Runner's Round Table

Runner's Round Table

By Stephanie DiazSportsRunning
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Runner's Round Table episodes

  • Bonus Post-Chicago Marathon Breakdown with Becky Croft (@coach.croft)

    Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. In this special bonus episode, Stephanie talks to her friend and run coach Becky Croft about their 2024 Chicago Marathon experience. Stephanie and Becky talk about everything from their prep for the race to those finish line feels; Becky adds a layer to the experience by sharing her perspective on the race as an Indigenous runner. Enjoy our conversation and thanks for listening.    

     To watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/R5XBO6saEyk

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

      • About Becky Croft:

      Becky is an Indigenous athlete and coach. She is a Game Changer coach/mentor, RRCA certified run coach, Chi Running instructor, ReNew Earth Running board member, She Runs This Town chapter leader, and menopausal marathoner. Her focus is on Masters and Menopausal athletes, however, she coaches athletes of all ages and abilities while teaching them how to redefine running.

      • https://hustle-eat-thrive.myshopify.com/
      • https://instagram.com/coach.croft
        • 1 hr 2 min
      • S5 EP3 – Hot Takes: Run Coaching with Sabrina Ehmke

        Season five of the Runner’s Round Table will be all about Hot Takes and this episode is the Run Coaching Edition. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Sabrina Ehmke (@run_teacher_sab) about what run coaching is, how run coaching is for everyone regardless of pace and experience, and some of the things to consider when making the decision to work with a run coach.


        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/H8FdeQEpasg


        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 Sabrina Ehmke:

          Sabrina Ehmke is a Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) certified running coach. Her past coaching experiences include high school cross-country athletes, Girls on the Run programs for elementary school aged children, first time marathoners, long time runners, and providing adult running/walking training programs for the Skokie Park District. She is a Six Star World Marathon Majors finisher, a 10-time full marathon finisher, and has completed countless other race distances. She believes that running can change a life for the better, not just through the physical act of running, but also through the community, friendships, and fun that it provides. She hopes to share the inspiring running community with her athletes - reach out to her today!

          • https://www.instagram.com/run_teacher_sab
          • https://www.instagram.com/skokieswifters
          • https://www.skokieswifters.run/about-us/coaching
            • 1 hr 17 min
          • S5 EP2 – Hot Takes: Zone 2 Edition with Jen Steele

            Season five of the Runner’s Round Table will be all about Hot Takes and this episode is the Zone 2 Edition. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Jen Steele (@misadventuresofamarathoner) about Zone 2 running: what it is and whether it matters to being the best runner one can possibly be. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t!


            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/a8-OFWBHrzs


            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 Jen Steele:

              Jen is the founder of the Misadventure Run Coaching, a certified run coach (RRCA and Revo2lution Running), girl mom, former teacher, and beach lover. She fell in love with running at the age of 21 and never looked back. She believes if you're chasing big dreams, you should invest in them, learn all you can, and look to people who know more to help you. Her goal as a run coach is to provide women of ALL levels an expert in running to help them achieve their running goals, whether their pace, distance, or mindset goals. Jen has coached hundreds of women to achieve their running goals through coaching with Another Mother Runner, my one on one coaching, and various other group coaching programs. To learn more about Jen, follow her at @misadventuresofamarathoner.

              • https://www.instagram.com/misadventuresofamarathoner/
              • https://www.misadventuresofamarathoner.com/
                • 1 hr 4 min
              • S5 EP1 – Hot Takes: Boston Edition with Becky Croft & Stephanie Dunlap

                Season five of the Runner’s Round Table will be all about HotTakes and this episode is the Boston Marathon Edition. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Becky Croft (@coach.croft) and Stephanie Dunlap (@runstrongrun) about the 6-hour cutoff at the 2024 race and what could have been done differently to better promote inclusivity in the sport.


                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/74lMs403Seg


                  • 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 Becky Croft:

                    Becky is an Indigenous athlete and coach. She is a Game Changer coach/mentor, RRCA certified run coach, Chi Running instructor, ReNew Earth Running board member, She Runs This Town chapter leader, and menopausal marathoner. Her focus is on Masters and Menopausal athletes, however, she coaches athletes of all ages and abilities while teaching them how to redefine running.

                    • https://hustle-eat-thrive.myshopify.com/
                    • https://instagram.com/coach.croft


                      • About Stephanie Dunlap:

                      Stephanie Dunlap is a marathon pacer, mom of four, and school administrator. Stephanie’s goal as a marathon pacer is to bring joy, support, and encouragement to the rockstar BOTP “back of the pack” runners who finish in 6+ hours. To learn more about Steph follow her on Instagram and TikTok @runstrongrun.

                      • https://runstrongrun.com/
                      • https://instagram.com/runstrongrun
                      • Run Strong RunPocast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/run-strong-run-podcast/id1723713201
                        • 1 hr 13 min
                      • Season 5 Preview

                        Season five of the Runner’s Round Table will be all about Hot Takes, so join Stephanie as she speaks with different female runners about current happenings in the running community. Episodes this season will be more sporadic this season, but will all be filled with thoughts and reflections on how to make the running space more inviting, inclusive, and fun for all.

                        About Stephanie:

                        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).

                        • www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
                        • www.thecookierunner.net
                          • 3 min
                        • S4 EP33 - Conversations with Runners: Thank You!

                          Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season 4 was “Conversations with Runners”, and each episode featured a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this final season of the episode, it’s just me – Stephanie Diaz – full of thanks. I also update you all with what’s coming up for me, including a September retreat experience, the Chicago Marathon in October, and the Every Woman’s Marathon in November. Thanks for listening all season long!

                          To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JftnwKZ7XJY

                          About Stephanie:

                          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).

                          • www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
                          • www.thecookierunner.net
                          • Retreat experience: https://thecookierunner.net/gsm2024


                            • 14 min
                          • S4 EP32 - Conversations with Runners: Alison Mariella Désir

                            Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season is “Conversations with Runners”, and each episode features a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this episode, Stephanie talks to Alison Mariella Désir about the weaving of histories through her book Running While Black” and how she uses movement as a path towards disrupting the status quo in running to create a future where all are visible and feel like they belong. Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening. 

                            • To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EfpzepXlrt8

                              • About Stephanie:

                              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 advancedcertifications 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).

                              • www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
                              • www.thecookierunner.net


                                • About Alison Mariella Désir:

                                Alison Mariella Désir is multi-talented: a founder, a doer, an activist, a connector, a visionary and an unapologetically straightforward communicator with a passion for movement, mental health, and racial equity. Alison got her start in the running and outdoor industry unintentionally, after seeing a black friend train and complete a marathon. inspired, alison went on to run her first marathon and discovered that she had found a powerful tool to manage her depression. she’s been working to share the transformational power of running and movement ever since.

                                • https://www.instagram.com/alisonmdesir
                                • https://alisonmdesir.com/
                                • To purchase "Running While
                                  • Black": https://alisonmdesir.com/book
                                  53 min
                                • S4 EP31 - Conversations with Runners: Lindsay Walter
                                  Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season 4 is“Conversations with Runners”, and each episode features a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this episode, Stephanie talks to Lindsay Walter about the importance of remembering your why and how her WHY helps her create awareness about Alopecia and inspires her to live according to a “choose kind” motto on and off the run. Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening. 
                                  To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iXdV_U5T-Do
                                  About Stephanie:
                                  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).
                                  www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
                                  www.thecookierunner.net
                                  About Lindsay:
                                  Lindsay Walter is a run coach, freelance writer, published author and Alopecia Advocate and Speaker with her own penpal program Lindsay’s Little Pals. She loves running big miles, challenging herself, being outside, traveling and inspiring the world to be kind and change the norm about beauty standards.
                                  www.instagram.com/lindsayhannah3
                                  https://linktr.ee/lindsayhannah3
                                  https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?fr_id=153879&pg=personal&px=4715568
                                  1 hr 3 min
                                • S4 EP30 - Conversations with Runners: Manika Gamble
                                  Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season 4 is “Conversations with Runners”, and each episode features a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this episode, Stephanie talks to Manika Gamble about chasing big goals at this year’s 155-mile Namib Race and how her “Just Do It” mentality has helped her go from sprinter to ultramarathoner. Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening. 
                                  To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/A7BWIxnYXqI
                                  About Stephanie:
                                  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).
                                  www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
                                  www.thecookierunner.net
                                  About Manika:
                                  Manika is a 34 year old former collegiate athlete that specialized in the 400 meter hurdles. Manika is now delving into the arena of ultra running. The first ever event will be a 7 day, 155 mile, self supported ultra marathon through the desert of Namibia Africa. Manika’s goal is to create a platform that motivates, encourages, and inspires.
                                  https://www.instagram.com/manikaruns
                                  https://www.youtube.com/@Manikaruns      
                                  To support Manika’s Namibia run: https://www.gofundme.com/f/embarking-on-a-challenge-of-a-lifetime
                                  For More on the race: https://www.racingtheplanet.com/namibrace
                                  1 hr 4 min
                                • S4 EP29 - Conversations with Runners: Julia Khvasechko
                                  Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season 4 is “Conversations with Runners”, and each episode features a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this episode, Stephanie talks to Julia Khvasechko about being a runner who is rooted in the following questions: Why not me? What else can I do as a human being? And, Where else can I go? Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening. 
                                  To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/o9GjAB3y3Bc
                                  About Stephanie:
                                  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).
                                  www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
                                  www.thecookierunner.net
                                  About Julia:
                                  Julia is a Licensed Massage Therapist, a Registered Yoga Teacher, and a Certified Running Coach, and an avid marathoner. Julia has completed a marathon in all 50 states 3X; she has also marathoned in 10 countries on 5 continents.
                                  Julia is an experienced marathon pacer and has paced in some of the largest marathons in the world, NYC, CHI, London, Berlin, Rome to name a few.
                                  For Julia, happiness is a byproduct of movement, giving back to the running community, (which she credits for saved her life) via pacing, inspiriting and uplifting others is her life’s purpose. Her life’s motto: help someone achieve their goals and you will achieve yours.
                                  https://www.instagram.com/juliakgarling/
                                  https://marathonmassage.massagetherapy.com
                                  1 hr 2 min

                                About Runner's Round Table

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                                Runner’s Round Table is a podcast where Stephanie Diaz aka The Cookie Runner talks to female runners and run coaches about all things running. While each season has a different theme, the root of…