Episode 34: Madga Boulet on How to Overcome the Daunting 100-Mile Ultramarathon
The Strength Running Podcast
Jason Fitzgerald
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2017
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
To help you shatter your perception of what's possible, discover the training necessary to run 100 miles, and inspire you to chase your next stretch goal, I've invited Magdalena Boulet onto the podcast to talk about her performance at this year's Western States Endurance Run.
One of the biggest names in the world of ultramarathons, Magda Boulet has an impressive list of credentials:
- 1st - 2002 and 2003 Pittsburgh Marathon
- 1st - 2002 San Francisco Marathon
- 1st - 2006 Orange County Marathon
- 2nd - 2008 Olympic Trials Marathon
- 1st - 2015 Western States Endurance Run
- 5th - 2016 Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
- 2nd - 2017 Western States Endurance Run
She prepares methodically for challenging races, leaving no stone unturned as she strives to compete with the fastest endurance runners on the planet.
This unique "testing mindset" helped her identify potential injury warnings before this year's Western States, vaulting her onto the podium.
Using a blood analytics service called Inside Tracker, she identified biomarkers outside of her optimal zones - and then went to work fixing them through diet and lifestyle changes.
She's on the podcast today to talk more about:
- What it takes to train for 100 milers
- Are they so different from marathons...?
- Her personal fueling approach for ultra marathons
- Pre- and post-race blood testing goals
- How her blood test results impacted her recovery
Enjoy!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ready, set go. |
| 0:05.0 | This is episode 34 with Olympic Trials qualifying marathoner, winner of the 2015 Western |
| 0:10.8 | States 100 Mile Endurance Run and 2017 runner-up at Western States, Ms. |
| 0:17.0 | Magdalena Bule. Runners welcome back to the show you're in for a treat today because I'm speaking with a |
| 0:32.8 | dominant presence in the ultra-running scene. Magdalena Boulet was the second |
| 0:36.9 | overall finisher at the 2008 Olympic Trials marathon in Boston and she also |
| 0:42.2 | has two victories on her list of achievements at the Pittsburgh |
| 0:45.3 | Marathon, another at the San Francisco Marathon and an impressive fifth place finish at the |
| 0:50.5 | prestigious Ultra Trail Dumont Blanc in 2016. |
| 0:55.0 | Before we dive in, a big shout out to our fan of the week. |
| 0:58.6 | I love highlighting our listeners, their successes, |
| 1:01.5 | and the big things they're doing in the running community. |
| 1:04.0 | This one comes from the marathon lady, which is her username on iTunes. |
| 1:08.0 | She left a review of the podcast saying, |
| 1:10.0 | I came across Jason's blog years ago and found it to be the best source of information on rehabbing from an IT band injury. |
| 1:16.7 | Since then, I follow his blog regularly and continue to see it as a valuable source of information on all things running. I'm so excited that |
| 1:24.4 | Jason has added a podcast and thoroughly enjoy it. Looking forward to |
| 1:28.1 | hearing more great stuff from Jason on my long runs. Thank you marathon lady. I promise to keep making |
| 1:33.8 | podcasts if you promise to keep running long. All right in this episode we're talking |
| 1:38.9 | about the demands of running a hundred miles. What makes them different than racing a marathon? |
| 1:43.7 | spoiler, it's not as much as you think, and the unique blood testing that Magna had |
| 1:49.0 | done before and after Western states this year. |
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