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A biweekly podcast where amazing female athletes share stories of breaking barriers, speaking up, and living with power and confidence in today’s changing world. Hear successes and challenges of life as an athlete and thoughts about inequality in sports and media coverage. read less
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AJ Hurt Alpine Ski Racer, Balancing Speed…Ep166
Apr 18 2024
AJ Hurt Alpine Ski Racer, Balancing Speed…Ep166
AJ Hurt's passion for skiing and ski racing began at a very early age. Growing up in North Lake Tahoe, Palisades Tahoe was her winter playground. At four years old, she entered the Team Palisades Tahoe and fell in love with the sport. With a father who has been a member of the Squaw Valley Ski Patrol for the past 30 years, Hurt was raised a true member of the Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley) family. At 14, Hurt was invited to be a part of the National Training Group. As a first-year FIS racer in the 2016-17 season, she was the top junior for birth year 2000 in NorAm qualifying race points—not only in the speed disciplines but also the technical disciplines. Hurt scored her first World Cup points in 2020 placing 18th in the Courchevel giant slalom. The 2023-24 season was a major breakout year for Hurt. Each World Cup race she improved upon the last scoring person best after person best. In Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Hurt had a major slalom result scoring third place, her first ever World Cup podium. Then later in the season she did it again! This time in giant slalom, a third place in Soldeu, Andorra. AJ and I discuss injury, going fast, control and lack of control, the recent NCAA women’s final four, and what aggression in women’s sports looks like now. And she talks about the not-glamourous, living-out-of-a-bag-for-6-months World Cup tour. This episode is a perfect follow up to last week’s episode with rock climber Beth Rodden because AJ too likes being in the mode of figuring things out, which she was happy to share with us. I like that mode as well! Always looking for a little bit of improvement or some greater understanding of how things work. Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find AJ Hurt on IG https://www.instagram.com/ajhurti/ Find US Ski Team on IG at https://www.instagram.com/usskiteam
Sydney Palmer-Leger Race Report: Cross Country World Cup, Falun, Sweden 2024
Mar 28 2024
Sydney Palmer-Leger Race Report: Cross Country World Cup, Falun, Sweden 2024
Sydney Palmer-Leger is one of the young cross country ski racers on the US National B team. She made a quick trip to Falun, Sweden for the season finale, where she skied to her best-ever World Cup result -- a 23rd place. Right before Falun, Sydney capped off a stellar collegiate career with a victory at the NCAA National Championships in Steamboat, Springs Colorado. Sydney is a three-time NCAA National Champion, was a member of the 2020 Junior World Championship Silver Medal Relay Team and is a 40k classic U.S. National Champion. In 2023, she represented the USA at the 2023 World Championships in Planica, Slovenia, placing 20th in the skiathlon. Sydney is part of an exciting-to-follow, strong class of skiers climbing up the ranks and representing her nation at the top level. Before she decided to focus exclusively on ski racing (which we talk about in the episode), Sydney also raced mountain bikes. In fact, she is a five-time US Mountain Bike National Champion. In the episode Sydney discusses some tactics in the 20-kilometer Freestyle race in Falun, starting in the back, the US National Team camp in Bend Oregon, and traveling as a vegan. On the academic side, Sydney is set to graduate from the University of Utah in May of 2024. She also shares what’s next for her post college and about her goals for the 2024-25 season. Outside of skiing, she enjoys acrylic painting, baking, rock climbing, and finding the best vegan recipes, as she has been a vegetarian her entire life and a vegan for 12 years.  Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Sydney Palmer-Leger on IG at https://www.instagram.com/sydneypalmerleger/ Find Stifel US Ski Team on IG at https://www.instagram.com/usskiteam/
Kendra Coleman Pro USA Track & Field Athlete Preps for 800m Olympic Trials…Ep164
Mar 21 2024
Kendra Coleman Pro USA Track & Field Athlete Preps for 800m Olympic Trials…Ep164
Kendra Coleman is a professional track and field athlete sponsored by Oiselle. She is currently focused on the Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugen, Oregon June 21-30, 2024, where she will compete in the 800. Her top accomplishments include her Highschool UIL State Championship in the 400 meters and a 9th place finish at 2016 Olympic Trials in the 800 meters. Kendra is also the Senior Administrative Coordinator at The University of Texas where she producers Blackademics TV airing on PBS and facilitates grants for education under the black studies department. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communications from The University of Texas and a master’s degree in Sports Management from Northcentral University. She has been involved in community relations and community service for over six years. In addition to these activities, her other interests include advocacy for women in sports, sitting as an officer on the USATF Athletes Advisory’s Committee as the Director of Athlete Services and working with community organizations that serve student athletes. Her next goals are to find a career that allows me to use my passions and talents and also help others live better lives through my work with athletes, women in sports and athletes of color. In the episode Kendra speaks with Elizabeth about her training in spectacular detail, visualizing big races, being competitive and friendly with her adversaries, preferring female coaches, her support team, and racing from a positive mindset. Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Kendra at https://www.oiselle.com/pages/kendra-coleman Find Kendra on IG at https://www.instagram.com/ms_kchambers/ Find Oiselle Pocket Joggers at https://www.oiselle.com/collections/pockets/products/pocket-jogger-tights
Wang Ping A Poet Rower Aging Actively as Part of Nature…Ep163
Feb 29 2024
Wang Ping A Poet Rower Aging Actively as Part of Nature…Ep163
Wang Ping is a poet, writer, photographer, installation artist, founder and director of Kinship of Rivers project. Her multi-media exhibitions include “Kinship of Rivers: We Are Water,” “Behind the Gate: After the Flood of the Three Gorges,” and hundreds of other installation exhibitions at schools, colleges, galleries, museums, lock and dams, confluences around the world, including the interactive installations at the Everest (Tibet and Nepal sides) and Kilimanjaro. Ping, Professor Emerita of English at Macalester College, has authored 15 award winning books of poetry, prose and translations. Her awards include Minnesota Book Award, Eugene Kagen, and Asian American Studies awards. Ping is also a recipient of grants from the NEA, Bush Artist Fellowship for poetry, McKnight Fellowship and residencies through the Lannan Foundation Residency, Vermont Studio Center, and many others. She received Distinct Immigrant Award in 2014, Venezuela International Poet of Honor in 2015, and Minnesota Poet Laureate 2021-2023, appointed by International Beat Poetry Foundation. Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Ping at www.wangping.com Find Ping on IG at https://www.instagram.com/wangping9/ Find Oiselle Pocket Joggers at https://www.oiselle.com/collections/pockets/products/pocket-jogger-tights
Kristen Bourne Race Report: Cross Country World Cup, Goms, Switzerland 2024
Feb 15 2024
Kristen Bourne Race Report: Cross Country World Cup, Goms, Switzerland 2024
Kristen Bourne has coached cross country skiing at the collegiate and professional level for the past four years. She was the assistant coach at The College of Saint Scholastica for two years where she was a 2021 Women’s Sports Foundation Tara VanDerveer Fellow. During the summer, she was an assistant coach with the Craftsbury Green Racing Project professional team in Vermont. Prior to coaching, she skied for Northern Michigan University for five years, qualifying for the NCAA Championships three-times and representing the United States at the World Junior Championships and U23 World Championships in 2015 and 2016. After college, she moved to Oslo, Norway where she skied full-time and was an intern at the Norwegian School of Sports Science. Currently, Kristen is the US Ski Cross Country D-Team World Cup coach at US Ski and Snowboard. She oversees the top junior and U23 athletes in the US as well as travels full-time on the World Cup supporting all national team athletes. She is also a graduate student at the College of Saint Scholastica studying Exercise Physiology. Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Kristen Bourne on IG at https://www.instagram.com/kristenmbourne/ Find Trail to Gold Fellowship at https://nationalnordicfoundation.org/nnf-announces-trail-to-gold-fellowship-giving-american-women-coaches-opportunity-for-world-cup-experience/
Dr. Margo Mountjoy IOC Consensus Statement on Relative Energy Deficiency (REDs)…Ep161
Jan 25 2024
Dr. Margo Mountjoy IOC Consensus Statement on Relative Energy Deficiency (REDs)…Ep161
Dr. Margo Mountjoy received her medical education and her family medicine training at McMaster University, Canada and her sports medicine specialty degree in Ottawa, Canada. Margo received her PhD from the VU University in Amsterdam. Margo was the medical and scientific lead at the Health & Performance Centre at the University of Guelph where she focused her practice on promoting elite athlete care. In addition, Margo has acted as the national team physician for Synchro Canada for 20 years as well as for the National Endurance Training Centre Athletes (middle- and long-distance track athletes) and the National Triathlon & Wrestling team training centers.  Margo is a Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Family Medicine in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada where she is the Dean of the Waterloo Regional Campus. Margo is the Chair of the ASOIF Medical Consultative Group and a member of the IOC Medical Commission Games Group. She works with the following International Federations: FIFA, World Rugby, and the International Golf Federation. Margo’s areas of research focus on elite athlete health and well-being. She is the lead author of the IOC consensus statements on REDs. Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Dr. Mountjoy on IG at https://www.instagram.com/drmargomountjoy/ Find the IOC consensus statement on REDs at https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/17/1073 Find Oiselle Year of the Underbird at https://www.oiselle.com/pages/year-of-the-underbird
Race Report: Rosie Brennan Cross Country World Cup, Gallivare, Sweden 2023
Dec 21 2023
Race Report: Rosie Brennan Cross Country World Cup, Gallivare, Sweden 2023
Born and raised in Park City, Utah, Rosie Brennan is a four-time U.S. champion, 2018 and 2022 Olympian, and ranked in the top-10 in the world for cross country skiing. Rosie is one of the strongest and most dominant athletes on the World Cup circuit. As she enters her 10th year on the national team, she has over 200 World Cup starts, nine podiums and two victories - she just landed on the podium TWICE in one-weekend and the 2023-24 FIS World Cup season-opener in Ruka, FIN. Even though she only started skiing when she was 14, her later-than-typical start never hindered her from finding success on the world stage.  Rosie has represented the USA at two Olympic games, starting in seven races. She was the first American to hold the overall World Cup leader's bib, World Cup sprint leader's bib and the World Cup distance leader's bib all at the same time - showing her versatility in distances and techniques.  Outside of racing, Rosie is very involved behind-the-scenes. When she's not racing and training, she volunteers with Fast and Female—a program dedicated to empowering young women through sport—and Skiku, which provides nordic ski instruction to children and communities all around Alaska. Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Rosie at https://www.rosiebrennan.com/ Find Rosie Brennan on IG at https://www.instagram.com/rosiewbrennan/
Race Report: Julia Kern Cross Country World Cup, Ruka, Finland 2023
Dec 7 2023
Race Report: Julia Kern Cross Country World Cup, Ruka, Finland 2023
2023 World Championship medalist and 2022 Olympian Julia Kern is making a name for herself as one of the fastest sprinters in cross country skiing. Julia is a 2022 Olympian and World Championship bronze medalist. She has secured two podiums in the ultra-competitive World Cup field, becoming the youngest American to podium on the World Cup, is a four-time National Champion, was the U23 World Champs bronze medalist, and was a key part in the World Junior Championships Relay (first ever USA relay medal at World Juniors). She was named to the U.S. team at only 17, now she is entering her ninth year on the team, her goals remain - winning Olympic medals, adding more World Cup podiums to her resume and positively impacting her community and the sport of cross-country skiing. Outside of skiing, Julia is always on the move. She enjoys anything outdoors, from climbing, hiking, surfing, mountain biking, swimming, beach volleyball or shooting hoops; she captures all her adventures with a camera in hand. She is also involved with the Share Winter Foundation, Little Bellas and Fast and Female. Get involved and support the show and more sports media for women through https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Julia Kern on IG at https://www.juliakernski.com/ Find Julia Kern on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@juliakernski