EXPERIENCE 91 | Mandy Mullen at the Intersection of Fitness & Community
2h 15m
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The LoCo Experience
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Mandy Mullen is the Founder and Owner of the Run Windsor Race Series. She also founded and serves as Executive Director of Windsor Gives, a non-profit extension providing fitness opportunities and education throughout the community. Mandy is a mom on a mission to be healthy and to encourage physical and mental fitness in youth and across entire communities.
In this episode, we talk about the beginnings and evolution of Run Windsor, a costly and ultimately failed effort to develop a gym and fitness center - victim of the pandemic - and Mandy’s dreams of encouraging the union of fitness and community in towns and cities everywhere. Mandy is smart, kind, transparent, and a whole lot of fun to have conversation with.
And, for the runners and aspiring runners, Mandy shares descriptions of ultra-marathon races, including the Leadville 100 - which she recently completed. 800 runners registered, 700 started, and 300 finished - she's a beast! (and she was still missing most of her toenails during our interview)
Finally, a correction - in our conversation Mandy shares the story of running her first 50 mile race as a 24-hour sub, when her business partner's wife had a baby early and her husband wanted a travel and running partner for the event. In the lead-up she said that she had run 900 miles in the month of January, which would have made a 50-miler no big deal - that was an unintentional exaggeration - she actually ran 400 miles that January, before running the 50-miler on January 31. Of course she crushed it, sprinting to the finish and feeling fine.
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