About this episode
Tara and Brad discuss recent races, training experiences, and upcoming events in the running community.
Jump in the FREE Discord to leave episode reactions and ask questions for future episode. https://discord.gg/4QMxjFyQGJ Please take a second to leave a review where ever you are listening. In this episode Tara and Brad sit down and discuss training and racing over the last few weeks and what is coming up this summer for both of us. Tara just completed the Breakneck marathon which is regarded as on of the hardest trail marathons in the county at close to 27 miles and 10k feet with sections require for points of contact and many rock scrambling sections. She breaks down the 9+1 process that the NYRR uses to get into the NYC marathon and her concerns for the Never Summer 60k in Steamboat Colorado this summer.
People in this episode
Host: Brad Finn
Guest: Tara
Topics covered
- marathon training
- trail running
- NYC marathon qualification
- upcoming races
- rock scrambling
Keywords
- Breakneck Marathon
- NYC Marathon
- Never Summer 60k
- trail running
- marathon training
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Steamboat Colorado
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