Grayson Murphy | Two-Time World Champion
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Grayson Murphy is a pro runner for Saucony, living in Utah. She is a two-time trail running world champion in 2019 and 2023. In addition to being among the best short course athletes for several years, Grayson was one of the first to be a true crossover runner, racing on the road, track, and trail. She's also an entrepreneur, building a stationery business as she pursues running at the highest level. No matter what she does, Grayson brings a sense of professionalism and intention, contributing to her amazing success. This is her first appearance on the podcast.
Topics discussed:
- What makes Grayson unique
- Her collegiate Coach Kyle Kepler at the University of Utah
- Her late start to running and fast development
- Her relationship with her twin sister
- Her engineering degree
- Struggles when she went pro for NAZ Elite
- Leaving the program and finding her calling on the trails
- Her 2019 World Championship
- Her entrepreneurial journey
- Her mixed feelings on social media
- Moving back to UT and the significance of her home state
- Her GTWS debut
- Her upcoming wedding and her fiance's retirement from pro skiing
- Her expected 2024 racing schedule
- A lot more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, welcome to the free trial podcast presented by the feed. |
| 0:18.3 | Of course, I'm your host, Dylan Bowman. |
| 0:19.9 | And today we are joined by |
| 0:21.1 | Grayson Murphy, the two-time world champion and one of the original crossover athletes competing |
| 0:28.2 | across road track and trail at a high level. Grayson has a fascinating story, a late starter in the |
| 0:34.9 | sports. And now being a multi-time world champion, it's not the usual |
| 0:39.6 | path most top athletes take, which makes her journey even more fun to explore here on the pod. |
| 0:45.8 | This is a value-dense podcast. |
| 0:47.7 | I'm super grateful to Grayson for sharing so much, and I hope you enjoy the episode. |
| 0:52.5 | Some topics that we discuss what What makes Grayson unique? |
| 0:55.9 | We talk about her collegiate coach Kyle Kepler in the University of Utah. We talk about her late |
| 1:00.7 | start to running in fast development, her relationship with her twin sister, her engineering degree. |
| 1:06.6 | We talk about her struggles when she went pro for NAZ elite. We talk about leaving that program and finding her calling on the trails. |
| 1:14.2 | We talk about her 2019 World Championship, her entrepreneurial journey and forthcoming |
| 1:19.2 | relaunch of her stationary company. |
| 1:21.5 | We talk about her mixed feelings about social media. |
| 1:24.6 | We talk about moving back to Utah and the significance of her home state, |
| 1:28.7 | her Golden Trail World Series debut, her upcoming wedding and her fiance's retirement from |
| 1:34.1 | pro skiing. We talk about her expected 2024 racing schedule and a lot more. It was so great |
| 1:40.8 | to finally have Grayson on the show. And I know you'll enjoy the conversation. |
| 1:45.6 | Before we get to it, make sure you check out the show notes to check out our sponsors. |
| 1:50.0 | We are very intentional about who we work with. |
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