TDZ 155 - Adventure Racer Marina LeGree of Ascend Athletics and Her 134 Teammates

Podcast: The Dark Zone: An Adventure Racing Podcast · Brian Gatens

Opublikowano: 2026-05-21

Returning guest Marina LeGree, Executive Director of Ascend Athletics, is always a delight to have on The Dark Zone. In this episode, we discuss her introduction to adventure racing, the parallels between Ascend and AR, and how her family is again returning to The Maine Summer Adventure Race. LeGree founded Ascend Athletics in Afghanistan in 2015 — taking girls into the mountains to teach navigation skills, rope work, and what it feels like to be part of a team. The Taliban shut that down in 2021. Ascend pivoted to Pakistan, and helped to resettle 134 Afghan alumni across three continents. The wo...