This is Marathon Training Academy episode 419.

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Hello and welcome to the MTA podcast, where it's all about empowering you to become a stronger tougher version of yourself.

I'm Trevor.

And I'm Angie.

In this episode, we speak with Stephen Walden, a coach on our team, who just returned from 155 mile run across the Govy Desert in Mongolia.

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So Angie, I think two episodes ago, we talked about how Courtney DeWalter won the Western States 100 mileer this summer, set a new course record.

Well, she's back in the headlines.

No one is surprised, but she is the 2023 hard rock 100 endurance run winner in 26 hours, 14 minutes and eight seconds and finishing fourth overall.

She set the women's counterclockwise course record, which was held since back in 2009, and she has the overall course record.

So she definitely is dominating in that race.

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