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Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Talifson and welcome to the C-Tali Run podcast. Today I'm super excited to

have Nikki Hiltz on the show. Nikki is a trans non-binary professional runner that is lighting it up right now.

Nikki is sharing their story about coming out, using their voice to help others and to continue

to educate about the LGBTQ plus community, how they are running better than ever.

The Pride 5K that's coming up in October will be in person

in Flagstaff and virtual in how all proceeds from the race will go to the Trevor Project.

And to date, they've raised over $75,000. We talk about location changes, getting a new coach

and training partners. and their final race,

which is coming up this weekend, the New York Roadrunners Fifth Avenue Mile.

So let's get after it.

All right, Nikki, I am so honored to have you on the show.

It's been a long time.

I'm a huge fan, and I can't wait to talk about your race coming up, how you've been kicking butt on the roads and on the track and all this good stuff. So thanks for coming on the show. Yeah, thank you for having me. I'm really excited to be here. Yeah. I mean, it seems like every time we're in the same place, it's always like, it's so fun to see you but i never really get to talk to you so like everyone asks why i start a podcast it's just so i can talk to my friends who maybe aren't necessarily real close friends but i think of them as friends just like you so it's gonna be yeah it's always chaotic when we run into each other it's like

you know right after a race and like it's nice to like set time aside to like you know actually

sit down and talk for yeah exactly well listen you have been on fire like since may basically you've

just been nailing it the only time that you didn't have

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