Athletes After Hours with Gracie Kramer
Sep 30, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min · 13 segments
What does it take to run 13 marathons in 13 days, swim the Catalina Channel for nearly 10 hours straight in shark infested waters, and still be searching for the next big challenge? This week, I sit…
Gracie KramerHost
comparison to like an individual run and maybe just because i'm also i love being distracted by like other people talking to me so it really helps with the running part because i feel like also with this job it's very isolating i don't know how you feel but like i've gone done some pretty dark rabbit holes of just feeling like so isolated and like alone so like how do you deal with that when you have to train for like hours and hours and hours alone
And so to be transparent, there were so many aspects of the swim that was hard in training and the fatigue and everything like that.
The hardest part was finding myself in such isolation during that time, even though the incredible support system and friends and live with people that support me so well.
But still, when you're working on this day in and day out, it can feel very isolating.
Even when you're there, it's very seldom that you have conversations with people.
And I was trying to join groups, but also it's just hard to, you're training for something unique and piece that together.
And then the other half of the time you're in the ocean and that's as isolating as it gets.
comparison to like an individual run and maybe just because i'm also i love being distracted by like other people talking to me so it really helps with the running part because i feel like also with this job it's very isolating i don't know how you feel but like i've gone done some pretty dark rabbit holes of just feeling like so isolated and like alone so like how do you deal with that when you have to train for like hours and hours and hours alone
And so to be transparent, there were so many aspects of the swim that was hard in training and the fatigue and everything like that.
The hardest part was finding myself in such isolation during that time, even though the incredible support system and friends and live with people that support me so well.
But still, when you're working on this day in and day out, it can feel very isolating.
Even when you're there, it's very seldom that you have conversations with people.
And I was trying to join groups, but also it's just hard to, you're training for something unique and piece that together.
And then the other half of the time you're in the ocean and that's as isolating as it gets.
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