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💯. Sydney Gidabuday: A good opportunity under bad circumstances ⚒️

Author
Jonathan Levitt
Published
Tue 25 Aug 2020
Episode Link
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/forthelongrun/episodes/Sydney-Gidabuday-A-good-opportunity-under-bad-circumstances-eicv12

Sydney Gidabuday is a professional runner living in Boulder, Colorado. His bio on the Tinman Elite website says, “Once trained so hard he couldn't feel his arms and legs, now he's a Tinman running 7:30 pace on his easy days. Went on a 140 mile bike ride… to hang out with a girl. He's not afraid of commitment, ladies. Born in California, raised in Tanzania, speaks Spanish,” and in this episode we talked through all of that!


We also talked about:


-his first run


-experience as a D2 runner


-his entry into professional running


-what it’s like training with Tinman Elite


-Tinman being an all-male team and what’s to come


-hurdles and challenges he’s experienced since going pro


-group training in 2020


-goals for 2021


-lessons learned from living in many different places


-balance


-overtraining and how he learned to back off


-what it’s like training as a pro athlete in Boulder




Follow along with Sydney’s adventures at www.instagram.com/sydney_gidabuday_

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