Excited to welcome Ryan Terry to the show today. Ryan is one of the most social runners in Houston, has twice been a Houston Marathon ambassador, and is a member of multiple running clubs. His FIRST EVER RACE was the 2015 Houston Marathon, he won a trip to the 2019 Athens Marathon and he was featured on @strava in 2020. Instagram - @ryan_runs_hou Strava - Ryan Terry SHOW SOCIAL Instagram - @runnersofhou Instagram - @vickyoddi Facebook - Runners of HOU Facebook Group - Runners of HOU Friends Twit...
May 20, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Dean Digamon ran his first 5K in 2008 but didn't really start focusing on running until 2016. Listen in as we talk through how he got into running, the ridiculous amount of 1:28 half marathons he has run, his connection to Team Catapult...and Patrick Pressgrove, and so much more. Make sure you follow Dean on instagram. His photography is next level and his video is so good that Sara Hall shared his recap of the Marathon Project. Instagram - @deandigamon Strava - Dean Digamon SHOW SOCIAL Twitter ...
May 13, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Becky Wade may be a Dallas native who currently lives in Boulder, but she will always be a hometown favorite in Houston. Having competed in two Olympic Trials - Marathon (2016, 2020) and two Olympic Trials - Track & Field (Steeplechase - 2012, 2016), Wade debuted in the marathon at the 2013 CIM, where she ran a 2:30:41! Listen in as we chat through her collegiate and pro career and find out why she will always come back to Houston. Instagram - @beckyswade Twitter - @bexwade89 Website - www.b...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Multiple-time Hou Marathon and Woodlands Marathon Ambassador Fren-Mark Banes, who has run over 20 half marathons and 14 marathons, is highly active in the Houston running community. When not in the middle of a pandemic, he is the lead of the Houston chapter of Electric Flight Crew. Now training with the Houston Harriers, we chat about how he got into running, whether or not he is still anti-taper, and what it was like to qualify for and run the Boston Marathon. Instagram - @fmbanes21 Strava - Fr...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 16
2021 #HouMarathon Ambassador Glenda Newman first started running in 2014 and by 2015 had run her first marathon. She then took three years completely off following the birth of her daughter, but never lost the running bug and came back in 2019 to run the Chevron Houston Marathon. Listen in as we talk through her love for running for charity, what made her want to be a race ambassador, and how important having a running community is to her. Instagram - @glentastica SHOW SOCIAL Twitter - @runnerso...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Terry Love, aka @manofcivility, aka @blackmenrunhouston, ran his first half marathon in 2012 and hasn't looked back since! With numerous 5Ks and 10Ks and at least five marathons and 20 half marathons under his belt in the last nine years, Terry is a devoted runcationer and Co-captain of Black Men Run Houston. Instagram - @manofcivility Black Men Run Houston Instagram - @blackmenrunhouston Facebook Group - BMR Houston SHOW SOCIAL Twitter - @runnersofhou Instagram - @runnersofhou Instagram - @vick...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Lillian began her running journey in 2014. Since then, she has run 10 marathons, 25 half marathons, is a two-time Houston Marathon Ambassador and is now the President of the Katy Area Running Club. She was racing so often that she set a goal to race less! Instagram - @slowkenyanrunner SHOW SOCIAL Twitter - @runnersofhou Instagram - @runnersofhou Instagram - @vickyoddi...
Apr 01, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Daniel Barron started running in 2005 with some friends at work. Fast forward to now and he has run 16 marathons, BQ'd four times, and is the President of the Houston Harriers Run Club. Daniel also co-founded 30 for Ana - a 30 mile run to honor his sister, Ana Barron Garcia, raise awareness about inflammatory breast cancer, and endure the pain of running 30 miles, all while raising funds for The Rose. Instagram - @dan_barron 30 for Ana Instagram - @30_for_Ana Website - 30forana.org SHOW SOCIAL T...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Patrick Pressgrove was born with a rare genetic disorder which left him wheelchair-bound by age 13 when he decided to have elective bilateral above-knee amputations. In 2015, he was encouraged by his prosthetic clinician and a fellow patient, Mark Barr, to begin using a pair of running blades he was granted from the Challenged Athletes Foundation a year before...and he hasn't looked back since. Now an integral part of Team Catapult, Patrick has run everything from a 5K to a marathon and has comp...
Mar 18, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Ten-time marathoner Emilia Benton is a staple on the Houston running scene. She got into running at a young age and ran her first marathon, the 2010 NYC Marathon, fresh out of college. Emilia is also a freelance journalist who has covered more than her share of running stories, in Houston and nationally. A BIPOC runner herself, Emilia struck a chord in the running community over the summer with a piece for Runner's World - 11 Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Runners Speak Out About...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Brant Kotch first volunteered for the Houston Marathon Committee in 1992, joined the Board of Directors in 1996, became the course director in 1997 and was named President and Race Director in 2002. After 18 years as race director, Brant became the Race Director emeritus in February 2020. We chat through his tenure at the Houston Marathon Committee, what it was like to host the 2012 Olympic Trials - Marathon, and the craziest stories he's heard from race weekend. Facebook - Brant Kotch Instagram...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 9
If you ran any of the big 5k or 10 k races in the Houston area between 2014-2018, chances are Maximo beat you at some point. A prolific racer during his days at Luke's Locker, he got started running at a young age and ran his first half marathon when he was just 15 years old. After running a 2:35:30 at the 2016 Chevron Houston Marathon, Maximo thinks he might run another marathon one day, but for now is focused on his son, Maximo Jr., who is just getting started. Insatgram - Maximo_saysrunit Fac...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Not only is Subbu Venkat a member of the HARRA and Houston Marathon Committee Board of Directors, he is also a living organ donor. We talk through some of the 25 marathons he has run, including his 3:10:30 PR at the 2018 Grandma's Marathon, how he was instrumental in Hitomi Niiya's win at the 2020 Aramco Houston Half Marathon in a Japanese national record, what it takes to be a living organ donor, and why runners make good candidates. Twitter - subbuHTX Instagram - subbuvenkat Donate Life The Li...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 7
A relative newbie to Houston, Blake is excited to explore the Houston running scene. We chat about everything from his exploration of the best places to run in Houston to what it was like having to take a year off from running to recover from a fractured patella. You can follow Blake on Instagram at @alder.run SHOW SOCIAL Twitter - @runnersofhou Instagram - @runnersofhou Instagram - @vickyoddi...
Feb 11, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 6
While Stephanie only lived in Houston for a few years, she had a big impact on the Houston running community. Listen as we talk through her running career at Purdue, including the second-best day of her life, what it was like to participate in the 24 hour Houston Hack-a-thon, which brought about the creation of Swiftally, and chasing a sub-3 hour marathon. Strava - Stephanie Bonk LinkedIn - Stephanie Bonk Insatgram - Swiftally Web - Swiftally Show Social Twitter - @runnersofhou Instagram - @runn...
Feb 10, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Meet Mary T - the founder and executive director of Girls on the Run Greater Houston. A runner for over 50 years, Mary T did not run her first marathon until after her children were born. And she started with the Paris Marathon, which led to a goal of running on every continent! Find out how far she is in her journey and learn more about how you can get in involved with Girls on the Run Greater Houston in the latest episode of the Runners of Hou podcast. Girls on the Run Greater Houston Website ...
Feb 04, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Meet Marcus Lewis aka @irondad on instagram. A 44-year-old father of four, Marcus is a Boston Marathon qualifier, an Ironman, and a Woodlands Marathon Ambassador. SHOW SOCIAL Twitter - @runnersofhou Instagram - @runnersofhou Instagram - @vickyoddi
Jan 29, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Meet Heather Foley. One of the happiest mother runners you will ever come across. Heather got started in running in 2008 when a coworker told her she wouldn't be able to run a half marathon. Twelve years, four 100km races, 25 ish marathons, and countless other races since, it's safe to say she proved them wrong. Find out what a purse potato is and what she wants to do with Matthew McConaughey in this episode! You can find Heather here: Twitter - @haf811 Instagram - @haf811 SHOW SOCIAL Twitter - ...
Jan 27, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Sam Robles is a runner, striking coach at Gracie Barra Heights, and former employee of Luke's Locker. Sam has been one of the most outspoken members of Houston running community for the past eight years - from when he joined Luke's Locker, to when he became a coach of their 9-5 program and was the head of the Team Luke's program, to being a guide for team Catapult. Sam has just rejoined social media and you can follow him on instagram at @teamdumptruck SOCIAL Twitter - @runnersofhou Instagram - ...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Welcome to the Runners of HOU Podcast! I'm your host, Vicky Oddi, and I'm here to share the the stories of the runners in and around the Greater Houston Area. The goal is to make this a weekly podcast, so be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Soundcloud or however you get your podcasts. SOCIAL Twitter - @runnersofhou Instagram - @runnersofhou Instagram - @vickyoddi...
Jan 13, 2021•2 min
