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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 1h 1min
29: How I'm Approaching Returning To Running (Mini Episodes Are Back!)
I took a two month break from running dealing with personal issues we'll get into in this episode. These personal issues forced me to take 2 full months off of running for the first time in my running...
15 Juli 14min
133: Finding Her People: How BAR Run Club Changed Everything w/ Rachel Howard
Besides the dreaded mile in high school PE class, running was fairly casual for Rachel for a long time until the stress of working front lines at a hospital during COVID turned it into a huge stress r...
13 Juli 1h 3min
132: The Race She Had to Run Twice: Redemption at the Eugene Marathon w/ Gina Loschiavo
Gina didn't grow up loving running. In fact, she hated it, right up until a spontaneous half marathon at Disneyland in 2017 changed her mind for good. After two kids and a long break from racing, she ...
6 Juli 46min
131: Slow and Steady, Keep to the Left: A Late Bloomer's First Marathon w/ Jude Harper
Jude didn't grow up as an athlete. She spent her childhood with a violin in her hands instead of running shoes, and didn't run her first step until she was 38. From there, the goals kept coming: a 5k,...
29 Juni 53min
130: "You Don't Have to Put a Period at the End of the Sentence": From Trauma to Trail Ultras w/ Mikaela Gomez
Mikaela Gomez is a mom of three, a Navy veteran, and somehow, until last July, not a runner at all. She found running through the unlikeliest of doors: a dark romance book rabbit hole on TikTok that l...
22 Juni 1h 2min
