A Grand Canyon Adventure with Coach Athena and Melanie
Marathon Training Academy
Angie and Trevor
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we speak with MTA Coach Athena and her client Melanie Toelcke who ran through the Grand Canyon from rim-to-rim-to-rim. This is a challenging 48 mile point-to-point run, in 100 degree temps, through one of the greatest natural wonders of the world!
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| 0:00.0 | This is Marathon Training Academy, episode 464. Thanks to Youcan for sponsoring this episode. As a listener to the |
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| 1:23.2 | Oh, boom, boom, boom, boom. Hello and welcome to the Marathon Training Academy podcast where we empower and inspire you to go the distance. |
| 1:46.4 | I'm Trevor. |
| 1:47.1 | And I'm Angie. |
| 1:48.2 | In this episode, we speak with Coach Athena and one of our clients, Melanie Tolke, who both ran from rim to rim to rim in the Grand Canyon. |
| 1:57.0 | 48 miles and one day through 100 degree temps. |
| 2:00.3 | Quite an adventure. And hey, why not invest in |
| 2:03.4 | yourself, become an academy member, go deeper in your training, or let us connect to you with one of |
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