Episode 542: Sierra Degroff – USATF 100 Mile & 24 Hour Champion Heading to Badwater 135
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast, I have Sierra DeGroff on the show, introducing you to another ultra runner. I’m excited to share her story with you. This is an exciting time for Sierra as she’s racing Badwater next week!!
Sierra is a 100 mile USATF champion as well as a 24 hour USA champion. She started running ultras in 2015 and she’s really excelled at the 100 mile distance. She has a shot to win Badwater next week, it’s gonna be really exciting to see what she does.
She has run Badwater before and did not have the greatest experience, but she’s coming back to give it another shot. She’s run over a dozen hundred milers. She lives right outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, and also has a full time nine to five job. In this episode, she shares about all things running, working, and training for Badwater.
What we talked about:
2:45- Living in Las Vegas
8:45- Looking back on last year’s Badwater and what she’ll change for this year
13:10- How she got into the sport of ultrarunning
15:00- The ultras that she has run
20:00- The coach that she works with
24:20- Racing a half marathon
26:15- How she plans out her year of racing
30:00- What training ahead of Badwater looks like
43:20- Having fun amidst an ultra
46:40- Her goals in the sport and what she has learned
55:00- End of podcast questions
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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 so much for joining me today. |
| 0:25.0 | Today on the podcast we have Sierra de Grogreff on the show, introducing you to another |
| 0:30.4 | ultra runner. I'm excited to share her story with you. She's actually |
| 0:35.0 | competing in Badwater 135 next week. So make sure you go follow her on |
| 0:42.1 | Instagram and you can check out how she's doing over there. |
| 0:46.1 | Her Instagram is S de Groff, D-E-G-R-O-F. |
| 0:51.2 | Sierra is a 100-mile US- champion as well as a 24-hour USA champion. |
| 0:59.0 | She started running Ultras in 2015 and she's really excelled at the 100 mile distance. |
| 1:06.0 | She for sure has a shot to win bad water next week, |
| 1:10.0 | so it's gonna be really exciting to see what she does. |
| 1:14.2 | She's run Badwater before and did not have the greatest experience, |
| 1:18.4 | but she's coming back to give it another go. |
| 1:22.3 | She's run over a dozen 100 milers. |
| 1:25.4 | She lives right outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, |
| 1:28.2 | and also has a full-time 9-to-5 job. She's going to share about all things running, |
| 1:34.6 | working, and training for Badwater in this episode. |
| 1:38.3 | If you are enjoying the podcast, |
| 1:40.0 | please leave us a quick rating and review. |
| 1:42.4 | That's on iTunes or Spotify. You can also support |
| 1:45.3 | my work when you go to Patreon.com slash Lindsay Hine. |
| 1:49.4 | All right, please enjoy my conversation with Sierra de Groff. |
| 1:56.8 | Hey everybody, today on the podcast |
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