A New Year brings new chances, new days and new opportunities. Join us this episode as we close out 2025 and look forward to 2026! Happy New Year! Enjoy.

Other Episode Highlights:

• New YouTube series - Run Far, Lift Heavy
• Run For a Claus 5k
• Giveaway winners announced
• Another “running” Guinness World Record
• Choose Strong listener highlights
• Lessons learned this past year
• Failed goal, but other “goals” met along the way
• An encouraging word for 2026

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After being falsely accused and wrongfully imprisoned, Greg rebuilt his life—emerging as a devoted husband, father, business owner, and ultramarathoner. In this episode, he shares a deeply powerful story of perseverance that will motivate you to pursue your goals and live with purpose for the good of others. Enjoy!

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Joining the Choose Strong podcast in this episode, is Rachel Entrekin! She is a Norda athlete, and has had recent victories at Cocodona 250, High Lonesome 100 & The Mammoth (and MANY more) . Enjoy getting to know Rachel a little more as she joins Sally in an awesome chat! Enjoy!

Other Episode Highlights:

• Recent Norda athlete!
• Background to how Rachel started running
• High school battle of identity and self-worth
• Rehab 2x
• Ultrarunning “saved her life”
• Running in the southeast
• How Rachel got into trail running
• A French speaker?!
• Balancing full time work & high level training
• Racing 1000 miles this past year
• PT background & how that’s helped stay injury free
• The importance of the slow build
• 2026 plans

Connect with RACHEL at:

Substack: @rachelentrekin

IG: @rachel__entrekin

Be sure to follow Rachel on IG and to find out more about her upcoming summer Ultra Trail Mount Blanc Camp and how you can join!

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Thank you for listening to our show! We are so grateful that you CHOOSE to listen.

Listen to this episode to see how you can be entered in our giveaway, to say THANK YOU.

Other Episode Highlights:

• Sally talks weather - again
• Giveaway to say thank you
• Bears & World Record talk
• Brick by Brick challenge update
• Consistency is how you lay the foundation for endurance
• Peanut M&Ms & Chocolate bordeaux in December
• Choose Strong Community Highlights
• Running in snow & sand
• The power of mobility
• Race planning for the new year
• Making an ‘A’ goal that scares you
• 50k chatter

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What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for the perfect time? The perfect skill? Are you afraid of what might happen if you start and something goes wrong?

As you listen to this episode, be encouraged and even challenged to start whatever you have been dragging your feet to do. We share stories of starting things without knowing how it will turn out. Hopefully you will be inspired to START. You only get one life and you're only promised today - why not start!?

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Listen along as you run your local Turkey Trot, 5k, or on your long drive to Uncle Larry's for some turkey! This Thanksgiving Edition episode will make you laugh and get you thinking about what YOU are grateful for.

We are so thankful for YOU who listen to us each week. Thank you & Happy Thanksgiving!

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Join us as we chat about different seasons of parenting, why Sally isn't allowed to visit Makenzie at college anymore, why your feet hurt during ultras and much more! Thanks for listening. We love and appreciate you all.

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Fresh off her course record at Javelina 100, Tara Dower joins Sally in a great conversation! Enjoy!

Other Episode Highlights:

• 40 days 18 hours 6 min to break the AT FKT in 2024

• Growing up playing soccer & rugby in college

• Gained mental toughness from a drill sergeant in the army (her brother)
• Inspired by a documentary in college - Appalachian Trail thru hikers in 2013
• Anxiety attack in 2017
• 2019 through hiked Appalachian Trail
• From chasing a title to enjoying the journey on the AT
• 5 months and 10 days - first time in 2019 thru hiking
• Cheez its and gushers for nutrition!
• Candy Mama nickname origination
• Mountains to Sea 1,175 miles
• First 100 mile race in 2021
• The meaning of Tara
• DNF at Mammoth helped her prepare for Javelina

• Javelina 100 Recap

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Connect with TARA at:

Website: www.tara-treks.com

YouTube: @taratreks

IG: @tara.dower

Podcast: @dnf.diaries

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