Friends, welcome to episode 19 and this week we have the absolute pleasure of chatting with Charlie Watson! Charlie is a 12 time marathoner (including a 6 star world marathon finisher), Registered Dietitian, and author of her extremely popular, award winning blog "The Runner Beans."  She is also the author of her new cookbook, "Cook, Eat, Run" and the host of her podcast also entitled Cook, Eat, Run. Charlie is such a lovely person and we were hanging onto every word she said in this fun and engaging conversation about discovering the hidden gems in London. We are 19 episodes into the podcast and 2 of them have been about London, so as you can tell - we are big fans of that incredible city. One of the things that we love about travel and running is that you can talk to a runner about the same city and get a totally different perspective, and that is what you will gain in this episode. (make sure you go back and check out episode 13 with Marcus Brown to hear his take on running in London). There is a reason why Charlie has over 65,000 people following her on Instagram - her awesome running photos, the way she always keeps it real and her her invaluable nutrition advice are just a few of the reasons why you should be following Charlie (and buying her cookbook and subscribing to her podcast!).

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Where to find Charlie:
Charlie's Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
Blog
Cookbook in the US
Cookbook in the UK
Podcast
Email

Where to find Natalie and Jerold:
Natalie's Instagram
Suite Run Instagram
Natalie's Twitter
Suite Run Twitter
Natalie's Facebook
Suite Run Website
Suite Run Facebook
Natalie's Blog

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This week we are happy to welcome Cynthia Wheeler to the Suite Run podcast! Cynthia has a contagious energy that shines through in her colorful and enthusiastic photos that highlight her running around the great city of Chicago. Cynthia has captured the attention of 108k followers on Instagram alone and her joy for running beckons  you to not only venture out on your own run, but to go and run in Chicago! The ten time marathoner is a running tour guide (not really, but she should be!) of her fabulous city.  Cynthia is also a website designer by trade, so definitely hit her up if you need a new website!
By the time you come to end of this episode, you will have Chi-town at the top of your list of runcations. Cynthia keeps it real in her message and we love this quote from her: "Let's stop judging our worth as a runner, by our pace. You're literally ahead of everyone who opted to stay in bed!"
Make sure to listen all the way to the end to find out who was the VERY famous person that attended her wedding!
You will not want to miss our fun conversation with Cynthia Wheeler.

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This episode is sponsored by:

Inside Tracker
InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other.
What’s their secret? First, InsideTracker uses its patented algorithm to analyze your body’s data and offer you a clearer picture than you’ve ever had before of what’s going on inside you. Then, InsideTracker provides you with a concrete, science-backed, trackable action plan for reaching your performance goals and being your healthy best. For a limited time, InsideTracker is offering 25% off its store for our listeners. Just visit insidetracker dot com slash SUITE RUN.

Where to find Cynthia:
Cynthia's Instagram

Where to find Natalie and Jerold:
Natalie's Instagram
Suite Run Instagram
Natalie's Twitter
Suite Run Twitter
Natalie's Facebook
Suite Run Website
Suite Run Facebook
Natalie's Blog

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This week we are happy to welcome Tenia and Tony Fisher to the Suite Run podcast! Brother and sister, Tenia and Toney are two of the nine F.E.A.R. captains. FEAR (Forget Everything And Run) is a run crew dedicated to giving a safe space for runners of color in Milwaukee. Tenia and Toney both are Milwaukee natives, and gave back to the youth by coaching cross country and track at their alumni high schools. Today they use that same energy to encourage FEAR members to push beyond their potential.
In this conversation, we chat with Tenia and Toney about their running journey, as well as the origin of F.E.A.R. and how they were able to motivate so many people of color to run. Also friends, check out their feature on the Today Show as well as their article in Runner's World. We then venture into the best places to run in Milwaukee, why everyone needs to try the beer and cheese that Wisconsin is known for, their reasons for choosing summer as the best season in Milwaukee and so much more. Tenia and Toney are so much fun and you will not want to miss this great conversation.
Click HERE for the complete show notes.

This week's episode is sponsored by:

Inside Tracker
InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other.
What’s their secret? First, InsideTracker uses its patented algorithm to analyze your body’s data and offer you a clearer picture than you’ve ever had before of what’s going on inside you. Then, InsideTracker provides you with a concrete, science-backed, trackable action plan for reaching your performance goals and being your healthy best. For a limited time, InsideTracker is offering 25% off its store for our listeners. Just visit insidetracker dot com slash SUITE RUN.

Rise. Run. Retreat
Rise.Run.Retreat. Is a women’s running retreat that was founded in 2015 by Sarah Canney to help women of all ages, abilities, paces and races gain confidence, find strength and make authentic connections through running.
The Virtual Retreat is back again in 2021 and will kick off with the first Virtual Retreat February 19-21. This Virtual Retreat will feature guest speakers, Dr. Stacy Sims, expert in female athlete physiology and performance and the author of the book ROAR, along with functional nutritionist, Erin Holt who will be talking all about gut health. Virtual Retreat participants will receive a sweet swag box chock-full of running goodies delivered right to their front door. They’ll also have the chance to participate in LIVE daily chats and make real connections with women runners.  Be sure to grab one of the limited spots before it sells out. You can use code SUITE 10 to save 10% on your registration.  Get all the details at riserunretreat.com/virtual-retreat or @riserunretreat

How to find Tenia and Toney Fisher:
FEAR WEBSITE
FEAR Instagram
FEAR TWITTER
Tenia's Instagram
Today Show profile

Where to find Natalie and Jerold:
SuiteRun website
Natalie's Instagram

This week we are honored to have two time Olympian and World Championship Silver Medalist, Kara Goucher on the podcast! Not only is Kara an amazing athlete, she is also a podcast host of the Clean Sport Collective (check it out and subscribe!) and hosts her own women's running retreats. Kara is also an author, a champion of women's rights and an incredible ambassador of our sport. Along with her list of impressive accolades, Kara is kind, down to earth and we had such a fun time chatting with her in this conversation. We cover many topics including the status of her knee and what that means for her running long term, what it was like racing her first 50k (and standing on the podium!)  being a mom during the last crazy year and so much more. Then we dive into the stunning beauty of Boulder, one of the most beautiful places for the world's best athletes to train and live. Kara gives us an incredible amount of information about Boulder from where the best runs are to her favorite place for ice cream. You will NOT want to miss this awesome episode!

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This week's episode is sponsored by:

Inside Tracker
InsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other.
What’s their secret? First, InsideTracker uses its patented algorithm to analyze your body’s data and offer you a clearer picture than you’ve ever had before of what’s going on inside you. Then, InsideTracker provides you with a concrete, science-backed, trackable action plan for reaching your performance goals and being your healthy best. For a limited time, InsideTracker is offering 25% off its store for our listeners. Just visit insidetracker dot com slash SUITE RUN. Start using InsideTracker today. Because change is an inside job.

Rise. Run. Retreat
Rise.Run.Retreat. Is a women’s running retreat that was founded in 2015 by Sarah Canney to help women of all ages, abilities, paces and races gain confidence, find strength and make authentic connections through running. 
The Virtual Retreat is back again in 2021 and will kick off with the first Virtual Retreat February 19-21. This Virtual Retreat will feature guest speakers, Dr. Stacy Sims, expert in female athlete physiology and performance and the author of the book ROAR, along with functional nutritionist, Erin Holt who will be talking all about gut health.
Along with access to these expert guest speakers, Virtual Retreat participants will receive a sweet swag box chock-full of running goodies delivered right to their front door. They’ll also have the chance to participate in LIVE daily chats and make real connections with women runners. Sarah Canney, host of Rise.Run.Retreat. brings all the uniqueness of the in-person retreats online with this special virtual event.  Registration for the February 19-21 Virtual Retreat opens on February 8th, be sure to grab  one of the limited spots before it sells out. You can use code SUITE 10 to save 10% on your registration.  Get all the details at riserunretreat.com/virtual-retreat or @riserunretreat

How to find Kara Goucher:
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This week, we are excited to welcome our good friend, 29 time marathoner, Jen Enge to the show! We've been friends with Jen for the past 15 years and we actually didn't meet through running - we met through a mutual friend (shout out to Ellie!) and the rest is history.  Jen is an incredible athlete that ran a big PR last year at CIM in a blazing time of 2:51:58! You can see in the picture we posted that she is pushing with everything she had to run under 2:52 (she told me she didn't have time to smile, she was working her butt off).  Jen started out as a swimmer, swimming competitively for Northwestern, then went on earn her MBA from Harvard University and moved to Portland to work for Nike for 4 years. Jen has also raced an Ironman in under 11 hours and lives a fun filled life in beautiful Mercer Island, WA with her husband Craig and their four terrific kids!
In this episode we chat with Jen about her amazing running journey, including how she didn't began racing marathons competitively until the age of 41, her pure love for the sport, Jen and Nat's plan to run her 30th marathon together, how social media has made her faster and so much more. Lots of laughs are guaranteed in this conversation friends! We then dive into the stunning beauty of Mercer Island and Jen shares with us the most breathtaking places to run, where to refuel, from healthy to indulgent and so much more.
Do not miss this conversation with our incredible friend, Jen Enge.
Click HERE for show notes.

*This episode is sponsored by InsideTracker and we are so excited to have them on board as a ongoing  sponsor of the show!* SEE BELOW FOR AN AWESOME GIVEAWAY!
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ONE LUCKY WINNER WILL RECEIVE:

• An Ultimate blood test from InsideTracker ($589 value)
• A one-on-one consultation to review your bloodwork results with a Registered Dietitian ($100 value) 

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Where to find Jen:
Send a note to Nat and she will forward on to Jen. We love that she isn't on social media :)

Where to find Natalie and Jerold:
Natalie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natrunsfar/
Suite Run Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suiterun/
Natalie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Twitter: https://twitter.com/suiterun
Natalie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Website: https://www.suiterun.com/
Suite Run Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SuiteRun/
Natalie's Blog: http://www.natrunsfar.com/

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This week we are extremely excited to welcome Nat's awesome coach, 2020 Olympic Trials Qualifier, Jared Carson to the show!
Originally from Atlanta, GA, Jared now resides in Portland, OR where he works as a data analyst at Nike, coaches athletes at Run Free Training, and spends most of his energy chasing around his four year old son, Brady!  Jared has PR’s of 14:45 in the 5K, 66:39 in the half marathon and 2:17:50 in the marathon.
In this conversation, we talk in detail about Jared's running journey, the huge goal  of qualifying for the Olympic Trials and his path for achieving the impressive accomplishment. We also dive into his training with the Bowerman Track Club Elite and how he felt crossing the finish line at CIM in 2018, knowing that he was going to Atlanta to run the trials.
We pivot into chatting all about the incredible beauty of Portland, OR - including Jared's amazing and detailed recommendations on his favorite places to run, the best places to refuel after these beautiful runs, where to get great beer and coffee, places of interest in Portland, great races and so much more. This conversation is filled with a wealth good information - you absolutely will not want to miss this episode.

*This episode is sponsored by InsideTracker and we are so excited to have them on board as a  ongoing  sponsor of the show!* SEE BELOW FOR AN AWESOME GIVEAWAY!
 
Click HERE to be entered for a chance to WIN.

ONE LUCKY WINNER WILL RECEIVE:

• An Ultimate blood test from InsideTracker ($589 value)
• A one-on-one consultation to review your bloodwork results with a Registered Dietitian ($100 value) 

Follow InsideTracker, Natalie Mitchell and Suite Run on Instagram for more entries. 

Where to find Jared:
https://www.instagram.com/jaredcarson/

Where to find Natalie and Jerold:
Natalie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natrunsfar/
Suite Run Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suiterun/
Natalie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Twitter: https://twitter.com/suiterun
Natalie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Website: https://www.suiterun.com/
Suite Run Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SuiteRun/
Natalie's Blog: http://www.natrunsfar.com/

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This week we travel across the pond to London and are so happy to welcome Marcus Brown to the podcast! Marcus (best known on Instagram as The Marathon Marcus) is a marathoner who began running in 2006 and has since whittled down his time from 4:55 to a very fast 2:56. Marcus tells us about his journey to pursue a sub three hour marathon and he shows us that if you really want to achieve a goal, you'll keep pushing until it happens. Marcus is also a World Marathon Majors Six Star finisher, writer, coach, co founder of Black Trail Runners and podcast host of his show, "A Runner's Life," a great podcast which you should definitely subscribe to.
In this episode we have a fun and in depth conversation about Marcus's running and future goals he is aiming to achieve, the mission of Black Trail Runners, how he started his podcast, the marathon that we are going to run together and of course, all things running,  filling our stomach, exploring, racing and more  in London. Marcus is truly an inspirational runner that is doing great things in the world, don't miss this fun conversation friends!

To read all about Marcus's recommendations in London, click HERE for the full show notes.

Where to find Marcus:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themarathonmarcus/
A Runner's Life Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-runners-life/id1504303593
Website: https://marathonmarcus.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/marathon_marcus?lang=en
Instagram for Black Trail Runners: https://www.instagram.com/blacktrailrunners/

Where to find Natalie and Jerold:
Natalie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natrunsfar/
Suite Run Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suiterun/
Natalie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Twitter: https://twitter.com/suiterun
Natalie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Website: https://www.suiterun.com/
Suite Run Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SuiteRun/
Natalie's Blog: http://www.natrunsfar.com/

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This week we are really excited to welcome marathoner Stephanie McGregor to the show! You'll know Steph from her catchy Instagram handle, Any Given Runday, her dynamic smile, upbeat attitude and true love for running.  Stephanie is a marathoner, ultramarathoner, mom to a toddler and a physiotherapist who lives in the gorgeous city of Vancouver.
In this conversation, we chat with Steph all about her journey into running, (she is super speedy by the way clocking a 38:18 10K PR just one year after becoming a mom!) diving back into running and racing after having her baby boy Bryce, why she loves her job, her stint as a model in a commercial for Saucony and of course all about running in the city of Vancouver.
Steph is so detailed in her awesome recommendations, we promise after this conversation, you will want to spend some quality time running, hiking (side trip to Whistler!), eating and exploring in this beautiful city.
Don't miss this fun conversation!

To read all about Stephanie's recommendations in Vancouver, click HERE for the full show notes.

Where to find Stephanie:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anygivenrunday/

Where to find Natalie and Jerold:
Natalie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natrunsfar/
Suite Run Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suiterun/
Natalie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Twitter: https://twitter.com/suiterun
Natalie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Website: https://www.suiterun.com/
Suite Run Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SuiteRun/
Natalie's Blog: http://www.natrunsfar.com/

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In this first week of a new year, we are so happy to welcome Courtney Carter to the Suite Run Podcast! Courtney is a ten time marathoner, lawyer by trade, currently leads diversity at a law firm and serves as DEI Advisor for Osielle. If anyone knows the details of what makes D.C a great city for runners, it's Courtney and she tells us everything we need to know in this conversation.  Courtney is a smart, dynamic person that is doing big things in the world and we are excited to share our chat with you!
To read about Courtney's recommendations for Washington, D.C., click HERE for the full show notes.

Where to find Courtney:
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eatprayrundc/
Twitter:https://twitter.com/EatPrayRunDC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courtney.dredden.5

Where to find Natalie and Jerold:
Natalie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natrunsfar/
Suite Run Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suiterun/
Natalie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Twitter: https://twitter.com/suiterun
Natalie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Website: https://www.suiterun.com/
Suite Run Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SuiteRun/
Natalie's Blog: http://www.natrunsfar.com/

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Happy New Year's Eve friends and welcome to episode number 10! 2020 is finally coming to a close and this is normally a very special day filled with parties and gatherings with friends and family. While 2020 has been anything but normal this year, we would like to infuse a little bit of happiness into the air on this last day of the year.

Today we are so happy to welcome Kara Forrest to the show! If you had to choose someone to bring a bit of cheer to your day, there's no better person to do just that than Kara.

Kara is one of the kindest, most genuine people I know and in this conversation Kara shares with us the intimate details about the highlights of Portland, Maine which holds a special place in her heart.

Kara also tells us about her running journey and we go a little deep in our discussion touching upon Kara's experience with attending a historically Black University, and a whole lot more.

Kara is a runner, long time school teacher, mom, wife and friend. There are people in the running industry that you hear a lot from, people that get their story told over and over, but Kara's is a story that hasn't been out there. We're really happy to give the spotlight to Kara today.
To read all about Kara's recommendations for Portland, ME, click HERE for the full show notes.

Where to find Kara:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mainegirl2runs/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaineGirl2Runs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kara.tuckerforrest


Where to find Natalie and Jerold:
Natalie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natrunsfar/
Suite Run Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suiterun/
Natalie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Twitter: https://twitter.com/suiterun
Natalie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natrunsfar
Suite Run Website: https://www.suiterun.com/
Suite Run Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SuiteRun/
Natalie's Blog: http://www.natrunsfar.com/

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