Today on the coaching series, I am so excited to bring Sheila Burrell onto the podcast! Sheila is a two-time Olympian in the heptathlon, she is a five-time US national champion, she is a world championships bronze medalist and in the 2004 Olympics she placed 4th. She is an alumni of UCLA and is now ... more »
Bailey Kowalczyk is a trail runner. I learned a lot in this episode, I love talking to trail runners! She recently signed a contract with Nike running with their trail team. She burst onto the trail scene in 2020 and she had some really great FKTs (fastest known time). Most recently, she had a really ... more »
Today’s episode in this coaching series is with Ryan Hall! Ryan is one of the greatest American distance runners of all time! Ryan Hall is a two-time Olympian for the United States in the 2008 and 2012 Marathon. He is the fastest American to ever run the marathon (2:04:58) and half marathon (59:43) distances. Ryan ... more »
Joan Benoit Samuelson is an icon in our sport! Joan is the gold medalist from the first women’s Olympic marathon in 1984. She held the American record for 28 years in the marathon, 2:21:21, which she ran in Chicago. She won the Boston Marathon in 1979 while a college student and she won it again ... more »
I am so excited to bring you this 6 part coaching series on I’ll Have Another! I have had conversations with 6 different coaches in the running world and we are learning about their coaching philosophies and strategies and what their programs look like. This first episode is with Jon Green who is Molly Seidel’s ... more »
Vicki Hunter is a runner and author. She has a book out called Running and Returning: Seeking Balance in an Imperfect World. She was a competitive runner in her late 20s when she qualified for the Olympic Trials in the marathon in 1988. She went from a 3:50 to a 2:49 marathon in just 16 ... more »
Sara Vaughn is back on the show for the fifth time! Sara is a 1500m runner turned marathoner. She is the mom of four and a full time realtor. She ran her third marathon this past fall at the Chicago Marathon where she placed 7th in a time of 2:26:23. She recently announced that she ... more »
Lucy Bartholomew is an ultra runner and is now an Ironman. She completed her first Ironman last year, placing fourth and qualifying for the Kona World Championships so she will be doing that this year! Lucy broke onto the Ultra scene in 2017. She placed third at Western States in 2018. She ran her first ... more »
Laura Thweatt is back on the show! She was first on this podcast back in May of 2020 on episode 247. Laura just announced that she is running the Boston Marathon. She is a 2:25 marathoner. She placed 5th at the Olympic Trials in Atlanta. This past fall, she had a disappointing race at the ... more »
Lauren Fleshman’s new book, Good for a Girl, is out now! Lauren has had a big career in so many different areas – running, entrepreneurship, coaching, etc. In her book, Lauren goes through all of that! Lauren ran for Stanford where she was a 5-time NCAA Champion and 15-time All-American. Lauren went on to run ... more »
Elly Henes is a professional runner for Adidas. She lives in Flagstaff and is coached by Mike Smith. Elly ran for NC State where she was an NCAA champion in the 5k. She won that title in 2021. This was exactly 30 years after her mom became NCAA Champion in 5k at NC State as ... more »
Laurie Henes is Head Coach for Women’s Cross Country at NC State. Their team won the 2021 NCAA Cross Country title. This was the first women’s national cross country championship for NC State. Laurie was also named the 2021 USATFCCCA National Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year. Laurie ran for NC State where she ... more »...
Paige Stoner won the California International Marathon which was also the USATF Marathon Championships. This was her first US Title, a course record at CIM, and a brand new PR. She ran 2:26:02, which was a 51 second course record at CIM. Paige runs for Reebok and is a coach at Run Free Training. She ... more »
Emily Lipari is currently focusing on the 5k and 10k but she has spent the majority of her career as a 1500m runner and miler. She is a three time US Road Mile Champion. She runs for Adidas. She recently placed 8th at the 2022 USATF 5k Road Champs in NYC. In 2021, she had ... more »
Gabbi Jennings is a professional runner for Adidas and trains with Team Boss. She placed 4th at USAs this summer in the steeplechase. She represented USA at NACACs in the steeplechase this summer where she broke the meet record and won the race. Gabbi ran for Furman in college and finished her college career competing ... more »
Molly Huddle is back on the show today for the fourth time! I always love catching up with Molly. She runs for Saucony. She is a 2x Olympian and has set a lot of American Records in her career. She still holds the 10k American Record in the 10k which she set at the Rio ... more »
Sharon Lokedi recently won the NYC Marathon. This was her debut marathon and she ran 2:23:23. Sharon is a part of the Dark Sky Distance training group in Flagstaff, Arizona coached by Stephen Haas. She also trains in Kenya. She went to the University of Kansas where she was an NCAA Champion and a 10-time ... more »
Courtney Yannacci joins me today and I couldn’t be more excited to share her first marathon experience with you all! Courtney is the Acting Chief of Staff at Every Mother Counts (EMC) and this year she ran the New York City Marathon as a fundraiser for the organization. I have had the opportunity to coach ... more »
Jessica Watychowicz recently won the Twin Cities Marathon in a time of 2:33. She is having a really great season of running this year! She partners with Tracksmith. Jessica ran for the Parkside Rangers in college. She is a two-time Olympic Trials Qualifier in the marathon for 2020 and 2024. She also ran in the ... more »
Tommie Runz has a marathon PR of 2:48 and this fall he ran 3 marathons in sub three hours. He ended that with the NYC Marathon. He has his own podcast called the Run Eat Sleep Show. In this episode, we talked about Tommie’s sobriety and what it means to him. We also talk about his ... more »
Aliphine Tuliamuk won the Olympics Trials in 2020 in the marathon. She recently ran the NYC Marathon and placed as the top American in 7th place overall. She also ran a PR in 2:26:18. Since we last talked on the podcast, Aliphine had a baby, so in this episode we talk a lot about how ... more »
Ben Blankenship is a 2016 Olympian in the 1500m where he placed 8th in the finals. He is US 10k Champion from 2018 and a National Club Cross Champion. He is training for his first marathon under the coaching of Ryan Hall. We chat all about his running history as well as what it is ... more »
Matt James was on the 25th season of the Bachelor. He was also on Dancing With the Stars. Matt is also the founder of the nonprofit ABC Food Tours which he talks all about in this episode. Matt ran the NYC Marathon with Shalane Flanagan. This was his fourth marathon, he has now run NYC ... more »
Susanna Sullivan is back on the show today for the post NYC Marathon podcast series. Susanna ran the Chicago Marathon and also the 5k the day before the NYC Marathon. She was recently on the show for episode 396 after she finished 3rd at Grandma’s Marathon in a time of 2:26:56. Susanna ran in the ... more »
Natasha Wodak recently broke the Candian Record in the marathon at the Berlin Marathon in 2:23:12. This was a 3 minute PR for her. Natasha is a two-time Olympian. She ran in the 10,000m in 2016 and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she ran the marathon where she placed 13th. She is sponsored by Asics. ... more »
Neely Gracey was last on the podcast on episode 111, 4 years ago. It’s a joy to have her back on the show today! Neely is a running coach with her business, Get Running Coaching. She is a 3-time Olympic Trials Qualifier, a 2:34 marathoner, and 69 minute half marathoner. Neely is also the mom of ... more »
Today I have Coach Wehrman on the podcast! Chris is the founder of the RunBetter app, a Chicago Marathon broadcaster, a family law attorney and the father of 3. He is a 2:17 marathoner and ran in a couple of Olympic Trials in the marathon. He now puts his passion into coaching. I had some ... more »
Theresa Hailey ran her OTQ for 2024 at the Chicago Marathon. She ran a PR in 2:36:40. Go check out her Instagram – @runninggingerly. She has some really fun recaps over there of the entire race! Theresa also ran in the 2020 Olympic Trials. She is a part of Oiselle’s Little Wing Project. She is ... more »
Dr. Stacy Sims is a forward thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise and nutrition and performance for women. She has contributed to so many international publications and is super well known in the sports industry. She has published over 70 peer reviewed papers, several books including the book Roar. ... more »...
I met Austin when I was in Chicago at Sid Baptista’s PYNRS Performance Streetwear Pop Up Party. Austin started running when he was walking through grief after his dad passed away from cancer. Early on in those days, someone introduced him to running. He shares his story and how running really changed his life. He ... more »
