Why We Run

A 50k is scary, and so is doing a podcast without a guest. Different scary, different hard. But here we are! Here's quick episode on the lessons of my first 50k train run, why I did it and my analogy of the phases of building to a goal, doing said goal and recovering from the event. It's a lot like surfing; sitting on the beach, looking for your angle and reading the waves, working to get out, resting from the work and then the waiting, surfing and wiping out or coming safely to sho...

The film, Mardi and the Whites, is a layered look at relationships; The tie between The White Mountains in New Hampshire and Mardi Fuller. The bond Mardi has with the outdoors. And the beautiful connection Mardi finds with herself, as an outdoors woman, and her desire to share it with others, especially people of color. Granted, I am not a film critic, but I cannot say enough about Paula Champagne's movie Mardi and the Whites. It's beautiful and powerful. I get (GET!!!) to interview Mardi abo...

A lot has happened since Kelly and I first met a million years ago in my Couch to 5k Club. She did the 5k and trained for her first marathon, when this happened. She went on the complete a marathon and then another one. She got married, moved to New Jersey, got on the cover of Runner's World magazine, had a movie made about her and was all set to run the Boston Marathon with her husband and her mom when covid hit. And as many of us did, she stopped running. But she's back and ...

I re-interview Beth after she was on the first season of the podcast. We became running buddies through the pandemic and really grew a amazing friendship. Beth hated running when she started when she was in her late 40's. When she questioned the internal barriers in her mind and asked herself, "What if I could run a marathon" her running life took off and took her around the world. Luckily for her, she's a world tour guide and owner of Wandertours. We share a similar passion about ...

I am over the moon about talking to Jennifer Louden! I first saw her at a woman event where she gave a barn burning talk about burning barns down. Then when I saw she was the co-host and writing coach at Lauren Fleshman's Wilder retreat, I knew I had to go, especially since I was green (and still greener) at this whole writing game. She was warn, accessible and full of amazing tools. Fast forward to the pandemic, when she launched her first self-published book, Why Bother?, ...

When Jennifer isn't running, teaching, biking or being a mom, she is traveling around for her work as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis. She is the first black woman to be elected a diocesan bishop, and she is also a runner. She has been running since college, when she was on the crew team and had to run to the boat house. I met Jennifer in 2017 on a shuttle bus for a Oiselle running camp in Pennsylvania and we connected over 80's music, motherhood and running, an...

People: If you don't know who Mirna Valerio is, please do yourself a solid and look her up. Better yet, just read her book, A Beautiful Work in ProgressOr, you can follow her breath taking adventures over at @Minravator on Instagram. Oh, and of course, she's also a speaker, and just did a keynote over at LuluLemon. She is the real deal; beautiful, smart and strong AF. Her goal is to put good things out in this world, which is what we need. In her former life, she was a teacher and coach and s...

What a treat to interview one of my best friends! Michael Calore (@snackfight) is a newish runner, but not new to being the senior editor and writer @Wired, playing music or being a co-host @GadgetLab. He got into running after a health scare and stayed with it after learning 4 lessons: Shoes (ON running shoes)Nutrition (Not Beer)Special (Spoken) Mantra Sound Coaching Advice (From Me!)He also talks about what he listens to while he's running on the streets of San Francisco. We ...

On a cold early Seattle morning, I interview Megan Hanna. Megan has this great podcast called My 10 Songs. She interviews everyday people to astronauts about the 10 songs that changed their life. She does such a great job holding the space for the music and for the guests to share their beloved treasures. I got to be on there last year and had a great time.Since this was our music month, I wanted to take her out for a spin and talk about the power of music and how it is the glue to peopl...

One of my favorite things is listening to music when I am running. There is something so primal about beating my feat on the pavement in time with rhythm of a song. I also just love talking about music, so I wanted to talk to someone who speaks that language fluently, so I talked to Lucinda. She is a music educator, conductor, musician, singer and a runner. She speaks so deeply and beautifully about music that I could just listen and run with her all day. It's truly her first langu...