80. Amelia Boone, Ultra Runner & World's Toughest Mudder
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2018
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
"I was so petrified of failure for so long that I never ventured outside of things I knew I was good at." —Amelia Boone
Amelia Boone is a badass. By day, she's a lawyer at Apple, and by very early morning, she's a four-time world champion obstacle racer and self-proclaimed "budding ultra runner." Amelia lives in San Jose, CA, and is a glutton for punishment — hence her race distance of choice being "long." On this episode, Amelia — who you may recognize as last month's Runner's World cover star — talks about why she's intrigued by failure, why she loves grueling races, and how she gained her mental strength. She reflects on her go at the 2018 Barkley Marathons, and opens up about the pressure to win.
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What you'll get on this episode:
- Why the brutality of obstacle races and ultramarathons appeals to Amelia, and why she's intrigued by fear (2:15)
- How Amelia got into obstacle course racing (5:00)
- Amelia reflects on her attempt at completing the 2018 Barkley Marathons (11:15)
- What it's like to become the World's Toughest Mudder (21:15)
- What Amelia's family thinks of her crazy endurance adventures, and how she became a well-known figure in the sports world (27:00)
- What a day in the life looks like for Amelia (30:30)
- Amelia shares her take on rest days (35:00)
- What the pressure to keep winning is like (38:40)
- How Amelia found ultra running (41:00)
- Amelia shares her best advice for first-time obstacle racers and ultra runners (48:50)
What we mention on this episode:
The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young
"Amelia Boone Is Stronger Than Ever" via Runner's World
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks. |
| 0:08.7 | Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm your host, Allie Feller, and today I am joined by one of the toughest women on the planet. |
| 0:16.2 | Literally. |
| 0:17.4 | Amelia Boone is a lawyer by day and a hard-core obstacle course racer and ultra-runner by |
| 0:23.1 | early morning, night, and all kinds of crazy hours in between. |
| 0:27.3 | She's won countless tough-mother and Spartan races, even earning the world's toughest |
| 0:32.2 | mother title. I've been dying to talk to Amelia ever since I first started following her happy |
| 0:37.2 | smiley self a few years ago, so this conversation was a real treat for me, and it's going to be a |
| 0:42.2 | treat for you as well. And her happy smiley thing isn't just an act. Amelia has an amazing |
| 0:48.2 | perspective on both life and running, and she's super inspiring, so I promise you will finish this |
| 0:54.0 | episode, psyched and smiling. So let's get right into it. |
| 1:02.6 | Amelia Boone, welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I am so excited to have you here today. |
| 1:08.4 | Awesome. Thank you for having me. I'm happy to be here. |
| 1:11.2 | All right, start us off with a warm-up. Tell us who you are, where you're from, and what you do. |
| 1:17.1 | Is this the hard part? This is the loaded question right out of the game. |
| 1:20.8 | I know, right. My name is Amelia Boone. I am originally from Portland, Oregon, so lifelong |
| 1:27.2 | Oregonian, well, not lifelong, but Fortin Rays. Currently now I'm residing in San Jose, California, |
| 1:34.9 | and I am an attorney and a four-time world champion obstacle racer and also a budding ultra runner, |
| 1:44.8 | I guess, maybe. A budding ultra runner. I'm budding. Just did the Barclay Marathons, |
| 1:50.1 | but yeah, budding starts there. So I love the title. It's so many badass things between |
| 1:56.6 | attorney, ultra runner, world champion. So one thing that stands out is that these races you're |
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