Hilary McCloy on Evolving as an Athlete

Hilary McCloy is a backcountry skier, runner and physical therapist. She is a former Team USA skier, who began skiing at the age of nine. She works as a physical therapist and is deeply passionate about injury prevention for athletes. Hilary and her partner Andrew facilitate both ski and trail running events through Ski The Whites and Run The Whites in New Hampshire.

This conversation covers the following themes:

How she began skiing and her first exposure to endurance sportsHer younger years competing as a downhill skierBeing competitive from a young age, and making the US Ski TeamDealing with Guillain-Barré syndrome and how that impacted her time on the US teamStruggling with the fallout of having an ‘invisible’ illness, and how that manifested into an eating disorderRealising she no longer wanted to be on the US Ski TeamHow a new coach helped her change her thought process and why choosing goals became importantHaving an identity crisis post college, and her decision to become a Physical TherapistFinding her ‘mojo’ again, and her desire to work with athletesTrail running, her experience with Scott Jurek during his Appalachian Trail FKT, and being inspired by Krissy MoehlBeing in nature, and what the Chamonix Valley and UTMB race mean to herHer goals for 2020

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