905. Arielle Chernin, Brookline Food Pantry Operations Manager & 3:02 Marathoner

"It's running friendship in true form. We would not otherwise be friends. We're different ages, our kids are different ages, we live completely different lifestyles. She's as organized and type A as it gets, and I could not be further from that. And it works. Running brings people together, and it's so special to have that connection. We make fun of how different we are in the rest of our lives, but in running, we jive."

On the day we recorded this episode, Arielle Chernin dropped her three daughters off at school. She has three girls ages five and under, with three different drop-off and pick-up locations. Then, she completed her 20-mile training run for the upcoming Chicago Marathon before putting in a day's work at the Brookline Food Pantry, where she is the organization's operations manager. The Newton, MA-based 3:02 marathoner is booked and busy, but she's having so much fun along the way. In this conversation, Arielle talks about finding her mom strength, and how that's changed her life on the run and beyond. She talks about running a personal best (3:02) at the Boston Marathon earlier this year, when she was six months postpartum, and about the big goals she's ready to share for next month's 26.2 in Chicago. Plus, all about her career path, her wild first birth story ("baby born on bathroom floor!"), and how she approaches training and racing.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

• All about Arielle's friendship with fellow runner Emily Oster (2:55)
• What's making Arielle happy today, and what she's into right now (7:40)
• How Arielle's relationship with running has evolved over the years (10:25)
• Arielle's earliest Boston Marathon memories (16:15)
• What motivates Arielle on the run (19:20)
• Arielle's wild first birth story (29:30)
• How Arielle's Chicago Marathon training is going (36:00)
• All about Arielle's job as the operations manager at the Brookline Food Pantry (44:15)
• Arielle talks about why she loves running whimsy (48:00)
• How Arielle ran a marathon PR six months after having her third daughter (51:50)

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