Episode 17 - Sarita on Being True To Yourself in Sport

Hello! Happy New Year!

Many exciting things to come on the pod, and to kick off the year, we have Sarah, aka Sarita, aka Beanz talking about fresh starts and big goals. Two big goals turned accomplishments for Sarah last year were completing both the High Bridge 50K and Marine Corps 50K. 

We talk about the ultras, and we go beyond the races themselves to talk about how Sarah got here - able to run multiple speedy long distance races in the same month. There were the more obvious aspects, running and strength training. Then there were the more intangible aspects... a sense of community, a feeling of pride in identity and greater comfort embracing that identity, resiliency after repeated injury... Sarah talks about being Latina in the distance running space, joining Northeast Track Club for the first time, and her moves from Mexico City, to Texas, to Minnesota, to DC. She absolutely loves the district, where she works making maps. 

I loved this conversation with Sarah, who is incredibly open and authentic. I hope you do too. 

Thanks as always to Dan Hoffman for the music.