Jul 24 2020 94 mins 1
This week we get to chat with Ashley Nordell - a mother to two girls, a preschool teacher, a coach, and a very accomplished Central Oregon ultra runner with many race wins and FKTs behind her name. We hear about how Ashley grew up in a running family (her dad still runs ultras) and how her love for the sport grew out of a dislike but blossomed into a lifetime passion once she chose it for herself. Her running has evolved over time and she shares how ultimately, having kids helped the longevity of this sport for her because her pregnancies forced her into resting more than she would normally as a runner. She had to find out the hard way that running postpartum requires more patience than many of us would like to admit and after doing too much too fast in the first year after her first child, she learned to focus on quality training vs. quantity mileage. (Her first year postpartum included a ton of running and races - namely a 3 month postpartum pacing experience, a 10 month postpartum 50 miler, Western States (13 months), and Leadville (15 months). It was an amazing year but it caught up to her! We also talk about mom guilt, creative long run hacks, training mileage for a 100 miler (it's less than you think!), FKT experiences, coaching, teaching, getting kids outside, etc! So many great takeaways in this episode! Show Notes: Stef’s Favorite Thing this week: Infinite Cold Brew Performance Coffee from The Feed Nikki’s Fave: The Gym / Heavy lifting strength work Sponsored by Rabbit Coaches with Team RunRun Ashley’s favorite race: Three Days of Syllamo Ashley’s favorite recipe: Homemade Pizza Kid’s cookbooks - America's Test Kitchen Kids Cookbook Global Feast Kids Cookbook --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/run-hard-mom-hard/message
