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Bad Boy Running

Ep 549 | They Shouldn't Make Cut Off Times Easier - Paralympic Gold to Ultra Amputee - Troy Sachs

Bad Boy Running

Jody Raynsford & David Hellard

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

4.7539 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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0:00.0

Hello, do badders. I've just finished this interview with Troy.

0:04.6

It goes in a few directions, actually.

0:06.9

We talk about his Paralympic experience and being such a successful basketball, wheelchair, basketball player.

0:15.8

But actually, towards the end, I think what was really fascinating about this is not only just understanding some of the

0:22.0

challenges of being an adaptive runner and an amputee runner, but actually hearing about

0:31.1

the conversations that he's had, he's having with organizations such as UTMB, Golden Trail, and there were some quite

0:40.6

controversial views in there.

0:43.4

Some of them being, for example, that just because you've qualified for UTMB, he doesn't

0:47.8

think necessarily amputee athletes should therefore be able to do UTMB if they haven't

0:53.6

done 100- mile already.

0:55.0

And understanding how some of the issues with the challenges,

1:00.0

where you can set rules and you can try and be as embracing of runners with disabilities,

1:10.0

but if that doesn't flow through all of the stewards,

1:14.7

and actually if you don't think about how you need to change the rules

1:18.2

at aid stations and various other points in races,

1:21.1

how while you can try and be inclusive, you're still not being.

1:25.0

So a really interesting episode.

1:28.1

Take it away, Nick. They're bad, they're still not being. So a really interesting episode. Take it away, Nick.

1:36.7

They're bad, their boys, and occasionally they talk about running. Yes, it's the bad boy running podcast with your host, Jody Rainsford and David Heller.

1:41.3

Come back. Baby. Come back.

1:46.1

Baby, come back.

1:48.8

But a bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.

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