From Never Eating Again to Racing the Himalayan 100 Mile: Sarah Russell
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2015
⏱️ 39 minutes
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I just want you to imagine how tired you feel at the end of the furthest race you have done, be it a 5k, marathon or ultra.
Think of how much of an accomplishment that is.
Now imagine doing a 100 mile race, how would that feel?
How about 100 mile race through the Himalayas?
Makes me feel tired even thinking about it, but how about if not only did you have to run 100 miles through the Himalyas, but you ran that 100 mile race carrying a colostomy bag, and only 2 years prior you were in a high dependency uni [...]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport |
| 0:07.0 | so you can train smarter, stay healthy, and run faster now. |
| 0:11.0 | And now your host, Tina Muir. |
| 0:16.0 | Hello, Tina Muir here and I would like to welcome you to another edition of the |
| 0:20.2 | Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:23.0 | Now, I just want you to imagine how tired you feel |
| 0:25.9 | at the end of the furthest race you have done. |
| 0:28.2 | Be it a 5K, marathon, or ultra. |
| 0:31.4 | Think about how much of an accomplishment that is. Now imagine doing a 100 mile |
| 0:36.5 | race, how would that feel? How about a 100 mile race through the Himalayas? That makes me tired even thinking about it. But how |
| 0:44.6 | about if not only if you had to run those 100 miles through the Himalayas, but you |
| 0:49.2 | ran that 100 mile race carrying a colostomy bag and only two years prior you were in a high dependency unit |
| 0:56.3 | wondering if you would ever eat again that is what you're going to hear about today from |
| 1:01.0 | our guest one inspiring woman this is a story you do not want to miss. |
| 1:06.4 | Our guest today is Sarah Russell. Sarah was recently featured in the Telegraph, |
| 1:10.9 | which is a prestigious newspaper in the UK. |
| 1:14.0 | She is a consultant editor for Running Fitness magazine and also a writer for Rana's Connect, |
| 1:19.0 | and you may have seen some of her articles online. |
| 1:22.0 | She is a running biomechanics and corrective exercise specialist, |
| 1:26.8 | the coach and founder of Sarah Runners, which is a group for beginners and intermediates with over 350 members. |
| 1:34.5 | She has represented Great Britain as an under-23 lightweight rower in 1993. |
| 1:40.4 | She is part of Team G.B. at the European and World Duathlon Championships in 2006 and 2007. |
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