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About this Episode
Fresh off her course record at Javelina 100, Tara Dower joins Sally in a great conversation! Enjoy!
Other Episode Highlights:
- 40 days 18 hours 6 min to break the AT FKT in 2024
- Growing up playing soccer & rugby in college
- Gained mental toughness from a drill sergeant in the army (her brother)
- Inspired by a documentary in college - Appalachian Trail thru hikers in 2013
- Anxiety attack in 2017
- 2019 through hiked Appalachian Trail
- From chasing a title to enjoying the journey on the AT
- 5 months and 10 days - first time in 2019 thru hiking
- Cheez its and gushers for nutrition!
- Candy Mama nickname origination
- Mountains to Sea 1,175 miles
- First 100 mile race in 2021
- The meaning of Tara
- DNF at Mammoth helped her prepare for Javelina
- Javelina 100 Recap
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