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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