Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Tellison and welcome to the C-Tolly Run podcast.

Today I chat with Sika Henry.

Sika is the first black woman to be recognized as a black professional triathlete.

She's an altar runner.

She grew up in the world of track and field, and she is what she says,

racing towards a future of equity in sports. In this episode, we hear all about her latest races,

including comrades and her most recent ultra, which was 51 miles from Selma to Montgomery,

Alabama. She ran the route solo, remembering March 7th, 1965, which was only 59

years ago. The Selma to Montgomery March changed our lives and especially those who are African

American. We dig deep into how it was for her to run that race, the history of the race,

her family's history, her training for it, and for other

races in the past and going forward. And then we hear the most exciting news that she has.

She shares about her wedding and gaining a new title of wife. So let's get after it.

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

It's been a while.

I mean, and I actually wore my hoka for you.

I don't get out of the three stripes very often, but I wore all my hoka stuff for you today.

Oh, flatter.

Thank you.

Well, welcome back to the show.

Lots has changed. Yeah, it has. I think the last time we spoke was right after the pandemic. I want to say like 2021. And I had paced for the 100K, the Hoka Project Carbon X2. And I watched those crazy folks do 100K, and I was like, I will never ever do that.

I think I dropped out it like after pacing 28 miles.

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