{"podcast":{"title":"Endurance Gap with Dani Aravich and Zachary Friedley","slug":"endurance-gap-with-dani-aravich-and-zachary-friedley-7864921","podcast_index_feed_id":7864921,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/616875/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/616875","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/f/b/f/afbf9b27236ddcc5d959afa2a1bf1c87/Endurance_Gap_Podcast_Artwork.png","author":"Chelsea Morrow","episode_count":5,"summary":"In a world where endurance sport is celebrated daily, the stories of para athletes, their mastery, their strategy, and their relentless pursuit of possibility, have lived too long in the shadows. This world is extraordinary, but it's also misunderstood. The stories are powerful, but the systems behind them are complex. And for too long, the athletes driving the sport forward haven't had a place to share the full story. This podcast changes that. Welcome to Endurance Gap with Zachary Friedley and Dani Aravich. Zachary is a trail runner, adaptive athlete, and the founder of Born to Adapt, a movement built around community, visibility, and creating spaces where para athletes can show up fully. Dani is a Paralympian and multi-sport athlete who has competed in both summer and winter sports. They're not just your hosts. They're insiders who have lived the complexity, the beauty, the humor, the frustration, and the evolution of para endurance sport from every angle. Born to Adapt exists because the para endurance community deserves a platform that matches the depth of the athletes within it. Each episode gives you direct access to the athletes, decisions, challenges, and breakthroughs sh…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:53.521180+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/endurance-gap-with-dani-aravich-and-zachary-friedley-7864921"},"episode":{"title":"1: How Two Adaptive Athletes Are Rewriting Endurance Sports","slug":"1-how-two-adaptive-athletes-are-rewriting-endurance-sports","published_at":"2026-05-27T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/endurance-gap-with-dani-aravich-and-zachary-friedley-7864921/1-how-two-adaptive-athletes-are-rewriting-endurance-sports","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/endurance-gap-with-dani-aravich-and-zachary-friedley-7864921","url":"https://dbe7a17d-e489-406a-8d37-bdae0700d5b3.libsyn.com/1-how-two-adaptive-athletes-are-rewriting-endurance-sports","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/clean/secure/dbe7a17d-e489-406a-8d37-bdae0700d5b3/Endurance_Gap_-_EP_3.mp3?dest-id=5380470","summary":"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","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1259,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/endurance-gap-with-dani-aravich-and-zachary-friedley-7864921/episodes/1-how-two-adaptive-athletes-are-rewriting-endurance-sports/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/endurance-gap-with-dani-aravich-and-zachary-friedley-7864921/1-how-two-adaptive-athletes-are-rewriting-endurance-sports.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}