Diane Van Deren – How to Run Ultramarathons and Set Records at 58 Despite Brain Surgery

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🗓️ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Diane Van Deren was a professional tennis player before she had epilepsy, and running helped stave off her seizures. Ten years into her disease, she decided to have a radical surgery where doctors removed a part of her brain. Once she healed, running became her ultimate medicine and a way to raise awareness. She started doing ultramarathons and taking home titles in her races.

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0:00.0	This is episode 72 with ultra runner Diane Van Duren.
0:04.4	Welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living,
0:08.8	an adventure podcast presented by REI Co-op,
0:11.8	the brand who helps get you outside through gear, classes, and
0:15.4	adventures.
0:16.7	We talk to experts who have taken a wild idea and made it a reality so you can too.
0:21.6	From people who have climbed the tallest peaks, started thriving
0:24.3	businesses and even broken records, some of the wildest ideas can lead to the
0:28.9	most rewarding adventures. I'm your host Shelby Stanger and I hope you enjoy this show.
0:40.5	Running a hundred miles is remarkable. Running 100 miles winning races and doing it as
0:45.9	someone who's 58 and who's had part of their brain removed is a whole other thing.
0:50.3	Diane Van Derene is a long-time North Face athlete who actually speaks at Arii's
0:55.4	Altessa events, which is how I heard about her. She's an incredibly accomplished
1:00.3	ultra-runner who suffered from epilepsy for 10 years. In 1997 she underwent a
1:06.0	risky and radical brain surgery where doctors removed a portion of the right
1:10.3	side of her brain which was the focal point of her seizures so she could remain seizure-free forever.
1:16.5	Diana was an athlete before the surgery but after she started running and running more and in many ways, although she lost some things since the surgery,
1:25.6	like her sense of time and sometimes even her sense of direction,
1:29.6	two things one might need in a sport like distance trail running, well running became her
1:34.3	medicine. A mom of three, a wife, and a recent grandma, she has incredible feats and
1:39.9	records. She won the Yukon Arctic Ultra, a 430-mile foot race pulling a 50-pound sled
1:46.1	through temps below 50 for eight days. She climbed South America's tallest peak.
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