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I spent part of a recent podcast conversation asking coach John Ferry a question I couldn't stop thinking about: Do marathon runners take running too seriously? The question came from listening to ultrarunners. I hear stories of athletes running a marathon one weekend and a 50-miler the next. They seem relaxed. Playful. Curious. Meanwhile, many marathoners (myself included) build our entire year around two races—a spring marathon and a fall marathon. Everything revolves aroun

Running has a funny way of revealing what's underneath the surface. For Claire Boyce, host of the Kind of Fast Podcast and part of the team behind Upward Running, the lessons didn't come from personal records or podium finishes. They came from the moments she struggled, failed, and had to figure out who she was when the results weren't what she hoped for. Claire has been running since childhood. In fact, her mom originally signed her up for a running club as punishment for ta

Okayyyyy Phil! Phil Zuniga is the Back on My Feet Alumni joining us for this week's conversation. Man. I love a an inspo story and he sure has got a good one! I also love people who love people. Like Nathan Watt - the CEO of Back on My Feet who also joins us for this episode. All around this was a feel good hour! And one of my favorite interviews. Both because I just adore this organization, and because I rarely get to challenge myself by organizing all my thoughts and TWO ot

Photo Credit: Mike Trimpe Talking to Harvey Lewis made me realize, once again, that some runners are just a different species. I think I know what “hard” is until I hear someone casually talk about running for days through mud, sleep deprivation, hallucinations, freezing rain, and exhaustion like it’s just another weekend adventure. Meanwhile, I’m having a personal crisis because it’s raining again and I don’t want to get wet walking to my car. Harvey has this calm, grounded

One of the ways I’ve gotten myself into trouble over the past few years is by signing up for everything that interests me. Yoga, embroidery, part-time jobs, races I definitely wasn’t prepare to train for, you get the idea. And I don’t try things out; I go in 100% until I don’t. (For example, not just taking a yoga class, but becoming a teacher.) And while my “don’t think, just do” attitude has led me to some pretty cool places, it has also earned me several confidence-kicking

I’m the kind of runner, at least lately, who has anxiety about having anxiety. Our guest today calls that the “double whammy.” And I’ve developed a pretty bad case of the whammies. I wasn’t always this way. I’m the runner who always said, “If you can’t beat fear, do it scared.” But the thing about running, the thing I’ve said so often lately that I’m almost tired of hearing myself say it, is that our relationship with it changes. A few bad races here, a few incomplete trainin

The Maybe Running Will Help podcast started while I was in treatment for an eating disorder. I was desperate to feel like I could still run, and I believed there were reasons to run (and reasons that I ran) that weren’t just for weight loss. It wasn’t until recently that I really understood that running helps me mentally more than physically. It’s how I slow down my brain and calm my nervous system. It’s good for me in ways I didn’t think anyone would understand, and back the

Today’s guest is the founder of Team RWB, an organization that’s helping veterans rediscover connection, purpose, and health through movement. I may have found Mike Erwin because he’s the face behind Team RWB, but once I started digging in, I realized he had so much more to share with us. In this episode, you’re going to hear about the aforementioned nonprofit, its mission and community. But you’re also going to learn a lot about why running helps us with some of the other th

Mason Wright, @buffrunner , has a mustache. I’m kind of hyperaware since Joe (my husband) recently grew one, and it’s taken on a personality of its own in our house. The second thing I noticed is that he is very emotionally steady for someone about to do something completely unreasonable. At the time of our interview, he was a little over a week out from his 1,000-mile run around a track…but he didn’t actually have a confirmed track yet. And thankfully, he still had the menta

Okay. First of all, I liked Trevor before I ever met him. I had done my research and it was clear that this man has a big heart. It was also apparent that he was a very successful business person, the kind that makes me super nervous because that is a world I thankfully don’t have to know anything about. But no matter how intimidating someone might seem on paper, throw on a pair of running shoes and suddenly we’re all just runners trying to take another step towards ourselves

If you really hate something, maybe you don’t have to do it. Right? I mean, we don’t have to run. That sounds freeing. And it is, for a while. But eventually, I think for some of us, we push too hard, then rebel in the completely opposite direction. Sound familiar? I think black and white thinking is common. No one wants to live in the messy middle. But running, ahh yes, our friend running, that’s exactly where she lives. You can’t be too aggressive or too aloof. Reminds me o

I just had the fun-est interview. I don’t know if fun-est is a word, but even if it’s not, maybe especially if it’s not, it’s totally appropriate. I threw my head back and laughed so much I’m surprised I don’t have neck issues this week. You may know Jeff from social media . He has impressively good dance moves, which he performs mid-hike with a comedic twist. That’s part of his brand as a speaker, storyteller, and comedian who somehow makes suffering in the outdoors look en

I Am Obsessed With Running Okay, maybe that’s an understatement. When I am not running consistently , I fantasize about it like an ex-lover who left me for a faster woman. In fact, it could be useful to talk to a relationship counselor about what is happening in my brain and how to navigate the ups and downs of what can sometimes feel like a complicated relationship with the sport. But I think at the end of the day, I just want to know that it all means something. Whether we