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Katie Asmuth | 2022 Western States Pre-Race Interview

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

Wilderness, Trail Running, Sports, Sports News, Mountain Running, Running, Ultrarunning, Ultra Running, News, Ultramarathon

5897 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Katie Asmuth is a professional trail runner for Saucony based in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Timestamps:(1:50) - reflecting on the journey to this year's start line(4:30) - identifying areas of improvement for this year's race(7:37) - primary motivations for this year's race(10:05) - race plan versus race environment(11:12) - race day mantra(12:47) - race day gear(14:42) - investing in the ultra community for lifeLinks:Follow Katie ...

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0:00.0

Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track podcast. I'm your host Finn Melanson and in this

0:06.6

episode we talk with Katie Asmuth, a professional trail runner for Sokney based in Mammoth Lakes, California,

0:13.0

ahead of the 2022 Western States 100. Before we get started though, I am proud to announce this

0:20.3

episode of Single track is brought

0:22.5

to you by SOAR Running. SOAR Running, that's SOA RUNING, are a London-based brand producing

0:29.1

high-performance running apparel.

0:31.6

Why am I excited to partner with SOAR, you might be asking?

0:34.6

Well, if you're like me, you take pride in your running gear and you want the best

0:38.4

that's why I'm stoked about this brand they are pushing the running apparel

0:42.6

boundaries when it comes to producing gear we care about like wet and cold weather

0:46.7

layers and racing kits I'm also excited because they are finally moving into the

0:51.9

trail space after years in the figurative lab, they've produced

0:56.3

a trail running specific clothing line that I've had a chance to test specifically their half-zip

1:01.8

shirts, their trail race vests and trail shorts, out on multi-hour grueling runs in my backyard

1:08.2

of the Wasatch Range. This apparel is the real deal. If you want

1:12.6

help getting kidded out for your training and racing needs, SOAR is offering us an exclusive 20%

1:18.1

savings at soar running.com. All you got to do is enter the code single track 20 at checkout

1:24.2

and act fast because that code is only valid through June and July.

1:29.2

I'm stoked people and listen, I care about you all.

1:32.5

I would not be endorsing something if I didn't believe in it and use it myself.

1:36.6

So there you have it.

1:38.0

Sores great and on with the show.

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