Runner's Round Table

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

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 Amy Magdalein-Gurley (@momsontherunjax) about the understanding different seasons of running, the importance of support systems, and the memories of connections made through pacing.

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/HuUqBcnLqDg

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 Amy Magdalein-Gurley:Amy Magdalein-Gurley is an RRCA Level II Certified Running Coach, a Galloway Running Certified Coach and recently started Coaching for Galloway officially with the Galloway team. She is McMillian Run Coaching certified and Revolution Run Coaching certified. She is the Owner and Head Coach of Moms on the Run Jacksonville, Founder and Coach of Strong to the Core – a strength group for runners, Coach for Zeal Running – a live running app and a marathon & half marathon pacer for Galloway Pacing, Elevated Pacing and Marathon Pacing. Amy's goal is to help runners improve their health and fitness, become stronger, run longer and faster - and to do it safely for a very long time. One of her favorite things to do is to help strangers on a race course reach their time goals while chatting about running and life along the way!

• https://corecrewstrong.com/running-coach/
• https://tr.ee/X4J82N
• https://www.runwithzeal.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/momsontherunjax/

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 Stacey Head (@theperformancepeace) about running in midlife and the six days in Colorado that showed her the running community was full of more than runners, it was full of friends that felt like family.

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/HSlTNr6lvqU

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 Stacey Head:Stacey Head is a board-certified Women’s Health Physical Therapist, certified lymphedema therapist, IIN and IWHI certified Health Coach with a specialty in perimenopause and menopausal health, RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) certified running coach, mat Pilates instructor, group cycling instructor and is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher with advanced trainings in yoga for athletes and prenatal yoga. Stacey's goal as a physical therapist, health coach and instructor is to provide personalized experiences that help women navigate the balance of midlife between work, family and an active lifestyle thus creating their performance peace! To learn more about Stacey and her offerings follow her on instagram @theperformancepeace or go to her website www.staceyhead.com.

• www.staceyhead.com
• https://instagram.com/theperformancepeace

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 Athena Farias (@Endurafitsatx) about her 38-year relationship with running, advocating for herself as a female athlete, and the memory that makes you want to say yes to taking risks in the name of running.

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/okR_FtSWkPU

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 Athena Farias:I am a Research Exercise Physiologist, endurance coach, and advocate for helping athletes build strength, resilience, and confidence through movement. I serve as the multi-site lead on a federally funded research study focused on improving return-to-duty decision-making following musculoskeletal injury, bringing evidence-based strategies from research to real-world performance.

I have a Master's degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion and certifications as a Certified Personal Trainer, Performance Enhancement Specialist, Corrective Exercise Specialist, RRCA Level II Run Coach, UESCA Ultra Running Coach, and Menopause for Athletes Coach, I help runners of all levels—from first-time 5K participants to ultramarathoners train smarter, recover stronger, and thrive through every stage of life.

I've completed 18 marathons, including five Boston Marathon qualifiers, 12 ultramarathons, countless half marathons, and multiple first-place obstacle course race finishes and many other outdoor adventures. I am passionate about creating a more inclusive and diverse running community and I mentor emerging Women of Color certified run coaches through Team Game Changers.

Whether I am coaching, conducting research, or speaking to audiences, my mission is to empower people to move well, stay durable, and discover the freedom that comes from lifelong movement.

• https://instagram.com/Endurafitsatx

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 Taylor Pappas (@taylorann_g) about running as a modality to healing, building supportive and empowering mental pathways, and the marathon memory that was a portal to completion and connection.

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/yiZn0QV5tsI

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 Taylor Pappas:

Taylor Ann Pappas is a Somatic Practitioner, RRCA (Road Runner's Club of America) certified running coach, ERYT yoga teacher with advanced training in trauma-informed yoga, trauma-informed weight lifting, Masters in Education from Johns Hopkins University and is a HOKA flyer. Taylor's intention as a coach, space holder, and facilitator is to provide experiences that allow individuals to connect back with their body, support you as you train for life, and integrate seasonal and/or cyclical living. To learn more about Taylor and her offerings, follow her on IG @taylorann_g or check out taylor-ann.com.

• https://www.taylor-ann.com/
• https://instagram.com/taylorann_g

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 Liz Hernandez (@horizon.running) about pregnancy and postpartum running, running bucket lists, and the coaching memory that was a reminder that you can experience the awe of running beyond your own act of running.

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/jmUSyS5CqYA

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 Liz Hernandez:

Liz Hernandez is an RRCA-certified run coach with additional training in Prenatal and Postpartum Athleticism. She is a mom of two, currently pregnant with her third, and an Army wife who understands the reality of fitting running into a full, often chaotic season of life. Liz hopes to inspire runners—especially postpartum and busy moms—to find joy in running at every stage, from early return to sport to stroller miles and everything in between. To learn more about Elizabeth and her coaching, follow her on Instagram @horizon.running

• https://instagram.com/horizon.running

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 Holly Prouty (@hey.hey.its.hollyyy/@runlakestevens) about embracing change, the importance of positive self-talk, and the half marathon memory that reminded her she was capable of accomplishing amazing 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/yPVf0ZC11-Y

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 Holly Prouty:

Holly Prouty is a marketing strategist, community connector, and lifelong runner (and RRCA certified running coach) based in the Pacific Northwest. Running has been a constant source of challenge, growth, and joy in her life. She is especially proud of completing her first half marathon—a goal she wasn't sure was possible—and running a marathon, an accomplishment she's still happy to talk about any chance she gets. Through running, Holly has found a passion for building connections, embracing new challenges, and celebrating progress over perfection. She enjoys sharing honest experiences about training, motivation, and balancing running with the demands of everyday life, with the hope of encouraging others to discover their own confidence and joy through the sport.

• https://instagram.com/hey.hey.its.hollyyy
• https://instagram/com/runlakestevens