This week we caught up with mom, runner, USATF certified Level 2 coach Cheryl Miller to see what she has been up to since our last conversation on episode 22 of the show.

You can find Cheryl on Instagram at @gypseejourney

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Meet Jeffery Heard. Jeffery is an over 40 runner, cyclist, and duathlete. He uses the sports to help maintain his physical and mental health well being. Jeffery is an ambassador for Altra, Rabbit, Tiux socks, Huma gels, Long Beach Marathon, and Athletic Brewing Co.

As he started his fitness journey, the goal was to combat family health issues and stay fit. But as the journey progressed, the goal transformed into inspiring other people of color to lead a more active lifestyle. As the journey continued, the goal morphed into including Jeffery sharing how running helps him keep his mental health in check.

Learning that his younger brother, Josh, passed away at age 26 in Phoenix, Arizona, was when Jeffery realized how important running was to his mental health. This devastating news sent him swirling into a tailspin. To help deal with the sudden loss, he turned to running to help process the emotions that crushed him. Running gave him the alone time he needed and allowed him to connect with Josh.

You can find Jeffery on Instagram at @runjefferyrun.

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Meet Virginia “Ginny” Cataldi. Ginny is an Elite Level triathlete who has been racing triathlons for 11 years. She has completed 6 full distance IRONMAN, two of which were in Kona for the the IRONMAN World Championships. The first time at Kona, Ginny qualified for the Boston Marathon, and the second time she placed 9th in her AG. The last IRONMAN she raced, she placed 2nd Overall Female, and passed on her Kona slot. She has raced in 20+ 70.3 distance IRONMAN races and participated at the 70.3 World Championships several times. Her best result at World’s was placing 5th in her AG for a spot on the podium. In addition to racing, Ginny is an certified triathlon coach who loves working with new athletes, and recently taken on a role as a sales consultant with custom sports apparel company called VARLO.

When not doing things triathlon related, Ginny teaches middle school art and doing the best she can as a single mother of two teenagers, whom she hopes are proud of her and hope to have inspired them to take calculated risks and find their own passion. Her journey hasn’t always been easy, but adversity builds strength. Ginny’s mantra has become, “We get to do this.”

You can find Ginny on Instagram at @ginnylovestri24.

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On this episode, meet Adrian Shepherd. Adrian is originally from Florida, although Atlanta, GA has been home for over 20 years. She has been happily married for 20 years to her husband Ramsey and together they have 2 children, Morgan (14) and Julian (10). Professionally, she has worked for a large healthcare system in Atlanta for 20 years in corporate administration. She enjoys being active physically through running (individually and in groups) and biking, but has always loved reading and spending time with her family. Fitness will always be a large part of her identity and she's always looking forward to the next race or challenge.

You can find Adrian on Instagram at @skyemiles101

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This week we welcome back season 1 episode 7 guest Shawanna White to see what the 8th fastest U.S. born Black marathoner has been up to since our last conversation.

You can find Shawanna on Instagram at @peachrunner26.2.

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Meet Nicole Pizza. Nicole considers herself to be an athlete and a mermaid as she loves staying active, especially at the beach. She has competed as a powerlifter and runner. When she's not out and about sweating around town she works as a family therapist and digital strategist. She loves Pokemon, old school video games, and diesel trucks. Nicole enjoys spending her time with her loved ones cooking, eating, being active, and making the world better than they found it.

You can find Nicole on Instagram at @starmie386

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Nelle Fox is a runner and owner of Excel Rocktown Running, an integrative coaching service that includes customized nutrition, strength, and run coaching. To date, she is a 3 time Boston Qualifier with a personal best in the marathon of 3:08:57, but also is an ultrarunner, having run Grindstone 100 as a top female finisher in 2021.

While Nelle began competing in cross country and track at an early age and had a short, but successful career in middle and high school, it was after the birth of her second daughter that her health and fitness goals shifted towards endurance running and nutrition behaviors. In the first year following her second child’s birth, she became involved in her local running community and found herself unexpectedly to be winning trail and road races outright.

However, after surviving a rough year in 2016 with multiple long-undiagnosed tick diseases, her health was in shambles, as was her career and athletic performance. Despite a Whole30 reset and what may be referred to by some as “clean eating”, inflammation took hold and required significant medical attention for over 18 months. Since early 2017, she has been on the mend and continues to navigate ongoing intermittent “flares”, with thankfully, decreasing occurrence. Through reflection, functional medicine testing, careful nutrition, and ongoing flexibility with her training and lifestyle, Nelle has been able to continue a highly functional life and continue to make gains in her running performance.

You can find Nelle on Instagram at @simplynellefox and @excelrocktownrunning. Her website is http://www.excelrocktownrunning.com

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Meet Chelsea Wolfe. Chelsea is currently located in Queen Creek, Arizona but originally from wild and wonderful West Virginia. She was a former collegiate swimmer turned triathlete, with big goals of crushing world championships in Kona this October. She works in pharmaceuticals for a company based in Reykjavik, Iceland in which she is constantly navigating the challenges of traveling for work and training for IRONMAN competitions. Chelsea loves good coffee, craft beer, traveling the world, and spending time with her mini Australian shepherd, Denali.

You can find Chelsea on Instagram at @chelseaa_shae

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Khadijah Diggs is a mother, project manager, USAT Certified Coach, and a Team USA and Silver Ironman All-World Triathlete. Her mission is to promote a positive image of Muslim women and Islam in general through sport. "I want to change the world, one race at a time."

Training and racing started off as her therapy to recover from a failing marriage and the loss of loved ones to cancer. It has remained that but has also become how Khadijah expresses herself and share who she is as Muslim, a mother and a woman. Her goal is to open dialogue and connect women of all backgrounds on a personal level by sharing common experiences, joys and struggles through healthy living, group training and healthy competition. "I have learned traveling all over the country and the World to race, that at the core, we are more the same than different. The struggles of motherhood and just being female are universal and it binds us as women."

Never imagining the state of the World in 2020, during the 2018 off-season, Khadijah started a series of free online Get Togethers open to everyone, to discuss common and not so common endurance athlete topics. "It’s an amazing opportunity for experienced triathletes to share experiences and experiences with new triathletes. It's like having everyone over just online"

You can find Khadijah on instagram at @khadijahtriathlete and her website is https://www.khadijahtriathlete.com/

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Nicole Montesanti, better known on social media as Nikki Fitness, is fitness fanatic and WBFF Pro. She is an Atlanta based Health coach who takes on a variety of clients from lifestyle, to diabetics, to WBFF competitors. She has a degree in Biology/Biochemistry, and has been in the fitness industry for the last 8 years. After she graduated, she began her life as a lab technician making dietary and nutritional supplements. In this area, she got to learn a lot about nutrition. Combining this with her background in genetics has helped her optimize her results with her clients. “They’re all one big science project, and I love it” she says. Outside of competing and and coaching her clients, Nikki is also an indoor heated spin class instructor and in the prostate cancer industry doing medical sales. “I love being able to work in the health industry in so many ways.” she says.

Her hobbies include eating, hiking, being by the beach, and always being with her animals. She is a fur mama, having 2 dogs and 1 cat.

You can find Nikki on instagram at @nikkii_fitness for coaching inquiries or questions & be sure to check out her photography page @gaudy.photography

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