Abby Heffern: The reality of running a 100-miler
About this episode
Abby Heffern shares her journey to completing a 100-mile race and her future plans in ultra running.
Abby Heffern is an ultra runner and coach, who achieved her dream of completing a 100-mile race at the start of this year. Couple that with her desire to run not only more 100s, but also 200-mile events, and you might be forgiven for assuming Abby is one of those people who take to extreme endurance running like a duck to water. The truth is very different, and Abby's Forgotten Florida 100 finish was actually the accumulation of seven years of hard work. Her journey to 100 took in 13 'warm-up' ultras across a host of distances, and saw her struggle with gastrointestinal issues that threatened to sidetrack her dream. But Abby's confidence remained unwavering throughout and she eventually used all the experience she had gained to finish as third lady at the race. Fuelled by a love of the trails and the great outdoors, Abby had been embracing a need for speed and a desire to qualify for the Boston Marathon before she turned to ultra running. As a running and strength coach, she knows what it takes to achieve hard things and instills the mantra that anything is possible into all her clients. Abby is also the author of The Wild Dog Write-Up Substack page where she writes about her own…
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