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"…and then I noticed that the more I ran on trails, the less I got injured. So I just switched over completely to trail running."
Kirsty Michealsen is a mother of 4 and a trail runner. In this episode, Kristy chats with Luis about her first trail running experience at Back on the Ranch, other trail running races she has ran, running Boston Marathon, how she started running, Born to Run experience, winning a 50k race, running into a cougar at BTR, hurting her knee on a trail, and her Instagram account.
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"406: Kirsty Michealsen is Running Those Trails" is an episode of Road Dog Podcast. Runtime 57 min. Published July 6, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.