Finish Lines and Milestones

By SandyBoy Productions

Finish Lines and Milestones is a podcast that celebrates the everyday runner. If you run, you’re a runner, and every runner has a story. Join host, Ally Brettnacher, every week as she shares these run... more

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The podcast currently has 125 episodes available.

Finish Lines and Milestones episodes:

March 01, 2024Episode 45: Fighting a Hidden Enemy
Holly Read is a Nike Dreamweaver. A project that has been going on for the last two years to support Olympic Trials hopefuls. She's one of only 120 women to be part of the first class. We talk about this experience and:
How she thought she was "past her prime" in her 20s

Her OTQ attempts

How you shouldn't trust the CIM busses to be on time

Applying and getting rejected from other amateur programs

Going for it - how she hasn't given up on her dream

Her health issues over the past few years that she finally discovered were caused by mold in her home

Her business, GRIT Performance Coaching, The #BeGritty Podcast, and her Facebook community, The #BeGritty Group

Mold test I mentioned
NO MORE 5K - Run to end domestic and sexual violence
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1h 28min
February 23, 2024Episode 44: Team #LungStrong 💜
Dania Whittey is a Cystic Fibrosis Warrior, mom, marathoner, soon-to-be ultra-marathoner and Indiana's CF STAR OF THE YEAR 2023! 🤩
During this episode we talk about:
How we 'met' through her Orangetheory coach, Kaity

Going from California to Colorado to Indiana

Cystic Fibrosis - her diagnosis, what it is, what it's like living with CF

How she started running (thank you, Mitch Mosby and OTF)

Training for a marathon with CF and running her first marathon with CF AND a stress fracture

How having CF has impacted her as a mom

The Chicago Marathon

Her faith throughout her CF journey

How to support Dania and Team Lungstrong

Other upcoming events:
March 6th - NO MORE 5K to help end domestic and sexual violence - virtual and in-person group run in Carmel, IN
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1h 7min
February 16, 2024Episode 43: Dreams Aren't Dumb
Gordon Strain and I met because he listed to episode 36 with his now running coach, Tracie Hunter. I'm so glad we got a chance to meet in person to record this episode. We talk about:
Our shared love of dogs

How he got into running

The fact that Dopey at Disney this year was his first marathon

Running all over the world (he got lost in Italy once)

The world of theatre and film and his company, Pigasus Pictures

Mental health and putting all of the pieces together - therapy, running, medication etc.

How Gordon is also a mixologist and bartender

Picking races based on places he loves (stealing this idea)
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1h 29min
February 16, 2024Episode 42: Will John Die?
John Calabrese is an ultra runner I met through Instagram. We recorded this interview the day before he tackles the Wild Oak Trail Run 100 miler. 🤯 You can track him via their Twitter, @TWOT100.

During this conversation we talk about:
Balancing being and adult and ultra running

Being a role model for his daughter and the importance of sport in personal growth

John's sobriety and how he's been sober for 10+ years

How the Navy is where he discovered running

Battling demons and the mental challenge of ultra running

How he joined #TeamDonald and what it's like being a caregiver

Weird things people find on the trails

Reviewing shoes for Believe In the Run and writing race recaps

What's next for John
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1h 20min
February 02, 2024Episode 41: You Never Regret a Run
Angelica McMurtray and I are both residents of Carmel, IN, but started out as virtual friends. During this episode we talk about:
How we met IRL

The “cheese video”

The Houston Half

How I refuse to believe Angelica is 52

How she started running at age 38 after having her three boys

Running for Ainsley’s Angels

Her running bucket list

The timeline of her running journey

Why we love talking about running

Air Force Marathon, back to back Chicago and Berlin

The Sam Costa Half Marathon - March 23rd this year

How Angelica SINGS and used to be part of a pop/hip hop acapella group that had a song on the radio, Pinay

How she loves CrossFit “because she sucks at it”

The Monon Pirate Cat (RIP)

Running the Marine Corps Marathon in a deluge of rain
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1h 40min
January 26, 2024Episode 40: From Anti-Athlete to "IronRose" 🏊‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🏃🏻‍♀️
Rose Scovel is a name I've known for a couple of years and I was finally able to meet her in person and hear her story. During this episode we talk about:
How I know Rose

Her most recent injury (f*** walnuts)

How she learned how to swim because her parents can't

How her college roommate got her into running

Being diagnosed with Type II diabetes

Her distain for treadmills

The data she collects and reflects on each month/year

The Mackinac Island Swim

Attempting a solo IronMan triathlon 10 years after her diabetes diagnosis

Joining PBT and running with "the really fast people"

Where she gets her motivation - "consistency is my superpower"
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1h 22min
January 19, 2024Episode 39: 50 Marathons in 50 States 🇺🇸
Todd Oliver is President and Race Director for CRRG Events in Carmel, IN. In December of 2023, Todd joined the 50 States Marathon Club by running the Honolulu marathon! He founded the Carmel Marathon and is responsible for several other local events. During this episode we talk about:
The Houston Half Marathon

How he started the 50 states adventure

Why Hawaii was saved for last

ABC goal setting (perfect for January)

Stories from across the 50 states - so many good ones!

What it takes to host a racing event

CRRG Signature Events - Indiana Women's Running Festival, 8-Hour Dream Endurance Race, Donut 5K

How to get involved and support your local races
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1h 47min
December 22, 2023Episode 38: Chaotic Potential
Ashley Haynes and I both serve on the board for Beyond Monumental, the organization behind the CNO Indianapolis Monumental Marathon. We had to wait to record this episode until after she ran a 10K, half marathon, marathon, 50K, 50mile, 100K and 100mile all in 2023...🤯

During this episode we talk about:
Running the first 7 miles of the Monumental together this year

The Monumental Kids Movement

How she thought about running her first ultra while running her first marathon

The world of ultra running

How her parents are her biggest cheerleaders and crew

Her 5 year run streak that started as a New Year's resolution

The Taylor treadmill workout

What she eats during a race and her three rules for ultra running

Awards and age group awards she's received

Running at night

How most race pictures are terrible but we got some good ones this year - thank you, Indy photographers!

P.S. This is the last episode of 2023! I'm taking three weeks off for the holidays and vacation. First episode of 2024 will be live on 1/19!
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1h 29min
December 15, 2023Episode 37: #STAYPOSITIVE
Michael Hartnagel ran across the entire state of Indiana in September of 2023 to raise awareness for prostate cancer and honor his dad, Ralph. During this episode we talk about:
Growing up in the 90s as the youngest of three boys and the son of two teachers

His dad's cancer diagnosis in January of 2017

How running came into the picture and his first marathon at the Indy Monumental

Run streaking and the two numbers Michael tracks for him and his dad's run streaks (1,000+ today)

The kind of cheerleader and parent his dad was

Walking the Indy Mini with his dad while he was going through chemo and radiation

Michael's first ultramarathon in May of 2023

Running back and forth in front of the Simon Cancer Center for his dad

The Run Across Indiana - 157 miles

Metastatic Mission, the organization Michael created aimed at "metastasizing" faith, love, and positivity
Follow Metastatic Mission on Instagram
Follow Michael on TikTok @thepositiverunner
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1h 8min
December 08, 2023Episode 36: Indiana Runner Girl 🏃🏻‍♀️
Tracie Hunter aka @indianarunnergirl is a badass masters runner who has run 34 marathons and competed in the Abbott Age Group World Championships. She also owns IRG Training. During this episode we talk about:
Embarrassing her teenage girls on the internet

How we are both "mathematicians"

Why she chose Purdue over IU even though her family is in Bloomington

Her THREE World Majors in 6 weeks

How she gained speed an qualified for the Abbott Age Group World Championships

Why she's never done a triathlon even though she used to be a swimmer

Advice for running more than one marathon in a season

Her coaching business, IRG Training and how it started

Running for Ainsley's Angels

Ultramarathons - she started with the 100K and loves running loops

What it's like to be her own coach

Winter running and how to shop for beautiful throwaway onesies

Future plans and why she's not in a hurry to get her sixth star

Her content creation process (watch the reel we made after recording here)
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1h 10min

FAQs about Finish Lines and Milestones:

How many episodes does Finish Lines and Milestones have?

The podcast currently has 125 episodes available.