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Jul 2024
35m 17s

Running As Medicine

Willow Belden
About this episode

In May of 2022, Maria Ordovas-Montanes set out to become the fastest woman to run the Oxford Greenbelt Way, a 55-mile route through the English countryside.

She had always loved running, and this was an exciting challenge. But at the event, something happened that would derail her life — and lead to a life-altering diagnosis.

On this episode, Maria shares her story.

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