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Carmen Pelar Graves, Pre Beast of Big Creek Interview
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The fastest way to fall back in love with running might be to become a beginner again. Carmen Graves knows what it feels like to chase mastery: high school sprinter, college soccer and track standout, then a decade-long professional grind in the steeplechase that took her to US Trials. After years of the same build-ups and the same track-season patterns, she wanted something new, so she stepped onto the trails and embraced the discomfort of learning from scratch.
We talk through what really changes when you go from track to trail running and skyrunning: pacing that’s dictated…
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