Katie Grossman: On Fighting to Return to Running Postpartum

We open with life updates and stress, then welcome Katie Grossman to share a raw, relentless story about postpartum complications, medical gaslighting, a rare tumor, and the long road to a labral tear diagnosis and surgery. The goal shifts from podiums to presence, from finish lines to finding flow and community again.

• why Katie’s story matters to the ultra community
• we met Katie crewing at Utah 115 
• Katie's early ultras, Havelina chaos and learning the hard way
• the magic of hundreds and the mid-race flow
• Hardrock dreams, Kroger’s Canteen and belonging
• pregnancy hip snap and years of dismissal
• emergency C-section and abandoned postpartum care
• rare sarcoma, multiple surgeries and core reconstruction
• “you’re not worth fixing” and finding the right surgeon
• labral tear surgery, patient advocacy and recovery truth
• redefining success with a coach and consistency
• voluntary pain versus chronic injury pain
• birth shame, a healing second delivery and perspective
• running for her daughters, skiing and learning new skills

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Hosted by Jon Eisen (@mildly_athletic) and Miranda Williamson (@peaksandjustice). Edited by Jon Eisen. Theme music by Matt Beer.