488. Camille Herron, U.S. 100-Mile Road Champion & World Record Holder

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Ali Feller

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4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

“It could be two o’clock in the afternoon and the sun’s beating down on us, and I’m just smiling. I’m gritting my teeth through the afternoon sun, and still believing I can push through it.”

On February 18, renowned ultra runner Camille Herron made history — again. The queen of the ultra scene ran and won the USATF 100-Mile Road Championships in Henderson, NV, and not only won the race outright (the first male finisher was half an hour behind her), she broke her own 100-mile world record by 89 seconds, finishing in 12 hours 41 minutes and 11 seconds. That's a 7:36 per mile pace on an 85-lap course. On this episode, Camille (who turned 40 on Christmas) talks all about that race, including how she prepped for it, her goals going into the race, and how she has tweaked her training and lifestyle habits in order to "age like a fine wine," she says. Plus, how she got into running and ultras, and where her always-happy demeanor came from.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How Camille’s feeling since running the USATF 100-Mile Road Championship (4:05)
What Young Camille was like, and how she found and fell in love with running (6:25)
Reflecting on the USATF 100-Mile Road Championship, and what Camille’s goals were going into the race (14:00)
What Camille’s training is like (18:25)
Why Camille started working with a registered dietitian (23:50)
The lifestyle choices Camille has made recently so she can perform at her best (32:45)
All about the 85-lap 100-Mile Road Championship course, and how Camille broke it down mentally (36:35)
How Camille was feeling at the start line (44:30)
The pressure of being Camille Herron (47:00)
How Camille felt during the first half of the race (49:25)
How Camille pushed through the “dark parts” of the race (55:00)
That finish line feeling (59:30)
How Camille celebrated (1:05:00)
Camille’s advice for the ultra-curious (1:08:00)

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Camille Herron in the New York Times

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Allie Feller and every week I talk
0:09.7	with people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond. We all share that love
0:15.5	for running and that's what brings us all together. But of course there is more to life than
0:20.0	what happens on the run itself and the show is about the in-between. We're talking about
0:25.2	the moments and decisions that have shaped who we are today and the wise. Why do we do what we do?
0:30.7	And how does getting sweaty factor in? My guess today is Camille Heron, the indomitable queen of
0:38.4	ultra running. On February 18 Camille ran and outright won the USATF 100 mile road championships
0:47.9	in Henderson, Nevada and in doing so she bettered her best and ran a new world best. Camille ran
0:56.1	100 miles in 12 hours, 41 minutes and 11 seconds. That is 7 minutes and 36 seconds per mile. She
1:07.1	took 89 seconds off her previous best time and it was her first race since turning 40 on Christmas.
1:14.5	In this conversation we talk all about that race and about what Camille did to prepare for it.
1:20.2	And she talks all about how she's tweaked both her training and her lifestyle habits in order
1:25.6	to age like a fine wine. Like many women we're seeing on the run right now,
1:30.6	Kira Jamato, Sarah Hall, Sarah Vaughan, Camille's getting faster. And now, officially, we can say
1:37.5	faster as a master. If you're new to Camille's story, you'll learn how she got into running and
1:43.2	ultra running and she just might convince you that you too can run 50 or 100 miles. Yeah,
1:49.8	she almost convinced me. I'm still kind of thinking about it. Camille is always smiling, she's always
1:55.4	happy, she's always ultra optimistic. So this was a fun one. Before we get into it, I want to tell you
2:02.0	to register for the Saint Jude Rock and Roll Running Series Nashville event coming up on April 23rd
2:09.0	and 24th. You're probably familiar with the Rock and Roll race series races that are loved by
2:16.0	runners and music fans alike. They're like race parties from start to finish. And this year in
2:21.5	Nashville, there will be more live music than any other running event in the United States.
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