Hayden’s love affair with the Western States Endurance Run: his motivation, training, and preparation enjoying the process, the daily work to get better, and sharing the journey with others finding motivation and balance from faith and family More than an accomplished ultra and trail runner, Hayden is a multifaceted human working to help as many people as possible by being his best self, motivated by his family and faith.
Having previously finished 2nd at Western States, we hear how Hayden is approaching this year’s event and what he views as success. "Oh my God," she said, "I hope there's a beer waiting for me at the hotel.The 2023 Western States Endurance Run, the World’s oldest 100-mile race, takes place in just a few weeks, and this episode is with one of the top contenders, Hayden Hawks. Seidel said one of the reasons she chose to compete in New York, despite her injury, was the promise of being able to celebrate the result with her family members, who had to watch her Olympic performance from home due to COVID-19 protocols at the Games.Ī reporter asked Seidel how she planned to celebrate. Jepchirchir and Seidel both finished on the podium at the recent Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with the Kenyan winning gold and the American taking bronze. Peres Jepchirchir ended up pulling away to win Sunday's race, which marked the 50th running of the New York City Marathon. Obviously I fell off from the main pack, but kind of just kept pushing." I think it's really a testament to the women who were in this race, that I was able to just kind of hang onto that group. There are so many good women who have run on this course. "I actually didn't know until I crossed the line, that that was what had happened," Seidel said of breaking the American record. "I'm just so incredibly honored. The previous course record had been held by Kara Goucher, who finished in 2:25:53 in 2008. Seidel ended up not just running and finishing the race – which was just the fourth marathon she's ever run – but also placing fourth with a time of 2:24:42. Luckily it happened far enough out from the race – it was about a month out – so it gave me the time to be able to heal." "There's not a whole lot you can do with that. "(The broken ribs) definitely hindered training a little bit, but it was manageable for the race," Seidel said. She credited a team of physical therapists for aiding in her recovery and said she was grateful that she sustained the injury so far in advance from the race. And up until two weeks prior to Sunday's race, she said she was in so much discomfort that she considered withdrawing from the event altogether.Īfter what she described as "frank" conversations with her coach and agent, the Wisconsin native felt healthy enough to give it a go. Seidel, 27, declined to specify how she suffered the injury but said it happened about a month ago.
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