Ready, set go.

This is episode 116 with elite trail ultra marathoner,

winner of the Blue Sky Marathon

and last year silver rush 50-Miler Miss Abbey Hall. Here we are again runners. This is Jason Fitzgerald and I'm excited for this episode.

We're talking to pro ultra marathoner, trail runner and generally amazing human being Abby Hall about transitioning longer

distances after being a middle distance athlete. When she thinks it's a good idea to

drop out of a race what surprised her most when she started competing in these long trail races,

and what she considers her biggest failure. Abby is an incredible athlete having placed in the

top 10 at races like UTMB CCC Lake Sonoma and North

face 50-mile championships. She's a global athlete for Adidas and is also

sponsored by Ultimate Direction, Lakey, Unived, and CTS.

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All right, let's move on to our conversation with Abby Hall.

First, I want to recommend that you go back to episode 113, where I asked Abby, as well as two other pro-runners how they

fuel for different types of runs races and what might change if the distance of

their race was a lot shorter. In this conversation, we're focusing on

her transition from being an 800-meter runner to Trail Ultra Marathons and the

specific challenges and needs of these long events. Without further ado,

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