Episode 110 with Sunny Stroeer: Skiing 1,000 Miles at the Iditarod Trail Invitational

Send us Fan MailIn this week's episode we talk to adventure athlete, mountaineer guide and general fan of VLDs (Very Long Distances), Sunny Stroeer about:Being the 1st Woman to ski the entire 1,000 miles at the Iditarod Trail Invitational from Anchorage to NomeHow to manage nutrition during the ITI and VLDsSunny is a free spirit and adventurer.  During her 20s, she was a hard-charging Harvard MBA strategy consultant, but at age 30, she turned her back on material possessions and her career in order to live in an Astrovan so she could run and climb full-time instead.  Her overarching passion is to be active and push her limits in the side- and backcountry, spanning a multitude of sports from big-wall climbs over multi-day paddling trips, to 100 milers, and everything in between. Her specialty is the high altitude endurance realm; she holds speed records on Aconcagua and on the Annapurna Circuit and has excelled on high trails in the Colorado Rockies. She most recently completed the Iditarod on skis. Sunny and her husband Paul (and husky Dasher) live in Southern Utan and run a hiking and backcountry guide service, and she also founded and runs a mountaineering expedition company for women, by women. She also serves as the executive director for the AWE Summit Scholarship Foundation, which works to increase gender equity on and off the mountains.Please note that this podcast is created strictly for educational purposes and should never be used for medical diagnosis and treatment.***Keep up with Sunny:Web: SunnyStroeer.comInstagram: @SStroeerDreamland Tours: dreamlandtours.net/AWExpeditions: awexpeditions.org/Mentioned:GU Energy ChewsGU Energy GelsGU Energy Roctane Drink MixWhoop BandNot Mentioned, But Worth Mentioning:After we stopped recording, Sunny mentioned during the ITI, she tried to eat every 3 miles. When she missed resupplies and had to ration to every 4 miles, she said, "When I tried every 4 miles, it just didn't work. I hit the wall, and it wasn't just on the physical level. I could feel my mental state going down because I didn't get in enough carbs. Prior to this, I hadn't see the correlation quite so directly. When I fueled every 3 miles, things were good. Every four miles, my mental state declined and I would think that I needed to drop."MORE NRApply to work with Kyla → https://p.bttr.to/3ZrwzcFUse code NEWPOD10 for 10% off our meal plans → https://nutritional-revolution.com/products/CONNECT Instagram → www.instagram.com/nutritionalrevolutionSponsorship inquiries → [email protected] in having your biomarkers or nutrigenomics checked? Email us at [email protected] TRUSTED RESOURCES Supplements (save 20%) → https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/kchannellFeed Club ($20 off) → https://thefeed.com/teams/nutritional-revolutionKyla's top picks → https://shopmy.us/shop/nutrevFollow us @nutritionalrevolution