies have changed over time.

Of course we also talk about her race at Grindstone, and where she's headed next!

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⁠Tabor Hemming is a true "trail, track, and road" athlete, most recently representing Team USA on the Short Trail team at the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships! She is also a true student of the sport, learning her way up through each race and each season, together with her husband, Eli.

*Tabor and I had a great pre-race conversation that did not make it into our preview episodes due to technical difficulties. Thankfully, the post-race conversation was even better!

In this episode, Lauren and Tabor discuss her early exposure to Olympic and elite sport, and her parents intention to instill lifelong activity and adventure as a core of her childhood. Tabor competed on the Junior world trail championship team as a high school athlete, before returning to cross country and track as a collegiate athlete. It wasn't until the Covid-era that she rediscovered competitive trail running, and her talent and love for it. Hear the lessons she's learned, experiences gained, opinions formed, and thoughts on the sport as a whole and her place in it.

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Welcome to Part Three of our special series featuring the Women of the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships - Team USA; presented by Summit Roasters!

In this episode, you'll hear from athletes competing in the Short Trail race:

-Helen Mino Faukner (00:01:47)

-Jane Maus (00:09:18)

-Grayson Murphy (00:20:39)

-Ruby Lindquist (00:32:22)

-Lindsay Allison (00:43:44)

*We had a great pre-race conversation with Tabor Hemming as well - however, somewhere between recording and editing, all but a short segment of audio was completely scrambled and lost. Unfortunately, by the time we realized, it was too late to re-record... I'm very sorry to Tabor, and to listeners, for this mistake.

After listening, check out our "Women of the World Champs Playlist", curated personally by Team USA, at: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5No7BxLyxBsNkOInkA7gNY?si=IA6dcvEySbaKOLhY6KPLDw&pi=t8fO5L75TZWRY⁠⁠⁠

The Short Trail race is on September 26th, covering 44.5kilometers (28 miles) and 3657 meters (12,000 feet) of gain AND descent!

This episodes is presented with support from our friends, and fellow trail and ultra runners, at Summit Roasters - help support those who are supporting us!

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Welcome to Part Two of our special three-part series featuring the Women of the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships - Team USA; presented by Summit Roasters!

In this episode, you'll hear from athletes competing in the Long Trail race:

-Jennifer Lichter (00:01:47)

-Allison Baca (00:22:44)

-Shea Aquilano (00:33:30)

-Klaire Rhodes (00:40:58)

-Emily Schmitz (00:52:53)

After listening, check out our "Women of the World Champs Playlist", curated personally by Team USA, at: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5No7BxLyxBsNkOInkA7gNY?si=IA6dcvEySbaKOLhY6KPLDw&pi=t8fO5L75TZWRY⁠

The Long Trail race is on September 27th, covering 81.2 kilometers (51 miles) and 5413 meters (17,760 feet) of gain AND descent!

This episodes is presented with support from our friends, and fellow trail and ultra runners, at Summit Roasters - help support those who are supporting us!

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Welcome to our special three-part series featuring the Women of the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships - Team USA; presented by Summit Roasters!

In episode one, you'll hear from athletes competing in the Vertical and Classic races:

-Anna Gibson (00:01:48): Doubling in the Vertical AND Classic.

-Jess Brazeau (00:12:53): Vertical

-Hillary Allen (00:26:55): Vertical

-Sydney Petersen (00:44:20): Vertical

-Courtney Coppinger (00:56:00): Classic

-Allie Mclaughlin (01:10:06): Classic

And find our "Women of the World Champs Playlist", curated personally by Team USA, at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5No7BxLyxBsNkOInkA7gNY?si=IA6dcvEySbaKOLhY6KPLDw&pi=t8fO5L75TZWRY

The Vertical races on September 25th, and includes 6.4 km with 990 meters of vertical gain.

The Classic races on September 28th, and includes 14.3 km with 775meters of gain AND loss.

This episodes is presented with support from our friends, and fellow trail and ultra runners, at Summit Roasters - help support those who are supporting us! Shop their variety of fresh roasted coffee in my hometown, at:

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Lotti Brinks is fresh off one of the best races of her career at the 2025 CCC by UTMB, where she placed 6th female in surely the deepest and most competitive women's field ever assembled for this event.

AND, Lotti is so much more - with a full and abundant life around her professional running career, that she's cultivated intentionally over time.

In this episode, Lauren and Lotti discuss her origins in the sport, growing up in Germany and the opportunities that running opened for her to attend college in the U.S.; how she ultimately walked away from collegiate running entirely and turned her attention to other sports and pursuits; rediscovering running years later, together with her sister-in-law, Careth; and the lessons she's learned about her perspectives and approach to training, competition, balance, and seeking joy in the process.

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Kaytlyn Gerbin is a legend of mountain, trail, and ultra running; a literal trailblazer for women in sport, leading by example and demonstrating what's possible if you're willing to try.

She's been competing at the top of the sport for close to a decade, but recently took a full two years away from racing to undergo a major hip surgery and give birth to her daughter!

The ultra-landscape has changed in that time, and Kaytlyn herself has changed as well.

In this episode, Lauren and Kaytlyn discuss her origin story - from a Midwestern snowboarder to a Northwest mountain athlete; the time and process of learning mountaineering skills and safety; discovering trail running, and discovering her talents for it; how sponsorship, most specifically from The North Face, has changed her life and career; her surgery, pregnancy, and recovery; her return to racing (and winning) at this year's Cascade Crest 100; and what's next in this new chapter.

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(It's a must-watch if you haven't seen it!)

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Haley Heinrich is a dominant sub-ultra trail and mountain runner based in New Hampshire, with an unconventional path to elite racing.

While running is a common thread throughout her story, it served many different purposes along the way.

In this episode, Lauren and Haley discuss her challenging childhood, and the role running played in seeking freedoms, building confidence, and also developing into a burden and expectation.

She walked away from the sport for an extended period of time, and only later rediscovered her love of the mountains and their community through hiking - which ultimately built to running - which ultimately built to racing - and a rediscovery of the freedoms, confidence, and joy that running provided in childhood.

Hayley's story is unique, and full of challenges and obstacles; but her path through it is insightful and inspiring.

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Kristen Schindler is an elite trail and ultrarunner, run coach, and a mental performance consultant with a Master's degree in Sport and Performance psychology.

In this episode, Lauren and Kristen discuss her personal history and relationship with running from a young teen looking for an anchor in a turbulent time, to a high performing collegiate athlete, to a love of the freedom of trail and ultrarunning.

We discuss her connection with the community running has given her, and how that evolved into pursuing her secondary education and developing a career in Mental Performance.

You'll learn what mental performance coaching is, and is not; common challenges for endurance athletes, and female athletes specifically; the importance of mental health in athletics - for performance on and off the trail; tools for assessing those challenges, and how a coach can help.

You can find Integrated Strides at integratedstridesmentalperformance.com

and find and follow Kristen at instagram.com/kristenaschindler

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