61 | Katie Asmuth on the Primal Human Experience Found In Running and Motherhood
by Nikki Parnell — August 13, 2021 — 📸: trailjunkiephotos
This week we have Katie Asmuth on the podcast again! Katie first joined us back in episode 40 to talk about her win at Bandera 100k and now she fills us in on all the crazy life that has been lived since! She shares what it’s been like becoming a professional runner with Saucony, her family’s move to Mammoth, training for Western States and then running during this historic race year (spoiler alert: it was HOT but the women came and dominated!). Katie as always gives us a huge dose of positive energy and a humble yet hungry perspective on competitive ultrarunning. Her race recap is inspiring and she leaves us with important reminders too, like the importance of verbalizing our goals and believing in ourselves (because why the heck not?!). Katie also talks about how labor and racing are beautiful ways of being a part of the human experience. They are some of the primal, extraordinary events that give us the rawest of emotions and euphoria in life. We also chat about how to draw more women into this sport starting with reframing trails from being intimidating and scary to being empowering and a key factor in restoring our sense of self as mothers. We also need to be vocal about the barriers that hold us back from training and racing so that having more support can become more normal. It takes a village to raise a child (and a mother) and we can help build that village for ourselves and the other amazing mamas around us!
It was so fun reconnecting with Katie and we hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did! Click the link below or search “Run Hard Mom Hard” on any podcast platform to listen. Don’t forget to subscribe and share this one with your people! Thank you!!
Show Notes
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Katie is sponsored by Saucony
Katie’s coach: David Roche
Katie at her core is a Nurse Practitioner — If you’re able to donate to a good cause, Katie is passionate about Venice Family Clinic who are doing so much to take care of any and all people in need in the L.A. area!
We talk a lot about Western States 100!
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