Jackie: Your brain on running
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Jackie is a nationally competitive ultra trail runner. She holds numerous female race wins and course records for trail and ultramarathon races in distances ranging from marathon to 100 miles. At her day job, Jackie studies how the brain controls how we move our bodies and how we can change our brains based on the behaviors we engage in. Yeah, she is kind of a nerd.
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