EPISODE · Nov 6, 2020 · 1H 27M
Special Episode: Master's Edition with Nancy Marks
from The Stubborn Tortoise · host Donna Pazdera
If you have done any races with Tejas Trails, you have probably run across Nancy Marks. She's got pixie-short hair, wears cute skirts and talks a lot. (Yes, even more than me.) She just turned 60 and finished the Cactus Rose 150-miler last month. She didn't sleep. But she hallucinated, had her tunes, didn't eat much and just pushed herself to beat the cutoff. She has a very consistent pace and a great mental outlook that I found inspiring. She shares some of her tips as well as some war stories. This is easily one of my favorite master's interviews. Photo: Nancy with RD Chris McWatters, getting two 75-mile medals. She did get the buckle soon after.
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If you have done any races with Tejas Trails, you have probably run across Nancy Marks. She's got pixie-short hair, wears cute skirts and talks a lot. (Yes, even more than me.) She just turned 60 and finished the Cactus Rose 150-miler last month. She didn't sleep. But she hallucinated, had her tunes, didn't eat much and just pushed herself to beat the cutoff. She has a very consistent pace and a great mental outlook that I found inspiring. She shares some of her tips as well as some war stories. This is easily one of my favorite master's interviews. Photo: Nancy with RD Chris McWatters, getting two 75-mile medals. She did get the buckle soon after.
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