TDZ 165 - Allison Marinucci: Racing, Loss, and the Work of Recovery

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

Opublikowano: 2026-07-20

Therapist, ultra runner, and race director Allison Marinucci joins the show for a conversation that starts with endurance and goes somewhere deeper. Allison traces her path from Couch to 5K, through COVID-era backyard ultras, to a double hip replacement that forced the question every athlete eventually faces: who are you when the sport goes away? From there, Brian and Allison dig into what therapy and adventure racing teach each other, and why the lessons of the racecourse matter most when life delivers its hardest disruptions. Allison also shares the deeply personal story behind Serenity on...