Natalie Mitchell lives in California and is the mom of 3. She has a 3:05 marathon PR which she ran at age 46. She is excited to test her limits and see what she can do in the marathon still and has a big goal of running a sub-3 hour marathon. She is the co-host ... more »
Marta Pen Freitas is on the podcast today! Marta is a two-time Olympian from Portugal. She trains in the United States with the Brooks Beasts and has big dreams for medaling on the world stage. Marta ran for Mississippi State where she was an NCAA Champion in the 1500m. In this episode, you are going ... more »
Keira D’Amato just recently broke the American Record in the marathon at the Houston Marathon in a time of 2:19:12. The record was previously held by Deena Kastor since 2006 at the London Marathon. To see Keira break this record was truly inspirational! Keira was first on the podcast in January of 2020 right after ... more »
Hayden Hawks is on the show today! Hayden is sponsored by Hoka and he has won so many ultra races, I don’t even think that I can name them all! He holds the course record at the JFK 50 miler and won that race in 2020 in 5:18:40. He has won the Chuckanut 50k, the ... more »
Today I welcome back Amanda Napolitano to the show! Amanda was first on the podcast in January of 2020 when she qualified for the Boston Marathon for the first time after 20 years of marathoning!! That is episode 220 if you want a little Boston Inspiration!! Amanda shares with us about that first Boston experience ... more »
Molly Grabill recently ran a 2:29:17 at the California International Marathon where she placed 2nd. That was just her 3rd marathon. She ran the Grandma’s Marathon in 2019 in 2:35 and she ran the Olympic Trials in 2020 placing 25th in 2:37. Molly has been training in Boulder with the RISE Athletics. That is Nell ... more »
Chari Hawkins is a heptathlete for Team USA. In the heptathlon, there are 7 events in the competition: hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m run, long jump, javelin, and the 800m. Chari explains all of that in this conversation as well as how she got into the heptathlon. She went to Utah State University, she ... more »
Grace Barnett runs with the Mammoth Track Club and is coached by Andrew Kastor. She is also a STEM lab teacher for an elementary school. Grace was 7th place at the Olympic Trials this summer in the 1500m where she ran a 4:05 in the final! Grace ended by being a three time All-American at ... more »
You know that I love a good sub-3 hour marathon story and that is what we are bringing you today! Michelle Baxter just recently ran a 2:58 at CIM. This has been an 8 year journey for her and she has had two kids in the process. Michelle trains and lives in Alaska! In this ... more »
Isaiah Jewett had a massive year in 2021. He won the NCAA championships in the 800m. The time that he ran in those championships made him the #1 time of all time at USC where he went to school. Just 10 days later, he finished 2nd at the Olympic Trials to make his first Olympic ... more »
Jess Hofheimer just ran a 2 minute personal best at the California International Marathon. This PR was 8 years in the making. She ran a 3:11 in Boston 8 years ago. There are a lot of layers in Jess’ story but the one thing that rings true in Jess’ story is that there is a ... more »
Colin Bennie was the top American at the Boston Marathon. He placed 7th and ran a 2:11.26. This was just his third marathon and his first marathon major. Colin ran for Syracuse University and was part of a national championship team there. He placed 9th at the Olympic Trials in 2020 which was his marathon ... more »
Sara Vaughn is a returning guest to the show! She was first on the show on episode 283 if you want to go back and learn more about her. She also was on episode 302 with Steph Bruce and Alysia Montano to talk about motherhood and running on a panel that we did with the ... more »
Lanni Marchant is on the show today! Lanni is a Canadian runner and she is a 2016 Olympian where she ran both the 10,000m and the marathon. She held the Canadian record in the marathon for 6 years from 2013-2019 with a 2:28. Since the 2016 Olympics, she has had a wild few years of ... more »
Emily Durgin is back on the show today! She was first on the show in the summer of 2020 on Episode 274. If you want to get an introduction to Emily and her running, go check out that episode! So much has changed in her life since we first talked! When we first talked, she ... more »
Shalane Flanagan and Elyse Kopecky join me on the show today! This is Shalane’s 4th time on the show! She is a four time Olympian, Olympic Bronze Medalist and the 2017 winner of the NYC Marathon. She’s also a NYT Best Selling Author! Elyse Kopecky is a 2-time New York Times best-selling cookbook author, educator, ... more »
Sabrina Little is an ultrarunner. She is a 5-time US Champion, a 5-time US national team member, a world silver medalist, a team gold medalist from 2013, and she previously held both the 24-hour and the 200k American Records. She placed 12th in the 2018 Trail World Championships in Spain to score for Team USA’s ... more »
CJ Albertson placed 10th at the Boston Marathon just a couple weeks ago. He lead the race up until around mile 17. We get to hear about his mindset during the race, his race plan, how he is feeling after the race, and how he wants to tackle Boston again. CJ is a 2:11 marathoner, he ... more »
Nell Rojas just finished 6th at the Boston Marathon as the first American woman! What an exciting race for Nell. She ran a 2:27:12 which is around a minute PR for her. This was only Nell’s fourth marathon and her first Major Marathon. She had some big wins over the last couple of months. She ... more »
Emma Bates just placed 2nd at the Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:24:20. So exciting to see her execute that race so well! This was Emma’s 5th marathon. She ran the Chicago Marathon in 2019 in 2:25:27 where she placed 4th. She tells us all about the race in this episode and how she ... more »
Julie Culley is currently the Sports Marketing Manager for Brooks Running. Before that position, Julie was the Director of Track and Field and Cross Country for Georgetown University. Before coaching, Julie ran professionally and made the 2012 Olympics in the 5000m. Her husband and her also own 5 specialty run stores called Pacers. She has ... more »...
Meaghan is the co-founder of Big Run Media which works with races and endurance events and helps companies come up with creative strategies and branding deliveries. One of the partners that they work with is the Donna Marathon which is how I met Meaghan. The other part of their company is called Believe in the ... more »
Ali recently wrote a book called Master the Marathon. The forward on this book is by the one and only Des Linden who is the winner of 2018 Boston Marathon. Master the Marathon is a comprehensive guide to marathon training for women of all levels. Ali has been writing about running for years, she used ... more »
Sonya Looney is a mountain bike world champion for the 24 hour mountain bike world championships. She is a health coach and has written a cookbook, she has her own podcast called the Sonya Looney show, she has an apparel line, and has a mindset course. She is really good at speaking about positive psychology, ... more »
Heather MacLean recently made her first Olympic team this summer in the 1500m for Team USA! She runs for Team New Balance Boston and is coached by Mark Coogan. She is from Massachusetts and went to the University of Massachusetts. That 1500m for the Olympics this summer was a really hard team to make so ... more »
Brad Stulberg and Shalane Flanagan are on the show today! Brad is a researcher, a writer, and a coach on human performance, sustainable success, and wellbeing. He was on the podcast previously talking about his book the Passion Paradox. He has also written Peak Performance and his newest book is The Practice of Groundedness that ... more »
Amanda Eccleston recently retired and just ran her last professional race at the Sir Walter Miler! She was a professional 1500m runner and a miler for 8 years running for Brooks. In 2016, she placed 4th in the 1500m at the US Olympic Trials, leaning at the line with Brenda Martinez for that 3rd place ... more »
Katie Nageotte is back on the podcast today! Katie is the brand new Olympic champion in the pole vault from this summer! She has a personal best of 4.95 meters which is 16 feet 2 inches. She was 5th at the Olympic Trials in 2016 so she had a huge year this year to not ... more »
Jenny Simpson returns to the podcast today after recently announcing that she is going to be racing the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler. This is a huge shift in what she normally does. She usually focuses on the 1500m and she is a 3-time Olympian. She won a Bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics and ... more »
Sarah is a friend of mine and she was on the show all the way back on episode 57. She is the founder and host of the Rise Run Retreat, a snowshoe runner, entrepreneur, and mother. Sarah’s mission is to help women gain confidence, find strength and make authentic connections through running. Rise.Run.Retreat. is a ... more »
