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Choose Strong

Choose Strong with Sally and Eddie McRae

Health & Fitness

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Fresh off her course record at Javelina 100, Tara Dower joins Sally in a great conversation! Enjoy!


Other Episode Highlights:

  • 40 days 18 hours 6 min to break the AT FKT in 2024
  • Growing up playing soccer & rugby in college 
  • Gained mental toughness from a drill sergeant in the army (her brother)
  • Inspired by a documentary in college - Appalachian Trail thru hikers in 2013
  • Anxiety attack in 2017
  • 2019 through hiked Appalachian Trail
  • From chasing a title to enjoying the journey on the AT
  • 5 months and 10 days - first time in 2019 thru hiking
  • Cheez its and gushers for nutrition!
  • Candy Mama nickname origination
  • Mountains to Sea 1,175 miles
  • First 100 mile race in 2021
  • The meaning of Tara
  • DNF at Mammoth helped her prepare for Javelina
  • Javelina 100 Recap

Connect with TARA at:

Website: www.tara-treks.com

YouTube: @taratreks

IG: @tara.dower

Podcast: @dnf.diaries


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Transcript

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