128: Nell Rojas - Capable of Big Things
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4.7 • 557 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Carrie sits down with the winner of the 2019 Grandma's Marathon Nell Rojas! They chat about the race, her background as a steeplechaser / triathlete / obstacle course racer, and her goals for making the US Olympic Marathon team.
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| 1:00.1 | Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Tullifson and welcome to the C-Tolly Run podcast. Today I'm interviewing Nell Rojas. Nell has quite the story. She was a steeple chaser in college at Northern Arizona |
| 1:06.1 | University. She was an obstacle course racer and a triathlete after college. |
| 1:11.7 | She coaches many different types of athletes and is currently the fifth fastest American |
| 1:16.2 | marathoner in 2019. |
| 1:18.8 | And get this, it was only her second marathon ever. |
| 1:23.1 | In this episode, we talk about her background and growing up with a father that was an elite |
| 1:27.0 | runner who is now her coach. |
| 1:29.5 | Running a 228-06 off of 75 miles a week at 31 years old. |
| 1:35.0 | We also chat about her fuel intake during her race, how she's running so fast with such little experience in the marathon, |
| 1:41.7 | her goals for making the U.S. Olympic marathon team, and where life |
| 1:45.0 | will take her next. So let's get after it. |
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