#7 Deb Hamberlin's Race Recap of her Cocodona Experience
Choose Strong
Choose Strong with Sally and Eddie McRae
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2022
⏱️ 107 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In this episode I sit down with Deb Hamberlin, as she recaps her first try at the 200 mile distance. She finished 19th woman at COCODONA 250. I coached Deb for 4 years and this was my first time carving out a training plan for this distance. Deb is one of the kindest and most helpful runners in the ultra community and so to see her accomplish this incredible feat brought me great joy!
During our conversation we discuss:
+Deb's background as an athlete and her humble start in sports in school and how the single decision of just "choosing to try" running and different distances led her to believe she could run a 250 mile race.
+Training, workouts, and preparation to make her body strong and injury free for race day.
+What she did outside of training to ensure she would be ready for any scenario during the several days she was on the course.
+How Deb managed to overcome everything from nausea, a brush with Rhabdo; nerve pain; blisters; sleep deprivation and much more.
If you're considering one of these 200+ mile races you will find a wealth of knowledge and insight to help you in your journey; but even if you're not training for an ultra, the lessons discussed in this podcast will undoubtedly encourage you to Keep Choosing Strong in all you do!
Links and Sponsors:
You can follow Deb Hamberlin on Instagram & Twitter @debrunsfar
You can follow the podcast on YouTube & Instagram @choosestrongpodcast
To help support the podcast and Sally's work in both speaking and coaching, please consider downloading her app at this link: https://sallymcrae.app and gain access to hundreds of Sally's customized strength, running, and mobility workouts!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another podcast of the Choose Strong podcast. |
| 0:07.6 | Thank you so much for joining us here today. |
| 0:09.8 | I am joined by my friend and an athlete that I train and have been training since |
| 0:14.8 | 2019. Deb Hammerlin thanks so much for being here today. I'm so excited to be |
| 0:19.8 | on I really appreciate you asking me to come share my story with you. |
| 0:23.3 | Yeah, well for those you that don't know Deb Hamlin well actually I have to say this. |
| 0:29.0 | I think one of the things that I love about this podcast is that it is going to be a video on |
| 0:34.2 | YouTube I actually forgot to tell you that. |
| 0:37.0 | Oh great! |
| 0:40.0 | I didn't do my hair. |
| 0:42.0 | So here's the thing. If you run ultra's you've probably seen Deb at an aid station. I don't know anybody that |
| 0:50.8 | volunteers her time and gives back to the community as much as Deb. |
| 0:55.0 | And Deb, I will have to say that is one of the reasons why you are one of my favorite runners |
| 0:58.8 | and one of my favorite persons that I've ever coached is you are so dedicated to your own training, you are so focused and |
| 1:06.8 | discipline, but you are always looking at a way to give back to others. And I can't think you enough just even personally because |
| 1:13.8 | there's been certain things like even in my life have had nothing to do with |
| 1:17.1 | running where you have showed up and said how can I help you out with this and I |
| 1:22.4 | just love that so much about you. |
| 1:24.3 | And I love that today, for those you listening, |
| 1:27.8 | we are going to be talking about Deb's recent spectacular finish |
| 1:31.8 | at the Cocodona, 250, no 260, wait 250, |
| 1:37.0 | 250, yeah 250. |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in -1002 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Choose Strong with Sally and Eddie McRae, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Choose Strong with Sally and Eddie McRae and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.