120: He Ran Because She Couldn't: Running the Houston Marathon w/ Ryan Trask

120: He Ran Because She Couldn't: Running the Houston Marathon w/ Ryan Trask

Ryan Trask has always been a runner at heart, even when life kept pulling him away from it. From getting cut from his middle school basketball team and stumbling into cross country, to running through job loss, a pandemic, and the chaos of raising four kids, running has been the thing he keeps coming back to. So when he decided it was finally time to run a marathon before 40, it felt less like a new chapter and more like finishing something he'd started a long time ago.

But this one was about more than just him. His wife lives with a chronic illness that keeps her from moving the way she'd like to, and somewhere along the way, Ryan decided that if she couldn't run, he was going to run for both of them. That purpose carried him through four months of pre-dawn long runs, a zone two training experiment that humbled him in the best way, a 100-day streak he wouldn't exactly recommend, and a bout of flu A that landed right in the middle of taper.

He showed up to the Houston Marathon having done the work, even if it didn't always feel that way. What happened out on that course, especially in those last six miles, is the kind of thing that's hard to fully understand until you've been there yourself.

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140: It's Our Duty to Give Back: Ainsley's Angels and Finding Community w/ Hunter Pardue

140: It's Our Duty to Give Back: Ainsley's Angels and Finding Community w/ Hunter Pardue

Hunter didn't set out to become a runner. He joined his high school's cross country team on a whim (mostly because his friends were doing it) and discovered he loved being part of a group more than he...

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139: A Joyful First Marathon: Running Chicago w/ Sierra Wehrenberg

139: A Joyful First Marathon: Running Chicago w/ Sierra Wehrenberg

Sierra grew up in a running family and found her own love for the sport through a middle school team in Georgia. She ran through high school and rediscovered it years later during a hard stretch in co...

24 Elo 45min

31: Survival Guide To Running Your First Marathon (Mini Episode)

31: Survival Guide To Running Your First Marathon (Mini Episode)

This one's for all my fall marathoners who are deep in training right now!! I'm pulling together my full survival guide for running your first marathon, five things I wish someone had told me before m...

19 Elo 8min

138: "Fail Forward": Finding Strength Through a Marathon Gone Wrong w/ Barry Scruggs

138: "Fail Forward": Finding Strength Through a Marathon Gone Wrong w/ Barry Scruggs

Barry Scruggs came to running with his wife after some health struggles when they decided to make change happen together. It started with a Spartan race , and that single decision opened the door to a...

17 Elo 57min

137: Watching Someone Else's Finish Line: How a Stranger's Marathon Story Became Her Own w/ Abia Mallick

137: Watching Someone Else's Finish Line: How a Stranger's Marathon Story Became Her Own w/ Abia Mallick

Abia Mallick never planned to run a marathon herself until she volunteered at the finish zone of the New York City Marathon, where a woman stopped by the fence near her to catch her breath and ended u...

3 Elo 1h 1min

30: Why I Program Speed Work (Mini Episode)

30: Why I Program Speed Work (Mini Episode)

I get this question all the time from my first-time marathoners: if I don't have a time goal, why do I need to do speed work? In this week's mini episode, I'm breaking down exactly why I still program...

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135: "Anybody Could Do This": The Chicago Marathon, Take One w/ Sara Shimala

135: "Anybody Could Do This": The Chicago Marathon, Take One w/ Sara Shimala

Sara played tennis all through high school, but running stayed casual for her, a mile here or there, until 2023, when she signed up for her first 5K and then got sidelined by a health complication for...

27 Heinä 1h

134: "What If I Just Stopped": Hitting the Wall at Mile 12 and Finishing Anyway w/ Julie Satterthwaite

134: "What If I Just Stopped": Hitting the Wall at Mile 12 and Finishing Anyway w/ Julie Satterthwaite

Julie grew up in a sports-obsessed family, her dad a longtime Broad Street runner, her brother a former D1 lacrosse player turned distance runner. She played soccer growing up, but sports also came wi...

20 Heinä 1h 1min

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