Episode 7 - Alisa Springman - Going for Mountain Masochist #20

About this episode

Alisa Springman discusses her journey in ultrarunning and her experiences with the Mountain Masochist 50-miler.

From a chance co-worker telling her about this thing called ultrarunning, to now preparing for her 20th consecutive finish at the Mountain Masochist 50-miler, Alisa Springman has a lot of deep content in between. From an very impressive ultrasignup resume to race directing to being a board member of the VHTRC, Alisa is the type of person who really defines the best of ultrarunning and what has kept this sport so great over the twenty plus years she has been a consistent participant. Join us for my second in a series about Mountain Masochist with someone who has a lot to say about this race and the community surrounding it. This interview overperforms! Enjoy!

People in this episode

Host: John Andersen

Guest: Alisa Springman

Topics covered

• ultrarunning
• Mountain Masochist
• race directing
• VHTRC
• community
• endurance sports

Keywords

• ultrarunning
• Mountain Masochist
• Alisa Springman
• VHTRC
• endurance
• race directing
• 50-miler

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: VHTRC

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