Episode 58: Getting more women on the start line with SheRACES founder Sophie Power

Oct 10, 2023

In this episode, Keely and Corrine talk through some recent races and news around the Boston Marathon and Team USA funding. Then they interview Sophie Power. Sophie Power is a long time ultrarunner and mom of three who stepped into a calling when a photo went viral of her breastfeeding her then 3 month old son in the Courmayeur aidstation during the 2018 UTMB. Since then she has become the trustee to the research and insight charity, Women in Sport, as well as launching her own advocacy organization SheRACES which fights to get more women on startlines. They discuss the importance of implementing policies that encourage female participation and how to get more athletes on start lines.

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Pertinent links:

Team USA funding petition:https://www.change.org/p/fair-access-to-world-championships-make-usatf-fund-their-mut-national-teams?recruiter=1317224710&recruited_by_id=bc3de620-5b18-11ee-9cf6-dbb2927fb2a8&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink

 

SheRACES website: https://www.sheraces.com/

 

SheRACES guidelines for races: https://www.sheraces.com/_files/ugd/06d1c4_1ffdc300551b409c87811f3fa7544716.pdf