15. Jazz Shukla on Being More than a Runner: ED recovery, Blackness, Canadian Running, Positive Team Culture

In this episode:

1. Fundraising campaign for NQTTCN (see below)
2. Training during the pandemic
3. Jazz’s ballet background and joining the University of Toronto’s track club in grade 8
4. The “curses” and challenges of female youth running
5. Eating disorder recovery and pandemic diet culture
6. Building a healthy, open, and supportive team environment
7. Blackness as a runner in a white circle, during the current moments, and diversity in Canadian distance running
8. Winning team national XC championships and qualifying for world juniors
9. Mastery in executing a race plan
10. Training from 8k in XC to mid-distance on the track
11. Overcoming stress injury and sickness, finding joy in running
12. Goals for last year of college
13. Canadian club system and U of T’s inspiring group of post collegiate runners

Some of Jazz’s accomplishments:

• 2016 World U20 Championships 800m competitor and 4x400 relay bronze
• 2017 Canadian junior national 800m champion
• 2017 Pan American Junior Games 800m silver medal 2:04.52
• 2018 Canadian XC team national champions
• Roster: https://varsityblues.ca/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/jazz-shukla/11592

***Donate to the National Queer and Trans Therapist of Color Network’s (@NQTTCN) Mental Health Fund: https://linktr.ee/nqttcn ***

• Awesome podcast episode about NQTTCN: https://lacura.podbean.com/?fbclid=IwAR2FOvBPqZJ-CMJQYOjRsyg7Z9mU38Mxwvi4OZZ9ONqZVgZGPbPXr4w-aBQ
• For June 2020, contact me w/ confirmation of your donation (feel free to cover any personal info, donation amount, etc) and I pledge to contribute $5 for every new donation that a listener of this podcast makes to NQTTCN for up to $100 of my own money total. Thank you :)
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Petitions: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#petitions

Justice in June educational resource: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H-Vxs6jEUByXylMS2BjGH1kQ7mEuZnHpPSs1Bpaqmw0/edit

1 Million Miles for Justice virtual running/biking/walking event (fundraising for the NAACP, National Civil Rights Museum, and Black Girls Run): http://www.wjrclub.com/1-million-miles.html?fbclid=IwAR1_Rua7v665QTxTX1DBqD-VMXXcd8mr7yKYujDu4Jgwj2ykytp3Niiy9Yc