Sophie Woods on what it takes to run an FKT across The Alps
About this episode
Sophie Woods discusses her record-breaking FKT run across The Alps and her journey back to trail running.
Fresh from her record breaking performance of setting a new FKT for the Via Alpina, ultrarunner Sophie Woods joins Rick and Ben to talk about this monumental run, what motivated her to do it, how it helped her fall back in love with trail running and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Rick, Ben
Guest: Sophie Woods
Topics covered
- ultrarunning
- FKT
- trail running
- motivation
- record breaking performance
Keywords
- Sophie Woods
- FKT
- Via Alpina
- The Alps
- ultrarunning
- trail running
- motivation
- record breaking
Mentioned in this episode
Places: The Alps
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