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Podcast: The ZenRUN Podcast
Episode: Episode 501 - From Planes to Parkruns: Alexis Oosterhoff’s Ultra Running Life
Description: From phosphate dust in Nauru to the trails of Western Australia—and even a 200-miler past Stonehenge—Alexis Oosterhoff has taken the scenic (and slightly insane) route into ultra running.
In this episode, Alexis shares:
•How a casual desire to run a marathon at 40 was nearly derailed by a cancer diagnosis
•Why he traded in a private plane for a pair of trail shoes
•His love of raw, unmarked ultra races (hello, GPX-only navigation and fields full of barking farm dogs)
•What drives him to run events like an 18-day stage race in Spain and th...