The Road To Coast To Kosci 2025: Sophie Geraghty

The Road To Coast To Kosci 2025: Sophie Geraghty

From Peak2Soon by Brent Ford

October 4, 2025 Β· 1h 51m Β· Season 4 Β· Episode 14

About this episode

Sophie Geraghty shares her journey as an ultra runner and her role as a Feel Good Ambassador for the Surf Coast Century.

Sophie Geraghty was this year unveiled as a 'Feel Good Ambassador' for the Surf Coast Century, and it's not hard to see why. But when you scratch under the surface of this bubbly, incredibly strong, self described mediocre ultra runner, you get a deeper story. As Sophie tells in her bio to Rapid Ascent: "𝐴𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑒 π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘–π‘›π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘–π‘™π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ π‘ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘‘ π‘šπ‘¦ π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘¦ π‘¦π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘ , π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘™π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ, 𝐼 π‘€π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘™π‘’π‘‘ π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž π‘Žπ‘› π‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘–π‘ π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘€π‘œ π‘‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘™π‘šπ‘œπ‘ π‘‘ π‘π‘œπ‘ π‘‘ π‘šπ‘’ π‘’π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” 𝐼 β„Žπ‘œπ‘™π‘‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿ. 𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘šπ‘’ π‘šπ‘¦ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘π‘’π‘™π‘™π‘–π‘œπ‘›, π‘šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘› π‘—π‘œπ‘¦, 𝑖𝑑 π‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘šπ‘’ π‘šπ‘¦ π‘€π‘Žπ‘¦ π‘œπ‘“ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘€π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘¦. 𝐼 π‘€π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ 𝑏𝑒 π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘šπ‘¦ π‘π‘œπ‘‘π‘¦ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘‘π‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’π‘  𝑖𝑑 π‘π‘Žπ‘› π‘šπ‘œπ‘£π‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘’π‘”β„Ž. π‘Šβ„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑑 π‘‘π‘œ π‘ β„Žπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘˜ π‘šπ‘’, π‘›π‘œπ‘€ 𝐼 π‘ π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘˜ π‘™π‘œπ‘’π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ π‘Žπ‘π‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘–π‘™π‘–π‘’π‘›π‘π‘’, π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘¦, π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘π‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘ π‘–π‘›π‘” 𝑒𝑝. 𝐼 β„Žπ‘Žπ‘£π‘’ 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 π‘Ž π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘›π‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘π‘œπ‘Žπ‘β„Ž π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Žπ‘π‘œπ‘’π‘‘ five π‘¦π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘  π‘›π‘œπ‘€, π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ 𝑒π‘₯π‘Žπ‘π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘ π‘œπ‘›. 𝐼 π‘™π‘œπ‘£π‘’β€¦

People in this episode

Host: Brent Ford

Guest: Sophie Geraghty

Topics covered

  • ultra running
  • resilience
  • women's representation
  • personal story
  • running coaching

Keywords

  • ultra running
  • Sophie Geraghty
  • Surf Coast Century
  • Coast to Kosci
  • resilience
  • women in sports
  • running coach

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Surf Coast Century, Rapid Ascent

Places: Australia

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