Dispatches: This Is What a Runner Looks Like
Outside Podcast7 Aug 2019

Dispatches: This Is What a Runner Looks Like

When Mirna Valerio first began running ultramarathons, she immediately got a lot of attention, but not for the reasons you might expect. Because of her body size, she didn’t fit the accepted image of a long-distance runner. Her story isn’t about an average athlete trying to get better. It’s about what happens when people assume that someone can’t possibly be an athlete because of the way she looks—and then how they how they react when she takes on enormous challenges and finds a way to keep going and going. This episode kicks off the second season of the Athletes Unfiltered podcast from Strava.

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Dispatches: Bob Ross’s Strategies for Survival

Dispatches: Bob Ross’s Strategies for Survival

Bob Ross is one of the most beloved painters of his generation, and he focused almost exclusively on the outdoors. Depicting the “happy trees” and “friendly mountains” of Alaska and the greater wester...

8 Maj 201922min

Sweat Science: The Keto Conundrum

Sweat Science: The Keto Conundrum

The ketogenic diet, a.k.a. “cutting carbs,” is all the rage in the fitness world. But is it better for you than any other kind of diet? And does it actually make athletes stronger or faster? These que...

1 Maj 201938min

The Outside Interview: Bill McKibben on the End of Nature

The Outside Interview: Bill McKibben on the End of Nature

No one has done more to sound the alarm about climate change than writer and activist Bill McKibben. He’s been doing it since 1989, when he wrote his first big scary book on the topic, The End of Natu...

17 Apr 201941min

Dispatches: Can You Outrun Anxiety?

Dispatches: Can You Outrun Anxiety?

In 2008, Katie Arnold was hiking a trail near her home in Santa Fe with her baby daughter strapped to her chest when a man attacked her with a rock. Two years later, Arnold’s father died shortly after...

2 Apr 201930min

The Outside Interview: Steven Rinella Wants Hunters and Hikers to Hold Hands

The Outside Interview: Steven Rinella Wants Hunters and Hikers to Hold Hands

As the host and creator of the MeatEater podcast and Netflix series of the same name, Steven Rinella spends a lot of time talking about hunting, fishing, and cooking. He is a proud voice in what’s oft...

19 Mars 201930min

Dispatches: Sports Recovery Secrets from Scientists

Dispatches: Sports Recovery Secrets from Scientists

Recovery is the new frontier of athletic performance. The quicker you recuperate, the more you can train, and pro athletes across sports have been revitalizing their careers by taking time off. Now a ...

5 Mars 201939min

The Outside Interview: Mindfulness for Peak Performance

The Outside Interview: Mindfulness for Peak Performance

Every day there’s more research showing the benefits of mindfulness. It reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, boosts the immune system, and may even slow the aging process. What we’re only starting t...

20 Feb 201932min

Dispatches: The Mountain Bikers Fighting New Trails

Dispatches: The Mountain Bikers Fighting New Trails

Since the sport’s early days in the seventies, mountain bikers have carved illicit trails on public and private land. Pioneering riders create winding singletrack in their favorite nearby hills, then ...

12 Feb 201934min

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