Ep 235 - Mira Rai on breaking running taboos in a patriarchal society

Bad Boy Running

Jody Raynsford & David Hellard

Runner, Sports, Leisure, Fitness, Ultramarathon, Marathon, Health & Fitness, Running Injuries, Running, Hobbies, Ultrarunning

4.7 • 539 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Mira Rai is a Nepalese trail runner who didn't quite know how good she was until she entered her first 50k. At that race, she was completely unprepared in terms of food, clothing and water, yet managed to win - impressing the ultra community around her. Now, as a Salomon sponsored athlete Mira is pioneering trail running in a society that is patriarchal in nature. She travels the world participating in overseas trails and ultras and offers an inspirational vision for w...

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0:00.0	They're bad, they're boys, and occasionally they talk about running.
0:06.0	Yes, it's the Bad Boy Running podcast with your host, Jody Rainesford and David Heller.
0:13.0	Come back, baby, come back.
0:17.0	But a bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
0:20.0	I must admit I was a clown to be messing around.
0:24.8	But that doesn't mean that you have to leave town.
0:28.4	Come back.
0:31.1	Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
0:35.2	Hello.
0:37.7	Hello, David. Hello, hello. Hello,
0:37.9	what's the bad boy
0:38.5	running?
0:39.3	Hello, Jady
0:39.9	Rainsford.
0:40.5	How are we doodling
0:41.1	today?
0:41.9	I'm all right. Thank you very much. How are you? I'm good, good. I'm remembering that we're now talking a little bit about our guests on the front end. So we've got Mira coming up today, who is just wonderfully lovely and sunshiny and positive and a great human
0:56.2	being. So if you don't know her story, coming up today, who is just wonderfully lovely and sunshiny and positive and a great human
0:56.2	being. But if you don't know her story, it's a good one. She joined the army in Nepal and then
1:04.4	found out she was a kick-ass runner and is now one of the greatest in the world to help her community.
1:09.2	So, yeah, that is all to come.
1:12.5	But until then, have anything to report on your side, sir?
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