Episode 21 - Amanda Earl on a Good Miserable Time

We are back! (Took both a podcasting #springbreak during April and am feeling refreshed and excited for what's next!)

This episode is with Amanda Earl - a running pal for a few years now. Amanda discusses how she got into running, then trail running, then ultra trail running while living in DC on this episode. Quite the progression! 

We also spend a lot of the episode discussing Amanda's most recent race - the Big Sur Marathon. I've fact checked the elevation gain, and officially it is 2,182 over the course of the 26.2 miles (but many internet runners report that they believe it is more). Amanda discusses how she prepared for this race, dealing with injury mid training cycle, and the race experience itself - think 3am pitch dark bus rides with no cell service and a piano man several miles in. We talk about running as a de-stressor from DC work life, Pacers Running marathon training community, and big next goals. I really appreciate Amanda's curiosity drive in the running space, and I hope you do too.

Thanks to you for listening, Dan Hoffman for the soundtrack, and Amanda for the conversation. Enjoy! 

(PS: The podcast is enough episodes deep for a post race beer!)