143: The Wall That Never Came: Running Her First Marathon on Her 40th Birthday w/ Aimee Jones
Aimee spent over a decade running half marathons, one a year, showing up and enjoying the distance without chasing a specific time. It started with a charity flyer that landed in her parents' mailbox ...
21 Syys 47min
142: "This Is My Tribe": Marathons, History, and The Long Run w/ Martin Dugard
Martin Dugard has been running since the early 1970s, but it all traces back to one moment at eleven years old, watching Frank Shorter win the 1972 Olympic marathon and being so moved he ran straight ...
14 Syys 55min
141: I Can Do Hard Things: Running New York in Her Uncle's Honor w/ Jay Wood
Jay spent years playing soccer and dabbled in other sports, but running itself was never her thing until she signed up for a local 5K in her off season as another way to move. That race quickly turned...
7 Syys 56min
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...
31 Elo 1h 2min
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)
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
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
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
