Winning the Triple Crown of Ultra Running with Courtney Dauwalter

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Ultra runner, Courtney Dauwalter is known as one of the greatest athletes of our time She's also know for running in long basketball shorts, scarfing down pizza and nachos between races, and her mindset when it comes to mastering the "pain cave." This summer, Courtney ran three of the most prestigious ultramarathons in the world and ended up winning every single one. The most impressive part is that she ran them all within 10 weeks.

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0:00.0	Ultra runner Courtney Dewalter is known as one of the greatest athletes of our time.
0:07.0	Over the last 10 years, she's become famous for breaking countless records on some of the most challenging ultra marathon courses.
0:15.1	In addition to her ultra running accomplishments, she's also known for running in long basketball
0:20.0	shorts, scarfing down pizza and nachos between races, and embracing what she calls
0:25.9	intuitive training.
0:28.0	Regardless of how unconventional her techniques might be, Courtney is at the top of her game and she's continuing to push the
0:34.4	envelope of what's possible. I'm Shelby Stanger and this is wild ideas worth
0:39.5	living an REI co-op studio's production.
0:46.0	Courtney do Walter loves going after wild ideas.
0:50.0	She's constantly examining her limits and running right past them.
0:56.0	I am just trying to brainstorm and spitball what ideas sound a little bit too crazy and those are the ones I want to try and
1:07.2	go after because it's okay to fall short of goals and aiming for those bigger crazy ones just helps us push
1:16.7	harder and learn more along the way.
1:22.3	This past summer Courtney decided to take on a new challenge.
1:25.6	She ran three of the most prestigious ultramarathons in the world
1:29.2	and ended up winning every single one.
1:32.1	The most impressive part is that she ran them all
1:34.7	within 10 weeks. Most ultra-runners would run three races like this in a year or
1:40.0	maybe even six months. To do three in just 10 weeks is unheard of,
1:44.7	but that's Courtney's style.
1:49.1	Courtney Doalter, welcome to Wild Ideas
1:51.8	Worth Living.
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