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We are so excited to announce an exciting event with Cherie Louise Turner! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/runfartherandfaster/message

In this episode, we welcomed for the THIRD time our dear friend and top physical therapist and running coach, Rachel Miller, owner of ProAction Physical Therapy, who gives a ton of solid advice on managing those little pains and niggles one month before race day and why taking some time off will NOT derail your performance. No one has a perfect tra…

Contrary to popular opinion, you can run your best race at Boston, provided that you prepare and execute with the right plan (and in decent weather conditions, of course). In this episode, we share a step by step plan on how to train and race for a PR on this storied course. Don’t forget to leave a review and/or share this episode. Thanks for liste…

Denver-based clinical sports psychologist, Dr. Justin Ross, helps athletes all over the world develop high skills aimed at peak performance. In this episode, Justin provides tips for scenarios that runners experience while training and racing, including overcoming pre-race and performance anxiety, negative thoughts after a workout or race, fear of …

We welcomed registered sports dietitian and two-time Olympic Trials Qualifier, Kelsey Beckmann Pontius, back to the podcast. In this episode Kelsey maps out a fueling blueprint for Boston that can also be used for any marathon. Nutrition is the one element of our training that we can control, so why not optimize it now?! Kelsey is the owner of Mete…

We've been following Shawanna White's running trajectory for years on Instagram, and we were so thrilled to finally meet her in person! Shawanna was one of the nine amazing women featured in the documentary, Breaking Three Hours: Trailblazing African-American Women Marathoners, and holds the record for the most sub three-hour marathons for United S…

Our guest this week, the amazing April Lund, shared her incredible journey from addict to elite runner in just a few years. April, age 41, recently won the Masters women's race at the USATF Cross Country Championships and will represent the United States with Ben Bruce on 2/19 at the World Masters Athletics Short Course Cross Country Championships …

After watching the documentary, Breaking Three Hours: Trailblazing African-American Women Marathoners, we were thrilled to welcome the creator, Tony Reed, who is the founder of the National Black Marathoners Association (NBMA). The NBMA is the country's oldest and largest, not-for-profit organization of Black American distance runners. The objectiv…

While there are no shortcuts in training, there are efficiencies to help you save time and train just as well. In this episode, we share ten training hacks that will allow you to fit it all in, even when you are short on time (and energy). We have a favor to ask you--could you leave us a five star review in Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen? He…

After learning about 3 x Boston Marathoner, Justine Galloway’s journey on the Today Show, we had to reach out to se if she would share her story on the podcast. We are so grateful that Justine agreed to do so! Justine, a former runner for Rutgers University and a 3:16 marathoner, was diagnosed with Runner’s Dystonia at age 31 after suddenly not bei…

We are kicking off the Boston Marathon 2023 training cycle by busting popular marathon training myths to help you run your best Boston or spring marathon! If you are seeking coaching for the Boston Marathon, check out our group (virtual) coaching program. We also continue to offer individual coaching. Check out our website, social media, or email u…

After Julie provided a post-surgery update, we welcomed the amazing Lanae Brody, a Los Angeles-based reporter whose ACL journey was featured in People Magazine recently. Lanae shares how she tore her ACL, endured multiple surgeries, and ultimately became a marathoner and Team for Kids Champion. Lanae can be found on Instagram @lanaebrody (www.insta…

We welcomed author and former collegiate runner, Emily Pifer, to the podcast this week. Emily shares more about her new memoir, The Running Body, which is her story of addiction, image, and healing, through the lens of a long-distance runner. In her book, Emily describes how, during her time as a collegiate distance runner, she began to run more wh…

In this episode, Lisa interviews Julie, who shares some tough news. The audio in this episode is a little rough in a few spots, so please forgive us. Thanks for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/runfartherandfaster/message

We were so thrilled to welcome past podcast guest, Maegan Krifchin, who defied the odds and ran NYC, Philly, and CIM within the same month, culminating with a PR of 2:29:20 at CIM. Maegan shares how she and her coach, Amy Yoder Begley, approached her recovery and training, how she dealt with disappointment during NYC, and how her injury played a ro…

We don’t have a car to give away, like Oprah, but we do have a list, like Oprah, of our Favorite Running-Related Things for 2022 . We hope that you enjoy this list as much as we enjoyed creating it. For a full list with links to the items we mentioned, check out this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10oFUpJAwp3LfnxBZqiG7F4Ft0A0pJmcA/viewFor mo…

What a pleasure to talk with CNN anchor and correspondent, Ana Cabrera, who ran the 2022 NYC Marathon in 2:57. Ana shares details about her training, balancing family and career with her running, and how running served as a gateway to her education and eventual career path. In addition to being a talented runner and journalist, Ana is a philanthrop…

After seeing a forecast consisting of heat, humidity, 40 MPH wind gusts, and potential storms, Lisa was understandably not excited about racing her fall goal marathon, Indy Monumental. In this episode, Lisa shares how she overcame her anxiety and conquered the course in less-than-ideal conditions by controlling the controllables. Congratulations to…

Angela Anderson is the Deputy Director of Business and Marketing for the Marine Corps Marathon and shares her tips for running your best MCM! Wishing all of the MCM runners a fantastic race!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/runfartherandfaster/message

With fall marathon season in full swing, we wanted to provide our listeners with another coaching episode. We discuss all of the ways we can set ourselves up for success while running a marathon. We tackle nutrition, race anxiety, and mental preparation. We hope that our tips will help everyone run to their fullest potential on race day! Interested…

This week, in Part IV of our Fall Marathon Race Series, we welcomed Scott Abbott, Executive Director of the Sacramento Running Association which is the machine behind the California International Marathon (CIM), one of the nation's premier running events, a known OTQ and BQ qualifier, and one of the world's largest marathons. Scott, who has over 20…

We have so enjoyed interviewing the race directors of upcoming fall marathons! This week, we are excited to welcome Philadelphia Marathon Race Director, Kathleen Titus, who shares the ins and outs of the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend! Kathleen is the owner of All Fitness Events (AFE) and Race Director of the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend. Thanks to…

What a legend! We were SO thrilled to speak the Executive Race Director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Carey Pinkowski! Pinkowski is the founder of Chicago Event Management and has been serving as Chicago's Executive Race Director since 1990. During his tenure, Pinkowski witnessed Chicago's exponential growth, expanding from 6000 register…

After we discuss the BIG news out of Boston, we are so excited to kick off our fall marathon series! With so many of our runners preparing for fall marathons, we decided to interview the race directors of five upcoming fall marathons! In this episode, the first of five interviews, we interviewed Rob Mullett, the Events and Operations Manager for In…

With fall marathon season in full swing, we wanted to provide our listeners with a coaching episode. We discuss all of the ways we can set ourselves up for success on race day. We tackle nutrition, mental preparation, physical preparation, and race logistics. We hope that our tips will help everyone run to their fullest potential on race day.--- Se…

In Episode 138, Dr. Stacy Sims joined us share how to implement her recommendations in Roar when training for endurance sports. During the interview, Dr. Sims recommended that menopausal athletes stop using gels and salt tabs, among other nutrition recommendations that surprised us. As a result, we reached out to past podcast guest and top register…

We so enjoyed our conversation with Dr. Matthew Sedgley ("Sedge"), MD, who shared a lot of information on injury prevention and managing heat/humidity while racing.Dr. Sedgley is a physician specializing in sports medicine. He is fellowship trained in both family medicine and sports medicine. His special interests include musculoskeletal injuries, …

We are so thrilled to welcome Dr. Stacy Sims, PhD, a leading exercise and nutrition scientist and author of Roar and Next Level. Dr. Sims coined the phrase, "Women and Not Small Men," and has been tirelessly advocating for women to be better represented in scientific studies involving athletic performance. Hef newest book, Next Level, focuses on me…

Dr. Tod Olin is a pulmonologist and director of the National Jewish Health Exercise and Performance Breathing Center in Denver, where he works with athletes of all levels, including Olympic and professional athletes. Dr. Olin is also one of the leading experts on returning to exercise after Covid. As Dr. Olin mentioned in this recent New York Times…

After a summer hiatus, we are back! We spoke with Runner's World contributing editor and author, Scott Douglas, a prolific writer and lifetime runner,. Scott has authored a number of running books, including two New York Times bestsellers with Meb-- Meb for Mortals and 26 Marathons. Scott also wrote The Genius of Athletes, Advanced Marathoning, and…

We are back after a few "down weeks" in our podcasting...just like in training, we needed a few weeks to rest and regroup! Thanks for joining us again for Season 9! This week, we welcomed a very special doctor--the doctor who healed past podcast guest and Boston Marathon age group winner, Heather Knight Pech (see episode 132), who was dealing with …

On this week’s episode, we did a deep dive into the subject of pacing and how you can improve your race times and decrease the chance of injury by following these pacing guidelines. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/runfartherandfaster/message

Gene Dykes ran a 2:54 marathon at age 70, and became the fastest 70 year old in the world. Today, at age 74, Gene continues to train unconventionally while breaking records and running with joy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/runfartherandfaster/message

We are so excited to welcome the amazing Heather Knight Pech back to the podcast. Check out Episode 72 to hear our first conversation with Heather. Heather, at age 60, won the 60 to 64 age group division at the 2022 Boston Marathon in a time of 3:03, and broke Joan Benoit Samuelson's 60 to 64 age group record. In this episode, Heather shares how sh…

At age 57 and after over three decades of breaking personal records, Lisa Veneziano continues to defy the odds as a masters runner. Most recently, at the 2022 Boston Marathon (her 17th Boston), Lisa won her age group (55 to 59) in a time of 3:03. Just six months earlier, Lisa ran 2:58 at the 2021 Boston Marathon and 2:56 at the Philadelphia Maratho…

The New York Times recently covered Markelle Taylor's story after he ran a 2:52 marathon in Boston at age 49, just one week after he was released from parole after serving an 18 year prison sentence in San Quentin State Prison in Northern California. We reached out to Markelle, who graciously agreed to come on our podcast and share his journey from…

We so enjoyed recording this episode before a live audience at the PRX Podcast Garage in Boston with Strides Forward Host, Cherie Turner! About the featured guests: Marilyn Bevans is a pioneer in US women’s marathoning. In the 1970s, she became the first nationally competitive American-born Black woman marathon runner in the US, and she is the firs…

We are back from a memorable Boston Marathon weekend and share all of the details, including race recaps for both of us. Being back in Boston in April was truly magical. We hope you enjoy our (long) recap.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/runfartherandfaster/message…

Boston on Patriots’ Day is back, baby, and we could not be more excited! In addition to meeting up with our runners and listeners at our Boston shake-out run on Sunday 4/17 at 9 am (Brewer Fountain in the Commons), we are so excited to run the race on this historical day again! Before we run, we must taper and fuel, and while we run, we must execut…

When we wanted to find some guidance for advising our runners on the best way to return to running after Covid, we turned to the American College of Cardiology Return to Sport after Covid Guidelines, co-authored by our guest, Dr. Jonathan Kim, an Atlanta-base sports cardiologist. While certainly vaccinations have changed the Covid landscape, vaccin…

We were honored to speak with Boston Marathon pioneer, Valerie (Val) Rogosheske, who is one of the original eight women finishers from the first official women’s field in 1972. Val, a Minnesota native, placed in the top ten at the Boston Marathon three times, taking sixth in 1972 (4:29:32), ninth in 1973 (3:51:12), and eighth in 1974 (3:09:38). The…

We welcomed Boston Race Director, Dave McGillivray, back to the podcast for a FOURTH time to update us on this year's Boston Marathon, which will be the first April Boston Marathon since 2019. In addition to celebrating the 50th anniversary of women officially running Boston, Dave will be partaking in another 50th anniversary this year--his own run…

In this episode, we welcomed for the second time our dear friend and top physical therapist and running coach, Rachel Miller, owner of ProAction Physical Therapy, who gives a ton of solid advice on managing those little pains and niggles one month before race day. No one has a perfect training cycle, and Rachel shares how we can save our season (an…

With six weeks to go, we decided to record a coaching episode during which we share all of the things we can do right now to maximize our race experience, including key workouts, setting goals (other than PRs), and managing injury and setbacks. Please leave us a five star review on wherever you get your podcasts. This helps other listeners find us.…

After speaking with Skid Row Running Club member, Angel Salgado on Episode 118, we were thrilled to welcome Skid Row Running Club founder, Judge Craig Mitchell. Judge Mitchell started the Skid Row Running Club in 2012 after a man he had previously sentenced to prison, Roderick Brown, contacted him after his release to introduce him to the Midnight …

After sharing some Boston training tips, we welcomed Mark Buciak to the podcast! Mark is seriously THE GOAT of consecutive Boston Marathons. In fact, Mark has run 42 consecutive Boston Marathons (he's only 61), with a PR of 2:30. Mark is the vice president of the Boston Marathon Quarter Century Club, an exclusive club for those who have completed a…

What a treat to speak with registered sports dietitian and two-time Olympic Trials Qualifier, Kelsey Beckmann Pontius, RD! Kelsey is the owner of Meteor Nutrition (www.meteornutrition.com) through which she provides nutrition services to runners of all levels. Kelsey grew up playing competitive soccer, and eventually ended her career as a D1 soccer…

The moving documentary, Skid Row Marathon (https://skidrowmarathon.com/), features the true story about Los Angeles Judge Craig Mitchell's Skid Row Running Club in Los Angeles, Judge Mitchell meets runners for early morning training runs that start from the Midnight Mission, a shelter that provides services to build a bridge between homelessness an…

We so enjoyed talking with Karen Dunn, who qualified for the Olympic Trials at 43 years old, just five years after running her very first marathon in 2017. We loved hearing Karen's story, including running as an elite in Boston 2018--and who she sat on the bus with on the way to Hopkinton--reaching her ultimate goal, a 2:43 marathon at Chicago, and…

Recently, the Boston Athletic Association announced a robust and very impressive professional women's field for 2022. The list of women running the Boston Marathon this April includes many familiar names--- Molly Seidel, Des Linden, Edna Kiplagat, Nell Rojas, Sara Hall, Kellyn Taylor, and Stephanie Bruce---and several super impressive masters women…