
111: Introducing The First Marathon Buddy Program
What started as a love for reading first marathon race recaps turned into two years of collecting runner stories, and eventually into seeing the first marathon experience from the other side through c...
9 Helmi 7min

22: How To Nail Your First 5 Weeks Of Marathon Training (Mini Episode)
In this week’s Wednesday mini episode, I’m walking through Phase One of the First Marathon Buddy program and breaking down what actually matters during the first five weeks of a 20 week marathon train...
4 Helmi 8min

110: Running Towards Gratitude: How a Busy Mom Found Her First Marathon w/ Nancy Pauley
Nancy never thought of herself as a runner. She was the kid who hated playing outside, grew up believing only “people chased by bears” ran, and spent most of her adult life focused on raising six kids...
2 Helmi 57min

21: Introducing the First Marathon Buddy Program! (Mini Episode)
This Wednesday mini episode kicks off a new short series built around something I’ve been quietly working on for the last few months: the First Marathon Buddy Program. It’s a 20-week companion meant t...
28 Tammi 7min

109: The Peloton-to-Marathon Pipeline and Proving Your Own Doubt Wrong w/ Rose Meadows
Rose never saw herself as a marathon runner. Growing up, movement felt punitive, something she was forced into rather than chose for herself. In her twenties, that complicated relationship with exerci...
26 Tammi 52min

108: The Privilege of Being Tired: Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Running w/ Lena Cords
Lena Cords' first marathon came after years of rebuilding her relationship with movement. After a childhood spent as a competitive swimmer, Lena moved through seasons of overexercising, underfueling, ...
19 Tammi 1h 12min

20: You'll Hate Running Until You Don't (Mini Episode)
This week’s Wednesday mini episode is one I really wish someone had told me back when I was first trying to get into running: You're going to hate running until the day you don't. In this episode, I t...
14 Tammi 6min

107: Slow, Smiling, and Still Strong: A Former College Athlete’s First Marathon w/ Gabby Averill
Gabby’s running journey didn’t start with a finish line goal or a desire to be fast. It started after stepping away from Division I college sports, when the structure she’d built her identity around s...
12 Tammi 47min




















