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And that's it.

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I'm here with Courtney Walter again. We had her on recently where we talked about the difference

between a normal distance and a long distance. And the funny thing about that conversation was,

you know, for her a normal distance is, and a long distance is 270 miles.

But we were able to draw out a lot of great advice for somebody, even if their normal distance is

5K and they're going up to 10K.

So, but Courtney, when we talk about these long, long distances, I touched on this before about that you've become really well known because you're winning long races outright. And when I say outright, I don't mean that you know you're the

top woman which is a massive accomplishment anyway but you're the first person across the

line of any gender so tell me a little bit about the first race where that happened and the reaction that you got

You know when you came across the finish line ahead of all the men

I honestly can't tell you the first one it happened at. I think for me it, like I want to compete when I do a race and I want to give my very best and I want to come across the finish line

absolutely like smashed with, you know, there's nothing left in my body or my brain to give that day.

But I'm just chasing people or I'm chasing myself. Like I might be

searching for the next human out on the course. I don't care if it's a man or a woman. I want to try and find them and I want to try and pass them because that keeps me pushing forward. And if that isn't doable, like if they're too far away or there's no one to chase anymore, then I think I just like to keep the foot on the gas no matter what and not let up on it.

So when I'm racing, yeah, I don't care if I'm the first overall

or if I'm in last place, if I crossed and gave it everything I had and that's how it shook out that day

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