#12 Beyond Endurance: Managing Motherhood, Medicine, and Ultra Running with Lauren Puretz

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