The Obstacle is Her Way with Laura McElduff (Episode 88)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The menopause transition can throw a lot of obstacles in your path. Training for and participating in obstacle course races can help you overcome them both physically and mentally, as you lift heavy loads, strengthen your grip, and hone your mental toughness and problem-solving skills. Plus, it’s super fun, says this week’s guest, obstacle course race enthusiast Laura McElduff, 52, who credits obstacle course racing with helping her get through perimenopause.

Since completing her first obstacle course race in 2012 at age 42, Laura has competed at every distance from 3K to 50K ultras, raced in Canada and UAE and throughout the USA, placed top 10 in the F50-54 age group in the 2021 Spartan North American Championship and in the 2021 Spartan World Championship in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She is the mom of a young adult daughter and son and is vice president of a fragrance company in New Jersey. You can follow her OCR adventures on Instagram.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:32.0	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:34.8	I hope everyone is well.
0:37.0	So I have a fun conversation today about a topic that has
0:41.4	captured my imagination of late, and that is obstacle course racing. I dabbled in these probably
0:48.5	almost 20 years ago at this point, and then, you know, went on to pursue other passions like
0:53.5	mountain biking and triathlon.
0:55.8	And while recently, I've been looking for some new challenges and I've seen a lot of women in our
1:00.5	hit play not pause group raving about obstacle course racing and it has definitely piqued my interest.
1:06.8	So, as one does, I decided to do a show. This week, I sat down with Laura Mclduff, who herself didn't pick up obstacle course racing until she was 42.
1:18.1	And she is now 52, and she credits the training she's done for this sport for helping her get through perimenopause.
1:25.2	Laura has competed at every distance from 3K to 50K Ultras.
1:29.9	She has raced in Canada and the UAE and throughout the USA.
1:34.0	And she placed top 10 in her age group, which was 50-54,
1:38.0	in the 2021 Spartan North American Championships and in the 2021 Spartan World Championships in Abu Dhabi,
1:47.2	UAE. She is also a normal, meaning not professional athlete, kind of person. She's the mom of a young
1:54.4	adult daughter and son and is the vice president of a fragrance company in New Jersey. So she
2:00.0	totally gets what training around normal
2:02.2	life looks like. She told me that she is just passionate about sharing health and fitness and
2:07.3	her journey with other women who don't want to give up on doing fun, enjoyable things in life
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