Wednesday, June 29, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
NORDELL: Runner
won prestigious race
in Wyoming
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with this (understanding),”
she told The Nugget.
The pre-school-aged kids
and juggling schedules has
led Nordell to battle sick-
ness and fatigue more than
her competition. Bugs come
home with the kids, and
although she is very healthy,
the training load requires
her immune system to ride
a razor edge of fighting off
sickness.
“It is essential to balance
stress, work, and training,”
she said.
A 100-mile trail race is not
a pleasant trail run. Nordell
described these events as 80
percent mental. She described
some tips and techniques she
used which can be applied to
almost any discipline.
Keeping her mind on the
positive edge of reality is
the consistent factor in her
success.
“Dark thoughts creep into
your mind during a race, and
you struggle to overcome
them, staying positive and
thinking about all the work,
all the people, and all the
fellow competitors who are
there with you is very moti-
vating,” she said.
Another approach is tak-
ing what the conditions, her
body, and the competitors
give. For instance, during the
Bighorn her body wasn’t feel-
ing up to speed for the first
third of the race. It wasn’t
until mile 37 that she found
her groove.
“I just keep thinking about
making it to the next check-
point, to run within my body,
adjusting to how I feel,” she
said.
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She uses this tactic as a
check-and-balance system.
Surely, “pushing through” the
first miles of this race would
have left her in desperation
toward the end.
The nature of trail running
inevitably leads to some feel-
ing of desperation. Runners
get spread out, they’re in
very remote areas, and they
are often required to self-
navigate. Nordell is used to
these conditions and the ner-
vous trepidation subsides.
Getting through this while
also running at such a pace
is an amazing feat of mental
fortitude.
I just keep thinking
about making it to the
next checkpoint,
to run within my body,
adjusting to how I feel
— Ashley Nordell
An aid to the fortitude is to
off-load the reel of thoughts
that roll through the mind on
a solo endeavor through the
wilderness. Nordell achieves
this with music or finding a
competitor to share the agony
with. Competitors in these
events support each other. It
is more a battle of human vs.
conditions than person vs.
person.
The second half of
Nordell’s race proved much
better than the first. She
attributed this to the support
of a fellow competitor.
Nordell completed
the grueling challenge in
21:38:43.9. According to the
Sheridan Press, the previous
course record for women was
22 hours and 27 minutes.
STROLL: July 3 event
is Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show kickoff
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