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This is the ideal episode for anyone in need of athletic inspiration, empathy, and laughter: It’s a conversation with three co-hosts—Tish Hamilton, Amanda Loudin, and Ellison Weist. The gals recount 2024 highlights, including a marathon, numerous mountains summited, and a new fitness endeavor. And Ellison can always be counted on for book suggestions, including one about human longevity and another about the long life of a house.
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Join co-hosts Dimity McDowell and Sarah WF for a special episode as they look back on the incredible accomplishments within the Train Like a Mother
community in 2024. From half-marathons to ultra-marathons, hiking
challenges to marathons, these women have set big goals and crushed
them.
In this episode, we chat with four inspiring women:
Along the way, you’ll hear personal highlights from our Train Like a Mother coaches, sharing what made 2024 so special.
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Armchair travelers and adventurous runners alike will enjoy this episode: The guest is travel writer and mother runner Allison Torres Burtka. Along with hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Molly Williams, Allison shares:
-details on running + hiking in Alaska, Sri Lanka, the Alps, + more;
-why exploring somewhere on foot is so rewarding;
-the transformative power of a BIPOC running retreat; and,
-advice for finding running routes in new-to-you places.
Before the guest joins at about 10:27, Molly shares some quasi-gruesome tales of the survival course she’s taking! Get your free sticker here.
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This episode is ideal for anyone looking for holiday gift suggestions for runners, prompted by a question from Nicole, as well as folks struggling to formulate a weight-room workout, like Sarah. Also, anyone with an irregular work schedule, like Jen, will appreciate Dimity’s insightful training advice. Doing a downhill race in 2025, like Whitney? Coach Dimity has loads of practical advice—and Sarah reads a short, sassy essay about going downhill.
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This enlightening episode is required listening for any and all runners, whether healthy or injured! The guest is Erin Ayala, Ph.D., a sport psychologist and certified mental performance consultant. Along with hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Coach Liz Waterstraat, Dr. Ayala talks about:
-personality traits that can precipitate injury (!);
-common mistakes she sees with injured athletes;
-ways to find an empathetic physical therapist;
-an intriguing activity to help during injury downtime;
-revamped goals + little wins for injured athletes.
Before the guest joins at around 10:23, the hosting duo re-hashes Thanksgiving dinner. Get your free sticker here, and join Joy to the Run (it’s free, too!).
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Looking for inspiration to push past your own boundaries—whether in running or life? In this episode, Dimity and Sarah WF sit down with Jenny Hoffman, a mother of three, Harvard physics professor, and three-time national ultrarunning champion. Jenny shares about her recent accomplishments, including the story behind setting a Guinness World Record for running across the U.S.
In this episode, the trio discusses:
You won’t want to miss this inspiring conversation!
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In honor of Native American Heritage Day, we are re-running this episode, which originally aired November 26, 2021.
Gain a deeper understanding of Native American runners in this installment of our Run in Her Shoes series, featuring two Indigenous women runners, including Verna Volker, founder of Native Women Running. With Coach Liz as co-host, the guests explain:
-the prayerful nature of running for Native Americans;
-how being a morning runner is especially profound to a member of the Navajo Nation;
-the mission to bring light to cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women;
-how race organizers and participants can go beyond land acknowledgments; and,
-the sense one runner has of her ancestors watching out for her as she runs in nature.
Social Sarah shares details about producer Alex’s beautiful (2021) wedding before the first guest joins at 10:00.
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Anyone who’s ever worried about being “swept” during a race or fretted about having to go #2 during a race—both concerns of Amanda—will appreciate the guidance and assurance offered by the hosting duo. And folks, like Christine, who wonder how slow-can-you-go between speed
intervals will be pleased to hear Coach Dimity’s answer.
Before the Q&As, Sarah details some recent delightful away-from-home workouts. Please record your question by calling 470-BADASS1 (470-223-2771). Jump into Joy to the Run (it’s free!), and get your free sticker here.
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Avid readers, as well as casual ones, will enjoy this annual episode, in which the hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Ellison Weist chat about a 14 newly released books they’ve read and (mostly) recommend. The literary talk starts around 4:13, after Ellison shares about her recent move.
Here are the 14 books the hosts discuss:
Blue Sisters: Coco Mellors
The Most: Jessica Anthony
Here One Moment: Liane Moriarty
Death at the Sign of the Rook: Kate Atkinson
Colored Television: Danzy Senna
Tell Me Everything: Elizabeth Strout
Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner.
Our Evenings: Alan Hollinghurst
The Wildes: Louis Bayard
The Sequel: Jean Hanff Korelitz (P.S. SBS is enjoying its snarky tone!)
Devil at His Elbow: Valerie Bauerlein
Kingmaker: Sonia Purnell
Bone of the Bone: Sarah Smarsh
Paris in Ruins: Sebastian Smee
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If you're gearing up for a race or you may have one on the schedule soon, this episode is for you! Co-hosts Dimity and Sarah WF chat LIVE from the Richmond Marathon expo with Train Like a Mother Coaches Jessica Hofheimer and Amy Skorich. They share tips and motivation to help you ace your race day, including:
Stay tuned until the end for audience questions and advice!
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Whatever your dream race, you will gain so much insight and wisdom from this candid conversation with Coach Liz Waterstraat about her recent Ironman triathlon. With host Sarah Bowen Shea, Coach Liz shares:
-why she jumped back into an Ironman race after 9 years away;
-the building blocks + systems of her success;
-how + why curiosity fueled her training + race;
-her novel approach to race day; and,
-how an Ironman is like your wedding day!
Before the convo shifts to the IM at about 8:01, Sarah talks about her banner #foundchange find. Get your free sticker here.
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