Amelia Boone is an American obstacle racer. As one of the most accomplished obstacle course racing (OCR) athletes in the history of the sport, she has won both the Spartan Race World Championship (2013) and is the only three- time winner of the World's Toughest Mudder (2012, 2014 and 2015) and won the 2014 championships 8 weeks after knee surgery. She is also a three-time finisher of the Death Race and a full time attorney at Apple Inc.
The world-champion obstacle course racer has had a 20-year history with anorexia. But she's now in the process of recovering, and she has some important lessons to share.
She is famously quoted to say
"I'm not the strongest. I'm not the fastest. But I'm really good at suffering." She however wishes she could take this quote back as she is continues to learn more about life and herself.
Here are 4 Stellar facts to know about her
She has two full-time jobs
I have two passions and I am lucky that I get to do both of them. I don’t necessarily have the greatest social life, but to me this is very fulfilling. Define your universe by what is important, then it is possible to do what you want.
How she keeps herself calm during long races
I try to sing to myself in long races. Every race has a different song, and if I look back through my racing history I can associate that race with a song. I also try to distract myself by talking to other competitors, focusing on the people around me and on the volunteers.
She loves wrestling
I love professional wrestling! I don’t find it embarrassing, but other people think so. It’s like a very athletic soap opera.
She's a morning person
I am a morning person so I am up at 4 a.m. and out hitting the trails. I’m done by 7 a.m. Then I go to work, and do mobility and/or strength work in the evenings. The tough part about obstacle course racing is that nobody has a course set up in their backyard, so you have to mimic the skills that you need in other ways. So my strength sessions focus on grip strength, heavy carries and other skills you need. Once I did set up a spear throw in a park when I lived in Chicago to practice. It was really just a long stick and a target, but the police chased me out of the park anyhow.
