Trail Running Archives - Lindsey Hein

Episode 185: Katie Arnold

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:45:27 +0000

Katie Arnold is the 2018 Leadville Trail 100 Champion and the Author of the new book “Running Home”. She is the mother of two and is a contributing editor and former managing editor at Outside Magazine. She is the creator of an amazing column for Outside called “Raising Rippers” which talks about raising adventurous kids.

Katie, who is an elite ultra runner talks about becoming a runner by accident – she never competed as a kid or a young adult- aside from the 10K she ran once a year as a kid (which also happened by accident). Once she started running trail races and winning she realized she had a real gift for running fast- she ran her first Ultra at the age of 40.

Some of Kate’s most notable accomplishments include winning the 2018 Leadville Trail 100 Run, where she finished 11th overall in field of more than 700 runners. She won the 2018 Jemez Mountains 50 Mile, 2014 TransRockies 3-Day Trail Run, Jemez Mountains 50K, the Mount Taylor 50K. She is two-time overall champion and course record holder at the Angel Fire 100K.

Katie lives in Sante Fe, New Mexico and loves to be outdoors – she loves biking, skiing, going on river trips, hiking and of course writing. Though her first book is a memoir, she hopes to write a fiction novel one day. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Men’s Journal, ESPN the Magazine, Marie Claire, Runner’s World, Elle, and Sunset, among others.

I felt a really strong connection with Katie in this episode and felt like we could have talked for hours. In Katie’s book, she writes about losing her Father and how she dealt with extrememly intense anxiety for an 18-month period after losing him and how running ultimately became a really great coping mechanism for that. Running didn’t cure it but it helped. Being someone who has dealt with anxiety quite a bit, I had a lot of questions. We also talk a lot about what it’s like to be a top ultra runner while also living moment to moment and not overthinking things. It’s a lot of good stuff. I can’t wait to hear what you all think.

Enjoy!

Show Notes:

Running Home – Katie Arnold

Unquiet – Linn Ullmann

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Episode 173: Kara Goucher

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:27:44 +0000

Kara Goucher is a two time Olympian, a Silver medalist in the World Championships in the 10K, a mother, a wife, an author, and a women’s running community builder. Kara’s career is long and not one without hardship and injuries. In her decades of running she also grabbed third place in both the NYC and Boston Marathon.

Kara is a guest you all have been requesting for YEARS. I always knew once we had this conversation it would be a good one- Kara made me feel like I was talking to a friend I’d had for years. Listening back as I edited I actually felt like I was so comfortable I forgot it was an interview being recorded for thousands of listeners. I hope you guys like that part of the conversation!

Kara recently announced she’ll be running the Leadville Marathon, so we get into that but first we talk about motherhood, her career, different coaches she’s had and so much more. Kara was so kind to stay on the line for an extra 15 minutes – so if you don’t get enough of her here you can join my patreon community for bonus conversation with her!

Show Notes:

Kara’s Book – STRONG

A Spark of Light – Jodi Picoult

Small Great Things – Jodi Picoult

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Episode 124: Jim Walmsley

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:46:02 +0000

Photo: Myke Hermsmeyer, Outside Magazine

Jim Walmsley is one of the most competitive and fastest ultra runners in the World. Relatively “new” to the scene, he started ultra running to get through some hard times in his life and got serious into training in 2015. He trains in Flagstaff, AZ with the Coconino Cowboys and is sponsored by Hoka One One, Cliff bar and Nathan Hydration. He holds 16 course records on ultra courses- including Lake Sonoma 50, the Speedgoat 50K, JFK 50 Miler and Gorge Waterfalls 100K. Not to mention some crazy fastest known times on trails like Rim to Rim to Rim.

In just one week he is racing the prestigious Western States 100 mile endurance race for the third time- he was a heavy favorite in both 2016 and 2017 when both times the race didn’t go as planned. In 2016, he got lost on the trail 93 miles into the race when he had had a lead of over an hour and was on track to crush the course record of 14:46:44. He finished the race that day in 20th place in a time of 18:45:36 with an attitude we can all learn something from. In 2017 – again a favorite to win the race, he had to drop around mile 73 due to fueling and stomach issues.

He’s been training hard in 2018 to give it another go on June 23rd. He just crushed his own Lake Sonoma 50 record a couple of months ago. Jim has a confidence and drive that will inspire you and hopefully make you think on the fact that it’s good and healthy to have big goals and big dreams and even when those don’t work out the first or the second time; that getting back at it and going for it again is admirable. I can’t wait to see what Jim does this year and how he races the course.

Enjoy my conversation with Jim Walmsley!

Show Notes:

Jim Walmsley Website

Western States 2016 Follow Up Outside Magazine

Western States 2017 Follow Up Runners World

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Running and Confidence

Lindsey Hein — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:49:28 +0000

I love strava. I knew I would when everyone was all over it and I wasn’t using it yet. I didn’t track my runs when I was pregnant so started with it after Louis. Such a good way to track miles. At the end of this post, you’ll see my last four weeks of workouts. Thanks to strava that was easy to throw in here.

I took a whole week off to give my hip that had been bothering me a rest and had Melody come over and do some work on it. Man did it hurt, but I needed it. I had a lot of stuff going on, well everywhere it seemed, but lot’s in my lower back, lower side of abs whatever muscle that is and hips. Melody working on it, paired with the week off really helped. She did a lot of trigger point and what I’m gonna call deep tissue. It’s feeling almost 100%. This is me encouraging you to not be afraid to take a week off if you need it. After my week off, it took me a good week or so to get back to feeling back to where I was but that’s no big deal. (And by the way, I’ve since had Melody come over to work on my achilles. Thankful to have found her. She knows her stuff and truly tries to get to the bottom of the problem and address it)

We’ve been trying to get out on the trails more and have been somewhere around once a week, which has been fun. Trails to me are so much more fun. Hard work in a different way, but so much nicer to your body once you’re used to them.

I was planning to race the firecracker 6 to see where I was speedwise. I had done two pretty good tempo runs two weeks in a row, that indicated I could do something around 6:40, but then with the week off for my hip, I was feeling kind of off. Instead of racing that, we went to Brown County, ran 15 miles on the trails the day before and then ran Firecracker for fun.

We started off around 8:00 min pace and somewhere around mile 3, decided to go with a fast finish, which proved to be a little challenging after 15 miles on the trails the day before. Harder for Glenn than I though, as he was pushing the double. AND he busted ass to get downtown by 8am with both of the boys pushing the double. (It’s always the days you want to get somewhere early that they want to sleep in) I had to go early to set up the Annex tent, so he met me at the start line where he showed up at exactly 8:03 after busting a 6:40 mile to make it. (We live around 3.5 miles from downtown where the start was)

Then this past weekend, I raced the Joseph Maley 5K. Wasn’t quite sure what I could do. They started a new thing where the have an “elite” start. I used “” because you have to be under 21 for female, 18 for male. So I went ahead and signed up for the elite start for a couple reasons- 1. I was certain I’d be under 21. 1. It started at 8:00, and the open race started at 8:30- this way I could get my race in first and then cool down with the family in the open race 2. I thought I might push myself harder running with all those fasties.

The race started on the track at IUPUI- and you do a lap to start and a lap to finish. Well, everyone went out blazing. I stayed in the very back of this crowd and still was running around 5:45 for the first quarter mile. I quickly checked myself. It was hard because I was already in the back and slowing down even more was kind of mentally challenging.

Splits- 6:19, 6:37, 6:26. Time: 20:06. I kind of became a baby during mile two- just holding on trying to not go slower than 6:45 at any point. Mile 3, I got it together a little bit. I think I had a good 15 seconds in there I could have shaved off if I’d decided to be a little tougher… but could have would have right? I didn’t. I’m trying to work on not being nervous for these kind of races- just do what I do and enjoy that I can work hard and what the end result is. My 5K PR is 19:24 on a hot day two years ago. Big goal for now is to break 19. But first, let me get my first post Lou sub 20.

And let me rave for a minute about the Joseph Maley Foundation. I met with John and Maggie to talk about the race and Athletic Annex becoming a supporter of the race. Since then, they’ve blown me away with how awesome of an organization they really are. Check out what they’re doing. Seriously. And then go surround yourself with people like this, because they will lift you up. And we all need that.

I thought the plan was to then cool down with my family in the open race. We started somewhere in the middle of the crowd- around the 9 minute milers I’d say. Glenn starts speeding up to a 7:00 minute mile out the gate and I was like UMMMMM, hold bro. So I just let him go. I think he wanted to see what kind of time he could put out with the double. He ended up running around 21 minutes. Got bottle necked a bunch. All I know is I would have been a little pisses if he beat my time haha. Mostly because that would prove that I in fact was kind of being a baby.

Another subject- I have to just add this in regarding summer running. I will be the first to admit, I used to be very self conscious running in a sports bra unless I felt 100% with how my stomach looked. I would stand in front of the mirror and check it out from front and back to make sure the love handles weren’t too crazy and the jiggle wasn’t out of control. (This is all relative I know)

And even a few months ago after having Louis, I started thinking, I wonder if I will be in good enough shape to feel confident running in a sports bra this summer. (for me, theres no other way to do it on these crazy hot days). Somewhere in that time, I decided I just don’t care. I’m comfortable. I don’t have a flat stomach right now, I usually don’t. I most definitely have no definition of any sort of abs. We eat healthy and “clean” most of the time. But, I like cookies and I like beer. I try to make sure what we eat is good quality, but I don’t restrict. Because you only live once and if you live restricting what you eat to look good in a sports bra while you’re out for a run at 31, you’re gonna look back when you’re 80 thinking, man I should have ate more cookies.

I say all this because when I first looked at the picture above, I thought, ugh my stomach looks terrible. That is just where my head went. You feel me right? We’ve all been there. The natural thing would be to either use a different picture, not use that picture at all or crop out my stomach. Decided not to do any of that because that’s not real life is it.

I’m not using having a baby as an excuse to not care, but I’ll be damned if I feel bad about my body. This kid was housed in there for a good nine months. And even if he wasn’t- I’d be ok with what I’m working with. Thank you 30s for bringing a new, I don’t give a shit what you think I look like confidence. (MOST of the time- we’re all human here)

So when I’m not running you can catch my pushing a stroller drinking a two hearted. And I’ll never say no to a homemade cookie. (because I’m no fool)

Last four weeks:

07/12/15-07/19/15

Monday: Rest Day

Tuesday: 5 Mi with Double Stroller @ 9:50

Wednesday: 10.3 Mi downtown alone @ 8:24

Thursday: 4 Mi at Fit Livin’ Night

Friday: Probably Rest

Saturday: Red Eye Relay (Glenn and I are splitting up 55 miles)

Sunday: Rest

Total Mi: 50ish Miles

07/06/15- 07/11/15

Monday: Run with super pregnant Ashley @ 9:31 + 500 yard swim

Tuesday: 8 Mi with fast finish progression @ 7:40 (last three miles 7:18, 7:00, 6:27)

Wednesday: Rest

Thursday: 10.1 Mi @ 11:08 – Morgan Monroe trails with Glenn and Cadence

Friday: Circuit workout with my mom and sister in basement. 20 Min run, 10 min row, 10 min bike, trampoline

Saturday: 8 Mi – Joseph Maley 5K @ 6:26 with 2 mile warm up, 3 mile cool down

Sunday: 16 Mi with the whole family. Glenn pushed the Double. @ 8:13 (I did a little 4 mile progression at the end)

Total Mi: 49 Mi

06/29/15-07/05/15

Monday: Rest

Tuesday: Rest

Wednesday: 7 Mi Double Stroller @ 9:37

Thursday: 5.1 Mi Single Stroller @ 8:59

Friday: 15 Mi Brown County Trails @ 10:43

Saturday: 6 Mi Fire Cracker 6 @ 7:22 (Ran easy first 3, progression last 3) Glenn on the Double.

Sunday: Rest

Total Mi: 33 Mi

06/22/15-06/28/15

Monday: Swim 2,000 yards

Tuesday: Swim 1,500 yards

Wednesday: Rest

Thursday: Test Run – 6 Mi @ 8:36

Friday: 10 Mi with Ashley and Allie @ 9:13

Saturday: Rest

Sunday: 10 Mi with the whole family, Glenn on Double @ 8:44

Total Mi: 26 Mi

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Mohican Weekend!

Lindsey Hein — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:37:47 +0000

We are heading to Mohican tomorrow for Glenn’s 50 Miler! I’m so excited! Marshall is going to be hanging with my Grandma all weekend- I’m taking him down to Bloomington today. We are so fortunate to have my Grandma available to watch him. She’s been battling ovarian cancer for the past 6 years and just started a new chemo a couple weeks ago. You don’t hear complaints out of her though. Ever.

You’re all probably thinking I’m crazy for leaving my insanely active 2 year old with her for three days. BUT, she loves it- she asks for him! Everyday he’s with her I always get a call at the end of the day telling me how lovely the day has been and all the fun things they did. He adjusts to her speed (which isn’t all that slow for a 73 year old women going through chemo). They have their special little routines and activities at Mimi’s house. And he loves it. We are so grateful they get to spend time together and if I’m going to be away from him for three days there is no where I’d rather him be.

Back to Mohican- we are leaving at noon tomorrow and we’ll hit up the race pasta dinner in the evening… it’s kind of out in the middle of nowhere so that will by far be the easiest. I’m planning on trying to see Glenn 3-4 times throughout the race and as long as my phone has service – no fear, you’ll know I’ll be live tweeting the crap out of it.

It’s going to be super hot on Saturday, lot’s of hydrating going on over here this week. Nutrition plan for his race- is Nuun, Hammer Gel & he’s taking some UGO bars in his drop bag. They’ll also have some eats at aid stations as well.

I’m feeling pretty confident that THIS GUY is ready for 50 miles. And then… on to the next big goal. I will force a race report out of him on this one!

Any race day advice or encouragement for Glenn?

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