Carrie chats with four US pro runners (Emma Bates, Sara Hall, Elkanah Kibet, and Matthew McDonald) in front of a live audience prior to the 2024 Boston Marathon! They talk about their thoughts on Boston, what they are up to now, parenting, getting through injuries, goals, their hardest workouts, and so much more!
Carrie and John Anderson (ESPN) interview five Boston Marathon champions: Des Linden, Carline Rotich, Edna Kipligat, Evans Chebet, and Hellen Obiri! In front of a live audience, the panel discusses what it is like to win Boston, what they did after, advice for the athletes, rapid fire questions (one of the best ones was what they would be if they weren’t runners!), and so much more!
Carrie welcomes Sika Henry back to the show! They chat about her latest races including Comrades and her 51 mile ultra from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama commemorating the Selma to Montgomery March. They also cover her wedding, her training, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Johanna Garton, author of All in Stride, as well as Elvin Kibet and Samantha Schultz who are featured in the book! They discuss how Johanna picked these athletes to share their stories, Johanna’s history in the sport of running, what it’s like to be written about, how the book has changed each of them, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Ashley Desanno of Lotsamiles! They chat about Ashley’s latest marathon in Los Angeles, how she became a content creator with well over a million followers on TikTok, her book club called the Creep Book Club, how she finds balance, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Allie Ostrander! They talk about what Allie is up to, how her training is going, how her health is, how her YouTube channel started (and how she is crushing it there!), her upcoming World Cross Country championships race in Belgrade next week, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Paralympian Amanda McGrory! They chat about what she’s currently up to, working together in the broadcast booth, her training, her story, how she feels wheelchair racing is progressing within the broader world of sport, and so much more.
Carrie welcomes Dakotah Lindwurm and her boyfriend Montana Popehn to the show! They talk all about race day and their memories, their trips, how they met, how they both support one another, what they do for fun, traveling to Paris, how life has changed since Dakotah made the team, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Olympian Shalaya Kipp! They talk all about her postdoctoral research which focuses around running-related areas such as super shoes, running during and after pregnancy, aging, and a new study that looks at how the underband of a sports bra affects our respiratory function during exercise.
Carrie recaps the 2024 Olympic Marathon Trials with Minnesota Distance Elite in front of a live audience! Coach Chris Lindstrom, Breanna Suracki, Joel Richow, Kevin Lewis, JP Trojan, Annie Frisbie, and third place finisher Dakotah Lindwurm all share their experiences from the day, including the highs, the lows, the broken cell phones, the missed porta-potty opportunities, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Kylie Mantz and Ashley Young, the spouses of Connor Mantz and Clayton Young (who went 1 and 2 at the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials)! They talk about life after the race, the toll that training takes on an athlete’s support system, the importance of having your own thing in a relationship, preparing for Paris, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Jess McClain! They talk about her fourth place finish at the Olympic Marathon Trials with a 4 min personal best, how she stepped away from the sport and in that time got married, being unsponsored, working full time, how she coaches herself, and so much more!
Carrie chats with the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials Champion Fiona O’Keeffe! They talk all about Fiona’s race, her memories of the day, going to the pro bowl, how she got into the sport, goals going forward, alligators, her training leading up to the race, and so much more!
Carrie chats with the Porter Sisters: Sarah Crouch, Shannon Smith, and Georgia Porter! They talk all about how they each qualified for the Olympic Trials, how they grew up, how they each got into the sport, how they have supported one another in sport and in their lives off the road, Sarah’s upcoming book release, and so much more!
Carrie chats with one of her all-time heroes Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Stephen Lane, author of the book “Long Run to Glory!” They chat about his book detailing the 1984 Olympic Marathon, Joan’s role in fighting for women’s sports, how she dealt with the pressure, her injury leading up to the trials, her thoughts during the race, winning Olympic Gold on home soil, the upcoming 2024 Olympic Marathon Trials, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Caroline Hampton Cole! They talk about her second marathon attempt this summer in Duluth where she ran a 2:36, her preparations for her third marathon attempt (the Olympic Trials in February), how she got into the sport, the loss and heartache she has experienced and how it drove her, the importance of empathy in coaching, how she uses her faith during the run, predictions for who will make the Olympic Team, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Olympian Courtney Frerichs! They talk about her big injury after the Olympics, making life decisions, her new team (and how some of it is very familiar), building a new house, being excited about the future, and much more!
Carrie catches up with Olympian Jenny Simpson! They talk about her training for the upcoming USA Olympic Marathon Trials in Orlando, recent race recaps, upcoming goals, the concept of breaking yourself down to come back stronger, her new puppy Barkley, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Carissa Galloway! They talk about announcing at the finish lines of so many popular races (Disney races, Ironman races, and the Boston Marathon to name just a few!), handling her busy schedule, being part of a famous running family, keeping her kiddos fed, training for races, predictions for the 2024 US Olympic Marathon trials, and so much more!
Carrie welcomes Rachel (Schneider) Smith back to the show! They catch up on everything that’s happened since 2020, including getting married to Mike Smith, becoming a mom and how that’s changed her training, getting ready for 2024, staying hungry on the comeback, the ups and downs of life, and so much more!
Carrie welcomes Jordan (Hasay) Hogan back to the show! They talk about her getting married, starting a new coaching and consulting business, moving across the country, her current training, what she loves and hates about running, and so much more!
Carrie chats with USATF Champion Morgan Beadlescomb! They talk about his exciting win at the Manchester Road Race, his proposal to his new fiancee Lexi immediately afterward, training with his very successful training group, and so much more!
Carrie welcomes Grayson Murphy back to the show! They talk about her latest World Championship win and bronze medal, her ups and downs in the last couple of years, her side business with the Racin Grayson Training Log and Planner, her goals for 2024, her upcoming wedding, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Minnesota Distance Elite at a live event! She chats with coach Chris Lundstrom first about his time as an athlete with the team, his coaching, his goals for the athletes in 2024, prepping for the marathon trials in Orlando and track trials in Eugene, and so much more. Then, Carrie chats with twelve members of the team about their superstitions, their time with the team, how some of them got into the sport, and most importantly, their goals for 2024.
Carrie chats with USATF 5K Road Champion Annie Rodenfels! They talk about her awesome race, her race tactics, her background in this sport, seeing the benefits of her training, getting married, coming out this past fall, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Latoya Shauntay Snell, the founder of the Running Fat Chef blog! They talk about her different Chicago Marathon experiences and being daring enough to try it again, getting past hurdles in life, asking for help and leaning into community a bit more, how she got into the sport, her cooking, that feeling of belonging, unraveling that term of being an athlete, and so much more!
Carrie welcomes Kellyn Taylor back to the show! They talk about her comeback from pregnancy, how her family has grown to six since the last time on the show, training for a fall marathon before the Olympic trials in February, her thoughts on this weekend’s TCS New York City Marathon, and so much more!
Carrie chats with the founders of the Bakline’s McKirdy Micro Marathon: James McKirdy and Heather Knight Pech! They cover all the ins and outs of the race which produced 33 more Olympic Trials Qualifying times for the Olympic Trials in Feb, as well as why they put this race on, the history of this race, the gratitude from the runners, and so much more!
Carrie chats with 4x USATF Champion Clayton Young! They talk all about the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, the pressure of running under 2:08:10 (the Olympic Standard), running 2:08:00 and getting that Standard, training and racing with Conner Mantz, the thoughts that he had during the race, the after party, his goals for the trials in Orlando, and so much more!
Carrie chats with Peloton instructor Becs Gentry! They talk about her journey into the sport, how she got into coaching, her time at Peloton, her new role as mother, cheering on her partner Austin, goals for racing, inspiring others, and so much more!
