Chosen Suffering: Courtney Jacquemai’s Rise Through Trail Running cover art

Chosen Suffering: Courtney Jacquemai’s Rise Through Trail Running

Chosen Suffering: Courtney Jacquemai’s Rise Through Trail Running

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

Courtney Jacquemai joins the podcast for a raw, powerful conversation on mental resilience and the way running can become a turning point in someone’s life. We talk about how trauma led her into trail running (trigger warning: domestic abuse), what it took to build belief when everything felt stacked against her, and how she started making a name for herself in the sport.


We also dig into the power of chosen suffering—why voluntarily doing hard things can be healing, grounding, and identity-building. Courtney shares the story of her first 200-miler, what it demanded from her mentally, and what’s changed as she’s started stepping onto podiums.


Trigger warning: discussion of domestic abuse.

No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.