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Triple Knot

30 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -

Through sharing the personal stories of collegiate runners at any level of the sport, Triple Knot explores topics such as mental health, injury, team and community, eating disorders, the college application process, academic balance, transitions, training, racing, and the many many unique ways our identities, passions, and experiences intersect with the sport of running.

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Episodes

21. Trude Lamb on Showing Her True Colors

February 26, 2021 21:04 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

In the summer of 2020 Tyler (Texas) Legacy High School sophomore Trude Lamb caught global attention when she successfully pushed to change the name of her high school from that of a confederate general and slave holder. Tune in as we discuss the current situation in Texas post winter storm, Trude’s journey as an activist, Trude as a runner, Trude’s future goals and dreams for herself and her community, and more! Checkout an ESPN news article and Trude’s letter to her school here: https://ww...

20. Wildwood Girls Camp Reflection with Counselors Marci, Emily, and Miranda

February 20, 2021 00:09 - 1 hour - 74.3 MB

Content preparation: we discuss relationships with food, body, and eating disorders throughout this episode. Thank you to guests and fellow Wildwood Girls Virtual Camp counselors Miranda DiBiasio, Emily Chaston, and Marci Klimek for making this conversation happen. Thank you to Marie Markham and Robyn McGilis for creating Wildwood Running, such a wonderful platform and opportunity for runners to collaborate, learn, and grow the current and future generations of females in the sport. Check t...

19. Emma Wilson on Having Fun with Running

January 08, 2021 23:07 - 27 minutes - 25.9 MB

After transferring from the University of Illinois, sophomore Emma Wilson now runs for Huntington University and is taking the collegiate running world by storm. During the craziness of the 2020 COVID-19 affected fall season, she ran a 20:18.7 6k (a PR of 1 minute), a 16:24 5k, and a NAIA national record time of 32:38.56 in her debut 10k (1 second off of the Olympic Trials standard!). Hear from Emma on how she overcame burnout and a stress fracture to make huge strides this season. Emma’s r...

18. Juniper Eastwood as the First and Only Out Transgender NCAA D1 Runner

September 20, 2020 01:50 - 1 hour - 69.2 MB

This episode was recorded at the end of May and I just didn’t get to it out until now. The conversation around gender in sport feels particularly relevant after the recent Caster Semenya ruling which you can read or listen more about here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/sports/olympics/caster-semenya-court-ruling.html and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/case-caster-why-principle-trumped-bad-evidence-her/id1461719225?i=1000491007047and sign the petition (I was trying to find tangibl...

17. Nia Akins’ Sky is the Limit

June 21, 2020 20:35 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

In this episode... Who is Nia Akins? Switching from soccer to running Mom’s influence and 400m success at the University of Missouri Draw to UPenn for nursing and people Memories from last collegiate meet HS experiences and goals leading into college Transitioning from west to east coast Turning point in realizing national caliper potential Mindset for performing best at biggest meets Building confidence in fitness through racing XC as an 800m/mid-distance runner The whole new ex...

16. Jess and Sam Drop on Becoming Happier, Healthier, and Stronger Runners: Mental Health, Relationship with Food, Competing with the Best of the Best

June 16, 2020 18:31 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB

In this episode… Who are the Drop Twins? How they got into running Seeking out some greater opportunities in HS, team focus on spirit & fun Falling in love with the University of Georgia College transition: Jess’ jump to XC & helping Sam become more competitive Sisterhood Eating disorders, therapy, relationship with food Food instagram @running_foodies Anxiety, depression, & injury Georgia’s 2017 XC season & sunday long run grinds International racing experiences Volunteering for...

15. Jazz Shukla on Being More than a Runner: ED recovery, Blackness, Canadian Running, Positive Team Culture

June 12, 2020 00:50 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB

In this episode: Fundraising campaign for NQTTCN (see below) Training during the pandemic Jazz’s ballet background and joining the University of Toronto’s track club in grade 8 The “curses” and challenges of female youth running Eating disorder recovery and pandemic diet culture Building a healthy, open, and supportive team environment Blackness as a runner in a white circle, during the current moments, and diversity in Canadian distance running Winning team national XC championships...

14. Dorcas Wasike on Being the Best You: Motherhood, Hard Work & Success, Kenya, Nursing

May 29, 2020 15:59 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

Dorcas Wasike has been on a history-making roll since entering the University of Louisville in 2016. She has made an impressive progression from 145th at the NCAA D1 XC Championship to 14th in 2018 and posted a runner-up finish in the 10k at the 2019 NCAA D1 Track Championship. On route, she has earned many ACC honors, school records, and school firsts.  With some key mentors, team support, and 6 sisters (all of whom are runners including marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei!!) she ha...

13. Ida Narbuvoll on The Learning Process: moving from Norway, transferring, injury comeback, high mileage

May 22, 2020 15:05 - 52 minutes - 48 MB

After sitting out nearly two years (sophomore and junior) due to an achilles injury and surgery, the University of Mary’s Ida Narbuvoll was just getting back into her normal training when she won the high point crown at her conference meet taking the mile, 3k, and 5k. Heading into the 2020 Indoor NCAA D2 National Championships, the 5th year Civil Engineering major from Norway was set to run the 5k as the first seed (30 seconds ahead of 2nd place with her 16:14 school record), 3k as the secon...

12. Audrey Belf on Celebrating the Moment: Transferring, Red-shirting, and Becoming a Complete Runner

May 15, 2020 13:38 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB

After experiencing her first major injury, a sudden coaching change, and struggling with homesickness, it was time for Audrey Belf to make the courageous decision to transfer. She left the community she had formed during her 2 years at Georgetown and headed back home to the University of Michigan; the state where she had established herself as one of the all-time best and top in the country as a high schooler. At the University of Michigan, Audrey earned a bachelor’s in Kinesiology in 2019,...

11. Grace Norman on Owning Your Story: Paralympic Medalist, World Record Holder, & NCAA D2 Runner

May 10, 2020 13:12 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

At age 18, Grace Norman made history winning gold at the first ever installment of the 2016 Paralympic Triathlon event. Twenty four hours later she was tearing up the track, winning bronze in the 400m (the longest track race offered for amputees). Meanwhile back home, she was already 3 weeks past the start of her first-year year of college.  In this episode we talk racing experiences, overcoming injury, the biomechanical and controversial aspects of being an amputee athlete, what it means to...

10. Sammy Seymour on Following your Curiosities: D3 walk-on, team environment

May 03, 2020 00:48 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

Recruited to play softball at NCAA D3 Bethany College in West Virginia, Sammy Seymour was not finding the team camaraderie she expected. Now approaching graduation, hear how Sammy put herself out there and ended up on the Bethany cross country and track teams. This conversation touches on finding and creating a supportive team environment, managing backwards thinking and differences in point of view, and the many experiences of learning and growing in a new sport on a small team at a small s...

10. Sammy Seymour on Following your Curiosities: Starting XC for the 1st time in college, strengthening team environment

May 03, 2020 00:48 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

Recruited to play softball at NCAA D3 Bethany College in West Virginia, Sammy Seymour was not finding the team camaraderie she expected. Now approaching graduation, hear how Sammy put herself out there and ended up on the Bethany cross country and track teams. This conversation touches on finding and creating a supportive team environment, managing backwards thinking and differences in point of view, and the many experiences of learning and growing in a new sport on a small team at a small s...

10. Sammy Seymour on Following your Curiosities

May 03, 2020 00:48 - 39 minutes - 36 MB

Recruited to play softball at NCAA D3 Bethany College in West Virginia, Sammy Seymour was not finding the team camaraderie she expected. Now approaching graduation, hear how Sammy put herself out there and ended up on the Bethany cross country and track teams. This conversation touches on finding and creating a supportive team environment, managing backwards thinking and differences in point of view, and the many experiences of learning and growing in a new sport on a small team at a small s...

09. Anna Rohrer on Trust in the Process

April 22, 2020 21:42 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB

After winning a Footlocker national title her sophomore year of high school in 2012, injury and surgery to both feet would side-line Anna Rohrer. However, she made an epic return to win the New Balance Nationals 5k on the track and then redeem herself as a Footlocker champion in 2014. Now, as she concludes five years of running for the University of Notre Dame where she earned an undergrad degree in neuroscience and is about to complete her master’s in business; Anna reflects on how this op...

08. Taylor Knibb and Kyleigh Spearing on Embracing Adaptation for Balance as World-Class Triathletes, NCAA Runners, and Students at Cornell

April 15, 2020 22:14 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

How do they do it? This is a question that Taylor Knibb and Kyleigh Spearing, two of the top triathletes in the world get asked a lot, but one they often ask themselves as well. Even more admirable than the on-paper accolades, is the gratitude, humility, and wisdom in which the Cornell University seniors impart as they reflect on challenges faced, experiences had, and lessons learned. For Taylor and Kyleigh, success has been a matter of establishing strong support systems, incorporating fun,...

07. Gracie Griffith on Mental Fortitude at the Olympic Marathon Trials

March 20, 2020 16:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

With no sponsor, no coach, no team, and no training partners, Gracie Griffith’s plan might be a little unorthodox, but the 21 year old Clemson University senior is quickly emerging as one of the top marathoners in the country. Heading into the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the Marathon on Feb. 29, 2020, Gracie was ranked 500th but managed to handle the adverse conditions to place 95th in a PR of 2:43.36. So how does the double major, double minor, law school bound student do it? In her two ye...

06. Page Lester on Searching for Answers: Injuries, Female Health, Triathlon

March 06, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

Everyone loves a good comeback story, but in order to reach the glory of the comeback, you have to go through the painstaking process of writing the story. Pen in hand, Princeton sophomore and NCAA D1 runner, Page Lester, is recovering from her third bone injury in two years. Page’s first draft with injury was in high school when a labrum tear in her shoulder ultimately ended her competitive swimming and triathlon career for the time being. Ever since, it has been a constant revision process...

05. My Story for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

February 29, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

In a detour from the normal interview format of my podcast, I share my story of over-training, binge eating disorder, and the mental health struggles I have faced during my journey as a runner, swimmer, and triathlete from high school to college. Join me for some stories and thoughts on breaking stigmas and breaking silence around mental illness in the running community. Running on Om Podcast Episode 223: Soul Sister Sessions on Eating Disorder Recovery in Running with Abbey Cooper and Juli...

05. National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

February 29, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

In a detour from the normal interview format of my podcast, I share my story of over-training, binge eating disorder, and the mental health struggles I have faced during my journey as a runner, swimmer, and triathlete from high school to college. Join me for some stories and thoughts on breaking stigmas and breaking silence around mental illness in the running community. Running on Om Podcast Episode 223: Soul Sister Sessions on Eating Disorder Recovery in Running with Abbey Cooper and Juli...

04. Nicole Clermont on Celebrating all the Way to the the Top

February 21, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 44 MB

“Fly fast and free, why not me?” This is the motto that Nicole Clermont, an NCAA Division 1 runner at Boston College, runs by and what has kept her going through the ups and downs of massive PRs, winning a national championship, racing for Team USA, volunteering for the Special Olympics of Costa Rica, stress fracture recovery, eating disorder recovery, anxiety, and perfectionism. Nicole openly discusses using practices like journaling, spirituality, relationship building, and meditation to r...

04. Nicole Clermont on Celebrating all the Way to the the Top: Orthorexia and Injury Recovery, Team USA

February 21, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 44 MB

“Fly fast and free, why not me?” This is the motto that Nicole Clermont, an NCAA Division 1 runner at Boston College, runs by and what has kept her going through the ups and downs of massive PRs, winning a national championship, racing for Team USA, volunteering for the Special Olympics of Costa Rica, stress fracture recovery, eating disorder recovery, anxiety, and perfectionism. Nicole openly discusses using practices like journaling, spirituality, relationship building, and meditation to r...

03. Rosalie Fish on Indigenous Empowerment to Break that Bias

February 05, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MB

Murder is the 3rd leading cause of death for Native American women and is a normalized part of growing up on a reservation, so for 18 year old Rosalie Fish of the Cowlitz and Muckleshoot tribes, running came from a place of healing. Rosalie uses her platform as a multiple time high school state champion in Washington, and now as a collegiate runner at Iowa Central Community College, to advocate for indigenous rights and to give a voice to those silenced by the Missing and Murdered Indigenous...

02. Olivia Del Guercio on Being in it to Grow

January 22, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MB

After graduating from Scripps College, Olivia Del Guercio took on her next challenge - moving across the country to study as a math post-baccalaureate student at Smith College, but her ambition for growth and strength didn’t stop there. In this episode of Triple Knot, hear from Olivia on how her philosophy of “doing things because they are hard when you don’t know what else to do” ultimately led her to use her first year of NCAA eligibility at age 23 by joining Smith’s track and cross country...

02. Olivia Del Guercio on Being In it to Grow

January 22, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MB

After graduating from Scripps College, Olivia Del Guercio took on her next challenge - moving across the country to study as a math post-baccalaureate student at Smith College, but her ambition for growth and strength didn’t stop there. In this episode of Triple Knot, hear from Olivia on how her philosophy of “doing things because they are hard when you don’t know what else to do” ultimately led her to use her first year of NCAA eligibility at age 23 by joining Smith’s track and cross countr...

01. Bea Hesselbart on Building a Community of Support: Cancer, Gap Year, D3

January 14, 2020 01:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

What happens when 28 strangers come together to run across the country? In the first episode of the Triple Knot Podcast we are joined by Bea, an NCAA Division 3 runner at Smith College. She discusses what brought her to collegiate running after her gap year during which she ran a marathon, found new meaning in running for herself, and faced the cancer diagnosis of her father. She then explores the community of support that emerged as she and 27 other young adults ran from San Francisco to Bo...

01. Bea Hesselbart on Building a Community of Support Through Running and Cancer

January 14, 2020 01:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

What happens when 28 strangers come together to run across the country? In the first episode of the Triple Knot Podcast we are joined by Bea, an NCAA Division 3 runner at Smith College. She discusses what brought her to collegiate running after her gap year during which she ran a marathon, found new meaning in running for herself, and faced the cancer diagnosis of her father. She then explores the community of support that emerged as she and 27 other young adults ran from San Francisco to Bo...

01. Bea Hesselbart on Building a Community of Support Through Running

January 14, 2020 01:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

What happens when 28 strangers come together to run across the country? In the first episode of the Triple Knot Podcast we are joined by Bea, an NCAA Division 3 runner at Smith College. She discusses what brought her to collegiate running after her gap year during which she ran a marathon, found new meaning in running for herself, and faced the cancer diagnosis of her father. She then explores the community of support that emerged as she and 27 other young adults ran from San Francisco to Bo...

01. Bea Hesselbart on Building a Community of Support in the Face of Cancer

January 14, 2020 01:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

What happens when 28 strangers come together to run across the country? In the first episode of the Triple Knot Podcast we are joined by Bea, an NCAA Division 3 runner at Smith College. She discusses what brought her to collegiate running after her gap year during which she ran a marathon, found new meaning in running for herself, and faced the cancer diagnosis of her father. She then explores the community of support that emerged as she and 27 other young adults ran from San Francisco to Bo...

00. Welcome to the Triple Knot Pod!

January 11, 2020 23:00 - 7 minutes - 5.37 MB

This episode provides a brief introduction of who I am and why I am here: because I love running and want a reason to interview and share younger voices in the sport! Join me as I explore the many ways running impacts our lives and how we create greater...