Plucky Not Perfect Podcast

My fun, fierce and fabulous friend from Colorado Springs, Lauren Puretz, recently completed Javelina Jundred 2023, placing fourth. She’s an amazing all-around human who works full-time as OB/GYN, is a mom of two, and an ultra runner who also placed first overall at the Sawatch Ascent 50k this summer, a race she entered on a whim as a training run. 

In this conversation, we talk about:

• How she manages her time to get it all done 
• How her medical training and being “sleep deprived and miserable” prepared her to run ultras 
• What she does when the “I can’t do this” thoughts enter her brain
• Breaking down training into one checkbox at a time
• Why you don’t have to be perfect 
• Why she does not cycle sync, and what she does instead
• The strength training every woman should be doing
• The mantra that gets her out of tough places 
• How working with coach, Megan Roche, has helped 
• Words of wisdom for those who struggle with self-doubt

Connect with Lauren @lauren1642

Connect with your host: Coach Carrie @carriejobradley