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128: Nell Rojas - Capable of Big Things

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C Tolle Run

Health & Fitness, Sports, Fitness, Running

4.7557 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

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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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

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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

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marathoner in 2019.

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And get this, it was only her second marathon ever.

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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.

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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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