This episode is brought to you by Brave Like Gabe. As many of you know, Gabe Grunold was and is near and dear to my heart.

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Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Tulles and welcome to the Sea Talley Run podcast.

I'm so excited to bring you Lauren Hagen.

Lauren is a professional runner for Hoka, Northern Arizona Elite.

She is the 2023 Grandma's Marathon Champion.

She ran the fourth fastest debut marathon by an American woman in 226.56 just a couple weeks ago.

And get this. She used to be a track star.

In this episode, we hear all about her journey into the sport, her time in Flagstaff, her switch to

longer distances. And obviously, we hear all about her marathon build, race day recap, and what

she's been doing since the grandma's marathon. So let's get after it.

All right, Lauren, super excited to have you on this show.

I got to watch you race, you know, right basically in the front row, if you can call it that.

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