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James Lauriello interviews Morgan Elliott about the upcoming Whiteface Skyrace and the mental challenges of racing.

Send us Fan Mail A two-loop skyrace sounds straightforward until you’re halfway through lap one and realize the real battle is in your head. We sit down with Morgan Elliott just before Whiteface Skyrace in upstate New York, where family is nearby, the terrain is steep, and the season is already packed with travel, racing, and big expectations. We get into what makes Whiteface different: a double-loop format, ski resort climbing that can feel brutally simple, and the mental math of how hard y...

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Host: James Lauriello

Guest: Morgan Elliott

Topics covered

• skyrace
• mental endurance
• racing expectations
• trail running
• climbing

Keywords

• Whiteface Skyrace
• Morgan Elliott
• running
• mental battle
• trail running
• upstate New York
• racing

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Places: Whiteface, New York, upstate New York

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