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EP 532: The Truth Behind Sally McRae's Win at 2021 Badwater 135

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🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Badwater 135 mile race is dubbed the world's toughest footrace.  It begins at the lowest elevation in the USA (280 feet below sea level) and runs over three mountain ranges in the blistering heat of Death Valley, climbing 14,600' to end at the portal to Mt. Whitney.  Some of the greatest ultra runners have run this race.  This was Sally McRae's second attempt.  In 2018 she finished a personal-disappointing seventh place.  This year she won and won big.  She joins co-host Krissy Moehl to discuss her training journey, what drove her to the win and how she is recovering.

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that it was a lesson that I needed.

0:02.2

And I knew that after the race.

0:04.5

It was nothing that I dreamed,

0:05.7

but everything that I needed.

0:06.9

And I really believe that whether you win a race

0:09.6

or you lose a race, you know, you get those goals

0:12.7

or you don't meet those goals,

0:13.9

we're all doing the same thing.

0:15.4

And that's we're all growing.

0:16.9

Hey, on Today's Show, we're going to be talking to Sally McCray,

0:30.4

who just came off of a victory at the Badwater 135,

0:36.2

arguably the toughest race in the world.

0:39.6

And we find out a little bit more about the race,

0:42.1

a little bit about how she turned a 2018 seventh place finish

0:46.7

into a first place win in 2021, just two and a half weeks ago.

0:52.2

And that coming up in just a minute.

0:55.0

Sometimes it rains on your birthday,

0:57.0

sometimes the line for coffee wraps around the building,

0:59.5

sometimes gas goes up 50 cents a gallon,

1:02.7

sometimes life stinks.

1:04.4

Here's the good news.

1:05.6

You don't have to because native has your back.

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