Finish Lines and Milestones

Caroline Barlow and I met through St. Jude of Indiana, where her late brother, David, was treated for cancer and where she now works.

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During this episode, sponsored by Noogs, Amazfit and Previnex, we talk about:

• Representing St. Jude of Indiana at the CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon 

• Having her dad as her coach in middle school and high school 

• Why she ended up at Alabama for college and running in college 

• Her brother David and his cancer diagnosis they received her freshman year 

• The St. Jude Memphis Marathon 

• Meeting her husband, Oliver, on the track team at Alabama

• How she ended up getting a job at St. Jude and the work she does for them

• Coaching cross country  at Brebeuf High School 

  
  

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Matt May and I met through the 2025 Marine Corps Marathon team for Ainsley's Angels. Matt has been lending his legs to AA for four years.

During this episode, sponsored by Amazfit and Foot Levelers, we talk about:

• His tattoos because the day we recorded he had a three hour sleeve session 

• How he’s been a runner off and on since high school 

• How his coworker got him to do three 70.3 Ironman triathlons (Matt is a man of his word)

• Four years running with Ainsley’s Angels for marathons, half marathons, 10Ks, 5Ks, trail races, Spartan obstacle races and triathlons

• Running his first ever marathon at the Louisiana Marathon while pushing for Ainsley’s Angels 

• Winning his first ever ultra marathon and the beautiful prize he won

• The Marine Corps Marathon experience with his family and with Ainsley’s Angels 

• Having Matt come up to Indy for the 50th Indy Mini in May and me going to Lake Charles, LA for the Sunset 5K in July 

• His “outdoorsy-ness” - becoming an Eagle Scout and what he does now

• Losing his mom to Alzheimer’s

  
  

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Liz Hernandez and I met through Instagram and she was living in Indiana when we recorded this episode. She's now in the Tulsa, OK area.

During this episode, sponsored by Foot Levelers, Amazfit and Previnex, we talk about:

• Growing up in Lafayette and a little bit about her family

• Being bilingual in English and Spanish 

• Not being an athlete growing up, but instead being a “mathlete”

• How she got into running when her and her husband were trying to get pregnant 

• Recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea

• The first races she did in California

• Running a half marathon while 31 weeks pregnant with her second son (and later she talks about running a marathon at 5 weeks pregnant)

• Why she got certified as a running coach and ended up coaching middle school cross country 

• Homeschooling so she can raise her sons to be bilingual 

• Races she’s done - Carmel Marathon, CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, the 500 Festival Indy Mini 

• Her garage gym setup 

• Doing rim to rim in the Grand Canyon with her husband in 2020

• Her advice to women for postpartum and pregnancy

  
  

  One of the Reels Liz helped me with 😂

  
  

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Caitlin (Walsh) Johnson is the Head Coach for the Ball State Women's Field Hockey team and a coach at Orangetheory Fitness.

During this episode, sponsored by Amazfit and Cure, we talk about:

• Her new last name - Johnson - her maiden name is Walsh

• Being a coach - Head Coach for Women’s Field Hockey at Ball State and an Orange Theory Coach

• How she got into the sport of field hockey

• Her fitness coaching era - CycleBar, OrangeTheory Fitness, F45 

• Signing up for her first ever race - the Philly Half Marathon and then doing the Philly Marathon

• How she met her now husband, Drez

• Working with Matt Ebersole (EP 89) of PBT to PR her half in Napa and heading into the Boston Marathon 

• Pacing a marathon after only running one marathon herself

• Her Boston Marathon experience

• Becoming an ultramarathoner at The Full Mo 

• The injury she’s been struggling with heading into the Monumental 

• Running the Indy Mini half marathon as an elite 

• Her tattoos 

• Her dog, Zane

  
  

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This is a very special episode of Finish Lines & Milestones where I recap all the details of my 2025 CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon.

You can also read and see pictures on my blog ⁠here⁠ and other highlights are on my Instagram ⁠here⁠.

Abby Anderson and I met through previous guest, Nate Spangle. We got to sit down in person before the CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon.

During this episode, sponsored by Amazfit, Foot Levelers and Previnex, we talk about:

• The upcoming Indy Monumental Marathon - her third time running Indy 

• How she helped a complete stranger chase a BQ during one of her marathons

• The full backstory of Abby’s “WHY”

• Losing her mom to a heart attack brought on by an eating disorder 

• Running 7 miles every year on her mom’s birthday, September 19th 

• Why she started her @runningforseven Instagram account 

• The signs she sees from her mom  

  
  

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Mark Hill is my dad, so we met nearly 40 years ago and I've known him my whole life. 😉 I finally interviewed him for the podcast after we both ran the 2025 Marine Corps Marathon.

During this episode, sponsored by Previnex and Foot Levelers, we talk about:

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• Shoutout to my mom for getting both me and my dad into running
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• The dilemmas of racing pre-cell phone and nearly missing my sister’s First Communion
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• The Marine Corps Marathon
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• The other marathon’s he’s done - five of them we did together 
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• How reading the book Born to Run caused him to break his foot 
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• His first Boston Marathon in 2013, the year of the Boston Bombing
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• Poop stories (because you can’t interview my dad on a running podcast without covering this topic)
• Some of his best life advice

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Details and tickets for our celebration event at Indy Monumental.

This is a very special episode of Finish Lines & Milestones where I recap all the details of my 2025 Marine Corps Marathon experience with Ainsleys Angels and Rob Perez.

You can also read and see pictures on my blog here and other highlights are on my Instagram here.

Gareth Wilford is one of the owners of local run speciality empire, Athletic Annex. He's from South Africa and came to the United States on a running scholarship. So many great stories!

During this episode, sponsored by Foot Levelers and Cure, we talk about:

• His first memory in life is running to the shops in South Africa 

• How his entire family are professional race car drivers

• Growing up during the apartheid in South Africa 

• How he got the nickname “The Flash”

• His very low resting heart rate he gets from his mom (we’re talking 30s, people!)

• A crazy huge Facebook page he created for a Harry Potter game

• How his childhood best friend, Gordon, made him a better runner

• Getting a scholarship to run in the United States

• Moving to Indianapolis after college to continue pursuing running 

• Working the night shift at Target because of his South African visa

• The “very romantic” way he proposed to his wife, Laura

• How he started working for The Running Company and the evolution of the business(es)

• His daughters - Aslan and LuLu and the stories behind their names 

• His more recent running journey - London Marathon, Rim to Rim to Rim at the Grand Canyon, Wonderland Trail, New York City

• How he got into photography 

• The time he got embarrassed on live TV 

• The biggest regret of his running career  

  
  

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• Our love of race medals 

• The running podcast he co-hosts with two runners he met on TikTok, RunTok Live

• Making it to state in the 800m 

• The mistakes he made in his 20s and how he ended up where he is now 

• Signing up for his first marathon while on work release from jail

• Having a running friend you have a friendly competition with 

• Running Dopey at Disney with his sister

• Other races he’s done: Qualifying for Boston at Carmel, Chicago, Berlin, Mesa, Flying Pig

• 1st Phorm, the supplement company he works with 

• Winning his hometown half marathon at the Vincennes Half and crossing the finish line holding their dog, Oliver

• The importance of drinking enough water

  
  

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  Get tickets for I'll Have Another LIVE! with Emily Infeld after the CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon