Sally Edwards is best-selling author, entrepreneur, professional triathlete, professional speaker, and iPhone app developer. She was a pioneer in the inception of ultramarathoning, finishing in the top 3 at Western States 100. She co-founded Fleet Feet Sports running franchise and the American River 50 mile Endurance Run.
Ultrarunning Magazine recently re-published an article that Sally wrote in 1983, “Ultramarathoning – A dying Sport”. We invited Sally to Studio G to take a retrospective look at the sport and where it has come.
Sally is passionate about getting people healthy and moving. Her recent venture is Heart Zones, a fitness technology and education company that uses smart devices with the vision to get America fit.
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HOMEWORK: We touched on a book that Sally wrote, “Be a Better Runner: Real World, Scientifically-proven Training Techniques that Will Dramatically Improve Your Speed, Endurance, and Injury Resistance”. She has promised to come back and discuss the gold nuggets with The Nation.
[…] Finally, this is the best podcast I’ve heard in awhile. I’m almost convinced to try heartrate training since I now have a heartrate monitor that doesn’t require one of those icky chest straps. Mind you I said almost…..I’m at least going to get the book mentioned on the podcast and investigate more. Here’s the link […]
This podcast was excellent. Please have Sally back, she was not only knowledgable but super interesting. Thanks for such great podcasts.
Agree. Sally was fantastic, really knows what she is taking about. I was reminded how much time I spend in the black hole because I just like to run…