For The Long Run

Kelly is a 3-peat Free Throw Shooting Champion, Philly native, and self-described goofball. Despite that grade school highlight, Kelly prefers not to be defined by her accomplishments. A dog mom and proud member of the LGBTQ community, Kelly lives life with her hopes and dreams. In this episode we talk about: -transitioning into ultra running from hiking -the allure of Western States 100 -from winning one of her first ultra races to running in Hong Kong -showing up and blowing up -imposter syndrome among elite ultra runners -finding identity in stillness -running towards hope rather than away from pain -tough races and even tougher weather -the places we go in ultras, literally and metaphorically -pushing deep, then deeper and deeper still -lessons learned from Ted Lasso -crazy long mountain ultras -goldfish -the Ouray 100 miler: a team effort -DNFs and dropping out -(not so) glamorous suffering -leaning into uncertainty -running through grief and unexpected loss I referenced this quote from the Tim McGraw so