Katherine Barber - Because they told her she couldn’t.
Release Date: 03/13/2020
Understanding Your Body w/ Dr. Rachele Pojednic
Spartan Death Race Podcast
Joe sits down with Rachele Pojednic, PhD, EdM, CSCS who is an Associate Professor at Norwich University and a research associate at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pojednic has been a nutrition and strength and conditioning coach for Olympic, Division I, sports and tactical athletes for over 20 years. Stay tuned to the end for a special partnership announcement.
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Katherine Barber - Because they told her she couldn’t.
Spartan Death Race Podcast
In its first year, the Death Race was a complete mystery. What intrigued Katherine was that the flyer, and her husband at the time, told her she wouldn’t be able to finish. She tells Don and Yancy about some of the most difficult and ridiculous challenges she faced. Including the fact that she did not see another competitor for the first several hours of her race. Her journey began with a random flyer picked up at the Original General Store, that said in no uncertain terms ...
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Robin Crossman tells stories of endurance, betrayal, pennies and onions
Spartan Death Race Podcast
A four time death race finisher, and two time race director Robin will partner with Peter Borden to direct the 2020Death Race. Robin is matter of fact about his endurance background, but between you and me, it includes things like barefoot trail ultras. This episode includes many of the Death Race’s most legendary stories. What do $50 of Pennies, an Onion King at the top of the mountain, and a Greek textbook have in common? The 2010 Death Race. ...
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Athena Ojeda / Her Journey from Couch to Extreme Endurance
Spartan Death Race Podcast
Forget couch to 5k, Athena Ojeda shares her journey from couch to Death Race winner! Join co-hosts Yancy Culp and Don Devany as they follow her perfectly executed Spartan inspired six-year journey. From couch, smokes and sodas to multi-year Death Race finisher. This inspirational conversation reaffirms that you can choose to shift purpose, and overcome obstacles externally and internally imposed. Become resilient in the face of any adversity. ...
info_outlineIn its first year, the Death Race was a complete mystery. What intrigued Katherine was that the flyer, and her husband at the time, told her she wouldn’t be able to finish. She tells Don and Yancy about some of the most difficult and ridiculous challenges she faced. Including the fact that she did not see another competitor for the first several hours of her race. Her journey began with a random flyer picked up at the Original General Store, that said in no uncertain terms; Doubt You will Finish, a non-existent gear list, and a supposed change in start time and it’s still not over. She was the first-ever female Death Racer and the first-ever female Death Race finisher.
Note: memory can be a mysterious thing, especially when it comes to Death Race challenges. What a racer perceives is not always what the race actually entails. One small note of correction - the 2007 race was closer to 12 hours than 24.
Katherine participated in 2007, 2009 and 2012 Death races
Key Points:
- Be prepared to be unprepared
- Be grateful for what you have, not what you should have
- Doubts and fears are a motivator, use them as such.
- You can and will do more than what your resume suggests.
- Find the joy in the task at hand.
- Fulfillment isn't about what you get out of it, it's about what others get from you.
- Be humble, be gracious, be grateful, be joyful, be helpful.
- You will never know what you can accomplish, till you show up.
- Grit where is it born from.
- You are not the sum of your past experiences, you are what you have become.
Sign up, show up, move forward inch by inch.
CREDITS:
Producer: Marion Abrams
Host: Don Devaney, Yancy Culp
Sound recording: Korey Smerk
Editing: Carrie Arick
Synopsis: Don Devaney, Marion Abrams
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