Busting stereotypes and Running Ultras with The Mirnavator!
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
What does an Ultra Runner look like? Sometimes it looks like Mirna Valerio! Mirna, "The Mirnavator," is busting expectations and stereotypes and she's on a mission to make trail running, fitness and the outdoors accessible to all. She and Joe De Sena talk about some of the challenges and rewards of being an unconventional runner. "I feel my most human out on the trails." New to trail running? She shares her 6 key tips to getting the most out of the sport.
Mirna says "I'm not out here to win sh*t, I'm out here to be on trails and show people that … if you have a body like mine you can be on trails too!" Nature, fitness, Spartan races and trail running are for everyone. Have you thought about what you can do to help us on our mission to rip 100million people off the couch? Are you welcoming new and different athletes to our sport? Forget the excuses, don't be afraid to fail and just get out there - and inspire others to join you!
LESSONS
- Live an enthusiastic life
- Find the greatness in yourself
- Embrace the joy of the trails
- The trails are made for all body types
- Bring joy to others
- Forget excuses
- Inspire others
- Don't depend on motivation
- Start wherever you are
- Give yourself grace, time and be patient!
- Do not be afraid to fall
- Get a really good pair of trail shoes
- Work on your core & lateral & leg strength
- Go on the trails with a sense of adventure!
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LINKS
https://www.spartan.com/en/trail
TIME STAMPS
0:45 Sefra Alexandra introduces the "Mirnavator"
1:30 Wildalaskancompany.com special offer
2:30 Moving to the great state of Vermont
4:30 "Slow As F*ck"
6:30 The "ZoomPocalypse"
8:00 Growing up in a strong community in Brooklyn
9:30 Starting her running "journey"
11:00 Finding the greatness in yourself
12:00 The joy of being out on the trails
13:00 Food as fuel
14:00 The trails are made for all body types
15:00 Forget your excuses- get out there!
16:00 Inspiring others
18:20 Wildalaskancompany.com break
20:00 "A Beautiful Work in Progress"
22:00 Starting wherever you are
24:00 Getting injured and pivoting
27:30 Trail Running tips 101 !
30:00 Adventures in the Copper Canyon
32:00 Tracking her son
35:45 Sefra the Seed Huntress reflects on this awesome episode
37:30 Wildalaskancompany.com close
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CREDITS:
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena & Sefra Alexandra. Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye are out on the trails!
Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra | Seed Huntress
Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty
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| 0:00.0 | Well, I think that motivation is one thing, but it is fleeting. You can't depend on motivation to do anything. |
| 0:09.0 | Like half the time, I'm not motivated to get on my bike, to go do my physical therapy, to do my |
| 0:14.9 | personal training sessions, I am not motivated because I'm tired or something is |
| 0:19.6 | happening in my world that just makes me not want to do it. |
| 0:23.0 | But it is all about discipline, right? |
| 0:26.0 | And it's the same thing goes with inspiration. |
| 0:27.6 | You can be inspired, but you never know when you're going to be inspired, |
| 0:31.0 | right? It's all fleeting. |
| 0:32.0 | So you have to make a decision that, okay, even though I'm quote and quote out of shape, I'm going to make, I'm going to make a step. I'm going to take a step towards not being out of shape. |
| 0:44.3 | Welcome back to Spartan Up the podcast. |
| 0:46.1 | I am Sethra Alexander Seed Huntress and today our founder CEO Joe Descent of Spartan Race, |
| 0:52.8 | Grit Master Flex, is going to meet with the one and only |
| 0:57.1 | Myrna Valerio, the Murnavator. |
| 0:59.9 | Who is the Murnavator? |
| 1:01.2 | Well, first of all, she's awesome. |
| 1:03.4 | And she is completely shifting the paradigm |
| 1:05.9 | of expectations of what an ultra-runner is. |
| 1:08.6 | And you want to know what? |
| 1:09.8 | We don't do stereotypes at Spartan. |
| 1:11.7 | We shatter them. So she is out there making trail |
| 1:16.0 | running fitness and exercise accessible to all so stay tuned for this episode and |
| 1:22.2 | if you're just starting out on your trail running |
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