Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track podcast.

I'm your host Finn Melanson and in this episode we're talking with Keeley Henninger,

a professional trail runner for Ultra based in Portland, Oregon, preparing for the 2023 Black Canyon 100K.

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With that, let's get started.

Keeley Henninger, great to have you back on the single track podcast.

Hey Finn, thanks for having me. I'm really stoked with what you're doing for the sport.

You as well. We were just talking offline. I think that the new coaching program,

Free Trail experts, is a great thing for the sport. I'm excited you're spearheading it.

And just another thing and a great line of products that Free Trail is putting out.

First question I wanted to ask you a bit less

about Black Canyon, more about the sport in general. One of the things that you've talked about

at length in your own personal career is the transformation you've made moving away from

unhealthy training, racing, lifestyle practices towards something more sustainable for your career.

And given that you have such a great pulse on the sport, where would you say we are right now

in the culture of not just women's pro trail running, but trail running in general, moving away

from these more unsustainable practices towards stuff that can keep

people going at a high level for, you know, not just years, but decades.

Yeah, I think you're really in tune with the sport for asking this question because I think

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