Eric and Sheila are back tonight with Jeff McBeth the tech guru of the #TrailsRoc board as we celebrate National First Contact day! Jeff and his family have been a fixture at our events since our inception and they thankfully loan him to us for all of our tech related questions.

We spend time tonight talking some nerd talk, but breaking it down so everyone can get a good handle on how running tech works.

We barely scratch the surface, which means we might bring Jeff back for some tech 101 in the future. Tonight we discuss how your GPS watch works, why it sometimes doesn't work and what is the dreaded Strava tax. After the break we dove into the #TrailsRoc app and why you should download it today!

There are some really interesting topics we touched on that we will dive deeper into later, but you can find some links below to do some research after you listen!

First Contact Day

Our App - Download it now

App Designer Mike Mertsock

GPS Drift

Strava Tax

SRTM

Dual Frequency

Apple Satellite Text

Iridium Launch

Amazing women of our tech:

Amy Fricon is here with Sheila to talk all things crew related and tell a bit about Monroe Milers and who is supporting our youth in running today. A great episode with some fantastic information! Check the links below for more!

Monroe Milers

Nancy Allinger: [email protected] if you want to coach, donate, or get your youth invovled!

Ted Talk:

Mendon Trail Run:

Many On The Genny:

East Ave Grocery:

Dicks Sporting Goods

This week we are joined by newly crowned winner of our Last Runner Standing Race: Sophie Kotok. Sophie, originally from Colorado moved to Rochester and running helped her find a community. Sheila and Sophie talk all things "mom"

We venture into categories about weight gain and exercise while pregnant, why women get "the look" when working out while pregnant, why there is so little research and care into postpartum women, what to expect for your exercise before and after birth and so much more.

We branch into the world of sport and talk about what can we do as race directors and run organizers to make things more welcoming to pregnant women and new moms as well.

Sophie brings all the experience of being a new mom and having just gone through this process while Sheila brings to the table currently being 6 months pregnant expecting 2 baby boys this summer.

Check some links below to look into what was discussed today!

Weight gain during pregnancy

ROAR by Stacy Simms

Return To Running Post Natal

What is that Belly Band Sophie mentioned?

Trail Sisters

&Mother

5:25 mile at 9 months pregnant?

Nike forced to change

Sheila is back for another Women's History Month celebration as Dr. Elizabeth Lenz from SUNY Brockport joins to talk about Women in Sport - Her path to fitness and wellness - Being a mom and a wife and fitting it all in and so much more

Who is Elizabeth Lenz

What is Title 9? or here

Walk! Bike! Brockport!

New Girls Sport in RCSD

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Sheila is back with another episode celebrating Women's History Month and our guest is Registered Dietitian Jill Chodak.  Jill and Sheila spend time talking about the profession and the unique differences within the nutrition world, how to pick a clinician, what questions to ask, why social media can be good, but also so bad, and of course when a room full of people from Buffalo are talking, the topic of pizza and wings comes up. 

Jill gave us a laundry list of resources that we have linked below. Enjoy this knowledge filled episode!

Who is Jill Chodak?

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 

Foodhub 

Fooducate (and there is an app)

National Eating Disorders Organization

Rochester Eating Disorders Organization

The Healing Connection

Heart Health

Natty or not?

Some red flags for those online influencers? 

Sheila and Jen Lacey take us on a journey through time as we kick off Women's History Month with an episode about some of the coolest and shocking stories they could find regarding women in the sport of running. 

We are excited to kick off 5 straight episodes to celebrate Women and each episode this month will bring you another perspective on the sport!

Show notes:

Last Runner Standing

#TrailsRoc

Mary Eggers, a Registered Nurse - Triathlete-  Coach - and fellow podcaster joins us today as we celebrate American Heart Health Month. We talk heart health, what to do and when to do it and as always we go off topic a few times! Worth the listen - When you are done, go sign up and get your CPR certification!

Mary as a Nurse

First Aid/CPR certification at American Red Cross

The Surrounded By Valor Podcast

Valor Triathlon Project

The Office - CPR episode

Eric and Sheila are back this week to talk about love. Yep, a valentine in the woods kind of episode. Mike Welden and Natalie Thompson join us (with Special little guest Amelie) We talk about running in the same races, running together when we aren't the same paces, and how running helps (or sometimes hinders) relationships. 

You might hear the baby from time to time, and we are pretty excited to give her voice some air time-- On this podcast we welcome tiny voices as much as we welcome big ones.

Check below for some topics that came up on the show notes

0 SPF Year 1

Many On The Genny

Webster Trail Classic

Escarpment

Great Range Traverse

Devils Path

We are back again this week and Jordan Brouk joins us to talk about his adventures in running and celebrating Black History Month. We discuss some barriers to our sport, and some opportunities for us to grow. Check the show notes below to learn more about Jordan and the topics we talked about. 

You can find Jordan on his instagram here

Things we talked about today:

Frank Hart and "Pedestrianism" 

Lead The Way 5K 

Coaches of Color

Comrades

Black Girls Run

Monroe Milers 

Trent Jackson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gray_(runner)

What is the Saranac 6er Ultra? https://www.saranaclakeny.gov/index.php?section=playing-hiking-challenge 

Jordan takes on the Saranac 6 ultra https://www.saranaclake.com/saranac-lake-6er/roster/4061 

Jonathan Griffiths owner of Rochester Running Company joins us to kick off February, the month of love. We talk about what he loves about running, Rochester, being a new dad, why he thinks running can make a difference, the opportunity for a firefighter calendar and more.

We run an ad for the first time ever - and surprise - We dont know what the ad is until we listen..... Let us know if you hated it or loved it.

Show notes:

Rochester Running Company 

Robin Hood Racing

Runnin Of The Green

Boilermaker 15K

Many Lite

Running Inside Out - For way more in-depth stories than we share here.

The TROY series races and website will be live soon!