The Rambling Runner Podcast

One thing that all runners love is running shoes and nobody reviews them better than the folks at Believe in the Run. Thomas Neuberger and Robbe Reddinger join me to discuss: 

- Favorite 2019 shoes for easy runs, workouts, short races, marathons

- Shoes they’re most excited about in 2020 in those categories

- Their favorite shoes that are about to be, or recently have been, discontinued and therefore on sale for a nice discount

- Favorite running shoe of all time

You can learn more about Believe in the Run at www.believeintherun.com.

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Haley Chura is a certified badass. After turning pro in triathlon several years ago she has won races at the full and half Ironman distances. In 2015, she was sidelined from doing running workouts for a year and a half after a devastating crash on her bike three weeks before the Ironman World Championships. This year she decided to make a run at the Olympic Trials marathon qualifying standard after the September World Championships. In this episode, Haley details this amazing journey and her feelings after breaking 2:45 at the California international Marathon last weekend. Haley is also a strong advocate for women in sport and was recently the MC at the Outspoken: Women in Triathlon Summit.

You can listen to Haley’s Iron Women Podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ironwomen-podcast/id1265466545.

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There are as many different running stories as there are runners, but Seth Baird’s path to the sport is more unusual than most. Up until three years ago Seth was working hard to pursue professional body building - the literal opposite of what he is doing now. After a serious injury, and a dalliance with performance enhancers, Seth picked up running and took to it like a fish in water. This fall Seth ran his first marathon, after setting PR’s at every distance in his lead-up, and clocked a 3:14 at Charlotte. In this episode, Seth talks about this running conversion, adapting to a new model of training his body, what the marathon feels like for a first-timer. 

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For the last 10 years, Meghann Featherstun has been working with people to help them find their happy place with nutrition, exercise, body composition, and in life. She specializes in sports performance nutrition, pre- and postnatal nutrition, family nutrition, and with a heavy background in clinical nutrition can help athletes manage their medical conditions through nutrition as well. As a certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD), Meghann helps people to balance nutrition choices and fitness to reach their desired body composition and fitness goals. Not only that, Meghann is a sub-3:00 marathoner and a distinguished athlete in her own right. 

In this episode, Meghann answers your varied and numerous questions about nutrition, health, and performance. 

You can learn more about Meghann at https://featherstonenutrition.com and on Instagram at @featherstonenutrition.  

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One of the many unintended positive benefits of hosting the Rambling Runner Podcast is how it has helped improve life. As a constant work-in-progress, I need all the help I can get. Thankfully, the last 100 guests have provided countless insights and hard-won knowledge. Here is some that has had a significant impact on my life. 

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The elusive sub-3:00 marathon is something that only the top 1% of women runners strive for. So what happens when a team of like-minded women come together, at one race, supported by some of the best running brands and coaches in the country? Lift.Run.Perform launched Project: Breaking 3 - a small, application-based group program, organized for those staring down that 3:00 marathon barrier in 2019 and it was a huge success. In this episode, Mary Johnson and Lauren Floris take a deep dive into the program, training structure, creating a team atmosphere digitally, and much more.

Learn more by following Lauren https://instagram.com/laurenfloris77 and Mary https://instagram.com/itsamarython.

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In 2016, Carly Spataro was living a relatively sedentary lifestyle after years of playing soccer. By the end of 2017 she had run five marathons and improved her time from her debut 3:49 to 3:14. Needless to say, she was hooked. This last month Carly did the seemingly impossible for an amateur runner who works full-time as a pharmacist - she ran both the Chicago as NYC marathons (just three weeks apart) and did so in 2:55 and 3:05, respectively. In this episode Carly shares how she built herself into a successful and durable marathoner, how she came to love the sport, and how she stepped up her game in 2019.

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Megan is a legend. She was the 2016 USATF Trail Runner of the Year at the ultra and sub-ultra distances. She is a five-time national champion, the North American Mountain Running Champion, and a six-time member of Team USA. She graduated from Duke University, where she played field hockey before running cross country for one year, with a degree in Neuroscience and received her M.D. from Stanford Medical School.

Megan started coaching with Some Work All Play in 2016 with the premise that she could help athletes learn to love the process of training, embrace their inner ninja, and recover using a Taco Tuesday approach.

In this episode, Megan discusses many things, including: The mind-body connection, power of genetics, what is talent, not taking your physical gifts too seriously, bouncing back from injury better than before, the paradox of goalsetting, and embracing life in the short term and long term.

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TCS New York City Marathon week is upon us and it is sure to be an amazing race. In this episode we hear from Kellyn Taylor, Roberta Groner, Jared Ward, John Raneri, and Lou Serafini. Each of them discuss their current fitness level, injury status, mental and emotional frame of mind, mantras and motivations, and goals for the race.

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Rachel Brenke had a newborn son, her husband was just deployed, and she wanted more. Next step: law school and entrepreneurship! 10 years later she faced a similar situation. Two degrees, five kids, and zero time for herself. Next step: become a triathlete! Rachel not only knows the legal ins-and-outs of running a business but she has a pulse on the industry as an athlete herself.

With an impressive list of accomplishments such as:

Team USA ’17 & ’18, competed in ITU World Championships Aquathlon (ranked #10 in 2017 & #12 in 2018)

Ironman World Championships ’18

Ironman Maryland Ambassador ’18,

1st of 6 World Major Stars at NYC ’18

USAT Ambassador ’17, ’18, ’19

In this episode, Rachel discusses how all of this is possible for all of us and the time, effort, and belief it took for her to create this life. You can learn more about Rachel at www.fitlegally.com. 

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