Episode 572: Katie Schide – 2024 Western States and UTMB Champion (AND Course Record Holder)
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SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is Katie Schide, one of the top ultra runners in the world. In 2024, she made history by winning both the Western States 100 and UTMB, securing a rare double and setting a new course record at UTMB by over 20 minutes. Her victory at Western States marked a major breakthrough after finishing second at the same race in 2023, and her second win at UTMB (she first won in 2022) further solidified her place among the elite in the sport. Her consistent high-level performances also include a sixth-place finish at UTMB in 2019.
We dive into Katie’s training and life as a professional ultra runner. She lives in a remote part of France with her partner, where she enjoys the solitude and beauty of the mountains. Much of her training involves running, skiing, and biking, with a unique emphasis on ski mountaineering (or “ski-mo”), a form which serves as a demanding cross-training tool that she implements into her training during the winter months. It’s fascinating to hear how a top athlete integrates skiing into her routine, maintaining peak fitness during the off-season.
Katie also holds a PhD in geology and shares how her academic background influences her approach to life and training. Beyond her impressive racing resume, which includes podium finishes at nearly every major ultra, she has set her sights on future challenges, including the iconic Hardrock 100.
Sponsored by The North Face, Katie is an athlete you won’t want to miss following. You can connect with her on Instagram at @katieschide for more updates on her career and adventures in the mountains.
What we talked about:
9:00- Living and training in a remote area
14:25- Including skiing in her training and what winter training looks like
24:30- The past two years of Western States performances
33:45- Winning UTMB and winning Western States in one year
39:50- Her coach and what she attributes her running successes to
52:05- The rise of women in the sport of trail and ultra running
53:00- Breaking the course record at UTMB
1:02:20- End of podcast questions
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:17.3 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hine. |
| 0:22.4 | I'm your host, Lindsay. |
| 0:23.5 | Thanks so much for joining us today. |
| 0:25.8 | My guest today is Katie Shide. |
| 0:28.9 | Katie Shide won both Western States and UTMB this year. |
| 0:35.1 | She won that double and it was a big deal. She also broke the course record at UTNB by over 20 minutes. So this is pretty cool because in 23 last year she was second place at Western States and this year she was first. And this was her second time winning UTMB. She also won that race in 2022, |
| 0:57.7 | and she was sixth place in 2019. So she's really figured some things out. When we talked about |
| 1:03.8 | her win at UTMB over on the Relay podcast, my co-host over there, Matt Chittam, rambled. Rambling Runner. Get it, rambled. He goes by |
| 1:13.0 | the rambling runner, and I just used that word without even thinking about it. But anyway, |
| 1:17.2 | he rambled on and on about all the amazing things Katie has done and will likely do in her |
| 1:23.6 | career and just raved about how much of a force in ultra running this woman really is. |
| 1:30.5 | So I wanted to do my own investigating and also very much wanted to interview her. |
| 1:36.4 | And so this was super fun. |
| 1:38.0 | She lives in a very isolated the right word. |
| 1:41.6 | She lives in a, it's not even a town. |
| 1:43.7 | She lives in this very small |
| 1:45.3 | area in France and kind of just lives and trains out there with her partner. She likes to spend |
| 1:52.4 | a lot of time in the mountains, running, skiing, biking. And one cool thing about Katie is that |
| 1:58.7 | during the winters, she, she lives in the mountains. |
| 2:03.3 | She really does a lot of skiing. |
| 2:05.1 | And it's like the cross country skiing. |
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