Runners of NYC Podcast
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 277 ratingsBringing you untold stories behind luminaries and legends of the New York City’s running culture. A new show from the CITIUS MAG Podcast Network. Hosted by Leigh Anne Sharek and Chris Chavez.
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Episode 56 – Erica Stanley-Dottin On Running 2:52:05 At 48 Years Old And Joining The List of Black American Women Who Have Broken 3 Hours In The Marathon
October 10, 2022 17:44 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MB“What I love about being out here and doing this is that I didn’t think it was accessible. I didn’t think I was going to run sub-3. Why would I think that? That’s crazy. But what I’ve been able to do is inspire people, which I wasn’t trying to do but I feel good about that. I just want us to all feel – especially Black American women – that we can do that. I started because I wanted to train and get faster. There’s nothing stopping anyone from doing that.” My guest for this episode is Erica...
Episode 55 – Rebeka Stowe, Chasing And Coaching Dreams
October 04, 2021 16:43 - 1 hour - 107 MB“It’s refreshing because I spent quite a long time in my career thinking about being in the top 1%. Being able to pull back and realize that there is this joy and enjoyment that people have to go out…They may not have a reason to get up other than to be with some other people or have time for themselves in the chaotic space that is New York. It was nice to engage with running in a different way. That’s why it brings me a refreshment and a perspective that there are so many different stories ...
Episode 55 – Rebecca Stowe, Chasing And Coaching Dreams
October 04, 2021 16:43 - 1 hour - 107 MBFor this episode, we welcome Rebecca Stowe. She is a hell of an athlete and has qualified for the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships seven times in her career, including the 2012 Olympic Trials in the steeplechase. She is a former Big 12 Conference champion while attending Kansas. She trained professionally for some time with the New Jersey-New York Track Club under legendary coach Frank Gagliano. He is just one of the handful of great coaches that she has surrounded herself with thr...
Episode 54 – Paolo Alberca and Kim Yee of Old Man Run Club
September 20, 2021 15:40 - 1 hour - 104 MB"Going back to how welcoming Dao-Yi Chow, Eugene Tong and Ryo Yamamoto are. That sets the tone for everybody else. That's a huge reason why Paolo and I are as welcoming as we are. We've learned from them. We want to pay it forward. We do realize that yes, you can feel alone in a big group of people and we just want people to know that we're not going to leave you behind. That's something we try to drive on a weekly basis and try to emphasize that we are a club for the purpose of community. T...
Episode 53 – Eric Gelber, Running 200 Miles In Central Park & Fundraising $1.7 Million for The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
September 09, 2021 16:19 - 1 hour - 85.8 MB“In 2006, I started running for a friend who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which is a rare blood cancer. She had been diagnosed years before but she had always seemed fine so I never really thought about it. When I saw her go through a stem cell transplant, where they basically beat your body down, strip you of your immune system, do the stem cell transplant and build you back up again. It’s a brutal process. I decided I wanted to do something just to support her. Then over the years,...
Episode 52 – Victoria Lo, Chinatown Runners
March 18, 2021 14:10 - 1 hour - 92.7 MB“Chinatown Runners is not a crew and it's not based in any specific locality. It's not a crew. It's a movement. I wanted it to feel bigger than just this one group that really sort of permeated throughout the entire running community worldwide. When you think about it, there are Asian-American Pacific Islander-centric communities all over the world outside of just America and Canada....Every neighborhood and borough has a dozen or so specialized running crews and groups, which is amazing and...
Episode 51 – Race Imboden, U.S. Olympian
February 10, 2021 18:41 - 1 hour - 104 MB“Yeah, it would be a bummer if there’s no Olympic Games because I feel like it would be a very political Games. But at the same time, I’m in fencing. I know that people forget the day after the Games are done that I go back to being a regular person. A million people could kneel at the Games and I don’t think you’d see a million people do it. You’re going to see a few special ones. That special one is important. But the idea that people felt comfortable to do that is so powerful for all the ...
Episode 50 – Patty Dukes and Reph of Circa '95 Athletics
January 26, 2021 17:03 - 1 hour - 128 MB“I come from the South Bronx. I had to leave the Bronx to have access to these things. I had to go downtown to take arts classes, writing, theater and poetry classes. What did I do it? I brought all that shit back Uptown so that everyone had access to that and it wasn’t just me. I felt horrible to be in these spaces that I knew would never accept me if I was with my homies from the block. They would never allow me. It was important for me to be the conduit or in the middle and maneuver throu...
Social Sport Podcast x Ben Chan
December 01, 2020 00:25 - 1 hour - 84.5 MB“Running communities are a reflection of American communities, and if we know that American communities have been shaped by racist real estate laws; racist criminal justice systems; racist police officers; racist, segregated schools…how can there not be racism in running?” This is an episode of Social Sport – another show on the CITIUS MAG Podcast Network. This show is hosted by Emma Zimmerman and features conversations with endurance athletes of all types committed to fostering social chan...
Episode 49 – Meggie Sullivan
November 13, 2020 01:43 - 1 hour - 119 MBMeggie Sullivan is a communications strategist with a specialty in architecture, design, and lifestyle. On the track and roads, she's one of the fastest women in New York City, who has a 4:18 personal best for 1,500 meters and 4:46 for the mile. She's just wrapping up her time as a captain and board of directors member with Central Park Track Club and embarking on some new and exciting projects. We talk about that as well as her up and down journey into coaching and getting involved as a men...
Episode 48 – Lenny Grullon of Boogie Down Bronx Runners
October 08, 2020 01:20 - 1 hour - 126 MB“With family comes a lot of responsibilities. With a lot of responsibilities can come a less active lifestyle is how I guess I can put it. I got caught up in life and just tried to work my ass off and raise the kids that I kind of let loose with myself as far as health and wellness was concerned. It wasn't really a priority. I didn’t really care what I looked like...From like 22 to 34, health just wasn’t a real priority for me...How I felt about myself physically wasn’t something I cared abo...
Episode 47 – Marie-Ange Brumelot of Coach Medina NYC and Queens Distance Runners
September 10, 2020 00:33 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MB“I was in my own little bubble for a long time...I think if I had a sense of how bad I was, I don’t know if I would have continued. I love that in New York you can go to all these local races and kind of place high without having these super performances. I think that gave me some teasers that I could kind of be good at this.” Somehow the World Athletics World Half Marathon Championships are still set to take place on Oct. 17 in Poland. For this episode, we are joined by Marie who was set t...
Episode 46 – Amy Ortiz and Michelle Nguyen of Bronx Femme Run
August 25, 2020 14:59 - 56 minutes - 77.1 MB"We, as Bronx Femme, promote health and wellness not just in our little running community but we run the streets...It's not just for folks to come on a run but it's also to show the Bronx that we can run. We're running in the hoods. We're running in all the crevices of the Bronx. I really hope that Bronx Femme is inspiring people. This isn't normal to see runners in the Bronx so when they see us, they're always like 'What is going on?' We're breaking necks out here. I really hope people see ...
Episode 45 – Rudy Garcia-Tolson, Four-Time U.S. Paralympic Swimmer and Runner
July 27, 2020 17:55 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MB“By being last, I obviously didn’t want to be last. I wanted to just beat one kid in swimming, running or whatever it was. I just wanted to get a little bit faster. Having that mindset of ‘getting a little bit faster’ is really what took me all around the world on a competitive world stage. Just wanting to be a little bit better each day and each time I compete...It was a slow progression of keep moving forward and really not letting the naysayers get to you. When you’re doing something uniq...
Episode 44 – Jason Fulford of The Running Edge and Black Men Run
July 01, 2020 04:52 - 1 hour - 122 MB“I think where the dialogue really happens is in a Black Men Run group chat that we have. Just think about what we’re all feeling when that situation happens with George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery. It really gets to a point where we don’t feel OK. We’re not alright. We try to support each other as best as we can but the reality is our job as Black Men Run is to show our community what we can do as a unit through running and to be role models. When I joined and we started doing the hood runs, jus...
Episode 43 – Nova Church of Bronx Sole
June 23, 2020 03:04 - 1 hour - 106 MB"My daughter said to me the other day, 'I want to be a police officer, Daddy, so I can be a good one and make changes.' I said, 'That's good, baby. Listen to all the conversations that are happening because you don't have to make this decision yet. Originally, she wanted to be a teacher. My mother is a teacher. I'm kind of a teacher in how I articulate things to my community. Now with everything going on, I think she's kind of re-thinking things and trying to figure out her purpose in all of...
Running To Protest | All Crews, One Crew
June 15, 2020 21:14 - 1 hour - 126 MBOn Sunday, June 14th, hundreds of New York City runners gathered at the East River Amphitheatre for a two-mile protest run against racial injustice and police brutality in America. The run was organized by Coffey – who was recently a guest on our show and has emerged as one of the city's most vocal activists in the fight against racism. He called on all New York City runners to come together and run together as one community. He initially expected 40 to 60 people to show up but there were hu...
Episode 42 – Ameerah Omar, Adidas Runners NYC & Girls Run NYC
May 19, 2020 13:41 - 1 hour - 112 MB"I saw that there was this lack of representation within this space. Even though I'm going it at a recreational level, I started to see the reactions and responses to people who were finding out that this is something I was actually doing. It is very normal for folks to just think, 'Oh you're in the sprinter category or you're you're more for short, fast distances or jumping' and that's the end of the road. Even my family and friends finding out that I am running these longer distances, my p...
Episode 41 – Coffey, Define New York Run Club
May 12, 2020 01:27 - 2 hours - 184 MB"My grandfather told us from the jump, ‘Don’t ever let color separate you from anything. Don’t the color of green get you into any kind of trouble with another color but always accept another color besides your color and because we can all be a family together. Don’t worry about whoever it is that hates your color. You were born this color for a reason and wear it with pride.’ That’s what I’ve been doing since that day. I’m not afraid to speak my mind because I’m black. I just pay attention ...
Episode 40 - Ana Johnson, RN at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Distance Project NYC
May 06, 2020 22:08 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MB"It's been pretty overwhelming and stressful at work. I am in the gastroenterology and hematology unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Every floor in the building specializes in a specific type of cancer. For now, I'm not working directly with COVID patients but we have about four to six floors exclusively for COVID patients. My floor is taking in cancer patients from all the other floors. It's a very stressful environment even though I'm not taking care of COVID patients. There were a lot of p...
Episode 39 – Peter Ciacca, Former NYRR President of Events & New York City Marathon Race Director
April 21, 2020 13:38 - 1 hour - 104 MB"Around Labor Day of 2019, I had to go into the hospital for open-heart surgery. That was quite unexpected. Totally unexpected. Didn't realize that. I had no signs of anything going wrong with my body. I was actually training to do the Ragnar Napa with a bunch of friends. We were going to go out there and revisit our old ultra team. A bunch of old geezers were going to go out and run this race so I was training for that. I just happened to go into the doctors for a checkup. One thing led to ...
Episode 38 – Kira Garry
April 17, 2020 21:31 - 51 minutes - 71.3 MB"I feel really lucky that I wasn't hurt in college but I’m definitely dealing with what a lot of injured college runners deal with. In some ways, it's a bit of an identity crisis. I've been injured now for about eight months at this point. I came back for a little bit but I'm still struggling right now. Even though deep down I know I'll run again and I'll be healthy, I think you do so grieve in a way of losing running – especially when it's a huge part of your community." Kira Garry is a re...
Bonus Episode: David Kilgore Ran 100 Miles to Raise $10K for Coronavirus Relief Efforts
March 28, 2020 18:56 - 17 minutes - 31.8 MBCaught up with past guest David Kilgore to recap and explain why he ran 100 miles in less than 18 hours on Friday. He raised more than $10,000 for gift cards from local running retailers in New York City, which would then be donated to NYC Health + Hospitals to provide medical workers with supportive footwear while they work long days to combat the coronavirus pandemic. If you haven't listened to David's original appearance on the podcast for more crazy endurance stories, check it out. http...
Episode 37 – Peter Walsh, Owner of Coogan's Restaurant
March 25, 2020 16:54 - 58 minutes - 107 MBPeter Walsh is one of the owners of Coogan's Bar and Grill on 169th and Broadway in Washington Heights. If you've ever run a race at the Armory, attended Millrose Games or bore witness to the 5th Avenue Mile afterparty there, you know that Coogan's is a runner's bar - and there's few of those that exist. However, Coogan's is among the many businesses that have closed its doors due to the coronavirus outbreak. This is a place that just three years ago was on the verge of closing for good when...
Running In the Time of Coronavirus, Recapping Leigh Anne's Olympic Marathon Trials Experience
March 23, 2020 23:17 - 41 minutes - 75.2 MBChris Chavez and Leigh Anne Sharek reconnect over Skype to discuss the uncertainty and odd feeling of running in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic. More than 15,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in New York State and people have been encouraged to stay indoors. However, you are permitted and some experts encourage still getting out for walks, hikes or runs as long as you remain six feet away from other people. As an escape from the coronavirus chatter, we recap Leigh An...
Episode 36 – Don Snellings of the Henwood Hounds, FICS NYC Founder
March 10, 2020 18:31 - 1 hour - 92 MBDon Snellings is a runner for the Henwood Hounds and is one of the founders of FICS NYC. We sat down with Don to share his story of how he started running cross country as a high schooler and then went about a normal college experience without much athletics. He started drinking and partying, which led him down an abusive path with drugs and alcohol. He opens up about how bad those years got for him, which led him to seek professional help since his family saw him spiraling out of control. D...
Episode 35 – Wilson Tang, Owner of Nom Wah Tea Parlor
February 19, 2020 05:42 - 1 hour - 103 MBWilson Tang is the owner of Nom Wah Tea Parlor on 13 Doyer Street. The restaurant has been around since 1920 and seen different iterations as a bakery, tea parlor and it’s New York’s premiere dim sum parlor. Wilson grew up in Queens but spent much of his childhood in Chinatown, where Doyers Street was one of the most dangerous streets in the neighborhood due to gang violence. His parents immigrated from China and quickly settled in the restaurant and bakery industry. Wilson grew up helping...
Episode 34 – Kevin Montalvo of Queens Distance Runners
February 05, 2020 05:42 - 1 hour - 103 MBKevin Montalvo would be the first to describe himself as "just a kid from Queens." Those in the running community know him as the Queens guy. Those in the Queens community know him as the running guy. Kevin is the founder and team captain of Queens Distance Runners and the race director of the Queens Marathon. He grew up in an Ecuadorian family in Queens and has spent much of his life in the borough. One of the biggest things that has kept Kevin in Queens is the importance of diversity in Q...
Episode 33 – Olympic Trials Qualifiers Brendan Martin (NYAC), Lauren Perkins (Distance Project) & Jenny Donnelly (Central Park TC)
January 22, 2020 06:08 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBThe following episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the New York Road Runners Center as we honored some of the local runners who will be competing at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta on Feb. 28. For those who may not be as familiar with the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, the top three finishers at the race will represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. In order to compete at the Trials, men have to run a marathon in 2:19:00 or faster. Women ...
Episode 32 – Sarah Cummings of New York Athletic Club
January 08, 2020 05:05 - 1 hour - 130 MBTo kick off 2020, we're going to try and share a few more stories from some of the top New York City women competing at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. We're kicking it off with Sarah Cummings of the New York Athletic Club. She's one of the nicest people that you might encounter if you're on an early morning run in Central Park. She owns a personal best of 2:34:47 from the 2014 Chicago Marathon, competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and represented the United States intern...
Episode 31 – Victoria Fortune
December 23, 2019 06:07 - 1 hour - 125 MBBefore we close 2019, we wanted to share one of the most moving and inspiring stories from this year's New York City Marathon. In the days after the race, Nike released a two-minute video titled "Lessons From My Champ" that told the story of how Victoria Fortune used her first marathon as a way to celebrate the life of her father, who passed away in November 2018. Victoria was a member of Nike's Project Moonshot, the 16-week summer training plan, and connected with the running community durin...
Episode 30 – Above the Midnight Half with Brenden Clarke, Jordan O'Donoghue and Sasha Whittle
December 18, 2019 06:05 - 1 hour - 142 MBWe were very fortunate to host one last live recording of the show for 2019 at the Equinox Hudson Yards Hotel. We got to share the storytelling process of how Brenden Clarke diversified his photography work to chronicle the 2019 Orchard Street Runners Midnight Half. Much like the unsanctioned race, sometimes it’s about taking a risk and trusting your instinct. We also sat down with Jordan O'Donoghue and Sasha Whittle to get their perspective on the race as well as their background in the spo...
Episode 29 – Sam Anderson and Iman Smith of Black Roses NYC
November 15, 2019 17:33 - 2 hours - 111 MB"I think the biggest lesson that I've learned from running is what I learned this spring from getting injured. It was learning that this activity that's become so much a part of my friendships, relationships with other people and the spiritual practice I have, one of my biggest fears, as a result, was not having that. What I learned this spring really is that running has actually been preparing me to not have it someday. At some point, it's not going to be there anymore so how is it changing ...
Episode 28 - Emily Abbate
October 30, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 170 MBEmily Abbate is a freelance writer, certified trainer and the brains behind the Hurdle podcast, where she speaks with some of the best success stories in the health and wellness space about their own respective obstacles in life. Emily's work has appeared in GQ, Shape, Runner's World, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire and many more places. While balancing her career in the media space, she is also an avid runner who just qualified for the Boston Marathon with a personal best of 3:28:08 at the...
Episode 27 –Mia Behm
October 17, 2019 18:06 - 1 hour - 135 MBOur guest for today’s show is one of the fastest ladies in New York City after she just ran 2:33:52 at the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 13. She also owns a runner-up finish from the 5,000 meters at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships from her days at the University of Texas. It’s Mia Behm. On this show, you’ll hear the story of her start in the sport while in Texas, her surprising finish at the NCAA championships and then dealing with injuries that followed her highest moment. Aft...
Episode 26 – Redefining Runners: Live with Mirna Valerio and the Pansa Boyz
September 10, 2019 18:53 - 1 hour - 118 MBMirna Valerio and The Pansa Boyz (Tyrone Alomia, Hector Espinal, Emmanuel Rodriguez, and Jason Suarez) join the podcast in front of a LIVE audience to discuss how they are redefining what runners look like and creating inclusive communities to inspire all. Mirna Valerio is a native of Brooklyn, NY, a former educator, cross-country coach, ultrarunner, obstacle course enthusiast, and author of the recently published memoir, A Beautiful Work in Progress. Although she began running in high schoo...
Episode 25 - John Donodeo, Former Regis High School Coach for 100+ Seasons
August 28, 2019 05:37 - 1 hour - 159 MBJohn Donodeo was born and raised in Astoria, Queens before he attended Manhattan College and Penn State and then made his way back to New York, where he left a major footprint as the head track and field and cross country coach at Regis High School – a private all-boys Jesuit High School in Manhattan. It’s a tuition free school that attracts some of the smartest kids in the city. He was there for more than 30 years. As a result, he has so many awesome stories and you really feel how nice an...
Episode 24 - Tim Jeffreys, Director of The 41st Day
August 20, 2019 06:05 - 1 hour - 205 MBBefore Tim Jeffreys landed at Fohr as the marketing director, where he oversees brand communication that helps companies and agencies execute influencer projects, he wore many hats. He studied math in college, did a little coaching, managed an independent movie theatre and tested his hand at filmmaking. His biggest project and first feature film is coming soon. It called 'The 41st Day' – the title comes from Biblical references and how something special may be bound to happen after 40 days. T...
Episode 23 – Zach Hetrick (Live at the NYRR Run Center)
August 06, 2019 04:22 - 57 minutes - 111 MBZach Hetrick is the co-founder of Sprint Step, Inc, which is a content creation agency that specializes in photo storytelling and event recaps. He is undoubtedly one of the city’s best sports photographers who has done work for major sportswear companies but is also rooted in capturing some of the best images of everyday New York City runners. At the same time, he does some impressive running of his own (many times with a camera in his hands). Aside from maybe seeing his work on Instagram or ...
Episode 22 – Becs Gentry of Peloton
July 23, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 226 MBThrough her work with Peloton, Becs Gentry has become one of the most recognizable treadmill instructors around the world and encourages hundreds of people to run. She recently sat down with us to give us a full deep dive on her upbringing in Worcester, England as a multi-sport athlete with an emphasis on tennis. She shares how and why she left that behind to focus on athletics (the beautiful British version of saying track and field). Now Becs boasts a 2:50 marathon personal best. How did ...
Episode 21 – Paul Leak of Strava
July 09, 2019 04:24 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBThe sport needs more passionate fans like Paul Leak. The former New York Road Runners assistant events manager and current Strava marketing associate joins the podcast after a brief trip by Chris to the West Coast. Co-Host Emeritus Jeanne Mack also returns for the special episode. Paul is originally from North Carolina but spent much of the past decade in New York City getting people active within the community. In his role with NYRR, he would travel to all different parts of the city to try...
Episode 20 – Cam Erhardt
June 25, 2019 04:15 - 1 hour - 120 MBCam Erhardt joins the podcast to cap off Pride Month! He is an Olympic Marathon Trials hopeful who trains with Brooklyn Track Club. He started running as a 12-year-old in Texas, found his groove in the Texas High School scene before continuing his career as an NCAA Division 1 runner at San Diego. After college, he made the spontaneous decision to move to New York and then abandoned running to join the Crossfit scene. Around the same time, he came out as gay and never been more himself and ne...
Episode 19 – David Kilgore of New York Athletic Club, On Running
June 11, 2019 12:59 - 1 hour - 214 MBDavid Kilgore joins the podcast. He is one of the most talented distance runners in New York City. He runs for the New York Athletic Club and On Running. He was a high school standout in Florida before a series of events in his life led to stops at the University of Colorado (where he was an alternate on the 2013 NCAA Cross Country Championship winning team), Florida and Oklahoma State for college. He found marathons and trail running shortly thereafter while living out of a van and making mo...
Episode 18 – Jess Movold, Runner's World Coach and Mile High Run Club Instructor (LIVE)
June 07, 2019 16:28 - 1 hour - 133 MBYou've probably seen her on the latest cover of Runner's World. There's a chance that she's blown past you during a race while wearing her Streets 101 singlet. Maybe you've taken one of her classes at The Fort or Mile High Run Club? Jess Movold is everywhere and now you get to learn her story. We were honored to welcome and host Jess for our first-ever LIVE podcast in front of an audience. She takes us all the way back to Hermann, Missouri to tell us about her upbringing with her father and ...
Episode 17 – Lucy Paez Stelzner of Distance Project NYC, We Run Uptown
May 28, 2019 12:34 - 1 hour - 115 MBLucy Paez Stelzner of Distance Project NYC and We Run Uptown joins the Runners of NYC Podcast. On Instagram, she describes herself as a "Runner. Obsessive traveler. Public health advocate. Proud Latina. Reading nerd." Lucy is an emerging sub-elite in the New York City women's running community and has made an impact on the uptown running community. Lucy ran 2:58 at the 2019 Tokyo Marathon, which is a major improvement from the 4:29 that she ran at the 2009 New York City Marathon. We discuss...
Episode 16 – Lindsay Crouse of The New York Times
May 14, 2019 11:56 - 59 minutes - 114 MBLindsay Crouse of The New York Times joins the Runners of NYC Podcast just a day after publishing an op-ed and video that highlight's how Nike does not guarantee female athletes a salary during their pregnancies or immediately after giving birth. It is a powerful piece that also featured Olympians Kara Goucher and Alysia Montano speaking out about the policy. We jump right into the conversation with a discussion about her latest opinion piece and the running community + sports community's rea...
Episode 15 – Dao-Yi Chow, Eugene Tong and Ryo Yamamoto of Old Man Run Club
April 30, 2019 12:36 - 1 hour - 154 MBDao-Yi Chow, Eugene Tong and Ryo Yamamoto bring us the story of one of New York City's most popular new clubs – Old Man Run Club. Despite the name, you don't have to be a certain age or gender to join. They organize a weekly group long run as a way of being inclusive with as many people within the New York City running community. They each also have highly accomplished and successful roles within the clothing industry. Dao-Yi is a designer for the contemporary and New York City inspired lin...
Episode 14 – Veronica Jackson, Central Park Track Club
April 16, 2019 12:26 - 1 hour - 141 MBVeronica Jackson just moved to Boston after nearly a decade in New York City but she'll always be a Runner of NYC in our book. Veronica ran for the Central Park Track Club and balanced a career as a lawyer while competing at a very high level. We met up with Veronica while in Boston for marathon weekend. In 2018, Veronica ran 2:49:41 and finished as the 13th overall woman in a race with driving rain and cold temperatures. On Monday, she ran 2:43:48 to finish 43rd among the elite women. On ...
Episode 13 – Daniel Winn of Brooklyn Track Club
April 02, 2019 05:26 - 2 hours - 228 MBIf you were to ask Daniel Winn where he's from, he'd say New York. That's not true. He's originally from Portland, Oregon and graduated from the University of Oregon but his heart has always drawn him to New York City. On this episode, you'll learn a lot about how he went from a walk-on on the Ducks' track team to very briefly into the indoor mile record holder. He was a finalist and placed 8th at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials 1,500 meter final. He currently trains with the Brooklyn Track Club...
Episode 12 – Zha Dadson
March 19, 2019 12:49 - 1 hour - 151 MBIn West Philadelphia, born and raised is where the story of our next guest begins. On this episode, you’ll get to meet Zhane Dadson. It’s in Philly where she got her start in the performing arts field at the Creative and Performing Arts High School as a dance major. Dance has been an integral part of her life and she continued to do so when she attended Spelman College. She got her degree from there and eventually moved to New York to work at Ogilvy and then Anomaly NYC, where she’s currently...