Sydney Petersen

2025 Season Review, Signing With Brooks, Crested Butte Roots & Finding Her Way to Trail RunningAudio episode•58:29

Sydney Peterson grew up encrusted Butte Colorado which is the kind of mountain town that will shape a person into who they are before they can realize it. Sydney is a professional Trail runner for Brooks raised by ski bum parents and surrounded by Mountain culture. Sydney was initially pulled towards team sports spending her earlier years playing basketball and volleyball and then she found running later in high school and college and credits the late start to a team sports background which helped her develop as a more well-rounded athlete who was then able to come to running with more excitement than burnout.

In this episode we chat about Sydney's Journey from Colorado State's cross country and track team, her experience with Collegiate running and how her study progression was laying the foundation for what came next. that next chapter arrived unexpectedly intro running beginning with the image and pass run alongside her mom and then leading up to a breakout performance at broken arrow  showing up at  at the race with no expectations and leaving with a changed trajectory

We also get into What followed which includes joining Brooks making the World Championships team racing in Europe heading straight into the Golden Trail World Series. Sydney also talked about how important her community is and the grounding work of her world rural Health Care still plays in her life which helps the balance between being a professional athlete and career.