5 Life Lessons from Ann Trason, the GOAT
Ann Trason. They call her the GOAT - 'Greatest ultra-runner Of All Time'. Wikipedia says, " She has broken twenty world records during her career", " fourteen time Western States Endurance Run winner and former female course record holder; 2-time winner of the Comrades Marathon ; formerly or currently holds numerous American and World Records; American 100k record holder" and more... Ann Trason recently came to the mid-west to run the Hennepin 100 mile ultra marathon on October 6th near Sterling, Illinois. I got the wonderful opportunity to spend a couple hours with Ann at my friend Scott Kummer's place in Chicago on the Thursday before the race weekend. And I also spent over 4 hours pacing Ann at the Hennepin 100. I kept telling to everyone I ran into leading up to this weekend, "If you don't know who Ann Trason is, Google her!!" During this time, we had a great conversation - from witty banter to jokes to race talk to perso...