Latest Distance running Podcast Episodes
Emilia Benton: A Boston Marathon Journey
Women's Running Stories - April 12, 2024 04:00 - 42 minutesIn this episode, Emilia Benton focuses on how she discovered the approach to marathoning that earned her a Boston Marathon qualifying time, and then how it all went down at last year's Boston Marathon. Benton is a well recognized journalist in the running world, with a particular focus on profess...
Michelle Wheeler: Becoming a Professional Wheelchair Racer
Women's Running Stories - April 05, 2024 07:00 - 39 minutesMichelle Wheeler is an internationally competitive marathon and distance road racer. Last year saw Wheeler race marathons in Boston, Berlin, Sydney, London, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, in addition to traveling throughout the US to shorter-distance races. And, this year, she'll also be re...
Jen Kanyugi: The Boston Marathon, 20 Consecutive Years
Women's Running Stories - March 29, 2024 08:35 - 32 minutesJen Kanyugi is running her 20th consecutive Boston Marathon this year. Her journey to get to this point is about this one event, and so much more. In this time, Jen went from not running more than 20 minutes on the treadmill to being a steady presence at this, one of the most recognized and celeb...
Cherie Turner: Over 50, Sub 20, 5k Project: Part 4, The Power of Belief
Women's Running Stories - March 25, 2024 05:00 - 33 minutesIn this episode, part 4 of this series, Cherie tells the story of her return to formal training and workouts after recovering from an injury. And, back at it, Cherie returned to racing and experienced a frustrating bought of race anxiety. This set Cherie down a path to tackle this difficult barri...
Liz Rock: A TrailblazHer's Journey, Running the Boston Marathon for Mile 21 Joy
Women's Running Stories - March 22, 2024 09:39 - 37 minutesLiz Rock is a marathoner and community leader, focusing on women and diversity: "We [women] are so powerful and I wish we knew that more," she says. "We are powerful and we need to lead with that more often than not." Rock tells her running story with a focus on training for the 2024 Boston Marat...
Race Report: Annie Frisbie + 2024 USATF 15k National Championships
Women's Running Stories - March 15, 2024 05:00 - 34 minutesMinnesota Distance Elite Team member and Puma professional marathoner and long-distance road racer Annie Frisbie shares how it all went down at the 2024 15k National Championships, which took place March 2, 2024, in Jacksonville, FL, at the Gate River Run. Frisbie had a great race at the 15k, for...
Rebecca Mehra: Professional Track Racer, On a Season of Inspired Change
Women's Running Stories - March 08, 2024 08:43 - 33 minutesProfessional middle distance track racer Rebecca Mehra shares her professional running story. It's been marked by great success, two years of disappointing hurdles, to now: coming into 2024 healthy and ready, with a new perspective, new coach, and new set of training partners. Rebecca Mehra is a ...
Kelly Bruno: 2024 Boston Marathon Pro Para-Athlete, On Her Lifelong Athlete Journey
Women's Running Stories - March 01, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutesKelly Bruno has been an athlete since she was a child. Because of a birth defect on her right leg, she went through a below-the-knee amputation, and competes with a prosthetic. Competitive sports has played a fundamental role in her life and her development, and throughout, Bruno has been a role ...
Kelly Bruno: 2024 Boston Marathon Professional Para-Athlete, A Return to Loving the Run
Women's Running Stories - March 01, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutesKelly Bruno has been an athlete since she was a child. Because of a birth defect on her right leg, she went through a below-the-knee amputation, and competes with a prosthetic. Competitive sports has played a fundamental role in her life and her development, and throughout, Bruno has been a role ...
Race Report: Emily Durgin + 2024 USATF Olympic Trials Marathon
Women's Running Stories - February 23, 2024 05:00 - 39 minutesAdidas professional runner Emily Durgin shares how it all went down at the 2024 USATF Olympic Trials Marathon, which took place February 3, 2024, in Orlando, FL. On the line at this race, in addition to a national championship title, cash awards and series points, racers were vying for a spot on ...
Emma Grace Hurley: Life as a Professional Runner, Making Big Moves
Women's Running Stories - February 16, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutesEmma Grace Hurley is an exciting young professional runner, now running for the newly formed all-women's team, the Heartland Track Club. Emma Grace was first featured on WRS in March 2023, in our Race Report episode about the USATF 15k National Championships, which was held on March 6, 2023, at t...
JayEll Alexander: CEO Black Girls Run, Leading a Movement 258,000 Strong
Women's Running Stories - February 09, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutesJay Ell Alexander is a runner and the CEO of one of the largest running groups in the United States: Black Girls Run, aka BGR, with 258,000 members. Alexander has been leading BGR for six years now, after working as marketing and PR lead for the previous six years. And she has a very clear unders...
Race Report: Katie Camarena + 2024 USATF Cross-Country National Championships
Women's Running Stories - February 02, 2024 05:00 - 30 minutesEmerging professional runner and new member of Tinman Elite out of Boulder, Colorado, Katie Camarena tells the story of how it all went down from her viewpoint racing in the 2024 USATF Cross-Country National Championships, which took place January 20, 2024, in Richmond, VA. On the line at this ra...
Michelle Sikes: NCAA Champion, Author of Kenya's Running Women: A History
Women's Running Stories - January 26, 2024 05:00 - 33 minutesMichelle Sikes's story centers around how her collegiate running career is inextricably linked to her first book, Kenya's Running Women: A History, published in December 2023. This is the first academic monograph to focus on the history of any women's sport in Africa. Back when she was in her co...
Sister Liz Sjoberg: Becoming a Sister on the Run
Women's Running Stories - January 19, 2024 09:05 - 42 minutes"I don't think I really liked running until maybe two or three years in of actually trying to run. I wouldn't even call myself a runner at that point at all, but just somebody trying to get their life right and trying to have some balance. It really started to open up a new world for me." Sister ...
Anita Cardinal: Don't Stop Unless You Are Proud
Women's Running Stories - January 12, 2024 05:00 - 44 minutesAnita Cardinal is an ultra trail runner, advocate for the indigenous community, race director, and community builder who lives in Northwestern Canada in the beautiful city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In her story, Anita gets into why running has been a powerful force in her life from a very ea...
Cherie Turner: Over 50, Sub 20, 5k Project: Part 3, The Reset
Women's Running Stories - January 05, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutesIn this episode, part 3 of this series, Cherie shares how a freak non-running injury caused her to take time away from structured workouts and formal training. While the injury was a bummer, in the end, it provided a healthy reset. Cherie shares how the recovery process has gone and why she feels...
2023 Reflections: Clips to Take With You Into the New Year
Women's Running Stories - December 29, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutesFor this episode, I chose a variety of clips from 10 episodes published in 2023 that have stuck with me and made an impact. This isn't a "best of" so much as a celebration of the huge variety of experiences and motivations women have in this sport. I hope you'll find something in here to motivate...
Natalie Barlatier: Unwavering Commitment
Women's Running Stories - December 22, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutesNatalie Barlatier has a determination when it comes to her running that is truly remarkable. Barlatier discovered a love of track and field in her youth, but took a break from running when she entered college. She returned to the sport after being diagnosed with MS in her late 20s, and began to e...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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