Women of Distance

Meghan Canfield has a rich history in distance running - including but not limited to qualifying for four Olympic Marathon Trials, representing Team USA on nine consecutive 100k World Championship teams, ten Top Ten finishes at the Western States 100; she is a 2025 inductee of the Ultrarunning Hall of Fame, and most recently - women's champion of the 65-69 age group at UTMB!In this episode, we talk through how her upbringing and early days in the sport laid the foundation and principles that have guided her through a long and healthy career - still unfolding. We also discuss how she's adjusted her training and approach over time, how she views the changes in the sport over time, and breakdown a full recap of her race at this year's UTMB.Find more about Meghan's story, and her coaching information at: zenithcoaches.comAnd on social media at: instagram.com/runningmeglegFind this episode, and follow all things Women of Distance at:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/womenofdistance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Women of Distance is proudly supported by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Open Fuel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!On a mission to provide the quality sports nutrition you need, without the trash and waste you don't - check out their products and their mission at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠openfuel.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code: WOD for 20% off your order, every time!⁠⁠*Women of Distance is also kept caffeinated by our friends, and fellow trail runners, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.summit-roasters.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code WOD15 for 15% off your order every time!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We'd love to see Women of Distance listeners supporting those, supporting us. Thank you!

Wieke De Boer is an experienced ultrarunner and backpacker, with a lifelong connection to the Grand Canyon - she's also a mother, a teacher, and my friend; the one who introduced me to running in the canyon and still the only person I've ever done the double crossing with.On August 28th, she set out for two nights in the canyon, completing a Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim trip in a familiar place as her first ever solo backpacking trip. On August 29th as she traversed the majority of the R3 route from Bright Angel Campground to the North Rim, and back, she was caught in multiple storms that led to a massive flash flood through Bright Angel Creek - ultimately devastating the area and taking two lives.Her story is nothing short of incredible - in the way she made observations and made decisions, alone in the backcountry, that ultimately saved her life. This is her telling of her history with the sport, the Grand Canyon, and the experiences of that day.Find this episode, and follow all things Women of Distance at:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/womenofdistance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Women of Distance is proudly supported by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Open Fuel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!On a mission to provide the quality sports nutrition you need, without the trash and waste you don't - check out their products and their mission at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠openfuel.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code: WOD for 20% off your order, every time!⁠⁠*Women of Distance is also kept caffeinated by our friends, and fellow trail runners, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.summit-roasters.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code WOD15 for 15% off your order every time!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We'd love to see Women of Distance listeners supporting those, supporting us. Thank you!

Lexi Jackson just took 4.5 hours off the women's course record at the Jigger Johnson 100 mile - one of the world's most grueling trail races, through the White Mountains of New Hampshire... and a race she viewed as relatively easy as compared to some of the other things she's done and been through recently.A crusher of gnarly FKTs of all varieties and big mountain racing, her path into sport was unconventional. In this episode, we discuss how she found running and what it meant to her; the confidence she developed; her path into mostly solo and unsupported trail adventure; developing community; the personal connection with FKT projects - and we go into full detail of her experience setting the Direttissima FKT (self-powered connection of the 48 4,000+ footers of New Hampshire) and winning the Jigger Johnson 100 in record time.Check out Lexi's full FKT history here - it's impressive: https://fastestknowntime.com/athlete/lexi-jacksonFind and follow all things Women of Distance at:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/womenofdistance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Women of Distance is proudly supported by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Open Fuel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!On a mission to provide the quality sports nutrition you need, without the trash and waste you don't - check out their products and their mission at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠openfuel.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code: WOD for 20% off your order, every time!⁠⁠*Women of Distance is also kept caffeinated by our friends, and fellow trail runners, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.summit-roasters.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code WOD15 for 15% off your order every time!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We'd love to see Women of Distance listeners supporting those, supporting us. Thank you!

Kaylee Frederick is the OVERALL champion of the 2026 Eastern States 100 mile (the first woman in history to do so), as well as the first woman to break 24 hours - running 23:09:48 on the challenging Pennsylvania course!At 21 years old, this was Kaylee's second time completing the Pennsylvania Triple Crown: Hyner 50k, World's End 100k, and Eastern States 100mile in a single summer. This year though, she earned the Queen of the Mountain title, as the fastest woman and fastest PERSON to complete the three (and then some).Last summer, she shared her full story on Women of Distance which you can listen to here. From her first ultra at age 14, to the youngest finisher of the Badwater 135, to the youngest competitor at last year's IAU 24-Hour World Champs... Over the past year, she's changed and grown in a lot of different ways.In this episode, we talk about that, and the racing it produced for her this Summer!Find and follow Kaylee at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/frederick.kayleeFind and follow all things Women of Distance at:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/womenofdistance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Women of Distance is proudly supported by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Open Fuel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!On a mission to provide the quality sports nutrition you need, without the trash and waste you don't - check out their products and their mission at ⁠⁠⁠⁠openfuel.co⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code: WOD for 20% off your order, every time!⁠⁠*Women of Distance is also kept caffeinated by our friends, and fellow trail runners, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.summit-roasters.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code WOD15 for 15% off your order every time!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We'd love to see Women of Distance listeners supporting those, supporting us. Thank you!

Last week, Caroline Himbert traversed the John Muir Trail in the fastest known unsupported female time in history. This trail covers 223 miles and 42,000+ feet of elevation gain across some of the most rugged and remote terrain in the western U.S.This is her second time completing and setting the unsupported record on the route, bettering her own time from last summer by more than 12 hours! In this episode, we unpack all the details of both attempts - how she did it, what she learned about the trail and about herself, what fears she carried and how she moved forward anyway. We also spend time discussing her entry into the sport via thru-hiking (solo) as a young adult, and the journey that ultimately brought her to chasing records amongst some of the best mountain athletes in the world.Read Caroline's FKT report and all about the history of the route at https://fastestknowntime.com/route/john-muir-trail-whitney-portal-caFind and follow Caroline at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/im_earthcakeFind and follow all things Women of Distance at:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/womenofdistance⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Women of Distance is supported by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Open Fuel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - as was Caroline's record!On a mission to provide the quality sports nutrition you need, without the trash and waste you don't - check out their products and their mission at ⁠⁠⁠openfuel.co⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code: WOD for 20% off your order, every time!⁠⁠*Women of Distance is also kept caffeinated by our friends, and fellow trail runners, at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.summit-roasters.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code WOD15 for 15% off your order every time!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We'd love to see Women of Distance listeners supporting those, supporting us. Thank you!