The record-breaking ultrarunner’s keys to success: pizza, beer, and a sharp mental game.
, she said, “The best way for me to train right now is no coach, no plan, and really just tuning into those signals—physical, mental, emotional … Then every day I can assess myself and see where I’m at for the day.”
Besides her obvious natural talent—as a high schooler, she was a four-time Minnesota state champion in Nordic skiing—and high mileage training, it’s herultramarathons , and Dauwalter says that she completely lost her vision during the last 10 miles of a 100-mile race in 2017. She’s seen flying eels and giraffes in the Colorado mountains, but she just rolls with it.
“Now that I know those things happen, and I might make some friends out there, I’ve just grown to appreciate it,” she says to CNN.Racing distances of 100 to 200 miles or more means pain is guaranteed, and she accepts that. “If we can just stay strong in our heads and change our mindset to something useful and positive, we can usually achieve way more than what we initially thought,” she tells the outlet.
So the next time someone gives you a side eye for ordering a pre-race slice or questions the race kit you feel most confident in, tell them to take it from one of the greatest endurance athletes in the world—you can drink beer and still win; and you don’t have to wear briefs to run fast.Abby Carney is a writer and journalist in New York.
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