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Hurdle with Emily Abbate

187. Courtney Dauwalter, Ultra Runner

Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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Health & Fitness

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Today I sit down with arguably the best female ultra runner in the world, Courtney Dauwalter. You may recognize her name from her most recent dominant performance at Ultra-Trail Cape Town, finishing in first place with a time of 11:20:04, and for those who don’t know, that's a 100K (62+ -mile!) trail race. Superwoman is an understatement here. She has a slew of other medals under her belt, which we talk about in this episode, but we also dig into so much more. From the ins and outs of all things trail running, to Courtney’s journey into the sport, to how it’s never too late to pivot and follow your passion. (Courtney’s professional running career started at 32-years-old.) Plus: Her advice for anyone going through a tough hurdle of their own and her go-to pre- and post-run eats (hint: pancakes are involved). 

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0:00.0

If you're going to do something, you do it all the way.

0:03.7

Don't float through the middle, go all in, and try your very best at it,

0:08.3

and see what happens, because then at least you'll know.

0:25.3

What's going on, guys? Emily Abadi here.

0:27.6

Coming to you live from the AG studio, you are listening to Hurtle.

0:32.3

A wellness-focused podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite

0:35.2

athletes to top experts and industry CEOs about their highest highs,

0:39.6

toughest moments, and everything in between.

0:42.5

We all go through Hurtles in Life, and my goal through these discussions is to

0:46.4

empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can

0:50.6

stride toward your own big potential, and of course have some fun along the way.

0:57.1

For episode 187, I am electrified. I like that magic tip for you today.

1:02.4

To chat with Courtney Dualter. She's without a doubt what the best ultra-runners in the world

1:09.3

period. Definitive statement, I know, but it's hard to calm that really. I mean, she recently had

1:15.2

a dominating performance at the ultra-trail Cape Town, finishing in first place with a time

1:21.7

of 11 hours, 20 minutes, and four seconds. Can you even imagine running moving for 11 hours?

1:29.3

But that, I mean, it's not small stuff, but it's just one of the

1:33.6

zillions of unbelievable feats that this woman has overcome. And we talk about so many of those

1:41.0

fantastic wins and excellent performances in today's episode. We also get into exactly

1:48.3

what ultra-running is, right? What is this sport? How did she get into it? And what makes

1:54.0

running an ultra so much different than any other race from the fueling strategy to having a crew?

2:00.5

And so much more. She also talks to me about what her most valuable asset is to keep

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