Episode 502: Grayson Murphy – Chasing Joy with a Two-Time World Champion; Airplane Arms & Entrepreneurship

Grayson Murphy is on the podcast today! She is a returning guest and was first on the podcast all the way back in May 2019 for episode 180! Back then, she was running with NAZ Elite and has made several changes in her career since then. She is a four-time US Champion and World Champion as a mountain runner. She is the CEO of Racin Grayson Training Logs. On top of her very successful mountain running career, she placed 6th at the US Olympic Trials in the Steeplechase in 2021. This episode was SO much fun! We talk about the evolution of her career and chasing joy in her running career, her training logs and growing that business, the changing landscape of sponsors in the running community, and so much more. Go follow Grayson and I today (December 8th) – we’re giving away one of her training journals, one of my training plans, and a Lagoon pillow! It closes today so go enter the giveaway Use the code “another” for 10% off of her training logs at racin-grayson.com . What we talked about: 7:00- Grayson’s career since we last talked 12:30- Her evolution of the mental side of training 13:15- Her sponsorship with Saucony 18:30- Her training plans 21:40- Moving back to Flagstaff 23:55- The sub-ultra community 28:05- Winning a US Championship and World Championship 37:50- Bringing on sponsors and marketing for them on social media 42:55- More details on her training logs 46:30- The health journey that she has been on the past few months 51:00- End of podcast questions Show notes: Range Grayson’s Training Journals (use code “another” for 10% off) Grayson on Instagram Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows: Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: Purina Pro Plan Previnex Use the code “another” for 15% off Donna Marathon Use the code “Lindsey10” for 10% off your race registration