About this episode

Meghan Gould recaps her experience coaching athletes at the challenging Hypnosis Night Race in Arizona.

Last weekend, I headed to Arizona to crew and coach a handful of She Runs Ultras athletes at the Hypnosis Night Race - an overnight trail event put on Aravaipa Running. The conditions were brutal: triple-digit temperatures, relentless wind, blowing sand, and miles of technical desert terrain in the dark. In this episode, we're talking about: What it was like to race through the Arizona desert at nightWhy every ultrarunner will eventually face a DNFThe question I asked that completely changed ...

People in this episode

Host: Meghan Gould

Topics covered

• ultrarunning
• night race
• Arizona desert
• DNF
• coaching
• trail running

Keywords

• Hypnosis Night Race
• Arizona
• ultrarunning
• DNF
• trail running
• coaching
• night race

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aravaipa Running

Places: Arizona

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