Ashley Paulson on running scared, staying loud, and the "impossible year"

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Ashley Paulson, known online as Ashkickn, is a world record holder, ultramarathon winner, and mother of four with bright pink hair and zero interest in fitting a mold. She talks about how she went from having almost no self-esteem in her twenties to breaking the world record for fastest female 100 miler, then breaking it again two months later on a treadmill at the Boston Marathon Expo. She and Nicky get into why women struggle to own their wins, the moment she turned down a pro triathlon card because she didn't want to lose her sense of fun, and the "impossible year" she's in the middle of, which has included a triple crown of 200-mile races, a fall at Bigfoot 200, and passing out seven miles from the finish at Badwater 135. Ashley also talks about pulling out of a Team USA race out of respect for her body, what she's still chasing before the year ends, and why she thinks fear is something to run toward, not around.

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