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Brittany Peterson | 2022 Western States 100 Pre-Race Interview

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

Wilderness, Trail Running, Sports, Sports News, Mountain Running, Running, Ultrarunning, Ultra Running, News, Ultramarathon

5897 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Brittany Peterson is a professional trail runner for Nike based in Pocatello, ID who returns to the Western States 100 this year after a 2nd place finish at the 2019 event and 4th place finish at the 2021 event.Timestamps:(1:51) - mindset heading into this year's Western States 100(2:14) - what she's done differently in preparation this year(3:03) - spending time training on the course(4:59) - racing style(6:05) - lessons f...

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0:00.0

Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track podcast.

0:04.0

I'm your host Finn Melanson, and in this episode, we talk with Brittany Peterson,

0:08.2

a professional trail runner for Nike based in Pocatello, Idaho, who is returning to the Western States 100 after a second place finish at this event in 2019 and a fourth place finish in 2021.

0:20.7

Before we get started, though, this episode of Single Track is brought to you by Soar Running. in 2019 and a fourth place finish in 2021.

0:24.7

Before we get started, though, this episode of single track is brought to you by Soar Running.

0:30.9

Soar Running, that's S-O-A-R-R-R-R-R-Running, are a London-based high-performance running apparel brand.

0:33.3

Why am I excited to partner with Soar?

0:37.9

Well, if you're like me, you take pride in your running gear and you want the best.

0:39.8

That's why I'm stoked about this brand.

0:44.0

They are pushing the running apparel boundaries when it comes to producing gear that we care about like wet and cold weather layers and racing kids.

0:47.4

I'm also excited because they are finally moving into the trail running space.

0:51.5

After years in the figurative lab, they have launched a trail-specific clothing

0:55.6

line that I've had a chance to test. Specifically, their half-zip t-shirts, trail race vests, and

1:01.0

trail shorts, all out on multi-hour runs in my backyard of the Wasatch range. This apparel is the real

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I'm stoked to people, and I care about you all.

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I wouldn't be endorsing something if I didn't believe in it and use it myself. So go check out sore running when you get a chance. With that, let's get on with the show.

1:36.2

Brittany Peterson, welcome to the single track podcast. Hello, thanks for having me. So given that you are a veteran of Western states at this point, I'm curious, what is your

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