Intro: 0-18 We rehash our season one memories, talk about our interview with Dalilah, and discuss the topic of athlete mental health highlighted in the documentary the Weight of Gold, something we want to touch on in season 2!Watch Dalilah’s 1st world record and win at 2019 USA champs:https://youtu.be/QhE9yDzD07kStats20-started running at 7, with distance running (xc, 1500!)Ran 100/200 at junior Olympics as 12 or 13From Queens, Novas Track Club24-training and racing during pandemic25-mindset dur...
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 24
We talk to Saucony President Anne Cavassa about her start in the sportswear and shoe industry, her journey through the business ranks, how sports, motherhood and being a woman informed her leadership style and the issues she faced along the way. She also talks about her goals and what she feels are her duties as a leader and a woman in this space. (see show notes at www.keeping-track.com for complete recap)0-23 mins Catch up:Recap of ep 22: 40% of USA being BIPOC, or 27% of USA consider selves B...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 23
We examine representation of Gender and Race on the covers of three running magazines as a sample of the North American Running media. We speak to Dr. Heather Hillsburg and Dr. Francine Darroch on their findings (14.8 percent of Runners World print Covers feature Black Indigenous and People Of Color- or BIPOC, 14.75 % of Canadian Running covers feature BIPOC, and for Women’s Running covers we saw an average 31% BIPOC over 10 years, but noticed a recent average of 40% after a sustained increase f...
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 22
We talk to team USA Hammer thrower Gwen Berry on raising her fist in solidarity with the black community at the 2019 Pan American Championships, what is the IOC rule 50 , and why her gesture was important as well as her experiences as a black female athlete in this country.(see our website for links and more detailed show notes;) )The Catchup:“How are you doing” is a loaded question these days. But we all want to talk about how we’re really doing and what’s going on in America-Going out hard wit...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Note: We recorded this prior to the murder of George Floyd. We don't mention his murder in the show, and actually worried that the attention on race issues in running (and America in general) brought by Ahmaud's murder would start to fade too soon. As you can see, this is an even more essential discussion now. Check out the website for the rest of the show notes! Alison’s Bio: Alison holds her BA in History, MA in Latin American and Caribbean Regional Studies, and EdM in Counseling Psychology, a...
May 30, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Molly Seidel Our catchup:Alysia launches &mother!(fact check: here is the article on Alex Morgan sponsored while pregnant story: Head to EricaSara designs for &mother jewelry and check out our tank tops out on march 29 to support &mother! Interview:Where Molly is during the quarantine: back home in wisconsinHow hard the isolation is if you live alone4-Barrista life: She is a Pro Runner first, and barrista on the sideWhy she does it: balances her life10-15 diving into the trials race:...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 19 min
0-9: Molly and Ro Catchup:Join Ro's Mother's Day Insta Contest @ believetrainingjournal !Buy Alysia's book Feel Good Fitness! Check out Strides Forward Podcast by Cherie Louise Turner! 10-Holly -intro as a sociologist-they “zoom out” to see interactions of socio cultural pressures, broader ideas around for example beauty femininity and success. She looks at individuals, the culture around them and broader social forces.“I put these pressures on myself” is often untrue. Like a fish can’t see wate...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Sally intro and update on her situation staying in Kenya more, Coronavirus effects in Kenya, her home on the farm w fam Kevin and EmmaTrains solo , has help at home16-Motherhood and training , a lot of struggles in the 2 years post baby“ I will always be a mother before I’m an athlete, always”Lots of illness and body not cooperating21-training while pregnant: USA vs Kenya24-Sally’s struggles to train while pregnant, didn’t run but walked after 17 weeks pregnancy25-how to deal with not running wh...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Welcome to episode 16 -This is a special episode of Keeping Track, We are highlighting Female Coaches in the NCAA D1 Track and Cross Country world. We’ve actually been working on this episode since we started the Podcast back in October, it was one of the first ideas I had, but it was perhaps biting off more than I could chew in the editing department so it took a while! (please forgive the occasional shaky sound quality and choppiness). We pieced together parts of different interviews that we’v...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Catch up0-11 Molly Ro and Alysia update on Pandemic related changes in Bay Area CA, Scottsdale AZ, PVD RIRo’s healthy mind platter chartlink14-olympic postponement21-Introducing our two Guests Lauren Philbrook and Rachel Hyland25-check our insta for t-shirt winners!Interview!Lauren - still has 3.5 more weeks until baby-with Pandemic, now is an uncertain and anxious time to be pregnantRachel- due june 1, more uncertainty now, Dr. appointments are pushed back, done virtual etc4-decision to run the...
Apr 03, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 15
CatchupAlysia catches us up on having baby number 33-baby blues hit, Alysia talks new parent struggles and ppd/blues and Social Distancing struggles6:45-Molly catchup on trials and uncertainty as races are cancelled9:30-Alysia has finished her book Feelgood Fitness-preorder available on11:40-inspiration for the fitness book-accessibility for all abilities, inspired by her 67 year old Mom (and Astor says hi!)13:45-Ro’s news!Ali T!14:45- intro Aliphine, Marathon Olympic Trials champ and 10 time US...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 14
13-Marielles start in the sport-grew up in NJ, tried a lot of different sports and track events14-why isn’t distance running as popular in black American culture? Not as much visibility of African American distance runners, but African distance runners are very visible17:30-Influences in her track career-AAU very diverse and Derek Thompson HS coach (currently coaches world class 800 women Ajee Wilson, Raevyn Rogers, etc) 19:30-Why in the USA is there a separation in races amongst events?Who Mari...
Feb 25, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Ro and Alysia chat with Ayesha McGowan , first African American Professional Cyclist about her journey, her advocacy for people of color in Cycling and how she created space for herself in this sport as well as celebrating the differences in the cycling world. Molly is off werkin out.6- Ayesha’s Background: how she got into sports and cycling-into track, field hockey and basketballWent to school in Central New Jersey-Piscataway 9- Ayesha’s mission to diversify road cycling. She recently became P...
Feb 11, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Link-dawns 2008 Oly Gold, and 2012 silver and most recent 2017 world champs silver0-10 Ro and Alysia catch up on Alysia’s commentating job from Boston Indoor Games!10-15 Dawn’s background and dreams for being mother and Olympic champ, the decision to wait to have a baby until she was done running in 2018 and coming OUT OF RETIREMENT for 2020!16:50-coming back from pregnancy -practice 6 weeks post baby was frustrating “that felt terrible to not be able to do something (a start off the line) that ...
Feb 01, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Ro, Molly and Alysia Catch up after the Holiday break and discus the place of female athletes in fans' and media's yearly and decade rankings, and talk about discovering our voices for 2020. We have a great resource episode where ReCORE creator Celeste Goodson talks about the inner core rebuilding that is essential for post partum return to running and sports.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 10
0-10: catch upLinks: Ro’s journals and code keepingtrack202010-on Shalane’s retirement: the emotions, the decisions, the difficult parts and the shifting of passion from her running to fostering other athlete’s successes, family and other projects3-How transition from runner to coach affects her support team 7- the transition to Shalane’s post-running life was always in the back of her mind, part of why it has gone smoothly8-emotions at the end of running career: sadness, relief, happiness10-rel...
Dec 19, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 9
0-5Obsie talks about having balance with running work and school-how she thrives5: Obsie talks about her upbringing in Ethiopia, and her other great coaching influences from HS and college in Iowa and Coach Kurt at NeD9:30 Obsie talks about Ethiopian Running culture10:40- Running helped Obsie make friends when she came to America, and she didn’t focus on it as an elite sport 11:30-Obsie’s first marathon -in college! She set the NAIA record 2:45 In 2012 at Grandview, where she ran everything from...
Dec 11, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In today’s episode we talk to 2:23 marathoner, two time Team USA 10,000m runner and fellow Ray Treacy coached athlete Emily Sisson. We talk about how she finds the right frame of mind amidst pre-race hype and managing race day anxieties. We talk about her marathon debut and how it could have gotten derailed, transitioning from a world class jr athlete to a world class sr athlete and embracing her strong looking body. London Marathon -Emily’s debutEmily’s Half Marathon PREmily Sisson Providence C...
Dec 03, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 7
0-9:00 discussion w Ro Molly and Alysia about REDS and Conference Ro went to with Endocrinologist Kathryn Ackerman MD MPHMeet-our-teamSee our website www.keeping-track.com for slides from the conference 9-Tianna introduces herself-resume is lit!11:30-Tianna’s beginnings in track13:30-Tianna’s approach of show up every day, and how she earned a car and a scholarship in Highschool16:00-Tianna’s decade between medals, how she stayed motivatedTrack is a vehicle for other things18:00-”physics doesn’t...
Nov 26, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 6
0-21:00-Emma discuses the recent IAAF decision to remove events from the Diamond League https://www.athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/triple-jump-and-200m-cut-from-2020-diamond-league-1039926366/USATF Annual Meeting: https://www.usatf.org/events/2019/usatf-annual-meeting-2019 Christian Taylor and the Athletics Association https://www.athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/christian-taylor-launches-new-athletics-association-1039926414/ 21:00- Emma runs through Doha Silver medal run and great 2019 se...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 5
0-4:00-intro4:00-Lindsay is a journalist, competitive athlete and news reader and saw a disconnect with the fact that she had little interest in the sports section7:00 Lindsay discusses her op-eds, which are mostly side projects for her, in which she chose topics she was interested in as a female runner and journalist (such as the psychology behind an athlete’s unique situation). She was not sure many other people would resonate with them and is surprised at how wide the reach has been 9:00-What...
Nov 09, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 4
0-5: Ro Molly and Alysia catch up5:30 Nia introduces herself as the new World Champion from Doha and a Mom(Watch the race !)5:50 Nia talks being a Mom of 2, the comeback and compartmentalizing on the track9:00 A day in the life of Nia11:30 Andre De Grasse-balancing being the best as athletes/partners/parents17:00 bringing kids and family to team camps23: obstacles on Nia’s postpartum comebacks25: Training and RACING while pregnant-contracts etc-How much perception has changed in the 4 years betw...
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 3
1:00 - 5 Molly Post Doha 10k recap5:00-managing big expectations of medals, records, contract bonuses etc10:00-Alysia’s recap of the double medal Reallocation ceremony (for 2011 and 2013 world champs 4th to bronze)17:00-shoutout to Team USA chiropractor Josh Glass17:30 emotions on medal stand, bonding with Brenda Martinez who also got a medal upgrade due to Savinova bust in 2013( photo of Brenda and alysia looking at each other on medal stand crying)23:30-the drug ban served to Alberto Salazar i...
Oct 21, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 2
0-20 sec: Intro- 20-1:40 Why are Molly Ro and Alysia starting a podcast?1:45-2 IAAf World Champs are coming in a week! 2:00-3 Alysia is going to Doha for medal reallocation ceremony from 2011/2013We talk Cleansport!3:00-Alysia and all the feels of medal reallocation(link Alysia’s races 2011 and 2013)watchWatch 6:45-Ro’s upgrade experience, How clean athletes feel silent on the matter of racing dopers11:30 Alysia compares dopers to souped up vehicles12- 21:00 Ro and Alysia talk how weird/bittersw...
Oct 15, 2019•56 min
