BF 042 – Lisa Felder
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Show Notes
Join Stephanie O’Dell, founder of Celebrate The Gray in conversation with Lisa Felder “Mama Lisa”, ultra-distance coach/runner, founder of Ulta Fitness Beyond Imagination & Pinkathon event and lately lifestyle model on the latest episode of Reinvention After Fifty: A Brand Fifty Podcast, reinventing your career in mid-life and beyond.
Do not underestimate Lisa Felder’s achievements; they magnify when you learn of all the obstacles she has faced in order to survive, then thrive, as a champion runner and well-loved coach and age disruptor.
With 30+ years of running experience and 20+ years of coaching experience, Coach “Mama Lisa” (as her friends and athletes call her) is not your typical running coach. She’s been running since the early 1980’s, finishing nearly 300 marathons, a Duathlon, a Century Bike Ride, hiked the Grand Canyon and completed 111 ultra-marathons.
Mama Lisa started her coaching career in 1996, and for over a decade coached the East Bay run team for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program (TNT). She then launched the first ever TNT Ultra Team and decided to expand her Ultra training program after successfully coaching ultra runners for several years starting her own business, Ultra Fitness Beyond Imagination.
At 75, Mama Lisa is still challenging herself to grow professionally and personally. Recently joining Celebrate The Gray as a gray haired model and taking her coaching online to open up running guidance for people across the nation.
Show Notes:
- How did Lisa start her fitness journey
- How her past jobs and experience are being used at Ulta Fitness
- What has been hardest part of her journey
- What keeps her motivated
- When and how to pivot in business and life
- How she is handling aging
- How does she deal with sexism, racism and ageism
- Is this what she thought her life would look like at 75
- How to start your reinvention and get out of your own way
- What’s next for Mama Lisa
