Aug. 8, 2022
Lindsay Webster | OCR Retirement, Move To Skyrunning, Future Plans
Lindsay Webster is a professional endurance athlete based in Sutton, Quebec. Widely regarded as one of - if not the greatest - obstacle course racers of all-time, Lindsay and I spend the bulk of this conversation talking about her decision to walk away from OCR earlier this year to focus on skyrunning.
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Timestamps:
- (4:23) - background, influence growing up with an Olympian
- (9:45 - becoming a full-time professional athlete in her mid-20s
- (12:44) - motivation and goal-setting after hitting all your biggest targets
- (17:29) - whether she will ever return to OCR
- (24:59) - choosing between skyrunning, golden trail, and other event series
- (27:06) - lessons so far from skyrunning
- (31:25) - lifestyle while traveling on the skyrunning circuit
- (35:48) - explaining OCR organizations
- (39:05) - similarities and differences in professionalism between OCR and trail running
- (42:29) - opportunities and challenges for OCR over the next few years
- (45:10) - OCR media
- (46:27) - miscellaneous questions
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