Kelly Roberts, she/ her, is a 32 year old entrepreneur, YouTuber, podcaster, running coach and jokester. She is on a mission to help others ditch diet culture and finding community and fun.

In this episode we talk about:

-building community

-running through grief and difficult emotions

-overtraining, disordered eating and diet culture

-Kelly’s first half marathon experience

-running to overcome life’s obstacles

-the love-hate relationship with running

-learning about training and pacing

-feeling accomplished and proud of your effort

-the journey to qualifying for Boston (and failing)

-achieving goals enjoying the process along the way

-working through pre-defined limits and the stories we tell ourselves

-more to running than the marathon

-taking time off for mental health

-the loneliness of injuries

-the Badass Lady Gang and friendships beyond running

-unpacking deep thoughts and inner demons

-the human experience: similarities between elites and amateurs

-dating and forming romantic relationships

-body image resilience

-sports bra squad and running representation at all sizes

Thank you to Tracksmith and Goodr for sponsoring this episode! I’m proud to partner with Tracksmith, and they’re going to donate 5% of your order value to the Michael J Fox Foundation for all orders, and you’ll also get free shipping. The Michael J Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure and helping those living with Parkinsons. Both of my grandfathers have or had Parkinsons, and I’m grateful of Tracksmith’s support for something so personal.

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