Roundtable with Clare Gallagher and Abby Levene

Clare Gallagher and Abby Levene are professional trail runners and activists. They have been best friends for over a decade, and featured on ROO 227. Clare is a Patagonia athlete and works for Patagonia doing advocacy work. She has won the prestigious Leadville 100, CCC (101km sister race of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc) and was the 2019 Western States 100 winner, where she ran the second fastest female time in race history. 

Abby is a former national champion professional triathlete, who took up ultra trail running after stepping away from triathlon. She now runs for Adidas and works as a writer. At the end of 2019,  Abby placed 5th in the deeply competitive North Face Endurance Challenge 50 Mile race in San Francisco. 

This episode was recorded during a Zoom live online event on May 6th, 2020 as part of the ROO Roundtable series during the COVID 19 lockdown. This episode discusses the following topics and answers some live listener questions from the evening.

How they’ve been reconciling the COVID 19 situationManaging grief during a time of lockdownHow their running has changed during lockdown and with race cancellationsSharing stories about their mothers in lieu of Mother’s DayTheir initial thoughts on the Ahmaud Arbery shootingThoughts on inclusion within runningWhat they wanted to be when they were eight years oldWhat it’s like living in Boulder, ColoradoHow they bring their best to challenging workouts and life experiencesWhat they plan to do once some restrictions are lifted

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Episode 227Clare's WebsiteClare's InstagramClare's FacebookClare's TwitterAbby's WebsiteAbby's InstagramAbby's Twitter

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