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 Sabrina Ehmke (@) about running for fun, running for time, that one time she ran in Antarctica, and how she turned a dumpster fire run in 2020 into an annual tradition with her run-walk group, Skokie Swifters.

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/Hm2asPXpfp0

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 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 on six of our seven continents, including Antarctica. 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.skokieswifters.run/
• https://www.instagram.com/captain6stars/
• https://www.instagram.com/skokieswifters/

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 Stephanie Dunlap (@runstrongrun) about her experience as the first 6-hour pacer at the 2021 California International Marathon. This conversation serves as a reminder that all runners count.

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/_fIxxnPm05I

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 Stephanie Dunlap:

Steph Dunlap is a marathoner, run-walk coach, and passionate advocate for beginner and back-of-the-pack runners. With 60+ marathons completed, she’s best known for pacing 5:50 and 6-hour marathon finishers and reminding runners everywhere that all runners count. Through her Run Strong Run platform (RunStrongRun.com and on the socials as @runstrongrun), Steph helps runners train smarter, avoid burnout, and cross the finish line with confidence — no matter the pace.

• runstrongrun.com
• https://instagram.com/runstrongrun

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 Rebecca Lockhart (@rebeccalynnlockhart) about the memory that shows the importance of the mind when it comes to achieving running goals. Additionally, Rebecca shares her thoughts on being a radical runner whose aim is to create a more inclusive running environment for those new to the sport and those of us already 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/AP3vogzoPNQ

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 Rebecca Lockhart:

Rebecca Lockhart is a UESCA certified run coach and NASM certified personal trainer. She is passionate about running, strength training & social justice issues and works to bring all three together for her athletes. Her goal is to help athletes PR in the 5k through marathon distances or run their first half or full marathon. She uses individualized strength training to help her athletes become stronger, more resilient runners. Her team participates in advocacy work throughout the year, using the running community to spark change in the world.

• https://instagram.com/rebeccalynnlockhart
• https://rebeccalynnlockhart.com/
• 5 ways to make your group runs more inclusive download(free): https://rebeccalynnlockhart.myflodesk.com/inclusive

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 Cortney Berling (@eatwell.runbetter) about the two race experiences that highlight the role feelings play in making running memorable and the importance of running friends in making running mean more than miles and times.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9nX2Zrm12aw

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.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 Cortney Berling:Cortney Berling is a registered dietitian and running coach who specializes in helping runners fuel properly, train sustainably, and improve performance without burnout or food rules. Drawing from her background as a former collegiate runner, mom of three, and military spouse, she blends science, real life, and compassion in her approach to sports nutrition.

• https://www.eatwellrunbetter.com
• https://instagram.com/eatwell.runbetter

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 Sharon Boon (@AmberMoonStudio) about what her injuries have taught her about having fun on the run and enjoying the easy.

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/rzvqAgeZFQg

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 Sharon Boon:

Sharon Boon works to develop her clients through a comprehensive approach to fitness, wellness and performance. Drawing on 35y of experience in bodywork, personal training, Pilates and coaching triathlon & running, she brings a well rounded approach to her programs. Aside from her massage license, her certifications included ACSM CEP, CSCS, Stott Pilates, Viniyoga (500h), USA Triathlon, USA Track & Field, and RRCA. You can follow her on FB (@AmberMoonStudio) and IG (@ambermoonstudiotexas).

• www.ambermoonstudio.com
• https://instagram.com/ambermoonstudiotexas
• https://instagram.com/AmberMoonStudio

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 Jess Hofheimer (@paceofme) about how she’s withstood the seasons of running over her 25 years as a runner, particularly in light of her experience at the 2025 Boston Marathon.

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/Zqq8m6hNAXE

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 Jess Hofheimer:

As a certified running coach with RRCA, VDOT02 and The Coaches Collective, Jess has been coaching women, men and children since she founded Pace of Me in 2009. Over the years she has enjoyed working 1:1 with athletes while also cultivating community through training groups and programs, including partnerships and collaborations with brands such as Saucony, Lululemon, Another Mother Runner and running stores in both Virginia and North Carolina. Jess is also a passionate artist and the creator of We Run On Art! She makes custom portraits, cards, prints, apparel and gifts that celebrate running and the people who do it. She currently lives in Cary, NC with her husband, their three kids and their two dogs.

You can email Jess directly at [email protected] and learn more about her by following her on instagram at @paceofme. Check out her businesses on IG at both @paceofmecoaching and @werunonart!

• http://www.paceofme.com
• https://instagram.com/paceofme
• https://instagram.com/paceofmecoaching
• https://instagram.com/werunonart

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 Kim Silverstein (@coachkimla) about her experience at the 2025 Tokyo Marathon and how the people there reminded her that, when it comes to running, she is never truly alone on running’s beautifully non-linear path.

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/7tiL3Hct1A0

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 Kim Silverstein:

Kim Silverstein is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) Level II certified running coach and a high school cross country and track coach. She loves working with adults on achieving big running goals as well as mentoring teens to become runners for life. Kim's approach is to celebrate the running community and make sure everyone finds their place in it, regardless of experience, goals, age, or body size.

• https:// www.coachkim.la
• https://instagram.com/coachkimla

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 Bethan Taylor-Swaine (@bethantaylorswaine) about the current running boom, inclusivity in the running space, and the life-changing impact of running friends with shared values.

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/PPufd4QJuWE

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 Bethan Taylor-Swaine:

Bethan Taylor-Swaine is a PhD candidate and feminist sociologist of sport studying the experiences of women in ultra-marathons. Bethan is passionate about diversity and inclusion in running and is committed to challenging how we talk about our sport to encourage as many people as possible to find joy in running. Bethan is an ambassador for Our Streets Now and a vocal advocate against public sexual harassment in sport. To learn more about Bethan and her work follow her on Instagram @bethantaylorswaine.

• www.bethantaylorswaine.com
• https://instagram.com/bethantaylorswaine

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 Shauntay Snell (@iamlshauntay) about the state of running: from furthering the running culture to advocating for inclusion (especially in women’s sports) to giving us all permission to say “no.” This all-encompassing conversation is love letter to the storytelling behind our running memories.

Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rFFzFTaKkY0

Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you.

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 Shauntay Snell:

Latoya Shauntay Snell is a multisport endurance athlete, powerlifter, writer, and speaker, best known as the founder of Running Fat Chef®, a platform centered on inclusive storytelling in fitness, food, and movement. With over 300 races completed—including 30+ marathons and ultramarathons—she competes across running, powerlifting, cycling, and hybrid events while advocating for access, representation, and body autonomy in sport.

Latoya has been featured in national outlets including The New York Times, Good Morning America, and WebMD, and regularly collaborates with major brands, race organizations, and wellness companies. Her work bridges performance, education, and lived experience, particularly for athletes navigating disability, chronic illness, and systemic bias in health and fitness spaces.

• https://www.iamlshauntay.com
• https://www.runningfatchef.com
• https://instagram.com/iamlshauntay

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 Sharon Mexal (@beermoderacer) about the power of pivoting when it comes to setting goals and how her mindset around pivoting has helped her in her retirement from running marathons.

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/a11qMURsdtE

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 Sharon Mexal:

Sharon Mexal has a PhD in human medical genetics and has spent the last decade involved clinical diagnostics and clinical trials, helping patients understand their genetic risk to inheriting cancer or if their cancer reoccurred based off results from a blood draw. She is also a 15+ year melanoma survivor and has used her running as a platform to share her personal story and professional expertise to spread awareness for early skin cancer detection and sun safety.

Sharon is an Abbott World Marathon Majors Six Star Finisher who has raised over $25K for nonprofits, including multiple melanoma organizations dedicated to advancing skin cancer awareness, research, and treatment. Now retired from marathon racing, she continues to stay active in road racing, fundraising and promoting melanoma awareness, and empowering others through fitness.

• https://linktr.ee/marathonsformelanoma
• https://instagram.com/beermoderacer
• https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarathonMiles