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First 50k Sisterhood applications open Dec. 27, 2025!
Curious about running a trail ultramarathon?
Host Angie Lake shares nine tips for running your first ultra, covering how to prepare your body, train your mind, and embrace what we call “the Spirit of the Wild Woman.”
Plus, learn about the First 50k Sisterhood, a new scholarship program that will help 15 women train together for their first 50K at Wild Woman Trail Runs in June 2026.
Angie shares about:
- The 80/20 training method
- Strength training as a non-negotiable
- Eating carbs without guilt
- Reframing hard moments
- Setting process goals instead of just time goals
- Giving problems time to get better
- Finding community in ultra running
- Signing up because it’s hard
- Your own running story matters
Get ready to submit your application to the First 50k Sisterhood! Applications open 12/27/2025 through 1/10/2026. Learn more here.
Check out these resources:
- 📱 Wild Woman Trail Runs website
- 🏃♀️ Wild Woman on IG
- ➡️ The Cairn Project on IG
- ✨ The Cairn Project’s newsletter
- 🥾 Become a Trailblazer
- 📅 Summit Scholarship Foundation
- 🎙️ Share your story on this podcast! Submit for Field Notes here.
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You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond:
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The Cairn Project
Mobilizing to empower young women in the outdoors through grantmaking.