Apr 16, 2021
Zoë is a writer, journalist, environmental advocate, and runner.
She has been an associate editor at Trail Runner Magazine for two
years and she finds joy in being like a mechanic for other people’s
writing.
“It’s
kind of a dream job because you get to tinker with other
people's sometimes far superior engines and learn how to like
better build your own,”
she shared. Zoe fell in love with trail running, climbing and
mountaineering while living in Boulder while attending the
University of Colorado. She also writes, produces and hosts
the
DNF
Podcast.
“I'm here to challenge myself. I'm here to challenge our
culture, I'm here to challenge the media. I'm here to challenge
trail running because I fully believe it can be this amazing,
inclusive, wonderful place that I sometimes see glimmers of and
then it's just not all the way there.”
–Zoë
Rom
In this episode we cover…
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The parallels between writing and running. The discipline behind
both.
[11:00]
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Helping push along the running industry in a direction that
is more representative of what the sport is and what the
sport wants to be.
[23:00]
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“I love trying to find people who have been overlooked by or
straight up passed over by our industry and try to bring their
specific stories and voices to prominence by just, you know, either
giving them a platform and like helping streamline their
writing.”
[33:00]
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Shared about how we can move toward setting aside our insecurities
and egos and listening to other people's stories. Journalism is
amazing and impactful but what Zoë does is write less about like
facts more about raw stories from experiences.
“Facts
never change anyone’s mind, but it’s very hard to discount other
humans lived experiences.”[49:00]
Resources + People mentioned
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