My guest today is always willing to push herself outside her comfort zone, even while battling physical ailments.
She is no stranger to adversity and shares how she overcomes obstacles in order to push forward towards future goals.
Kathy Vaughan on the GET ? by Ras
Today I welcome Kathy Vaughan on the show, the other half of Team Ultra Pedestrian.
Ras Vaughan is a self-described “backpacker turned into a back of the packer.”
Ras Vaughan: The Ultra Pedestrian
?: Gavin Woody
You know how I’m still struggling to understand those ultra distance people?
Ras takes my lack of understanding to another level as someone who really enjoys 200 mile races.
Yes, 200 miles.
But more accurately, he especially enjoys non-standard distances and unsupported races.
A lot of runners, including your truly, are at least somewhat focused on speed with faster always being better.
On the trails, however, there isn’t as much of a focus on speed as their is on the roads.
Ras is the trail culture personified, and is much less concerned with going fast as he is with being able to finishing the events he starts ON FOOT. Read more