RunChats with @RonRunsNYC
135 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsTalking all things running, exploring how inspiring endurance athletes keep grinding, and Stay in the Fight!
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Kristen Garzone - Maternal Mental Health Warrior | RunChats Ep.31
March 16, 2021 01:39 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBI'm so excited to share this inspiring convo with badass mom and Maternal Mental Health Warrior, Kristen Garzone. After battling postpartum depression following the birth of her daughter Ellie, Kristen got involved in 2018 with the local chapter of Every Mother Counts and started Run To Believe and the KNT Foundation to honor her friend Kristin Nicole Thorsen, who lost her battle with PPD, to raise awareness and money for moms experiencing hardship through the prenatal and postpartum period....
Heather Lee - Passion, Adventure, & One INCREDIBLE Run | RunChats Ep.30
March 06, 2021 01:49 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBI'm stoked to share Heather Lee’s inspiring story! Heather’s an intrepid explorer, who is deeply passionate about travel and trail/mountain running. She grew up in the beautiful mountains of Alberta, Canada and has lived in 8 different countries between North America, Europe, and the Middle East, and has filled many passports visiting 55 countries. Her IG feed captures her passion for running, adventure, and photography and brings you along on her experiences learning about the architecture...
Abbott World Marathon Majors Updates with Tim Hadzima & Lorna Campbell | RunChats Ep.29
February 06, 2021 22:02 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBGood times catching up with Tim Hadzima and Lorna Campbell, the Global Marketing Leaders of the Abbott World Marathon Majors. It was a ton of fun to get to know them better, learn about their running histories and career paths taken in life. We took a deep dive on the topics below to better understand all things AbbottWMM. -Roles, running histories, career journeys -AbbottWMM overview -Six-Star program -Age Group World Rankings/World Championships -Global Run Club/Virtual Racing/Global ...
Dani Gogarty - Conquering Fears & Giving Back to Those in Need | RunChats Ep.28
January 26, 2021 20:42 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBI'm stoked to share bad ass mom, Dani Gogarty’s INSPIRING story! Dani got started in 2010, running a few local 5Ks and 10Ks in Eisenhower Park in Long Island. From there, an invite by her now husband, Ray, lead to a local tri where she showed up on a mountain bike, with a helmet from Target, and a rented wetsuit. At this point, Dani was a survival swimmer, terrified of open water swimming and was on a journey to overcome that fear. After a ton of hard work, good coaching, and an open water...
Michelle Baxter - Motivating Others, Being Motivated By Others, & Cultivating Connections All Over The World | RunChats Ep.27
January 17, 2021 18:58 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBI'm so excited to share bad ass mom Michelle Baxter’s aka @therunnersplate inspiring story! Michelle fell in love with running all the way back in the 1st grade and it's played an important role in her life ever since. Michelle is a mom of two young boys, Cullen (age 6) and Bjorn (age 15 months), and lives and trains in Anchorage, AK (so no more complaining about harsh-weather running, peeps). Just 9 months after having Cullen, she WON the RunFest Marathon in Anchorage! Michelle started a ...
David Kilgore - Rallying the Run Community for Greater Causes | RunChats Ep.26
January 05, 2021 20:44 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBI am so stoked to share NYC Running Legend David Kilgore's story to kickoff 2021! David has rock star run creds, having the unique experience of running for 3 elite schools; Colorado, Florida and Oklahoma State. He excels from 5k up to 100 miles and competed for the US Team at the 50K Trail and Ultra World Championships in Portugal. What makes David so endearing is his easy going, surfer chill vibe. But don’t be fooled, he’s also been known to hurdle barriers on the FDR in OSR Races with n...
Shelby Moleskie - Tackling Weaknesses, Overcoming Doubt, & Being a Badass Mom | RunChats Ep.25
December 22, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 96.7 MBI am so stoked to share Shelby Moleskie’s INSPIRING story! In her 1st marathon, she qualified for Boston. In her 1st Ultra—the JFK 50 Miler—Shelby ran 9:27 and placed 8th in her age group. Truly remarkable stuff! Like so many badass moms, Shelby was spending all day, everyday giving everything to everybody else. She was looking for something to identify with as a mom—something that was just for her—and came back to running. Some of the things we covered include: -Growing up as an athlete...
Jennie Clark Brackens - Facing Fears & CRUSHING 50 Miles | RunChats Ep.24
December 11, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBI am honored to share Jennie Clark Brackens' INSPIRING story. It’s a long pod, but is full of so many valuable life lessons that we needed extra time to explore Jennie’s journey! In Jennie’s words: "Two friends reminded me of my years when I hid myself away from the world. Life was always hard. I stumbled too much. Nothing was ever fair. Carrying burdens is exhausting. Then, everything changed in the first days of 2013. I found an impetus to lighten my baggage: literal movement. I stopped...
Leah Jantzen - Slaying Dragons & Living Life on Your Terms | RunChats Ep.23
November 30, 2020 23:07 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBLeah Jantzen is a total badass who is truly sucking out all the marrow of life! A mom of four, performance coach, & business strategist who helps endurance athletes train their brains for peak performance, Leah is a 5x Boston Marathoner & 2x IRONMAN Finisher who qualified for Kona in 2020! Considering Leah didn’t run her 1st Marathon until age 42, her running & triathlon resume is even more mind-blowing! We talked: -Mindset -Goal-setting -Facing your weaknesses -Where her competitive f...
Marcus Brown - Chasing Down a Sub-3 | RunChats Ep.22
October 19, 2020 12:42 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBIt was such a treat welcoming back my friend Marcus Brown, aka @themarathonmarcus, for a deep-dive on his sub-3 breakthrough at Dorney Lake! What an INSPIRING journey it’s been following Marcus from 4:55 marathoner to 2:56. We discussed his last 3 races that were building blocks to achieving his breakthrough at Dorney Lake: -Manchester, where he ran a 3:05 DESPITE getting sick both the night before and at the finish line. -Berlin, where he ran a 3:01 off a substandard training cycle. -N...
Beth Marzigliano - Remarkable Highs, Remarkable Lows, & Learning to Keep Racing FUN | RunChats Ep.21
September 28, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 82.1 MB*Please Note: This podcast includes a discussion about eating disorders that may be upsetting to some listeners.* I am so excited to share Beth Marzigliano's amazing story! Beth ROCKED a big PR running 2:45 in the Boston Virtual Marathon, placing 1st overall! Beth’s running journey has seen some remarkable highs and lows and I’m so thankful she was open to sharing all of it. At Red Bank High School, she was part of a DMR team that WON Penn Relays and set the national record at Adidas Outd...
Megan Lavins - Family, Faith, & Fire in Her Belly | RunChats Ep.20
September 20, 2020 23:01 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBI am so excited to share Megan Lavins' incredibly inspiring story! Megan is 24, didn’t run in high school or college and in just her 3rd marathon, rocked a 2:48 in the Boston Virtual Marathon, placing 2nd overall! The family traveled to Hilton Head, SC to celebrate her birthday and I think this race experience will last a lifetime! Megan had her “A-Team” on the course to lend support, provide fluids, and even had the locals cheering her on by the 2nd loop. Some of the things we discussed ...
Michael Wardian - Worldwide Adventure & The CannonBall Run Challenge | RunChats Ep.19
September 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBWhat an honor it was to sit down for a RunChat with the great Michael Wardian. Mike’s running resume is truly remarkable, excelling at seemingly any distance on any terrain. Mike’s also known for being super approachable and encouraging to all runners and there's no doubt why top brands like Hoka One One, T-Mobile, NATHAN Sports, GU Energy, and Polar support Mike’s adventures around the globe. Some of the things we touched on in this episode include: -What races/adventures still excite him...
Karen Howe - Howe About a Run? | RunChats Ep.18
September 08, 2020 13:15 - 1 hour - 94.7 MBI had the best time talking all things running with ROCKSTAR Karen Howe aka @howeaboutarun. Karen is CFO of a Medical Device Company by day, and told one of the best intro stories on how she got her start in our sport—don't worry, I won’t spoil a word of it ;-) Originally from Alaska, then to Boston for grad school, and finally settling in Rochester, NY with her husband and two children, some of the things we explored include: -Self-coaching vs being coached -Staying positive in COVID-19...
Abbott World Marathon Majors, In Conversation With... Ron Romano
August 19, 2020 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBIn this bonus episode, I was honored to be interviewed by Lorna Campbell, Head of Communications for Abbott World Marathon Majors for her series, In Conversation with... Six-Star Finishers from around the Globe. We chatted about how I prepared to tackle all 6 Majors in 2019, how fortunate I was to be one of 7 in the world to accomplish this goal, and how blessed I was to remain so consistent, averaging 3:15 per race. We also talked about what makes the Six-Star quest so special and some of...
The London Marathon Announcement Reaction Episode from A Runner's Life Podcast with Marcus Brown
August 17, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBIt was so fun to jump back on fellow six star major marathon finisher, brother Marcus’s podcast: A Runner's Life. We discussed our thoughts following the announcement of the confirmed format of the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon—the virtual race, the elite race, GFA, as well as our future predictions on where races are headed. We also discussed some charitable endeavors I’m engaged in for Tommy Rivers Puzey. Find out about Run with Rivs and sign up to help his family with the considerab...
Laura Swenson - Defining Fitness, Family, & Fun | RunChats Ep.17
August 10, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBI had a blast talking all things Marathon and Ultra running with Laura Swenson from Tucson, AZ. Laura has worked in the fitness industry since the age of 20 and really enjoys helping her clients meet their goals. Many of her top clients have been with her for 15+ years, which is a testament to her positivity and enthusiasm for life! Laura worked with the great Ultra runner, Pam Reed, who inspired and influenced her to get involved with marathoning. After having two kids she felt ready and ...
RunningToProtest: Coffey Finds His Purpose | RunChats Ep.16
July 27, 2020 07:00 - 2 hours - 122 MBI'm PROUD to sit down this week for a deep dive discussion with Coffey, aka @thatcoffeyboy. Coffey is a husband, father, actor, filmmaker, Nike pacer/coach, and the founder of Define New York Run Club. Coffey is the epitome of cool and is well-known in the NYC running scene. After taking part in a late night protest on a Friday, he ran a solo, unplanned marathon on Saturday in deep thought, struggling with what he could do, from his side, to help educate people. He came up with an idea to g...
Angel Piccirillo - Being a Teammate, Champion, & Black Female in America | RunChats Ep.15
July 08, 2020 10:55 - 2 hours - 139 MBI had such a blast talking with rockstar Angel Piccirillo that we set a new PR for longest RunChat! Angel is a professional track athlete for Oiselle, specializing in the 1500m and 800m. She ran collegiately for Villanova, where she owns the NCAA 1000m record and was a 9x Penn Relays Champion! Angel grew up in a small rural town in PA and currently lives in Philadelphia with her dog, Bailey, and fiancé, Patrick Tiernan, who runs professionally for Nike Australia. Some of the topics we dis...
Sarah Bachand - Living Life Fearlessly & to the Fullest | RunChats Ep.14
June 08, 2020 18:52 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBI'm so excited to to share my incroyable friend, Sarah Bachand’s, story. She’s a single mom of two belle girls, Naomi and Gloria, working in the O.R. on the front lines of COVID-19. When the Nunnery nearby in Sherbrooke, QC had an outbreak, she was the first to volunteer to work the graveyard shift and learned so much from the nuns and the experience. Sarah shared some profound stories about loss, helping patients die with dignity, and how she is managing the stress from it all. She runs 8...
Judy Stobbe - American Record Holder & #FasterAsAMaster | RunChats Ep.13
June 01, 2020 12:58 - 1 hour - 78 MBI'm so excited to share my rockstar Central Park Track Club teammate Judy Stobbe’s INSPIRING story! It was fun learning Judy was the youngest of five children—with FOUR rambunctious older brothers—and how that led her to sports and shaped her competitive spirit. We dialed it back to her high school and college days, where Judy was a trailblazer and helped get girls cross country teams started at both schools. Fast forward to today, where Judy is one of Master’s Track and Field's truly gre...
Dr. Wakenda Tyler - Navigating Cancer Care in COVID Times | RunChats Ep.12
May 25, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBWakenda puts the bad in badass and is a total rockstar. When she isn’t saving lives in the O.R. as an Orthopaedic Surgical Oncologist, she’s crushing it on the roads, track, and cross country trails as one of Central Park Track Club’s top Masters Runners. Wakenda has a huge post as Division Chief of Orthopedic Oncology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. We discussed when she first decided to pursue Medicine and the role two key mentors, Ed McCarthy, a Bone Pathologist at Johns H...
Darcie Brodsky - Teaching & The Pursuit of Passion | RunChats Ep.11
May 18, 2020 21:03 - 1 hour - 96.9 MBI'm so excited to share Darcie Brodsky's INSPIRATIONAL story! Darcie is a total rockstar, an elite educator, badass runner mom, and someone I’m super proud to call friend. Darcie dreamed of being a teacher from her childhood days and we dialed it back to 2008, Savoonga, Alaska, where she first discovered her love for helping children read. After moving to Texas, she began working as a reading specialist focusing on kids that required more attention. After completing certification to become ...
Dr. Bill Johncock - Adventure, Inspiration, & a Marathon of Hope | RunChats Ep.10
May 11, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBI was so blessed and excited to share Dr. Bill Johncock’s powerful, inspiring story! Many have been fortunate to witness and bask in the joy that Bill and his beautiful son Logan deliver running as a duo team for Ainsley's Angels. This is a generational father-son love story, bound and shared together through running, filled with adventures, amazing stories, and so much love. Bill ran his first marathon at 15 and his dad, Jerry, at 52. They shared a one-of-a-kind experience running their f...
Necia & Tim McQueen - Being A Frontline Family | RunChats Ep.9
April 30, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 50.7 MBThis week we talked with an amazing frontline family, Necia & Tim McQueen. I’ve gotten to know them through our running community and via a fundraiser I started to #feedhealthcareheroes (be sure to check out the link below) Necia works in Respiratory Therapy at Overlook Medical Center in Summit and Tim in Clinical Engineering at Morristown Medical Center, both part of Atlantic Health System. They shared some incredible stories of what it’s like on the front lines today and how they are ma...
Necia & Tim McQueen | RunChats Ep.9
April 30, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 50.7 MBThis week we talked with an amazing frontline family, Necia & Tim McQueen. I’ve gotten to know them through our running community and via a fundraiser I started to #feedhealthcareheroes (be sure to check out the link below) Necia works in Respiratory Therapy at Overlook Medical Center in Summit and Tim in Clinical Engineering at Morristown Medical Center, both part of Atlantic Health System. They shared some incredible stories of what it’s like on the front lines today and how they are ma...
Amy Natalini | RunChats Ep.8
April 24, 2020 04:15 - 1 hour - 68 MBAmy is a total badass who sets audacious goals and exceeds them. She targeted 50 marathons by age 40 and already has 53 at age 38 and, naturally, is now shooting for 60! For the past 5 years, she’s been a member of the Air Force Marathon Team and qualified to run in the prestigious World Military Games in China. She slipped a disc in her back the day before flying 14 hours to China and it seemed unlikely Amy would race, but after a “forced taper” and a little sports chiro care, she was able...
Amanda Rycraft | RunChats Ep.7
April 16, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 51.5 MBAmanda is a total bad ass with a burning passion for our sport! Our paths first crossed when I flew down to Austin to join the Team Rogue crazies for a 30 mile no-nutrition run. I’ve been following her running journey enthusiastically since then. We dialed it back to five years ago, when Amanda had a Half Marathon PR of 1:34 and had a goal of breaking 1:30. Fast forward to the Woodlands Half Marathon where she SCORCHED a 1:24:18! Then we took a deep dive into her training to examine what’s...
Andi & Zach Ripley of AtoZrunning | RunChats Ep.6
April 09, 2020 00:41 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBI feel doubly blessed to have had the chance to sit and talk all things running with Andi & Zach Ripley from the awesome AtoZrunning Podcast. We don’t title our episodes, but if we did, this surely would be A to Z, because we truly covered it from end to end in a fun point-counterpoint style. And thanks to Zoom, we got to hang in each other’s living rooms (and they even got to meet Princess Coco!) We dialed it all the way back to where they got started: How Andi was on fire for running as...
Casey Kilareski | RunChats Ep.5
January 17, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBCasey Kilareski is a stay-at-home mom to 2 beautiful girls—Ella-Kate age 8 and Julie age 3—who SCORCHED a 2:43 in only her 2nd marathon at CIM, to punch her ticket to Atlanta for the Olympic Trials! After the birth of Julie, she battled mild postpartum depression and felt selfish about needing so much time to train and be away from her girls. We covered how she learned to create routines that work for them and give herself grace, which empowered her as a mom and runner. We explored the rol...
Steve Sisson | RunChats Ep.4
December 14, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBJust two guys sharing a bag of Cheetos talking all things running, and dropping some seriously colorful language. (Disclaimer: this one is really rated E as an Explicit+) One of us was a highschool state 3200M champion, a 3X All-America, ran in the 1st World 1/2 Marathon Champs for Team USA where they threw down a 1:03:50, and has PR’s of 13:50 in the 5K, and 28:50 in the 10K—and also coached a multitude of All-American women at Texas in XC/Track and is a legendary podcaster. You'll have t...
Allie Ayers | RunChats Ep.3
November 27, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBI had such a blast sitting down with Allie to hear her INSPIRING story! From her HS days as a stud pitcher, to her 1st exposure to running cross-country and becoming Team Captain—to Seton Hall where she enjoyed parties, frat life, and became a two-pack-a-day smoker. She met her hubby Chris, settled down, quit smoking, and gained over 60lbs from her 1st pregnancy. She was upset and decided to take action. She worked on her nutrition, researched, and found a local Running Group Chapter of @...
The Marathon Marcus | RunChats Ep.2
November 11, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBIt was so much FUN sitting down for a chat with The Marathon Marcus, Marcus Brown. Marcus is truly one of the good guys in the running community and he embodies all that is good in our sport! Our chat covered a lot of ground, including: how he started his inspiring running journey from being a 4:55 marathoner, to knocking on the door of sub-3. How he’s built a powerful, deeply engaged community and platform through social media. His use of a Performance Coach, Duncan Foster (who can be foun...
Kelley Batton Duell | RunChats Ep.1
October 23, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBWelcome to the launch of RunChats with @RonRunsNYC! I'm honored to have Kelley Batton Duell on as my 1st guest. KBD, as she’s affectionately known, truly embodies the warrior spirit, is a complete and total badass, and is someone I’m extremely proud to call a friend. One minute she’s training for the London Marathon and the next she's in the hospital not knowing what was going to happen next. Listen in to find out what transpired, what acted as fuel for her fire, and how her family and clo...
Welcome To RunChats with @RonRunsNYC | Live From The Berlin Marathon
September 28, 2019 17:19 - 47 seconds - 1010 KBA brief introduction and insight into what's to come.