On today's Run to the Top Podcast.

After one kilometer, they had a stop check to see if we had frostbite already on our faces and several people will actually stop and brought into the vehicles

to warm up after only one kilometer of running.

At that point my toes were already frozen and I had no feeling in the toes anymore.

They were, it just felt like there was something in the front of my shoes like stones.

Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast from Runners Connect, where it's all about learning from the best

and most inspiring minds in the sport.

Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community.

Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood.

Welcome, this is Stephanie K Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier, Coach, and Host,

for the Run to the Top Podcast. Today's interview is with Holly Zimmerman,

mother of four who has endeavored to take on some of the world's most difficult and

dangerous foot races in her book Ultra Marathon Mom from

the Sahara to the Arctic she describes a grueling 257 kilometer ultra marathon through the Sahara Desert.

The setting for her next challenge shifted to the opposite extreme Greenland for the

Polar Circle marathon.

Temperatures cold enough to cause frost by it within minutes and

Gale Force winds greeted the runners at the starting line on the Arctic ice cap.

Holly was also at the Boston Marathon in 2013 and saw two bombs go off before her eyes at the finish

line.

We have an opportunity to discuss many of Holly's adventures and what prompted her to write

a book about them.

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