Episode #99 - Stephanie White (Ultra Runner)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2018
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Stephanie White is new to hiking, yet she is already an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker. Her main discipline is the seemingly crazy sport of ultra running and, with three 200-mile races to compete in this year, she looked around for something to prepare her for the races.
Choosing the Appalachian Trail as a five-month warm up may seem excessive to some, but Stephanie discovered far more than her endurance once she'd immersed herself in the trail culture.
If you'd like to read Stephanie's blog, you can find it here. http://www.polyultrarunner.wordpress.com/, while she can also be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.white.9404362.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers |
| 0:05.2 | about hikers for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joined Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:31.6 | Hi and thanks again for tuning in to our little old show. Did you know that Mighty Blue on the Appalachshan Trail started nearly two years ago? |
| 0:42.2 | And that today is episode number 99. When I first started the show, I remember saying to somebody that I'd be disappointed if I got only 100 downloads before the end of the year. |
| 0:52.0 | But maybe I was being a tad over-optimistic when I hope |
| 0:55.0 | that we get a thousand downloads. Well, we passed a thousand before November was out and started |
| 1:00.6 | pushing on. Soon I was announcing 10,000 downloads, then 25,000, then 10,000 a month, and now |
| 1:07.9 | 99 episodes later, if you include today's show, we're getting over 20,000 |
| 1:12.8 | downloads a month and nearly 350,000 in all. I want you all to know that I'm so grateful |
| 1:18.9 | with the support that you've given me for these first 99 episodes and of course thanks |
| 1:22.8 | goes to Trautopia for sponsoring and encouraging me to keep at it. The show is consistent. |
| 1:28.6 | We never miss the Thursday morning deadline for an episode. |
| 1:31.9 | I try to find interesting people for you to listen to and I take that part of the show really, |
| 1:36.3 | really seriously. |
| 1:37.9 | I'll be telling you about the 100th episode next week a little later on, but I wanted to |
| 1:42.2 | recognise you all for the vast contribution |
| 1:44.1 | that you've all made to my totally unexpected post-retirement happiness in my 60s. |
| 1:50.4 | Today's guest is another little gem. Stephanie White is an ultra-runner, so you may be wondering |
| 1:55.6 | why she's even featured on the show. There are plenty of podcasts about running after all. |
| 2:00.0 | Well, Stephanie's a competitor |
| 2:01.2 | in super long-distance running events, and she felt that she needed a bit of a tune-up for a couple |
| 2:06.7 | of big runs coming up this year. What better way to warm up than a little old hike along the |
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