100 mile ultra

Episode 323: Tyler Green – 2nd Place at Western States

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 05:00:01 +0000

Tyler Green is on the show today! Tyler just placed second at the Western States Endurance Run. In this episode, he shares all about that experience and he also talks about all the things that he did leading up to the race that he believes helped him both physically and mentally have a strong race and a big breakthrough. In 2019, he was 14th at Western States, so this year was a big breakthrough!

Tyler has run the fastest known time (FKT) on the Lost Coast Trail, Wonderland Trail, Timberline Trail, Loowit Trail and more! Tyler has also won the Black Canyon 100, Cascade Crest 100, and Bandera 100k. He was 2nd at the Javelina Jundred in 2019 and 3rd at the Sean O’Brien 100k in 2018.

Tyler is a middle school health teacher and lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Rachel Drake who is also a talented ultra runner!

What we talked about:

4:40- Recapping his second place finish at Western States

6:55- How he got into trail and ultra running

7:45- Living in Nepal and Libya after college

10:35- Being a health teacher at a middle school

15:05- Recapping the last few years of races

22:00- Favorite trail to run

22:45- Growing up on Mt. Tabor, a volcano in Oregon

24:40- Changes that Tyler made in training between 2019 to now that lead to his success at Western States

28:30- Where his strengths are in racing

30:55- How he and his wife, Rachel Drake, met

35:05- Balancing finding joy in competing and being competitive

36:45- Mindset during the Western States race

41:25- Running with his teammate during the Western States race

46:00- Thoughts on the women’s performances at Western States

50:35- Lessons learned from Western States

52:30- His coach and the mindset that he helped Tyler have

53:35- Different running tactics that he implemented into his training

55:25- What’s next for Tyler

56:35- Tyler’s nutrition during an ultra race

58:50- End of podcast questions

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I’ll Have Another Podcast Episode 74: Crystal Seaver

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:31:55 +0000

In this episode of I’ll Have Another, I’m talking with Crystal Seaver! She is an ultra trail runner and a personal trainer, she does life with her boyfriend Jesse and is the step mom to a 6 year old daughter. She is so dang sweet. You’re gonna want to just bottle her cute little self up and take her through life with you. She and Jesse recently completed their first 100 mile trail race and she has big, fun entrepreneurial goals. If you aren’t already following her on instagram- you should be because she is super inspiring and authentic.

In this episode, Crystal dishes the details on her diet, workouts and some of her favorite things. You guys are going to love my chat with her!

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