I think the part that drew me in the most is like the mental component, like when you do a marathon,

you have people cheering and you have your home to go to, you have a shower, food that's

and when you're out on an ocean, you have none of that. So I feel like I wanted something that

required me to dig deeper than I had before. Like there was no escape, there was no other option,

but to keep going and sometimes when you give yourself this option of like what's the exit strategy

you take, but I think the row really forced me to kind of yeah see and what we are capable of doing

and I think that is something that is life for everyone just constantly uncovering and discovering

what we can do. Hello and welcome to pursuing health. I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, family physician and

former CrossFit Games athlete. Here I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the

gap between fitness and medicine and support your journey toward your health yourself. In this

episode I sit down with Katie Spots who is an impressive ultra endurance athlete who's

undertaking some incredible adventures across the globe to help raise funds for clean water

and sanitation in underserved communities. Just a few highlights. At age 22 she rode solo across

the Atlantic Ocean in 70 days becoming the youngest person ever to do so. In 2020 she became the first

person to run 138 miles nonstop in 33 hours across the state of Maine and also by the way in the

process of training for this she became the first woman to run across the entire states of Vermont

and New Hampshire. She was also the first person to swim the length of the Allegheny River at 325

miles. She is cycled across the country she's completed five Iron Man trathlons and countless

marathons. Her next adventure will take her cycling across the coastline of Maine 308 miles from

the Canadian border to New Hampshire. I was excited to sit down with Katie and learn more about her

motivation for taking on these challenges and what helps her persevere in times of great adversity.

We also talked about how she's grown as a person through her experiences and how she's

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