# 1: How Two Adaptive Athletes Are Rewriting Endurance Sports

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Podcast: [Endurance Gap with Dani Aravich and Zachary Friedley](https://stenobird.com/podcast/endurance-gap-with-dani-aravich-and-zachary-friedley-7864921)
Published: 2026-05-27T08:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1259

## Resource

Sport is treated as universal. But for many adaptive athletes, the gap starts long before the race itself. It starts with never being told that all sports, even those that require adaptation like running, are possible with gear and tech access. In this first episode, we share our journey and how each of us found endurance sport through chance, not design. A blade that came by mistake. An invite that changed everything. Years of being outside the conversation, even as others talked about diversity. We finally reach start lines that were never built for us. If you want a grounded view of what is actually happening behind the scenes of para sports and para endurance, this conversation will give you some perspective from people who live it everyday. What's Discussed: (01:03) How running was never presented as an option and what that silence costs (02:18) Why getting a running blade still depends on chance, not access (03:29) What it means to grow up without seeing other disabled athletes (06:01) The moment trail running reopened sport, career, and identity (11:04) Why disabled athletes are still missing from diversity conversations in endurance sport (15:36) How one invitation can change an entire athletic trajectory More from Dani Aravich: Website: http://daniaravich.com Instagram: @theonearmdan Threads: @theonearmdan More from Zachary Friedley: Website: http://borntoadapt.org Instagram: @trailblader Threads: @trailblader

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