Treadmill Truce, BU Track Chaos, and Picking New Olympic Obsessions

About this episode

The episode discusses winter running challenges, injury rehab experiences, indoor track culture at BU, elite race logistics, and the excitement of following new Olympic sports.

Episode Rundown: Winter running survival: treadmill acceptance, frostbite fears, and training through deep cold Injury rehab reality check: Lindsey’s post-surgery boot decisions and the case for PT Indoor track culture: BU’s “illegal fast” track, infield chaos, and track time scheduling Elite race logistics: buses, credentials, start-line waiting, and why pros deal with plenty of nonsense too Olympics and sports fandom: Lindsey Vonn discourse, learning new sports fast, and choosing new Winter Olympic events to follow

Topics covered

• winter running
• injury rehab
• indoor track culture
• elite race logistics
• Olympics
• sports fandom

Keywords

• treadmill
• frostbite
• training
• post-surgery
• indoor track
• race logistics
• Olympic events
• sports fandom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BU

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