Keep your training fresh with endurance athlete Lisa Smith-Batchen / ENDURANCE

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If you want to be an athlete when you’re 90, you have to keep mixing up your workouts,” says Lisa Smith-Batchen, endurance athlete and guest on this week’s Endurance Series episode. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">SpartanUp Endurance Series host Johnny Waite talks with Lisa about how she uses cross-training to stay excited about working out.  In this episode you’ll learn:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Why Lisa ran 100 miles while pulling a tire?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-How Lisa uses snow-shoe walking as a form of meditation</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Why does Lisa train / run with slower runners?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-When to pull out of a race (hint, Lisa uses a motto “make the right choice” vs DNF)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-What types of cross-training exercises Lisa uses when she wants to mix-up a workout</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">About Lisa: </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lisa Smith-Batchen – Endurance Athlete & Personal Coach Stories about Lisa’s athletic achievements have appeared on the covers of The NY Times, The LA Times, The Washington Post and Winning Magazine. Additionally, she has appeared in Runner’s World, Sports Illustrated for Women, ESPN Magazine, Outside Magazine, Ultrarunning, Trail Runner, Running Times and numerous other national and international publications. Look for feature stories about Lisa’s 2,500 mile run through America in Runners’s World (Jan. 2011) Women’s Adventure (Nov. 2010) Ultra Runner Magazine (April 2011) Lisa is the first and only person to run 50 miles in all 50 states in the USA in 62 days as part of her Running Hope Through America fundraising project! Lisa was the first American female to win the Marathon des Sables, a 150 mile stage-race  through the Sahara desert. Additionally, she has twice won the Badwater Ultramarathon (135 miles through Death Vall