254. Nell Rojas, Runner

Hurdle

Emily Abbate

Health & Fitness

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Nell Rojas has some big goals. Goals that she's committed to, and over the last few years she's learned exactly what that commitment entails. The Boulder native is at a place in her life where she's accepted the opportunity costs (like prioritizing sleep and turning down social events) to excel in her sport — and it's working. The former triathlete is a sub 2:30 marathoner (that's faster than a 5:40 pace over 26.2 miles), coached by her father who was one of the first athletes to run for Nike, won the very first BolderBoulder, and held the world record for the 15K. For episode 254, she talks about how that impacts their relationship, how owning her own coaching business makes her proud (and the lessons entrepreneurship has taught her), and what she's looking forward to next.

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0:00.0	do it your own way. Everyone's different and I think I'm very different. Don't compare yourself.
0:05.6	Do it the way that works for you.
0:21.4	Hey everybody, Emily Evadi here. You are listening to episode 254 of Hurdle.
0:27.6	A wellness focus podcast where I can act with everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts
0:32.3	and industry CEOs about their highest highs toughest moments and everything in between. We all
0:38.4	go through hurdles in life and my goal through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate
0:43.6	yours and move with intention so that you can stride towards your own big potential and of course
0:50.3	have some fun along the way. For today's episode, I am chatting with Mel Rojas. She is a pro runner,
1:00.3	a very well timed episode. If you ask me, considering global running day is this coming one's day,
1:08.3	June 7th in honor of Global Running Day, I am going to be hosting a live podcast with my girl
1:14.8	Jess Woods at Nike's New York headquarters. Mel is also a Nike athlete. And Jess and I are
1:21.6	going to be answering all of your running questions. So submit one by clicking the link in the show
1:27.4	notes that says, leave me a voice message or shoot me an email over at hello at hurdle.us that
1:34.2	episode will be dropping soon. Anyway, back to my girl now. In today's episode, we chat about her
1:42.8	love of sport from a young age. She talks about growing up in Boulder and how the local run community
1:50.2	really inspired her to get more involved with the sport. She shares about her big goals, her
1:57.3	dreams to make a US Olympic team. She also talks to us about dabbling in triathlon and what it was
2:05.2	like for her to win grandma's marathon back in 2019. Mel also talks to me about her coaching
2:12.5	business and how entrepreneurship and building that has brought her so much joy. Really loved
2:19.1	this conversation and have to thank the team at Garmin for connecting us. It is no secret. Garmin
2:25.8	is the running smartwatch that I have been using for a long time now. And the company in fact is
2:32.8	celebrating this year, 20 years of four runner. Now to celebrate Garmin's put select four runner
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