Episode 106: SFRC x ROTB Exchanging Experiences with Katherina Laan

Runners of The Bay

This is our second Exchanging Experiences live podcast conversation at San Francisco Running Company supported by Nike Trail with the Queen of Tam herself, Katherina (Kati) Laan. In this episode Kati shares her stories as a legendary local ultrarunner, being a mother of three, and her incredible FKT for summiting Mt Tam 16 times!

Exchanging Experiences is a live event held at SFRC in San Anselmo at 6pm on the 4th Wednesday of each month. It is also streamed live on SFRC’s YouTube channel. Follow SFRC on Instagram for more information.

Some highlights from our conversation:

💡What inspired her to start running in her 30s

🏅How her racing has changed from her first race to now

👏 How the SFRC community inspired her to jump into trail running and ultramarathons

⛰️The story behind her FKT for summiting Tam 16 times

👟 How the running community inspires her training and racing

Follow Kati on Instagram and Strava.

Thank you to Helke Ramos, Ted Knudsen, Leo Pershall, Tony DiPasquale, and Erin Edmundson for making this possible.

Live audio and visual support by Tony DiPasquale.

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Music is California by The Spectacular Fantastic.

Mixing and editing by Brian Walters at Singletrack Sound.