In this episode, I’m sharing a recent conversation with one of my 1:1 clients who’s training for 100 miles.

She listed everything she’s juggling — work, family, aging parents, social media, world events, health concerns — and then said:

“I just don’t know how I’m going to do it.”

And that’s the point.

Sometimes it’s not your fitness.
It’s not your plan.
It’s not your long run.

It’s the mental load.

When everything feels urgent and important, your attention gets split.
And when your attention is split, your training starts to feel heavier than it should.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why you don’t need to know “how” yet
• The hidden cost of constant input
• Comparison (Strava, early morning posts, influencer culture)
• The discipline of opting out
• How to “build your bubble” and protect your focus

Your attention is finite.
If you don’t choose what gets access to it, something else will.

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This year, I’m taking a few things off the table when it comes to my running.

First: I’m done calling runs “bad.”
Hard? Sure. Uncomfortable? Absolutely.
But “bad” doesn’t actually tell us anything useful—and it usually creates more noise than clarity.

Second: I’m not overreacting to one data point.
One tough run. One off week. One moment of doubt.
None of those define your training—or your potential.

In this episode, I talk about why these two decisions matter, how they’ve changed the way I approach training, and why perspective—not perfection—is what actually carries you through long seasons and long races.

If you’ve ever questioned your fitness because of one run… this one’s for you.

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In this episode I'm chatting with my friend and licensed psychologist, Dr. Alison Roy. She's been a guest on the show before, way back in 2023 - episode 171. This time around, I wanted to explore the topic of trauma and why she thinks there are so many people in the sport of ultras that have experienced trauma. During this episode we also touch on being an adaptive athlete & some real-time skills that you can use out there on the trails if you're looking to improve your mental resilience.

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You guys know that one of my main missions is to get more women into the sport of ultras, so when my friend Meredith reached out to me and said: "What do you think about THIS?" I said: "I think you should come on the podcast to talk about it!" And here we are! Meredith is the Medical Director for The Huron 100 in Michigan and they're offering scholarships for the race - specifically for women!

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In this episode I'm chatting with my friend and fellow ultra runner, Caryn Lamphier. If you remember back in my Moab 240 recap episode, I mention running with a group of people on day / night one...Caryn is one of those people. I wanted to get her perspective on how the race went after we parted ways...here's what she had to say!

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Every once in a while, I get a message from someone who’s just discovered the podcast and tells me they’re starting from episode one.

And every time…I cringe a little.

Not because I’m embarrassed (okay, maybe a little).
But because that version of me isn’t who I am anymore.

In this episode, I talk about why that cringe actually matters—and why it’s a good thing.

If you’re not uncomfortable with your past work, past decisions, or past version of yourself…there’s a good chance you haven’t grown very much. And staying the same might feel safe, but it’s not how progress happens.

This episode is a bit of a rant (in a loving way).
About growth.
About change.
About letting yourself evolve without apologizing for who you used to be.

If you’ve ever looked back at old training logs, old goals, old beliefs, or old versions of yourself and thought, “Yikes…”—this one’s for you.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why cringing at your past self is actually a sign of growth
• What it means when you outgrow old ideas, strategies, or identities
• Why staying the same is far more dangerous than changing
• How this applies to training, coaching, and life in general
• And why I’m okay not being the same coach—or person—I was years ago

You don’t need to erase your past to grow past it.
And you don’t need to stay loyal to a version of yourself that no longer fits.

Growth is cringe.
And that’s how you know it’s working.

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We love to talk about grit in ultrarunning. Toughness. Digging deep. Pushing through. But in most cases…you don’t DNF because you’re not tough enough.

You DNF because of small decisions made when fatigue, stress, and emotion start running the show.

In this episode, I’m pulling lessons from the book Where You’ll Find Me by Ty Gagne — a powerful exploration of risk, decision-making, and how experience can sometimes work against us in high-stakes environments.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why experience doesn’t cancel risk — and how it can quietly increase it
• How ultra races fall apart through decision stacking, not one big mistake
• Why rigid plans fail when conditions change — and what flexible athletes do instead
• The hardest calls in an ultra: when to slow down, pivot, or walk away
• How fatigue narrows judgment — and how to train decision-making, not just fitness

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In this episode, I’m talking about the part of training that no spreadsheet can prepare you for — the blank space between the lines of your plan where uncertainty, second guessing, and mental load tend to creep in.

We’ll dig into:

• why having a solid training plan is only the starting point
• what actually causes runners to keep searching for a “better” plan
• why effort alone doesn’t resolve the discomfort that shows up in longer-distance training
• and how the human interacting with the plan matters more than the plan itself

If you’ve ever felt like you were doing everything right but still weren’t sure how to coach yourself through the gray areas, this episode will help you see why, without pretending there’s a one-size-fits-all fix.

Because ultra running isn’t just about execution.
It’s about learning how to think, decide, and adapt when things don’t go exactly as planned.

🎧 Listen in — and if this conversation hits close to home, you’ll understand exactly why the She Runs Ultras membership exists.

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