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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 1h 1min
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...
29 Jul 4min
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 Jul 1h
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 Jul 1h 1min
