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Aug. 8, 2022

Lindsay Webster | OCR Retirement, Move To Skyrunning, Future Plans

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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