KHC 175 - Rachel Entrekin

Cameron Hanes - Keep Hammering Collective

Cameron Hanes

Sports, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Rachel Entrekin - American elite ultramarathon runner and physical therapist known for her remarkable performances in some of the world’s toughest long-distance trail races. Rachel joins the Keep Hammering Collective to talk about her path from a full-time job to life as a full-time athlete, balancing sponsorships, science, and the grit of mountain running. She opens up about overcoming an eating disorder, finding strength through lifting, embracing imperfections, and building a “bulletproof” life - on and off the trails. From Hardrock dreams and Courtney Dauwalter inspiration to pain caves, haters, and why speedwork is still the worst, this episode is honest, motivating, and unapologetically real. Follow along: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cameronrhanes Twitter: https://twitter.com/cameronhanes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/camhanes/ Website: https://www.cameronhanes.com Follow Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/rachel__entrekin/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 – Full Time Job to Full Time Athlete 00:07:14 – Rachel’s Sponsorships 00:15:10 – Dirtbag Runner with a Doctorate Degree 00:22:48 – Eating Disorder, Rehab, and Finding a Love for Mountain Running 00:36:29 – Learning How to Shoot a Bow & the Appreciation of Helping Others 00:48:17 – Spike Camp & Encouragement from Rachel 00:55:23 – Elevation & Gain in Running and Making an Impact 01:00:27 – A Mental Block with Lifting & Creating a Bullet Proof Life with Strength 01:04:18 – Who Inspires Rachel: Courtney Dauwalter 01:11:27 – People That Don’t Believe in You - Haters 01:17:51 – Goals for 2026 01:26:52 – Upcoming Opportunities 01:30:24 – Personalities in Running and the Inspiration of Imperfections 01:38:19 – Podcast Experiences and Learning from Others 01:43:08 – F**k, Marry, Kill: Hardrock, Western States, UTMB 01:44:19 – Is a 50k an Ultra Race? 01:46:50 – Rachel’s “Pain Cave” or “Filing” Cabinet” When Things Get Hard 01:50:01 – Who Rachel Would Switch Minds with During a Race 01:51:40 – Always Excited to Run … Unless it’s Speedwork 01:53:29 – The Power of Everything Going Wrong 01:57:54 – Final Thoughts and New Bow Thank you to our sponsors: https://cameronhanes.com/pages/sponsors

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0:00.0	Every step I take, I move my truth.
0:02.5	Every time they tell me stop I use.
0:04.2	Every comment hate that makes my feel, gather up my energy and boom.
0:07.9	I had them talking, saying the way that I move it's so reckless.
0:10.5	That is a part of my mind I've been blessed with.
0:12.2	Giving my blood so I am relentless.
0:15.1	This is the Keep Hammering Collective with Rachel Interkin.
0:18.5	Hello.
0:19.1	How are you?
0:19.8	I'm great. Every part of my bodykin. Hello. How are you? I'm great.
0:21.2	Every part of my body hurts.
0:23.0	Dude, this is day four of our immersion experience.
0:28.9	What do you think?
0:30.4	Yeah, you're, I mean, I don't know why I thought that you weren't fast.
0:34.9	Or I guess that's incorrect.
0:37.0	I was not aware of how fast you were I think well I mean
0:41.3	I'm gonna be perfectly honest like I look at what I did at coca donut and then what you did at
0:45.8	coconut and I made some assumptions about stuff you crushed me and assumptions are dumb it's like
0:50.5	20 hour or what was your time uh 60 almost 64 so 63.50 something. Here's the difference. I just looked at your ultrasound up. You've won 21 straight races. And before, then you got fifth before that, but then won like a million before that fifth. So we aren't the same. So just like a heads up. One of us knows how to race and one of us knows how to run.
1:12.4	Maybe. I don't know. But yeah, so you got Cocoaona is, for me, is like 256 or 57 miles. I got off
1:20.2	course a little bit sometimes. We all do. But you did it in 64 hours. So under three days, you didn't sleep, you crushed it, you won for the second year in
1:30.0	row, you're badass, you're a legend.
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