More Than Running with Dana Giordano
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago -Listen as Dana Giordano, a professional middle-distance runner, sits down and talks with some of the most inspirational and insightful women in running. Whether they're doing amazing things on the track or working tirelessly to promote the sport as industry leaders and entrepreneurs, hear how they've found success.
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BONUS EPISODE: Courtney Wayment on recovery, gratitude, and steeplechase.
July 21, 2023 23:46 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBWhy hello, my friends. I missed you! As it turns out moving across the country takes a moment and I've been cooking up something special for this fall for the podcast. Stay tuned1 In the meantime here is a special episode of More Than Running with Courtney Wayment. Courtney recently placed 3rd at the USA National Championships to secure her spot on the Steeplechase team. Courtney is just the best source of energy and light and I know her stories will brighten up your day like they did mine!...
Angel Piccirillo on resilience in the face of track training group changes
May 19, 2023 18:16 - 48 minutes - 111 MBAngel Piccirillo graduated from Villanova University with a clear plan in mind: run fast, secure a contract, join a training group, represent national teams, and repeat the process. However, little did she expect that, despite being a 9-time All-American and graduating in 2017, she would find herself on her fourth training group in just six years, finally hitting her stride as a professional athlete in 2023 setting a personal best in the 1500 in 4:07 this past April. In this episode of Mor...
Olympian Valerie Constien signs professional track contract with Nike two years post Tokyo Games
April 27, 2023 16:26 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MB"It’s really amazing because I’m 27 years old. I’ve made an Olympic team. I’ve made an Olympic final. I’m an indoor national champion. I have all these accolades and I finally have a contract. It’s really cool because it’s just confirmation that I’m not an imposter. I deserve this kit. Now, I finally have it. I am so happy that it’s Nike." Join us on this episode of More Than Running as we hear from Valerie Constien, a professional track athlete who made the 2021 Tokyo Olympics team in the ...
Emma Bates Top American, 5th at Boston Marathon '23 on calling her shot and taking chances!
April 17, 2023 22:00 - 29 minutes - 68.5 MBCongratulations to Emma Bates for placing 5th in the Boston Marathon TODAY in 2:22:10. Listen to her immediate post-race thoughts on More Than Running with Dana.
Emma Bates After Running 2:22:10 And Finishing Top American At The 2022 Boston Marathon
April 17, 2023 22:00 - 29 minutes - 68.5 MBCongratulations to Emma Bates for placing 5th in the Boston Marathon TODAY in 2:22:10. Listen to her immediate post-race thoughts on More Than Running with Dana.
Athletes? Influencers? Chats on the running creator economy today with Cait Keen and Erin Bailey.
April 04, 2023 08:40 - 1 hour - 155 MBHave you ever wondered why it seems like specific runners online keep getting free gear, trips, and race entries? Why are these people sometimes elites and sometimes everyday athletes? In this episode of More Than Running - Erin Bailey, founder of Momentum Management a talented agency for active creators, and Cait Keen, an Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier and creator, and I have a round table discussion on the current state of the running economy. Stay tuned for our reasons why we create, r...
Lauren Fleshman wants to change the future of women's sports - A Good For a Girl book conversation
March 17, 2023 19:13 - 38 minutes - 88.9 MBIn this episode of More Than Running, I FINALLY sat down with Lauren Fleshman to discuss her new book Good For a Girl. I believe this book should be mandatory reading for anyone who coaches female athletes, is an athlete, or cares about improving the sporting landscape for all. Lauren's experience as an athlete competing at the highest professional level is unique, but her overall experience as a female athlete facing issues of body image, anxiety, and self-doubt is not. I hope you enjoy thi...
Sustainability and running with Emma Coburn and Elodie Watrin. MTR x TSS Minisode 4.
March 12, 2023 04:56 - 43 minutes - 99.7 MBWelcome back to more than running with Dana. I’m your host Dana Giordano, and on this show, I talk to the women in and around the running community who inspire me daily. I started this podcast when I was running professionally and I felt like the deeper stories of women were not being amplified. Stay for real conversations about confidence, mental health, body image, motivation, and of course, running. This episode of More Than Running is supported by New Balance. This is a mini-series feat...
More Than Running - Dana's first solo mini episode
February 23, 2023 15:03 - 15 minutes - 35.6 MBOn this episode of More Than Running, I take a moment to chat about the WHY for the podcast and where it goes from here. When your relationship with running changes, it can be hard to see how it fits into your life, but you know you need it there. Stripped back this 15 minute mini-episode grounds the 2023 year and the upcoming conversations on the podcast. Cheers and let me know what you think! - Dana
Pathways for opportunity through running with Gabby Thomas and Vanessa Ong. MTR x TSS Minisode 3.
December 19, 2022 15:55 - 43 minutes - 98.6 MBWelcome back to more than running with Dana. I’m your host Dana Giordano, and on this show, I talk to the women in and around the running community who inspire me daily. I started this podcast while running professionally and felt like the deeper stories of women were not being amplified. Stay for real conversations about confidence, mental health, body image, motivation, and running. This episode of More Than Running is supported by New Balance. This is a mini-series featuring New Balance’...
Conversations on mental health in running with Heather MacLean and Harky Kalsi. MTR x TSS Minisode 2.
December 09, 2022 18:06 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBWelcome back to more than running with Dana. I’m your host Dana Giordano, and on this show, I talk to the women in and around the running community who inspire me daily. I started this podcast when I was running professionally and I felt like the deeper stories of women were not being amplified. Stay for real conversations about confidence, mental health, body image, motivation, and of course, running. This episode of More Than Running is supported by New Balance. This is a mini-series feat...
The power of women's running communities with Femke Bol and Tammy Tammy Salazar-Andurand. MTR x TSS Minisode 1
December 02, 2022 20:44 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MBWelcome back to more than running with Dana. I’m your host Dana Giordano and on this show I talk to the women in and around the running community who inspire me daily. I started this podcast when I was running professionally and I felt like the deeper stories of women were not being amplified. Stay for real conversations about confidence, mental health, body image, motivation and of course running. This episode of More Than Running is supported by New Balance. This is a mini-series featurin...
Maggie Montoya has unfinished business in her running career
October 21, 2022 20:58 - 57 minutes - 132 MB"It doesn't happen immediately for a lot of people. And I think just sticking it out and doing it. And then you also see a lot of women that leave the sport for a long time after college and they come back and they still crush it. And I think that everybody's timeline's a little bit different. And I think it's just if you come back to running or come to whatever you wanna do in life." - Maggie Montoya On this episode of More Than Running, I welcome Maggie Montoya, a Boulder, Colorado-based ...
Emily Cole - Duke track athlete, author of The Player's Plate, and NIL social media star
October 07, 2022 18:35 - 52 minutes - 119 MBOn this episode of More Than Running, I had a great conversation with Duke senior athlete Emily Cole. Emily competes in the steeplechase, and this year she placed 7th at the NCAA Championships and qualified for the USA Championship. Emily is most well known for her social media presence on TikTok and Instagram where she shares daily training, motivation, and her life as a student-athlete. She has been successful in the NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) space as well working with brands and monetiz...
Olympic Gold medalist Jessie Diggins wants to be the best in the world, AGAIN! How Jessie cultivates a healthy happy training environment.
September 30, 2022 18:59 - 1 hour - 166 MB" I would love to win a overall World Title again.. To me, that's kind of the, the ultimate goal. So it takes stamina and planning over an entire season. I think it's, it's one of those reach goals where if everything lines up, we have a shot and making this happen." - Jessie Diggins Three-time Olympian and three-time Olympic Medalist Gold (2018), Silver (2022), Bronze (2022) cross-country skier Jessie Diggins joins me on the More Than Running podcast. Jessie and I have crossed paths a few ...
Ultramarathoner Courtney Dauwalter On Pushing the Boundaries of How Far the Body Can Run
September 23, 2022 19:30 - 58 minutes - 134 MBSummertime is over, folks! And we are kicking off the 5th season of More Than Running with Dana. My life has changed significantly in the past year as I transitioned from professional track, moved across the country to SF, and worked several jobs. Over this past year, I've learned that joy is the truest source of success, and this season is focused on finding joy in passions, whether running or something off-piste on the trails or even other sports. Running connects us, and I am here to keep...
Vanessa Fraser Leaves The Bowerman Track Club in Oregon, She Explains What's Next
August 22, 2022 19:15 - 1 hour - 194 MB“ In fact, maybe the only way to get to where you want is to detour from that path that you had in mind originally, or that, you know, is the traditional path of doing things and, and trusting that those people in your support network will actually...Be excited about it” Vanessa Fraser joins the More Than Running Podcast to discuss some big changes in her life. We recorded this in my living room in San Francisco, which will play a big role in her career moving forward. For those who may no...
Ali Feller/Ali on the Run on carving out her own space in the running community
August 12, 2022 15:54 - 1 hour - 139 MBThis episode is a long time coming. Fellow podcaster Ali Feller joins me on More Than Running podcast to catch up and share more about her "goals", dreams, and current life update. Ali is the host of the Ali on the Run Show which is now on its 550th episode! Ali is a beam of light in the running world and I loved picking her brain about how she thinks about her own training, her show, and her experience working behind the scenes at the World Championships. I first time I "met" Ali was a gu...
Bringing the World Championships to life in Eugene with Communications Director Jessi Gabriel
July 29, 2022 19:42 - 54 minutes - 124 MB"I'm getting emotional thinking about it. He picked her up and they stood there for six minutes hugging. It was so so sweet... Just to see those moments where it's a moment that nobody else got to witness...Her joy that I was able to be a part of making happen was super special." - Jessi Gabriel on the inside moments of Eugene 22 Wow, what a week it has been coming off the World Championships in Oregon. I spent a week in Eugene for the third time this year (Prefontaine Classic, USA Champion...
Chloe Abbott - The multi-hyphenate 400m sprinter, musician, actor developing her passions on and off the track.
July 14, 2022 13:20 - 1 hour - 156 MB"Yes, running is amazing. It's freedom, it's hard work, it's amazing. It's one of the best sports I think in the entire world, but there is so much to that when you learn who you are. When you learn who you are you can capitalize on the beauty of the sport... Learn who you are, love who you are and it will make the sport of running ten times more amazing." Chloe Abbott is a 400m professional sprinter for On Running, BUT she is much more than running. Chloe is a multi-hyphenate (my new favor...
Eugene 22 World Championship preview with 5x WC qualifier Molly Huddle. Women's distance events and more!
July 13, 2022 15:48 - 1 hour - 149 MBOn this special bonus episode of More Than Running, I chat with 5x World Championship qualifier Molly Huddle about everything she is excited about for Eugene 22. We primarily cover women's distance events with a heavy bias toward the hometown, our team, Team USA! Molly competed in the World Championships in 2011 Daegu 5k, 2013 Moscow 5k, 2015 Beijing 10k, 2017 London 10k, and 2019 Doha 10k. Molly's decade of dominance was briefly paused due to the birth of her first child Josephine this pa...
America's Premier 800m Team - Catching up with Atlanta Track Club at USAs with Allie Wilson, Olivia Baker, and Yolanda Ngarambe
July 01, 2022 18:25 - 21 minutes - 49.8 MBYou may know the Atlanta Track Club best from the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials BUT the team has been developing a dominance in the middle distance events under the coaching guidance of Amy and Andrew Begley. I had the opportunity to sit down in the Adidas house at the USA championship in this mini-episode to learn more about what magic is being developed down in Atlanta with Allie Wilson, Olivia Baker, and Yolanda Ngarambe. Allie Wilson was a recent guest on More Than Running and I know Oli...
Emily Pritt - Athlete, Agent and Community Leader
June 22, 2022 19:48 - 1 hour - 178 MBOn this episode of More Than Running I spoke with my friend Emily Pritt. Emily and I share a lot of common ground within the running world as women who have held a lot hats within this space. Emily’s current titles include Athlete Services Manager at Flynn Sports Agency and Chief Operating Officer at Bowerman Track Club. She is a certified agent and travels to support Flynn Sports athletes at meets and other major events. In her role at Bowerman, Emily has grown the community youth program, ...
Kendall Ellis - Leveling up in the 400m and Gaining Confidence on the World Stage
June 14, 2022 15:46 - 48 minutes - 112 MB"More Than Running" needs more than distance runners it needs sprinters! This week’s guest is Kendall Ellis. You may remember Kendall from her viral 4x4 finish for USC back in 2018 where she walked down Georgia in the last 80 meters to win the NCAA title. Since 2019, Kendall has been a pro athlete for New Balance and ran at the Tokyo Olympics where she earned a bronze medal in the mixed relay. I recently met Kendall at the Track at New Balance when she saved the day and flew across the cou...
Natosha Rogers Makes Team USA for the World Championships – 10 Years After Olympic Trials Heartbreak
June 03, 2022 14:57 - 53 minutes - 124 MB"I don't know what that was. It was this narrow tunnel vision. I saw it slip away there for a second. It was this decision in my entire body that was like, 'No. I am going to take this spot.' It felt like something had taken over me." This week Natosha Rogers of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project joins More Than Running to break down her third place finish at the USATF USA 10,000m Championship this past weekend at the Prefontaine Classic. Natosha outkicked Emily Infled narrowly 31:29.80 to...
Lessons on Finding Joy in Running with Allie Wilson
May 27, 2022 20:13 - 1 hour - 147 MBWelcome, Allie Wilson to More Than Running! Allie is a member of the Atlanta Track Club and a graduate of Monmouth University. This season Allie has been on a tear in the 800m recently running the World Championship Standard 1:58.18 at the Track Meet on May 12th. Allie gave everything she had a went a bit *viral* falling and winning over the finish line! Allie's positivity and team-oriented nature is infectious and this episode had me smiling the whole time. Allie's attitude toward running a...
Julie Culley LIVE! An open and honest conversation on career, family and grit
May 03, 2022 22:52 - 1 hour - 145 MBJoin me and 2012 Olympian and Brooks Sports Marketing Manager, Julie Culley, for a special recording of the More Than Running Podcast. Over Boston Marathon weekend, I had the opportunity to sit down and share Julie’s incredible story from athlete to collegiate coach to mom and more! We laugh, we cry and hear what it means to Julie to be committed to her dreams. I highly recommend this episode if you want to hear from a woman who has never given up in the face of so many types of adversity. ...
A New Chapter of Discovery, Advocacy and Running With Nikki Hiltz
April 20, 2022 17:31 - 56 minutes - 128 MB"I would tell them to stop having insignificant people have a significant impact on your life. I feel like that's what I would tell Nikki from a year ago. It's hard. I still tell myself that every day and it's a practice. I don't think there will ever be a time where a homophobic or transphobic comment doesn't hurt. It's practicing that over time. It's like 'Who is this person? They're so insignificant.' At the end of the day, that comment says more about them. Half the time, I just want to ...
How To Develop Self-Belief, Confidence With Empire Elite's Dani Aragon (Cameo by Molly Seidel + Jon Green)
April 09, 2022 09:04 - 1 hour - 159 MBThis week's guest is Dani Aragon. She is a U.S. 800m and 1500m specialist who was a star at Notre Dame, a U.S. Olympic Trials finalist, an amazing human and so much more. At the beginning of the episode, you'll get a cameo from her current roommate and former Irish teammate Molly Seidel + coach Jon Green. In this episode, you'll hear a bit about what it's like being a pro runner at a training camp. She trains under coach John Trautmann and Tommy Nohilly with Empire Elite. The reason why I ...
Using, Maximizing TikTok To Tell Women's Sports Stories To Millions (With Logan Hackett aka SportsWithLogs)
March 25, 2022 14:40 - 47 minutes - 109 MB"I created another page where I was doing fashion reviews and rating outfits from red carpet events and fashion shows. That's completely not up my alley at all. I've grown up an athlete. All my friends are athletes. I had nothing to do with fashion. I just found it fun and the videos were doing incredibly well so I thought, 'I'll just roll with it.' I got into WNBA pre-game fits and that's kind of where it all started. People were like, 'Oh my gosh. Please do more of these.' I had no clue th...
The Importance of Storytelling In Track and Field, Media Representation (Ft. Jasmine Todd)
March 17, 2022 17:33 - 40 minutes - 92.7 MBDana Giordano and Jasmine Todd discuss the different ways track and field athletes use social media, balancing it with their personal lives and the importance of representation across all events for female athletes. On social media, World Athletics' Michelle Sammet (a previous guest on the show) noted just how small of a fraction female athletes get in sports media but the numbers behind the sports media positions held by women are just as staggering. ▶ Follow Dana: Twitter | Instagram ▶ ...
2022 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Preview: Who To Watch, Storylines to Follow (Run Your Mouth Podcast Crossover)
February 24, 2022 18:08 - 1 hour - 151 MBThis week, we tell you everything you need to know about the upcoming U.S. Indoor National Championships in a very special crossover episode with Run Your Mouth with David Melly, our sibling podcast in the Citius Mag network. This episode is essential listening before this weekend’s meet, and we cover it all - who’s been hot, who’s on the comeback train, and who’s not competing at all. We give you detailed insight and analysis into the meet, including our not-so-expert picks for every trac...
Episode 15 | Hannah O'Flynn: Artist, Creator & Athlete Combining Her Talents To Advocate For Women’s Sports
February 10, 2022 17:27 - 1 hour - 165 MBWe're taking a small step out of the running realm and into the basketball space for a bit – although our guest did run in college. Hannah O'Flynn is an incredible content creator, video producer, social media manager, saxophone player, women's sports advocate so much more. She was also my freshman trip leader at Dartmouth so we've known each other for a long time. Our careers have paralleled as she's now at ESPN W creating content that's women's sports-focused. Her career is so interesting....
Episode 14 | Samantha Hanson Is Paving Her Own Path In Track & Field As An Agent
February 03, 2022 22:18 - 43 minutes - 100 MBSamantha Hanson is paving her own path in the sport of Track and Field. As the daughter of Kevin Hanson, one of the head coaches of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, Sam was essentially born and raised in track & field. After a collegiate career of her own at Michigan State and Oakland, Sam is now working with Hawi management as a certified track agent. In this episode, we discuss what it was like growing up in a track family, the challenges of being a female agent in a male-dominated spa...
Episode 13 | NCAA Champion Anna Camp-Bennett On Turning Pro, Signing With Adidas + The Next Chapter
January 27, 2022 22:28 - 59 minutes - 135 MB"Honestly, it was a dream come true. I can't tell you how much younger Anna would be freaking out right now like, 'Woah! You're a professional athlete!' Once it really hit me, I thought this is amazing. Not only that but with a brand that I absolutely love." This week's guest is Anna Camp-Bennett. She just graduated from BYU and recently signed a professional contract with Adidas. She won the NCAA title in the women's 1,500 meters in June 2021. She also won an NCAA cross country team title ...
Episode 12 | Heather MacLean On Handling Post-Olympic Comedown, Getting Her Love For The Sport Back
January 20, 2022 16:33 - 53 minutes - 122 MB"My immediate feeling afterward was a little bit of disappointment in myself. Now I think back on it and realize I created this goal at the trials. I was an underdog making it to the Olympics in the first place and I created this goal for myself after I qualified for the Olympic team. To think about how far I've come, it's hard to think about that right after the here and now. You think about it later down the road. I'm trying to remind myself now about all the things I overcame in order to ...
Episode 11 | Catching Up With Erin Azar aka Mrs. Space Cadet After Blowing From Pandemic Struggles to 700K Followers + Major Inspiration
December 30, 2021 19:05 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MB"I never thought I would inspire anybody in life. I quit everything. I was never an inspiring person. To see me now, by just sharing my story of going from really sad to really glad and that being able to inspire somebody is a dream come true. I love making videos. I love sharing my story. I love oversharing, as my husband would say. The fact that it can help people is like, 'Are you kidding this is amazing?!" It is just more motivation to keep going, keep making videos and keep running beca...
Episode 10 | Sara Vaughn Crushes Her Marathon Debut (2:26:53) With A Win At The California International Marathon, 5th Fastest U.S. Debut Ever!
December 16, 2021 18:50 - 39 minutes - 90.2 MB“I think the biggest thing is that I still love it. I’ve told myself after every season when you get tired toward the end and you don’t tend to love it as much, it’s OK if you want to walk away if the fire doesn’t come back. I’ll take a break and I’ll step away from the sport and I’ll always miss it pretty terribly like a few days later. I know it’s still there. I know I have more to give. The pure love for the sport is what keeps me coming back. If I set big goals and know what it takes to ...
Episode 9 | Keira D'Amato Finally Gets Her National Title, Thoughts + Emotions on The New OTQ 2024 Standards
December 09, 2021 16:16 - 51 minutes - 119 MB"Coming out of college, I tried running for a little bit and got injured. Then I gave up on myself. I let go of that dream and I forgave myself for not hitting those dreams. Then, I gave myself permission to try again and to dream of that again. To be able to come here – I’m just getting so emotional – what a ride. I’m just so happy and proud of myself that I allowed myself to give it another shot to see what I can do. To finally win this 25-year-old-plus goal of mine is just really emotiona...
Episode 8 | Oregon22 Board Member Liz Dolan On Staying Noisy And Uplifting Female Voices + Athletes
December 01, 2021 21:06 - 37 minutes - 85.5 MBIf you enjoy this podcast, women's sports or marketing, then Liz Dolan has maybe had some sort of impact on your life. She has worked as the Chief Marketing Office at NIKE, The Oprah Winfrey Network, National Geographic and Fox Sports International. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22. She also serves as the co-host and co-creator of Satellite Sisters, which is a long-time show that she does with her sisters and is now published by Wonder...
Episode 7 | Colleen Quigley On Making Big Changes And Moving Forward From Injury Heartbreak (LIVE from WHOOP's NYC Pop-Up)
November 23, 2021 20:50 - 45 minutes - 103 MBThis week's guest is Colleen Quigley for the first-ever "More Than Running" podcast live show at WHOOP's pop-up in New York City. We talked a lot about all of the recent changes in her life, which I related to a lot because I've made big changes and moved within the past year. We have a lot in common. She's so fun, honest and open talking about her injuries, the decision not to compete at the Olympic Trials, dealing with the disappointment, moving forward, getting healthy and setting lofty g...
Episode 6 | 20x Paralympic Champion Tatyana McFadden On Her Advocacy For Disabled Athletes
November 15, 2021 17:01 - 34 minutes - 77.8 MB"I feel like if we could parallel in sports with Paralympics and marathons and wheelchair racing, we can also help parallel disabilities in communities. A lot of our idols come from sports figures. We can really give back to our own communities and make sure people with disabilities have that chance to get an education and hold a job. A lot of athletes who compete in the Paralympics go home and try to get a job and they can't. That's not only a U.S. issue. It's a global issue. That's the imp...
Episode 5 | Loyola Coach Amy Horst On Acknowledging Success And Pushing For Equality
October 27, 2021 14:20 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MB"For as much as our pandemic has been focused on inaction and staying at home, I think with the changes that we're trying to make, we're actually trying to do things about them now that we're back out in the community and going." This week's guest is Amy Horst. Amy is the head men’s and women’s cross country coach at Loyola and the head women’s track coach. We speak about Amy’s previous career as an engineer working on CT machines and what made her decide to switch to coaching. The real rea...
Episode 4 | 800m Olympic Bronze Medalist Raevyn Rogers On Surrounding Yourself With Supporters
October 21, 2021 13:37 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MB"Having those people around that I can talk to in different phases of my emotions has helped balance keeping me inspired and excited about progression." Raevyn Rogers put together one of the best seasons, which was capped by a 1:56.81 personal best that put her at No. 4 on the U.S. all-time list and earned her a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Dana Giordano had the chance to catch up with Raevyn in Chicago on what life has been like since etching her name in the history books. Raevyn di...
Episode 3 | Lennie Waite, Ph.D. on Improving Your Mental Game and Strategy
October 13, 2021 14:28 - 37 minutes - 52 MB"People who are winning medals are motivated by the people who are making the final. The people who are making the final are motivated by people who are making a threat to make the team. And if you can just continue to provide deeper resources, you're going to elevate the performance of everybody. So in my head, it makes so much sense. The wider spectrum of people that you're able to help in terms of delivering sport psychology services, You reduce stigma, you kind of help mental health. It ...
Episode 2 | Chanelle Price On The Power of Perseverance
October 06, 2021 13:51 - 33 minutes - 45.3 MB"Taking it back to 2017, that's when the trials and tribulations started. I found out about some blood clots in my lungs in Jan. 2017 and it seemed like ever since then it was one thing after another. That same year, I found out I came back from those blood clots way too quickly and my body just shut down. In the summer of 2017, I had mono. 2017 was when I fractured my metatarsal for the first time. 2018 was when I fractured it again and ended up getting surgery. 2019 was just me just trying...
Episode 1 | Kate Grace On Overcoming Disappointment and Finding Your Best Self
September 29, 2021 11:56 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MB"Time moves forward. There is the next step and there is an action to be taken...It's no fun to have a disappointment but you fully control what happens next. Your decisions and actions can make whatever happens next...so why not make something good of it or at least try?" We kick off the new season of 'More Than Running' with Kate Grace, who is coming off one of the best seasons of any American middle distance runner. After finishing seventh in the women's 800 meter final at the U.S. Olymp...
Season 2 Wrap Up + Injury + Training Update + Plans for Season 3
April 07, 2021 15:40 - 29 minutes - 41 MBTo wrap up Season 2 of More Than Running, Dana Giordano sits down with producer Chris Chavez to breakdown the biggest lessons from speaking to this season's guests. We featured: Michelle Sammet, Porscha Dobson, Bobbi Gibb, Katherine Burgess, Mrs. Space Cadet, Emma Abrahamson, Erika Kemp, Alexi Pappas, Erin Kinney, Nini Meyer, Emily Infeld, Taylor Tracey, Grayson Murphy and Courtney Wayment. Dana provides an injury update after a foot issue sidelined her for much of the indoor season, plan...
Episode 13 | Courtney Wayment, 2x NCAA Champion for BYU
March 31, 2021 12:44 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBCourtney Wayment is a fifth-year senior at BYU and recently notched victories at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the DMR (won in the second-fastest time in NCAA history) and 3,000m (9:01.47). She has a bubbly, sparkling personality and she speaks very highly of her team. There has been a lot in the media recently about unhealthy programs, challenges within the NCAA system and so I wanted to shed some light on a team that is having great success under a female coach, Coach ...
Episode 12 | Grayson Murphy, Mountain Running World Champion and Pro for Saucony
March 12, 2021 19:44 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBGrayson is a multi-talented athlete with success on the trails and track. She got started in soccer and currently does cross-country skiing on the side. After transitioning from being a collegiate soccer player at Santa Clara, she got more into running and found All-American success at Utah. The steeplechase was her event and she owns a 9:48.57 personal best in it. She signed a professional contract with NAZ Elite but then made a change and signed a contract with Saucony to explore the trail...