Episode 522: Rachel Drake – Black Canyon 100k Champion Headed to Western States
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2024
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Rachel Drake is joining me on the podcast today! Rachel is a Nike Trail runner! She recently won the Black Canyon 100k which landed her a Golden Ticket to Western States! Western States will be her first 100 mile race!
Rachel is the mom of one and is married to Tyler Green, who was on the podcast back after her palced 2nd at Western STates a few years ago. Rachel is also a medical doctor about to start her residency this summer so we hear all about how she balances parenting, running and school. Wow – I am impressed!!
Rachel qualified for the Olympic Marathon trials at CIM in December when she race a 2:35 marathon. She opted not to run the trials, which was the plan all along as it was her training for the Black Canyon race. She did run in the 2020 Olympic Trials after running the standard in 2:40:17. Rachel has had success in the past training for a marathon in her buildup to her ultra.
I loved getting to know Rachel. She has a passion for the sisterhood of the sport and the camaraderie in the sport! I hope that you love this episode as much as I did!
Photo credit: Mike McMonagle (@shitinthewoods)
What we talked about:
3:50- Winning the Black Canyon 100k
5:45- Rachel’s story with running
10:45- Balancing a busy life with a high level running career
14:20- Being sponsored by Nike Trail
16:45- Her training strategy for ultras
26:45- Qualifying for the Olympic Marathon Trials
31:00- The decision to become a mom and training postpartum
44:40- What is ahead for Rachel
51:15- Looking ahead at running Western States
59:55- The mental strength during ultras
1:00:55- Her competitors during Black Canyon
1:06:01- Keepings things fun in racing and training
1:15:25- End of podcast questions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. Hey everybody. Welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hine. I'm your host Lindsay. Thanks for joining me today. |
| 0:25.2 | Today my guest is Rachel Drake. Rachel is a Nike Trail runner and she recently won the Black Canyon's 100k which got her a golden ticket to run Western states |
| 0:41.0 | which will be her first 100-mile race. |
| 0:45.0 | Rachel is the mom to one, married to Tyler Green, |
| 0:49.5 | who has been on this podcast. |
| 0:51.5 | He came on the show after he placed second at Western States a few years ago. Rachel is also a medical doctor about to enter her residency this summer. |
| 1:02.0 | So we hear all about how she does the school, |
| 1:05.0 | the running, the mommy. |
| 1:06.6 | She actually qualified for the 2024 Olympic trials |
| 1:10.4 | at CIM in December, running a 235 marathon. |
| 1:14.6 | She decided not to run the trials. |
| 1:16.4 | It actually wasn't in the plan. |
| 1:18.0 | That was part of her training for Black Canyons. |
| 1:20.9 | She did run in the 2020 Olympic trials. She had qualified for that |
| 1:25.4 | race at the Grandma's Marathon in 2019 and 24017. Rachel has had success |
| 1:31.0 | in the past using a marathon cycle to train for |
| 1:35.0 | altars and seem big success so that's part of the reason she decided to do it |
| 1:39.6 | this time around CIM to Black Canyon. |
| 1:43.0 | We're going to hear all about all these things in the conversation. |
| 1:47.0 | I loved getting to know Rachel, and I know you're going to love getting to know her as well. |
| 1:51.0 | She's got a passion for camaraderie, the sisterhood of the sport. |
| 1:55.8 | One of my very favorite things about Rachel is when she talks about you and your competition. |
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