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403: Sara Vaughn - I’m Optimistic

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Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.7555 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Carrie chats with the unstoppable Sara Vaughn—mother of four, realtor, and elite runner for Puma. Sara shares her journey of navigating second chances, including a quick pivot to run the NYC Marathon after getting sidelined by illness in Chicago. They dive into her family life, a coaching change, and how her kids are finding their own passion for running. Sara also talks about her latest ventures in real estate, working alongside her husband, and a new YouTube channel documenting her life. Plus, she dishes on her favorite meals, go-to workouts, and ways she balances her many passions.

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0:00.0

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

0:11.1

Today I have a woman on the show that we've heard from before.

0:14.3

She works super hard on and off the roads, and I love interviewing her.

0:18.7

This is Sarah Vaughn.

0:20.1

Sarah is a mother of four, a realtor, a professional

0:22.8

runner for Puma that can run 421 for the mile, but also a 223 for the marathon, and she does a

0:28.5

whole bunch of awesomeness in between. In this episode, we talk about second chances, in particular

0:34.1

for having to make a quick decision to run the New York City Marathon after getting sick while in Chicago before the marathon there.

0:41.1

We talk about coaching changes and how hard that is when your coach is actually your husband.

0:46.5

We talk about her kids and how running is now starting to get pretty serious in her family

0:50.6

and how she navigates that.

0:52.9

We also chat about some of the cool projects she and her husband have going on.

0:56.7

And now her YouTube channel.

0:59.0

We talk about some of her favorite meals because a busy mama four that runs all the time

1:03.1

needs to have some favorites, also some of her favorite workouts and things that she does

1:08.3

outside of work.

1:09.5

So let's get after it. All right, Sarah, you're back on the show. It's been a little while, though, so thanks for coming back on C-Tolly Run. Always happy to talk to you, Carrie. Oh, my gosh. Can we just talk a little bit about the craziness we've been having? The other night, I'm like, I need to talk to Sarah. And I wanted to record it because I just think what you're going through is awesome. It's so neat to follow your journey because you do all things. But also being able to get this 20, 30 minute interview has been kind of tough. Yeah. I mean, too busy working moms. What can we say?

1:45.9

I know. It's wild. But you're good? Yeah, everything's good, feeling good. Well, you know,

1:51.9

so I saw you in Chicago. I was doing my pre-race prep and interviewing you. And it, I could tell

1:58.9

that you weren't feeling while you had a mask on. So tell me a little bit

2:01.6

about going to the Chicago marathon here in 2024, your goals and how you were feeling and all

2:05.9

that jazz. And then what was going on with that mask? Yeah. I mean, the buildup was was kind of

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