Sarah Cummings | Wasatch Trail Scene, Brooks Running, JFK 50, Lessons From Injury

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Finn Melanson

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

5 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Sarah Cummings is a Professional Trail Runner for Brooks based in Park City, Utah.We talk about her introduction to the trail world after a significant collegiate and post collegiate career on the roads, her experience and lessons learned rehabbing from a traumatic hamstring injury that could have ended her running career altogether, how she landed in Park City, her thoughts on the Wasatch trail running scene, her 2022 raci...

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0:00.8	Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track podcast.
0:04.2	As always, I am your host, Finn Melanson, and in this episode, we meet Sarah Cummings, a professional trail runner for Brooks based in Park City, Utah.
0:13.8	We talk about her introduction to the trail world after a significant collegiate and post-collegiate career on the roads,
0:20.4	her experience and the lessons learned rehabbing from a traumatic hamstring injury
0:25.3	that could have ended her running career altogether.
0:28.1	We also talk about how she landed in Park City,
0:30.6	her thoughts on the Wasatch Trail Running scene,
0:33.2	her 2022 racing plans, and more.
0:36.0	As you all know, I think the Wasatch has the potential to be the next American cultural
0:41.5	hub for trail running.
0:42.9	In fact, one of my big predictions is that by 2023, this will be the place in the same
0:48.8	way that Mill Valley carried the banner in the mid-2010s and how Flagstaff did the same in the late
0:55.0	2010s.
0:56.0	I think that there's been a gap to fill for a few years, especially since the pandemic started.
1:01.0	And I think it's anyone's for the taking.
1:03.0	So why not Salt Lake?
1:05.0	Anyways, I say that here because I think Sarah is becoming one of the great ambassadors for
1:10.0	our region and her influence,
1:12.2	along with others, will help make it happen fast.
1:15.8	Okay, with that, let's get started.
1:20.0	Sarah Cummings, welcome to the Single Track podcast.
1:23.2	Thank you.
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