This week on the rundown, we recap the Olympic Marathon Trials and celebrate Wisconsin native, Molly Seidel's race and her road to Atlanta. Not only has running changed Molly's life, but it makes such an impact on everyone who runs. It's kind of the reason why a lot of us take up running and keep at it. Plus, the Cream City Pacers Social Contest is officially live. 

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Website: https://www.creamcitypacers.com/306-celebrating-molly-seidel

This week on the rundown, Alex and Apostoli talk about the Olympic Marathon Trials, which include a handful of local runners and more than a dozen Wisconsin runners. This year features the largest group in trials history with over 700 runners. Who will represent the USA at the 2020 Summer Games?

More episode details: https://www.creamcitypacers.com/228-road-to-atlanta

This week we talk about battling fear and boredom during runs. How devastating it can be to your wellbeing when you push off running.  What the Olympic Trials has in store for a few local runners. We wrap up with talk about the Tokyo Marathon being canceled.

In celebration of Valentine's Day, we are talking about the heart. From a romantic running adventure to heart rate training, we have a 'heart'y episode for you this week. BIG UPDATE ALERT, Apostoli is officially back to running. Also, Alex will be speaking about the Cream City Pacer's podcast on the East Town Coffee Connection panel on Thursday, Feb 20th at the Marcus Performing Art Center.

More episode details: https://www.creamcitypacers.com/214-heart-shaped-pizza

Sarah Hauer is a journalist at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the mastermind behind her weekly newsletter Be MKE. Sarah joins us today to talk about overcoming adversity after injury. We have all experienced a running injury that sets us back a few weeks before we are back at it. For Sarah, this wasn’t the case. She was just 10 days away from completing a year-long run streak leading up to her birthday when she got hit by a car. Listen as she goes in detail on what it was like to go from having a run streak to being hit and being out of running for two years.

This week we talk about that one thing we can't run without. There were a bunch of great listener submissions, so stick around until the end to hear those. To cap off the show, we created a list of the top five things we can't run without. How many of them are on your list? Also, we learn that Apostoli went to Yosemite over the weekend, but sadly still isn't back to running. 

More episode details: https://www.creamcitypacers.com/27-five-things-we-cant-run-without

This week we talk about the new carbon fiber plate technology in shoes. What is it? Why is it important to know? What will happen during the 2020 summer Olympics? Tune in to find out. Lastly, we look at the early February race schedule. What did we notice? There are four races on the weekend of Feb 14. Which one are you running? Good luck to everyone running the John Dick 50k this weekend.

More episode details: https://www.creamcitypacers.com/131-would-you-pay-more-money-to-run-faster

George Herrera got his start at the Hyatt Hotel and made his way all the way up to Executive Chef. He got to meet some great people, like Barrack Obama, Gene Simmons, Mick Jagger, Elton John, Sean Penn, Jack Nicholson, Colin Powell, George W Bush, just to name a few. However, as glamorous as all this seems from the outside, George's story is another reminder of how we can never know the battles each person may be fighting within. Listen as he walks us through his ups, downs, and shares how running affected every part of his life.

This week we share our stories about persevering. Huge shout out and thank you to Jodi and Lucia for submitting their empowering stories. Also, we take a look at the race schedule for the end of the month and learn how to apply to become a Lakefront Marathon Ambassador.

Episode Details: https://www.creamcitypacers.com/124-perseverance