About this episode

This episode is with Hillary Allen, a self described super curious science nerd constantly looking for bugs and asking the question Why?

She’s also a professional trail and ultra runner for The North Face, a coach and podcaster herself.

In this episode, we talked about:

• the initial interest in this podcast
• science
• disassociating her sense of self-worth with her status as an athlete
• her community
• why she got into running
• what she likes about long distance running
• her own Why and how it has shifted
• setbacks and injuries
• the injury recovery process
• progress and consistency
• injury recovery alongside Rob Krar
• podcasting and coaching 
• and much more!

Follow along with Hillary’s adventures at www.instagram.com/hillygoat_climbs and www.twitter.com/hillygoatclimbs

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