Leah Yingling | Lululemon Partnership, Western States 100 Prep, FURTHER Initiative

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Leah Yingling returns to the podcast to discuss her new partnership with Lululemon, the FURTHER initiative, as well as her training and expectations heading into the Western States 100.

Timestamps:

• (0:51) - Lululemon partnership announcement and details
• (2:38) - backstory on how the opportunity came about 
• (6:07) - Lululemon's "whole human" approach to athlete sponsorship
• (9:51) - rollout week in Vancouver
• (13:40) - research for women's ultrarunning
• (19:33) - FURTHER initiative, world record attempts
• (26:14) - Western States 100 training, race strategy
• (34:08) - thoughts on a possible Western States-UTMB double

Discounts:

• Rabbit - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website (https://www.runinrabbit.com/discount/SINGLETRACK20) to get 20% off your next order
• HVMN - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website (https://hvmn.com/SINGLETRACK20) to get 20% off your next order

Links:

• Lululemon Trail Athletes
• Lululemon FURTHER Initiative
• Lululemon Strava Challenge
• Follow Leah on Instagram and Strava
• Follow Finn on Instagram and Strava

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