More Than Running with Dana Giordano

By CITIUS MAG

What's More Than Running with Dana Giordano about?

Listen as Dana Giordano, a professional middle-distance runner, sits down and talks with some of the most inspirational and insightful women in running. Whether they're doing amazing things on the track or working tirelessly to promote the sport as industry leaders and entrepreneurs, hear how they've found success.

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Why hello, my friends. I missed you! As it turns out moving across the country takes a moment and I've been cooking up something special for this fall for the podcast. Stay tuned1 In the meantime here is a special ...

More Than Running with Dana Giordano episodes:

07.21.2023 BONUS EPISODE: Courtney Wayment on recovery, gratitude, and steeplechase. Why hello, my friends. I missed you! As it turns out moving across the country takes a moment and I've been cooking up something special for this fall for the podcast. Stay tuned1 In the meantime here is a special ...
05.19.2023 Angel Piccirillo on resilience in the face of track training group changes Angel Piccirillo graduated from Villanova University with a clear plan in mind: run fast, secure a contract, join a training group, represent national teams, and repeat the process. However, little did she expect that, despite being a 9-time All-American and ...
04.27.2023 Olympian Valerie Constien signs professional track contract with Nike two years post Tokyo Games "It’s really amazing because I’m 27 years old. I’ve made an Olympic team. I’ve made an Olympic final. I’m an indoor national champion. I have all these accolades and I finally have a contract. It’s really cool because it’s just ...
04.17.2023 Emma Bates After Running 2:22:10 And Finishing Top American At The 2022 Boston Marathon Congratulations to Emma Bates for placing 5th in the Boston Marathon TODAY in 2:22:10. Listen to her immediate post-race thoughts on More Than Running with Dana.
04.04.2023 Athletes? Influencers? Chats on the running creator economy today with Cait Keen and Erin Bailey. Have you ever wondered why it seems like specific runners online keep getting free gear, trips, and race entries? Why are these people sometimes elites and sometimes everyday athletes? In this episode of More Than Running - Erin Bailey, founder ...
03.17.2023 Lauren Fleshman wants to change the future of women's sports - A Good For a Girl book conversation In this episode of More Than Running, I FINALLY sat down with Lauren Fleshman to discuss her new book Good For a Girl. I believe this book should be mandatory reading for anyone who coaches female athletes, is an athlete, ...
03.12.2023 Sustainability and running with Emma Coburn and Elodie Watrin. MTR x TSS Minisode 4. Welcome back to more than running with Dana. I’m your host Dana Giordano, and on this show, I talk to the women in and around the running community who inspire me daily. I started this podcast when I was running ...
02.23.2023 More Than Running - Dana's first solo mini episode On this episode of More Than Running, I take a moment to chat about the WHY for the podcast and where it goes from here. When your relationship with running changes, it can be hard to see how it fits ...
12.19.2022 Pathways for opportunity through running with Gabby Thomas and Vanessa Ong. MTR x TSS Minisode 3. Welcome back to more than running with Dana. I’m your host Dana Giordano, and on this show, I talk to the women in and around the running community who inspire me daily. I started this podcast while running professionally and ...
12.09.2022 Conversations on mental health in running with Heather MacLean and Harky Kalsi. MTR x TSS Minisode 2. Welcome back to more than running with Dana. I’m your host Dana Giordano, and on this show, I talk to the women in and around the running community who inspire me daily. I started this podcast when I was running ...
12.02.2022 The power of women's running communities with Femke Bol and Tammy Tammy Salazar-Andurand. MTR x TSS Minisode 1 Welcome back to more than running with Dana. I’m your host Dana Giordano and on this show I talk to the women in and around the running community who inspire me daily. I started this podcast when I was running ...
10.21.2022 Maggie Montoya has unfinished business in her running career "It doesn't happen immediately for a lot of people. And I think just sticking it out and doing it. And then you also see a lot of women that leave the sport for a long time after college and they ...
10.07.2022 Emily Cole - Duke track athlete, author of The Player's Plate, and NIL social media star On this episode of More Than Running, I had a great conversation with Duke senior athlete Emily Cole. Emily competes in the steeplechase, and this year she placed 7th at the NCAA Championships and qualified for the USA Championship. Emily ...
09.30.2022 Olympic Gold medalist Jessie Diggins wants to be the best in the world, AGAIN! How Jessie cultivates a healthy happy training environment. " I would love to win a overall World Title again.. To me, that's kind of the, the ultimate goal. So it takes stamina and planning over an entire season. I think it's, it's one of those reach goals where ...
09.23.2022 Ultramarathoner Courtney Dauwalter On Pushing the Boundaries of How Far the Body Can Run Summertime is over, folks! And we are kicking off the 5th season of More Than Running with Dana. My life has changed significantly in the past year as I transitioned from professional track, moved across the country to SF, and ...
08.22.2022 Vanessa Fraser Leaves The Bowerman Track Club in Oregon, She Explains What's Next “ In fact, maybe the only way to get to where you want is to detour from that path that you had in mind originally, or that, you know, is the traditional path of doing things and, and trusting that ...
08.12.2022 Ali Feller/Ali on the Run on carving out her own space in the running community This episode is a long time coming. Fellow podcaster Ali Feller joins me on More Than Running podcast to catch up and share more about her "goals", dreams, and current life update. Ali is the host of the Ali on ...
07.29.2022 Bringing the World Championships to life in Eugene with Communications Director Jessi Gabriel "I'm getting emotional thinking about it. He picked her up and they stood there for six minutes hugging. It was so so sweet... Just to see those moments where it's a moment that nobody else got to witness...Her joy that ...
07.14.2022 Chloe Abbott - The multi-hyphenate 400m sprinter, musician, actor developing her passions on and off the track. "Yes, running is amazing. It's freedom, it's hard work, it's amazing. It's one of the best sports I think in the entire world, but there is so much to that when you learn who you are. When you learn who ...
07.13.2022 Eugene 22 World Championship preview with 5x WC qualifier Molly Huddle. Women's distance events and more! On this special bonus episode of More Than Running, I chat with 5x World Championship qualifier Molly Huddle about everything she is excited about for Eugene 22. We primarily cover women's distance events with a heavy bias toward the hometown, ...
07.01.2022 America's Premier 800m Team - Catching up with Atlanta Track Club at USAs with Allie Wilson, Olivia Baker, and Yolanda Ngarambe You may know the Atlanta Track Club best from the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials BUT the team has been developing a dominance in the middle distance events under the coaching guidance of Amy and Andrew Begley. I had the opportunity ...
06.22.2022 Emily Pritt - Athlete, Agent and Community Leader On this episode of More Than Running I spoke with my friend Emily Pritt. Emily and I share a lot of common ground within the running world as women who have held a lot hats within this space. Emily’s current ...
06.14.2022 Kendall Ellis - Leveling up in the 400m and Gaining Confidence on the World Stage "More Than Running" needs more than distance runners it needs sprinters! This week’s guest is Kendall Ellis. You may remember Kendall from her viral 4x4 finish for USC back in 2018 where she walked down Georgia in the last 80 ...
06.03.2022 Natosha Rogers Makes Team USA for the World Championships – 10 Years After Olympic Trials Heartbreak "I don't know what that was. It was this narrow tunnel vision. I saw it slip away there for a second. It was this decision in my entire body that was like, 'No. I am going to take this spot.' ...
05.27.2022 Lessons on Finding Joy in Running with Allie Wilson Welcome, Allie Wilson to More Than Running! Allie is a member of the Atlanta Track Club and a graduate of Monmouth University. This season Allie has been on a tear in the 800m recently running the World Championship Standard 1:58.18 ...
05.03.2022 Julie Culley LIVE! An open and honest conversation on career, family and grit Join me and 2012 Olympian and Brooks Sports Marketing Manager, Julie Culley, for a special recording of the More Than Running Podcast. Over Boston Marathon weekend, I had the opportunity to sit down and share Julie’s incredible story from athlete ...
04.20.2022 A New Chapter of Discovery, Advocacy and Running With Nikki Hiltz "I would tell them to stop having insignificant people have a significant impact on your life. I feel like that's what I would tell Nikki from a year ago. It's hard. I still tell myself that every day and it's ...
04.09.2022 How To Develop Self-Belief, Confidence With Empire Elite's Dani Aragon (Cameo by Molly Seidel + Jon Green) This week's guest is Dani Aragon. She is a U.S. 800m and 1500m specialist who was a star at Notre Dame, a U.S. Olympic Trials finalist, an amazing human and so much more. At the beginning of the episode, you'll ...
03.25.2022 Using, Maximizing TikTok To Tell Women's Sports Stories To Millions (With Logan Hackett aka SportsWithLogs) "I created another page where I was doing fashion reviews and rating outfits from red carpet events and fashion shows. That's completely not up my alley at all. I've grown up an athlete. All my friends are athletes. I had ...
03.17.2022 The Importance of Storytelling In Track and Field, Media Representation (Ft. Jasmine Todd) Dana Giordano and Jasmine Todd discuss the different ways track and field athletes use social media, balancing it with their personal lives and the importance of representation across all events for female athletes. On social media, World Athletics' Michelle Sammet ...
02.24.2022 2022 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Preview: Who To Watch, Storylines to Follow (Run Your Mouth Podcast Crossover) This week, we tell you everything you need to know about the upcoming U.S. Indoor National Championships in a very special crossover episode with Run Your Mouth with David Melly, our sibling podcast in the Citius Mag network. This episode ...
02.10.2022 Episode 15 \| Hannah O'Flynn: Artist, Creator & Athlete Combining Her Talents To Advocate For Women’s Sports We're taking a small step out of the running realm and into the basketball space for a bit – although our guest did run in college. Hannah O'Flynn is an incredible content creator, video producer, social media manager, saxophone player, ...
02.03.2022 Episode 14 \| Samantha Hanson Is Paving Her Own Path In Track & Field As An Agent Samantha Hanson is paving her own path in the sport of Track and Field. As the daughter of Kevin Hanson, one of the head coaches of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, Sam was essentially born and raised in track & field. ...
01.27.2022 Episode 13 \| NCAA Champion Anna Camp-Bennett On Turning Pro, Signing With Adidas + The Next Chapter "Honestly, it was a dream come true. I can't tell you how much younger Anna would be freaking out right now like, 'Woah! You're a professional athlete!' Once it really hit me, I thought this is amazing. Not only that ...
01.20.2022 Episode 12 \| Heather MacLean On Handling Post-Olympic Comedown, Getting Her Love For The Sport Back "My immediate feeling afterward was a little bit of disappointment in myself. Now I think back on it and realize I created this goal at the trials. I was an underdog making it to the Olympics in the first place ...
12.30.2021 Episode 11 \| Catching Up With Erin Azar aka Mrs. Space Cadet After Blowing From Pandemic Struggles to 700K Followers + Major Inspiration "I never thought I would inspire anybody in life. I quit everything. I was never an inspiring person. To see me now, by just sharing my story of going from really sad to really glad and that being able to ...
12.16.2021 Episode 10 \| Sara Vaughn Crushes Her Marathon Debut (2:26:53) With A Win At The California International Marathon, 5th Fastest U.S. Debut Ever! “I think the biggest thing is that I still love it. I’ve told myself after every season when you get tired toward the end and you don’t tend to love it as much, it’s OK if you want to walk ...
12.09.2021 Episode 9 \| Keira D'Amato Finally Gets Her National Title, Thoughts + Emotions on The New OTQ 2024 Standards "Coming out of college, I tried running for a little bit and got injured. Then I gave up on myself. I let go of that dream and I forgave myself for not hitting those dreams. Then, I gave myself permission ...
12.01.2021 Episode 8 \| Oregon22 Board Member Liz Dolan On Staying Noisy And Uplifting Female Voices + Athletes If you enjoy this podcast, women's sports or marketing, then Liz Dolan has maybe had some sort of impact on your life. She has worked as the Chief Marketing Office at NIKE, The Oprah Winfrey Network, National Geographic and Fox ...
11.23.2021 Episode 7 \| Colleen Quigley On Making Big Changes And Moving Forward From Injury Heartbreak (LIVE from WHOOP's NYC Pop-Up) This week's guest is Colleen Quigley for the first-ever "More Than Running" podcast live show at WHOOP's pop-up in New York City. We talked a lot about all of the recent changes in her life, which I related to a ...
11.15.2021 Episode 6 \| 20x Paralympic Champion Tatyana McFadden On Her Advocacy For Disabled Athletes "I feel like if we could parallel in sports with Paralympics and marathons and wheelchair racing, we can also help parallel disabilities in communities. A lot of our idols come from sports figures. We can really give back to our ...
10.27.2021 Episode 5 \| Loyola Coach Amy Horst On Acknowledging Success And Pushing For Equality "For as much as our pandemic has been focused on inaction and staying at home, I think with the changes that we're trying to make, we're actually trying to do things about them now that we're back out in the ...
10.21.2021 Episode 4 \| 800m Olympic Bronze Medalist Raevyn Rogers On Surrounding Yourself With Supporters "Having those people around that I can talk to in different phases of my emotions has helped balance keeping me inspired and excited about progression." Raevyn Rogers put together one of the best seasons, which was capped by a 1:56.81 ...
10.13.2021 Episode 3 \| Lennie Waite, Ph.D. on Improving Your Mental Game and Strategy "People who are winning medals are motivated by the people who are making the final. The people who are making the final are motivated by people who are making a threat to make the team. And if you can just ...
10.06.2021 Episode 2 \| Chanelle Price On The Power of Perseverance "Taking it back to 2017, that's when the trials and tribulations started. I found out about some blood clots in my lungs in Jan. 2017 and it seemed like ever since then it was one thing after another. That same ...
09.29.2021 Episode 1 \| Kate Grace On Overcoming Disappointment and Finding Your Best Self "Time moves forward. There is the next step and there is an action to be taken...It's no fun to have a disappointment but you fully control what happens next. Your decisions and actions can make whatever happens next...so why not ...
04.07.2021 Season 2 Wrap Up + Injury + Training Update + Plans for Season 3 To wrap up Season 2 of More Than Running, Dana Giordano sits down with producer Chris Chavez to breakdown the biggest lessons from speaking to this season's guests. We featured: Michelle Sammet, Porscha Dobson, Bobbi Gibb, Katherine Burgess, Mrs. Space ...
03.31.2021 Episode 13 \| Courtney Wayment, 2x NCAA Champion for BYU Courtney Wayment is a fifth-year senior at BYU and recently notched victories at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the DMR (won in the second-fastest time in NCAA history) and 3,000m (9:01.47). She has a bubbly, sparkling personality ...
03.12.2021 Episode 12 \| Grayson Murphy, Mountain Running World Champion and Pro for Saucony Grayson is a multi-talented athlete with success on the trails and track. She got started in soccer and currently does cross-country skiing on the side. After transitioning from being a collegiate soccer player at Santa Clara, she got more into ...
03.05.2021 Episode 11 \| Taylor Treacy, Founder of The Virago Project Taylor Treacy is a former UNC volleyball athlete. After graduating, Taylor played volleyball professionally overseas where she developed several mental health struggles. Inspired by her own journey and wanting to help others she founded the Virago Project. "Virago" means female ...

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