AMR Trains #18: Eco-Challenge with Sonja Wieck, captain of Team Iron Cowboy
Another Mother Runner
Feisty Media
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Dimity and Sonja Wieck dive into the Fijian waters to relive the World’s Toughest Race, and then head to shore. The two then chat about bringing more adventure into daily pandemic life and how Sonja has found both clarity and coping skills after a life-altering mental health event.
Dive in with us to find out:
—How Sonja did as Team Iron Cowboy’s only navigator;
—Who Ninja Kitty is—and why she rides fat tires;
—How Sonja and 12-year-old daughter fared hiking the John Muir trail; and
—About the four pillars of Sonja’s mental health.
Sonja’s Podcast: Tales of Toughness
Sonja on Instagram: @GoSonja
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| 0:00.0 | Step up to a Nordic track treadmill with I-FIT. I-FIT controls speed, incline and decline, meaning that as an on-screen trainer leads you through a global or studio workout, |
| 0:08.8 | the machine automatically mimics the changing terrain or adjusts the speed to the trainer's cues without you having |
| 0:14.6 | to touch anything. Explore NordicTrack treadmills at NordicTrack.com. Welcome to AMR Trains, a podcast focusing on training and racing for endurance and vets. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Dimmity McDowell, co-founder of another mother runner. |
| 0:39.3 | Today you guys are in for a fun ride as I talk to Sonia Wick. If you watch the world's toughest |
| 0:46.8 | race Eco Challenge Fiji, you know that Sonia, you know Sonia as the captain of |
| 0:51.7 | Team Iron Cowboy, a team of Iron Man athletes who had minimal experience |
| 0:56.6 | in adventure racing prior to going to Fiji. |
| 0:59.9 | Before she took on that race, though, a 418 mile whopper that included trekking |
| 1:05.1 | rock climbing mountain biking sailing and a bunch of other adventures |
| 1:09.1 | Sonia was a top amateur triathlete who finished 18 Iron Man's and one of our top results was |
| 1:15.3 | finishing second in her age group in Kona. I watched the world's toughest race with Ben, my 14 year old son son and I loved Sonia's attitude or at least the edited version of it so hopefully it wasn't too wrong Sonia |
| 1:29.9 | her positivity problem solving skills and perspective made her seem like an ideal teammate and a great interview. |
| 1:37.0 | So welcome, Sonia. I'm so excited to have you here. |
| 1:40.0 | I'm so excited that you asked me to come on and to talk to your people and be a voice inside of your network. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm really honored to be here. Thank you for asking me. |
| 1:50.0 | Oh, you're so welcome. |
| 1:51.0 | Well, I definitely want to touch on helping your listeners |
| 1:54.3 | find adventures in their own lives during the pandemic and the importance of |
| 1:57.5 | mental health, but but first let's hear a little bit about you and then of course we've |
| 2:01.5 | got to hear about Fiji. |
| 2:02.6 | So give us, you know, tell us a little bit about your background beyond what I just shared and |
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