Latest Comrades Podcast Episodes
Briana Boehmer: A Difficult Decision and the Power of Support
Women's Running Stories - December 15, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutesBriana Boehmer had dreamed about qualifying for an Olympic trials since she was young. But she'd let go of that dream as she moved into her 40s. In her mind, she had aged out. That all changed in 2020. Boehmer's first competitive sport was running, which she did through college. After college, sh...
Neely Spence Gracey: Pregnancy, Marathons, Disney Fun, and a Stroller Mile World Record
Women's Running Stories - December 08, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutesProfessional distance and marathon runner Neely Spence Gracey has been a competitive runner since she was in her teens and running has been a part of her life since she was born: both of her parents were competitive runners, and her father was an internationally competitive marathoner. In recent ...
Ari Hendrix: Journey to the Olympic Marathon Trials, a Quest to Top The List
Women's Running Stories - December 01, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutesElite marathon runner Ari Hendrix did not grow up dreaming of running. Up through college, Hendrix’s athletic heart was firmly focused on the basketball court. But when professional prospects didn’t pan out after her college career ended, Hendrix had to face the harsh fast reality that the sport ...
#53: Skyward (Volume One)
The Comixology Club - November 30, 2023 01:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt's podcasting time and the sky's the limit! This episode the boys are talking about the first volume of Skyward by Joe Henderson, and let me tell you they've got some things to say. This one comes with plenty of big ideas and while they might not all land, it certainly has a lot of fun and loo...
Sue McDonald: 9 Times a Masters World Record Holder
Women's Running Stories - November 24, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutesThe story behind becoming 2023 USATF Masters Track and Field Athlete of the Year. Masters 60+ track and field athlete Sue McDonald has been a competitive athlete most of her life. And she's been a competitor in a wide variety of events: she'd started out her collegiate career as a heptathlete and...
Molly Huddle: 2023 NYC Marathon, Postpartum Bone Health, and What Comes Next
Women's Running Stories - November 17, 2023 09:43 - 37 minutesTop American distance pro runner Molly Huddle tells the story around her 2023 NYC Marathon, her first time racing this distance since having her first child, Josephine, in April 2022. WRS featured Huddle in March of this year, 2023, to tell the story of her postpartum return to racing and how it ...
Race Report: Rachel Smith + 2023 USATF 5k National Championships
Women's Running Stories - November 10, 2023 08:46 - 25 minutesElite runner and Olympian Rachel Smith tells the story of how it all went down from her viewpoint racing in the 2023 USATF 5km National Championships, which took place November 4, 2023, in New York City. This is Smith's first big event back since having her first child, her daughter, Nova, 6 mont...
Verna Volker: A Journey of Health and Healing, Culture and Community
Women's Running Stories - November 03, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutesVerna Volker first started running as a way to improve her health. Over time, however, her relationship to the sport has grown and changed, to become a more personal and powerful part of her life. She started out pursuing road marathons and then moved to the trails, stretching her limits in ultra...
#52: Sweet Tooth (Volume Two)
The Comixology Club - November 01, 2023 02:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTwo episodes in one month? You might think we’re crazy, but we just couldn’t stop the sweet tooth we have for bringing you guys such great content. And just so happens we’re talking about the second volume of Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire. Chocolate drinks and lots of violent back stories are a per...
Cherie Turner: The Over 50, Sub 20, 5k Project: Part 2, Learning to Train Well
Women's Running Stories - October 27, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutesIn June of this summer, 2023, Women's Running Stories host and producer Cherie Turner closed the chapter on running longer distance races (at least for now), like marathons and ultras, and turned her attention to the 5k. Her goal: break 20 minutes in the 5km. Cherie is currently 54 years old and ...
Jennifer Maxwell: Running to Her Own Beat
Women's Running Stories - October 20, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutesJennifer Maxwell is best known as the co-founder of PowerBar with her late husband, Brian Maxwell. Not only did the couple found a hugely successful company, they created the energy bar sector. Before PowerBar, which launched in 1986, there were no energy bars. These days, Jennifer continues to r...
#51: Lady Killer
The Comixology Club - October 18, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt’s gonna be a killer episode with some killer ladies (and I guess our sponsor, Michael). We have tons of guests to help us dive into the world of hitwomen who also try to lead normal lives. Lady Killer by Jamie Rich and Joelle Jones bring us an exciting story about what that would look like. G...
Race Report: Jeralyn Poe + 2023 USATF 10k National Championships
Women's Running Stories - October 13, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutesElite runner and PhD student Jeralyn Poe tells the story of how it all went down from her viewpoint racing in the 2023 USATF 10km National Championships, which took place September 23, 2023, in Northport, NY, at the Great Cow Harbor 10km. Poe is in a relatively new phase of her racing journey, h...
Sabrina Pace-Humphreys: On a Quest to Reach Her Red Line
Women's Running Stories - October 06, 2023 04:00 - 36 minutesSabrina Pace-Humphreys understands what pushing through, putting one foot in front of the other in the face of great pain and on the edge of breaking feels like. She's been doing it her whole life. But it wasn't until she discovered the world of ultra trail running that she truly understood how d...
Claire Bartholic: Finding Her Pace, the Story of a Sub-3 Hour Marathon
Women's Running Stories - September 29, 2023 04:00 - 36 minutesClaire Bartholic shares how she went from being a first-time marathoner trying for, but not quite reaching, a goal to qualify for the Boston Marathon, to running a sub-3-hour marathon: for context, only 1% of women marathoners have achieved this sub-3-hour milestone. It all started when Bartholic...
Carolyn Su: Her First Trail Adventures, Why Representation Matters
Women's Running Stories - September 22, 2023 04:00 - 49 minutesCarolyn Su is a runner and the founder of Diverse We Run, a space to build racial diversity and amplify diverse voices and stories in running on Instagram. Until 2020, Su was a road runner. She hadn't run on the trails, let alone race. And when she documented her friend's experiences at the 2019 ...
Race Report: Tristin Van Ord + 2023 USATF 20km National Championships
Women's Running Stories - September 15, 2023 04:00 - 26 minutesProfessional runner for Team ZAP Endurance Tristin Van Ord tells the story of how it all went down from her viewpoint racing in the 2023 USATF 20km National Championships, which just took place September 4 in New Haven, CT. This 2023 season has been full of success as well as learning experience...
Cherie Turner: The Over 50, Sub 20, 5k Project: Part 1, Setting the Baseline
Women's Running Stories - September 08, 2023 04:00 - 34 minutesAt 53 years old, Women's Running Stories host Cherie Turner has found a whole new focus for her running pursuits: she's working toward breaking 20 minutes in the 5km. This is the first phase of the journey, setting a baseline 5k time. In this episode Cherie shares how she got to this point, how t...
Celeste Yvonne: Outrunning Mommy Wine Culture
Women's Running Stories - September 01, 2023 04:00 - 35 minutesEarly in her life, Celeste Yvonne had decided she wasn't a runner. She felt like she didn't look like a runner or have a runner's mindset. Furthermore, running didn't feel good. Enter, her first child, who was colicky; Celeste struggled mightily to get him to calm down. In an act of exhausted des...
Ruby Wyles: A Disordered Eating Healing Journey, with Lindsey Cortes, Rise Up Nutrition
Women's Running Stories - August 25, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutesRuby Wyles is an elite level runner and athlete who has worked through significant health challenges. She is currently pursuing the exciting new world of multisport, as a triathlete. From an early age, Wyles experienced serious challenges with disordered eating. While her health was stabilized, W...
Cherie Louise Turner + 2023 Comrades Marathon: Experiencing the Magic, Again and Better
Women's Running Stories - August 18, 2023 04:00 - 42 minutesWomen's Running Stories host and producer Cherie Turner tells the story of her return to the 56-mile Comrades Marathon in South Africa. This is Cherie's second running of this, the world's oldest and largest ultra distance race in the world. And this for running, she had the goal of running bette...
Jasmine Santiago: Finding Her Voice, Living Out Loud
Women's Running Stories - August 11, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutesJasmine Santiago is a runner and podcaster: she's the host of Brown Girl Running, where she shares her own running story and interviews other BIPOC runners about their experiences. Santiago is one of the few BIPOC women to host a running podcast. But getting to this point has been a journey, with...
Race Report: Kassie Parker + 2023 USATF 7-Mile National Championships
Women's Running Stories - August 04, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutesKassie Parker just finished one of the most successful NCAA DIII careers on record. On the indoor and outdoor track and in cross country, racing for Loras College, she set records, helped her team reach its first national title, and won numerous national titles herself. Parker graduated in May 20...
#50: Ice Cream Man (Volume One)
The Comixology Club - July 31, 2023 16:28 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt’s not October but the boys get a little tipsy on a frosty drink while they get a taste of the spooky anthology series, Ice Cream Man. There are spiders, junkies, and a shapeshifting ice cream man. What more could you ask for? We screamed, you’ll scream, we’ll all scream for Ice Cream Man. Th...
Race Report: Sgt. Ednah Kurgat + 2023 USATF 6km National Championships
Women's Running Stories - July 28, 2023 07:07 - 20 minutesSgt. Ednah Kurgat tells how it all went down at the recent USATF 6km National Championships in Canton, OH, July 15. Krugat runs as a member of the US Army's WCAP (World Class Athlete Program) and has primarily focused on cross-country and distance track racing, with a particular focus on the 10,0...
Liz Derstine: Her Appalachian Trail FKT Story, a Journey of Self Discovery
Women's Running Stories - July 21, 2023 04:00 - 1 hourLiz Derstine is a musician, runner, writer, and as of 2020, a long-distance hiker. On July 7, 2020, she embarked on the life-altering adventure of through-hiking the 2,193-mile Appalachian Trail, as quickly as possible. Now, having had several years to reflect on this epic journey, Derstine tells...
BONUS: Hear Her Sports: Jenny Nguyen and the Sports Bra
Women's Running Stories - July 14, 2023 12:13 - 1 hourThis is a special bonus episode swap with the excellent woman hosted, women's sports podcast Hear Her Sports. Every other Thursday, Hear Her Sports host Elizabeth Emery brings you long-form interviews with women athletes and women in the sports world. Elizabeth is an excellent interviewer and her...
Sika Henry + Comrades Marathon: An Experience Like No Other
Women's Running Stories - July 07, 2023 15:23 - 33 minutesSika Henry is a professional triathlete, as well as a marathon and ultra runner. She is the first African American woman to earn her pro card in triathlon, which she did in 2021. And, in 2020, she ran a sub-3-hour marathon which added her name to The List, which accounts for all of the American-b...
Christine Yu: Her Book, Up to Speed, Inspired by Life as an Athlete
Women's Running Stories - June 30, 2023 08:03 - 37 minutesChristine Yu is a lifelong athlete and a runner, though it took time before she used either of those terms to identify herself. Yu is also a writer, and she focuses on the intersection of sports science and women athletes. These dual passions recently culminated in the much anticipated book Up to...
#49: It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
The Comixology Club - June 21, 2023 21:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn kind of a new style of book for the boys, we join Zoe Thorogood on a cool, sometimes sad, and incredible stream of conscience trip through 6 months of her life in the book, It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth. It gives us perspective on an author of comics and how she goes through her day ...
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