In the past few years, as ultrarunning and trail racing in particular has continued to grow in popularity, there’s been a concurrent increase in the number of world-class racers exploring their limits in timed events, and the competition at these races has become fierce. This week we welcomed Altra/T-Starr Running/Drymax athlete Megan Alvarado, the newly crowned US 24-hour champion, into the Pain Cave. Megan and I spoke about balancing 24-hour racing and trail racing (6:10), training on the treadmill (10:00), how she approaches a timed event (22:50), increasing female participation in the sport (29:00), and her Desert Island Picks (39:20).
Links
Megan’s Ultrasignup page and Instagram
How to help wildfire victims
Here’s a running-related fundraiser I donated to
Megan’s Desert Island Picks: The Brave Athlete by Dr. Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson; Spotify Motivation Mix playlist; Diet Cherry 7Up
Intro music: "Fine Line" by the Bloodletters
Outro music: "When I Was Still Young" by Yard Sale
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Episode 113 - Twenty Questions with Rich Lockwood
Episode 112 - Twenty Questions with Chad Lasater
Episode 111 - Ultrarunners of the Year with Jason Mintz
Episode 110 - Twenty Questions with Riley Brady
Episode 109 - Twenty Questions with Pete Mortimer
Episode 108 - Twenty Questions with Sabrina Little
Episode 107 - This Month (Summer?) in Ultrarunning with Phil Vondra
Episode 106 - Western States Recap with Phil Vondra
Episode 105 - Twenty Questions with Brittany Peterson
Episode 104 - Western States Preview with Cat Bradley and Phil Vondra
Episode 103 - This Month (?) in Ultrarunning with Phil Vondra
Episode 102 - Twenty Questions with David Roche
Episode 101 - Twenty Questions with Dani Moreno
Episode 100 - Ultrarunner of the Year with Jason Mintz
Episode 99 - Live WS100/HR100 Lottery Pod-tacular (Part 2)
Episode 98 - Live WS100/HR100 Lottery Pod-tacular with Laura Kline and Jason Mintz (Part 1)
Episode 97 - Twenty Questions with Jason Green
Episode 96 - This Month in Ultrarunning with Phil Vondra
Episode 95 - Twenty Questions with Matt Flaherty
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