Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Mimi Sullivan (@therunningmimi) about being unashamed in how you show up as a runner, finding comfort in community, and the memory that reflected three generations of running dreams.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/I1YD09HCU9Y

About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

• https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/
• https://thecookierunner.net

About Mimi Sullivan:Mimi Sullivan is a grateful third generation marathoner and unashamed slower runner. She has been running on an off since high school, but truly found her love of running in 2023 when she signed up for her first half marathon. Mimi started the @runningmimi to document her journey back into running and help normalize slow runner experiences and the joys and struggles of running beyond just pace. She wants all runners to feel included and celebrated for all their wins, from .1 to 100, you got this!

• https://instagram.com/therunningmimi

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Lindsley Kump (@Lindsley_Kump) about embracing new perspectives that allow for changing relationships with running, having a more expansive view of trail running, and the memory that was all about being unapologetic and courageous.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5BCZtthPgEE

About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

• https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/
• https://thecookierunner.net

About Lindsley Kump:Lindsley Kump (she/her) is a mom, wife, fur baby mom, a RRCA certified run coach, an athlete, and a marketing manager at Polar Beverages. She’s originally from Hawai’i but has called Colorado home for the past 20 years. Like so many Colorado transplants, she fell in love with the mountains and trails. As a black female runner and certified run coach, she is passionate about diversity, inclusion, equity, and fostering a sense of community for BIWOC within the outdoor/trail community.

• https://instagram.com/Lindsley_Kump

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Mireille Siné (@heycoachmireille) about navigating autoimmune and chronic conditions as a runner, the power of seeing change as a form of evolution, and the marathon memory that symbolized Mireille’s own third runner evolution.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NDjc89vJvKQ

About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

• https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/
• https://thecookierunner.net

About Mireille Siné:Mireille Siné is a USATF and 80/20 Endurance-certified run coach, 14-time marathoner, and ultramarathoner based in Los Angeles. She is the founder of Coached by Mireille LLC, a virtual coaching practice specializing in runners and endurance athletes managing autoimmune conditions and chronic illness. Mireille coaches with the philosophy "train with compassion" — building training plans that account for the full reality of her athletes' lives, not just their race goals. She has been featured in Runner's World and has spoken at the AIP Summit and Skadi Sports Psychology Athlete Summit. Living with lupus herself, Mireille brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work, helping athletes redefine what strength and performance can look like with a chronic illness diagnosis. To learn more about Mireille, follow her on instagram @heycoachmireille.

• https://www.coachedbymireille.com/
• https://instagram.com/heycoachmireille

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with LaToya Young (@carolinarunnergirl) about learning how to trust the body again, rebuilding as a place for new opportunities, and the memories that highlight the role community plays in our joy as runners and our sense of belonging in the running space.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DDtKxW9qdUs

About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

• https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/
• https://thecookierunner.net

About LaToya Young:LaToya Young is an RRCA Level 1 Certified Running Coach, a member of the 2025 Game Changers cohort, and Race Co-Chair for MadMiles Run Club. She believes running is for everyone and is passionate about creating an inclusive, supportive environment where runners of all abilities can build confidence, consistency, and a lifelong love of the sport through evidence-based training. She enjoys helping athletes pursue their goals through individualized coaching that meets them where they are. When she’s not coaching or training, she enjoys traveling, exploring new places, and encouraging others to pursue goals they once thought were out of reach.

As a runner herself, she’s currently training for the Detroit International Half Marathon and is looking forward to running her second marathon at the Every Woman’s Marathon in 2027.

• https://instagram.com/carolinarunnergirl

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Afia Padonu (@anawkrdblkgrl/@solesforsoulsbaltimore) about healing out loud, moving through grief, and the 50K memory that reminds us to have the courage to feel our grief as we chase our healing.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Zf-dqS--mTA

About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

• https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/
• https://thecookierunner.net

About Afia Padonu:Afia Padonu is a 2016 graduate of Morgan State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Social Work (BSW). She is the founder of *Soles for Souls*, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting women who have experienced pregnancy loss due to miscarriage. Grounded in the pillars of sound, movement, and collaboration, Afia’s work fosters healing and connection within this community. She is also a Community Relations Manager at Charm City Run, where she focuses on expanding the running community to embrace individuals navigating life’s “in-between” spaces. Afia completed several 5 & 10Ks before conquering two marathons and her first 50K this past May spreading joy along the course. Afia is a Jane of all trades as she is also a Gamechangers run coach, lululemon Ambassador and yoga instructor. To learn more follow her on Instagram @anawkwrdblkgrl and @solesforsoulsbaltimore

• https://Solesforsouls4k.org
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/afiapadonu
• https://www.instagram.com/anawkrdblkgrl
• https://instagram.com/solesforsoulsbaltimore

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Anna Lopez-Riveira (@enduring_resilience) about the impact of our personal cultures on our running, the intentionality needed in the running space to create a sense of belonging, and the memories that remind us that running is full of opportunities to connect and have fun.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BgGFhoQL4G0

About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

• https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/
• https://thecookierunner.net

About Anna Lopez-Riveira:Anna Lopez-Riveira is a board-licensed Physical Therapist Assistant, NASM Certified Personal Trainer, and an RRCA Certified Run Coach based in Richmond, Virginia. She has been running for over 15 years and is currently focused on volunteer coaching through Richmond Road Runners Club and Girls on the Run while advocating for greater representation and inclusion within the running community. Anna is passionate about helping athletes of all backgrounds see themselves as runners and know they have a place in the sport.

• https://instagram.com/enduring_resilience

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Lindsay Phenix (@lindsayphenix) about the importance of stepping out of our comfort zones when it comes to running and friendships and the memory of running with her father that helped her see the possibilities that come from doing hard things.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4DN0E8j4o18

About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

• https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/
• https://thecookierunner.net

About Lindsay Phenix:Lindsay Phenix is an avid ultra runner and UESCA certified run coach living in Los Angeles, California. She has ran over 145 marathons and ultras combined and some of the hardest ultra marathons around. She has ran the Badwater 135, Leadville 100, HURT 100 and many other iconic races. She is working toward more podiums and personal bests all while helping her athletes she coaches be their best and do the same. Running for her is more than just a hobby, but it is a full encompassing lifestyle.

• https://instagram.com/lindsayphenix

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Lauren Shaffer (@laurennshaffer42) about embracing change as a runner, being realistic with your running, and the memories where running felt like flowing and flying.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LuWfGJBvuGg

About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

• https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/
• https://thecookierunner.net

About Lauren Shaffer:Lauren Shaffer is an RRCA certified running coach, 200-hour certified yoga teacher and UESCA Run Coach and Ultra Run Coach. She has been a run coach at Victory Multisport for 3 1/2 years. Lauren's goal as a coach and instructor is to coach to the individual in front of her. Running has been such a part of her journey she hopes to share that with her athletes.

• https://www.victorymultisport.com/about/Levels
• https://instagram.com/laurennshaffer42

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Caroline Malloy (@carolinerunstheworld) about expanding what it means to be a runner, learning how to listen to our what our bodies are trying to communicate, and the memory that highlights a runner’s changing relationship to suffering.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DXDTOe_Sl4g

About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

• https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/
• https://thecookierunner.net

About Caroline Malloy:Caroline Malloy, Ph.D. is a Chicago-based historian and book editor who ran marathons to stay grounded in grad school. When a recurring stress fracture forced her off the road, she pivoted to coaching. Caroline is a certified group fitness instructor (ACE & TRX), cycle instructor (Spinning™️), personal trainer (NASM), and now running coach (RRCA). She's finishing her Lydiard Level II training this Summer. Having experienced first-hand the benefits of getting strong before getting back out on the road, Caroline is a "fitness first" coach, encouraging runners to build full, well-rounded fitness practices to strengthen their miles. In the past year, she finally started running her own races again, completing a 15K, 2 half marathons, and her favorite race, Chicago's Shamrock Shuffle 8K. She's thrilled to be training for her first (Chicago) marathon in over a decade this fall.

• https://www.carolinemalloyphd.com
• https://www.neverthelesstraining.com coming soon!
• https://instagram.com/carolinerunstheworld

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Maiki Cofer (@kahuku/@industriousbunnies) about finding joy, having empathy for life, pursuing goals, and the memory that is a reminder of the importance of listening to your body.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uMeeW5ZhK-Q

About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

• https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/
• https://thecookierunner.net

About Maiki Cofer:Maiki Cofer is the founder and coach at Industrious Bunnies. She holds a MS in Kinesiology, and is an RRCA Level 2 running coach, USA Triathlon Level 2 coach, ACE Personal Trainer, and has a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification. Her primary goal as a coach is to meet athletes where they are, learn where they want to go with their activity, and help them to reach their dreams. To learn more about Maiki you can follow her on Instagram at @kahuku or @industriousbunnies.

• https://industriousbunnies.com/
• https://instagram.com/kahuku
• https://instagram.com/industriousbunnies