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Elise Lagerstrom shares her experience of winning the Gobi March and discusses various aspects of triathlon motivation and tactics.

Elise Lagerstrom — Eric's sister and two-time desert ultra champion — joins us to recount winning the Gobi March outright, becoming the first woman in the race's 20-year history to beat all men across a 250-kilometer, seven-day self-supported ultra through central Mongolia. We cover everything: the emergency electrolyte crisis at mile 12, how she managed a 52-minute buffer over second place through the legendary 80-kilometer Stage 4 long march, what carrying a 25-pound pack for 155 miles has ...

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Host: Eric

Guest: Elise Lagerstrom

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Places: Mongolia

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