The After Run Bourbon Club

It's International Podcast Day and we're taking a look back at the "Best of Season One"! Season two is underway but before we kick off the new season, Los hand selected his favorite moments from the inaugural season of After Run Bourbon Club. Enjoy these fun and inspiring moments and we'll see you in the new season very soon!

Host: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo

Produced by: Castle on the Hill Productions

It's the season finale of After Run Bourbon Club and today's episode is a special one for Los. His guest is the woman who started his obsession with bourbon and the reason the podcast exists, his wife Kerri Kolarik! Kerri is an amazing and very talented athlete and beloved by everyone she meets. She's even had NBA stars in her DMs. Her love for bourbon may not be as strong as it once was but her love for her friends, her community, and of course her husband are unmatched.

Today Los sits down with runner, coach and newly published author, Zach Prescott. Zach's passion for running has taken him from Boston, half way around the world to Australia, and back again. He turned that passion into service by coaching the next generation of college athletes to pursue their goals at American University in Washington D.C.

In his spare time he serves as a pacer for the run club, Northeast Track Club, and has designed training programs for the club that have helped to take their runners to new heights and even greater speeds.

Recently he published a book, called "This Book Can Make You Love Running", which leverages sports psychology concepts founded in cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance commitment therapy, positive psych, and self determination theory in order to help its reader work through their own motivations, goals, challenges, strengths, and weaknesses.

Host: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo

Guest: Zach Prescott

Executive Producer: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo

Produced by: Castle on the Hill Productions

Today at the bourbon table Los sits down with the incredible and amazingly fast, Tessa Barrett.  If you live or run around the DMV there's a very high likelihood that you've seen Tessa running past you. The Pennsylvania native runs, A LOT. Her dedication has paid off with two Marine Corps Marathon wins where she currently holds the course record, wins at the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon and Broad Street 10 Mile, and she's qualified for the Olympic Trials. With a personal best of 2:30, Tessa balances her high-level competition and the demands of her career as a VP at Merrill Lynch with focus, resilience, and a commitment to long term growth. She has proven what is possible when ambition meets hard work and consistency.

Today Los sits down with long time friend and Co-Captain at Northeast Track Club, Molly Applegate!

Molly is a Senior Captain with Northeast Track Club, one of the largest and fastest-growing running communities in the Washington, D.C. area, and a Lululemon Ambassador passionate about building community through movement. A former NCAA Division I runner at William & Mary, Molly has spent most of her life in the sport, from chasing collegiate dreams as a teenager running countless miles on her own to now helping create a community where runners of all abilities can find friendship, support, and belonging. While running has always been an important part of her life, she believes the sport is at its best when it enhances life rather than consumes it.

Raiza Vega was never really a big runner until she had patella realignment surgery and was told she’d never be able to run without pain again. Since that time she’s run over 100 races including 5 Marine Corps Marathon finishes here in DC. She is also a HUGE fan of whiskey and bourbon and is the coordinator for Team Whiskey Valor, which is part of the Whiskey Valor Foundation. Today Los sits down with Riaza to learn all about her running journey and the amazing mission of the Whiskey Valor Foundations.

On today's episode Los sits down with a Prince George’s County native, community builder, endurance athlete, creative and founder of the Chocolate City Relay, Brittany Greene.

Brittany is based in Washington, DC and has a background in bioengineering and a career in marketing and communications, she’s always been drawn to building things — especially the kind that bring people together. Much of Brittany’s work is rooted in creating spaces, experiences, and ideas that help people connect, feel seen, and realize what’s possible when community shows up for one another.

The Chocolate City Relay (CCR) is a community-rooted endurance initiative designed to create intentional on-ramps for Black women in endurance sports. What started as a relay among friends has grown into a platform that blends sport, storytelling, and collective support — redefining what it can look like to dream wild, challenge limits, and show up for one another along the way.

Learn more about Brittany and CCR on this week's episode!

Host: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo

Guest: Brittany Greene

Produced by: Castle on the Hill Productions

Executive Producer: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo

Today at the bourbon table Los is joined by an incredible athlete, Katie Dallimore. Katie emigrated from Wales as a child and is currently reconnecting with her culture and learning the language which includes making running videos while speaking fully in Welsh. She was one of the 2026 Cherry Blossom Ambassadors, grew up dancing instead of running, but became serious about running during the 2020 Covid lock downs. She also has a lot of very interesting, some might say obsession, with nature and science.

Host: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo

Guest: Katie Dallimore

Produced by: Castle on the Hill Productions

Executive Producer: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo

It's a special episode at the bourbon table because friend of the pod Jess Harding joins Los to try out some new bottles in this live reaction episode. One of Jess' favorite things to do is give a hot take and today Jess and Los each give their hot takes on the latest headlines in the running and fitness world.

Host: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo

Guest: Jess Harding

Produced by: Castle on the Hill Productions

Executive Producer: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo

A very special guest joins Los at the bourbon table today. Filmed the evening after the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 mile race in Washington D.C., newly crowned USATF Women's 10 Mile Champion and current American Record holder for the Women's 8K, Emma Grace Hurley sips on some bourbon and discusses her recent success, her slowest mile ever, and how her race went that very morning.

Host: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo

Guest: Emma Grace Hurley

Produced by: Castle on the Hill Productions

Executive Producer: Carlos Bonnett-Castillo