Lorraine Young Interview

Lorraine Young is a mother of three and grandmother of two and took up running in 2011.  Last weekend, at the urging of her coach, she lined up at Table Rock 50k in North Carolina, and ran away with the overall win—besting all the men and women out there.

Lorraine with kids Alex and Morley
Lorraine with kids Alex and Morley

We welcomed this naturopathic doctor to the show toshare more of her story with us–how, what, why–and ended up learning about ringette (it’s a sport, don’t ya know?), and what she’s got next on her agenda.

Lorraine at the start of Medoc.
Lorraine at the start of Medoc.

Episode Notes

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Here’s Lorraine’s blog, along with her excellent report from the race.

Here’s David Roche’s (her coach) site.

Ringette? Here you go!

Music: Intro track “Do What It Do” is off El Matador by Wailin Canes. Check out their tunes!  And outro “Set Your Mind at East” is by Matt Flaherty.

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