Gabi Rooker on Letting Go of Comparision in Her Boston Marathon Build | Episode 29

Sarah Lorge Butler talks to Nike marathoner and physician assistant Gabi Rooker, a Minneapolis-based 2:24 marathoner who is preparing for the 2026 Boston Marathon. They discuss living and running in Minneapolis amid ICE's invasion of the city, and how that has affected the community and her patients. And Gabi discusses her December surgery to remove a grapefruit-sized uterine fibroid and her longer-than-expected recovery.

Gabi talks about her ongoing fertility journey, and how that intersects with being a 38-year-old professional runner, who only got serious about the sport in her mid 30s. She also discusses her experience at last year's Boston Marathon, where a race-morning panic attack derailed her goals, and how she's viewing this year's race as a celebration of how far she's come. 

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