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Episode 329: Rebecca Mehra – 4:27 at the Sir Walter Mile

Rebecca Mehra and I got to sit down in person and record in Raleigh, NC before the Sir Walter Mile! She had a great race there where she ran a PR of 4:27.96 which was a 3 second PR. Rebecca runs for Oiselle and is coached by Lauren Fleshman and is part of the Little … more »

Episode 325: Lauren Hurley – Happiness on the other side of triathlon and a fresh start with running postpartum

Lauren recently competed in the Olympic Trials in the 10,000m. She qualified for that race less than a year postpartum at the Portland Track Festival. Lauren was a professional triathlete for a long time after starting to compete in triathlon while in college. She has done 11 70.3 half Ironmans. In this episode, we talk … more »

Episode 322: Nell Rojas on Racing the 10,000m at the Olympic Trials, 9th at the Olympic Marathon Trials, and more

Nell Rojas is competing in the 10,000m for the Olympic Trials tomorrow! Nell is a marathoner and she finished 9th at the Olympic Trials Marathon in 2020 and ran a 2:30:29 there. She won the Grandma’s Marathon in 2019 where she ran 2:28:06. She debuted the marathon at CIM in 2:31:23 while she was training … more »

Episode 317: Makena Morley- 10k Olympic Trials Training, 31:25 10k PR at the Sound Running Track Meet

Makena Morley recently ran her 10k PR in 31:25 which was a one minute PR and just off the Olympic standard by 0.20 seconds! With that time she did qualify for the Olympic Trials so she will be competing there! She was a 7 time All-American at Colorado and while she was there she ran … more »

Episode 315: Lauren Paquette – Take a chance on yourself; Training with NAZ Elite

Lauren Paquette is racing the 5,000m at the Sound Running event this weekend and she joins us on the podcast today. She is one of the newest members of Hoka One One NAZ Elite and we get to learn all about her journey to joining the team in this episode. Lauren ran for Baylor where … more »

Episode 313: Johnny Gregorek – Training for the trials, Blue Jean Miles & Seinfeld. A well rounded conversation with Johnny Gregorek.

Johnny Gregorek caught the eyes of the running community when he ran the World Record for the mile in blue jeans (4:06) to honor his Brother Pat and raise funds (over $50K) for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. He is a 1500 meter runner, sponsored by Asics looking to make the Olympic team this … more »

Episode 310: Emily Sisson – Gearing up for the Track Trials & Gate River Run 15K National Championship Win

Emily Sisson recently took the win at the Gate River Run 15k National Championships in Jacksonville Florida. She ran a time of 48:07 on a windy day – the 5th fastest time run by a woman on that course. She also won the equalizer race coming in ahead of the men’s champion as well. This … more »

Episode 239: Ashley Higginson

Ashley Higginson is a full time lawyer and qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials in her first marathon this past fall. Prior to this season of life- she competed professionally as a 3,000 meter steeple chaser running in both the 2012 and the 2016 Olympic Trials. A little bit about Ashley’s backstory – she went … more »

Episode 221: Alison Wade

Alison Wade is the writer and brains behind the Fast Women newsletter. She is the mother of two and has been involved in the running industry for over two decades. Alison worked for the NYRR where she founded fast-women.com and served as editor of fast-women.com and mensracing.com for the sites’ first five years. She has … more »

Episode 200: Katy Jermann

Katy Jermann debuted the marathon in 2:33:41 in January and is running her second marathon at the TCS NYC Marathon this fall! Someone to be watching for sure if she’s not already on your radar. Katy runs for Team USA Minnesota and also has a half marathon PR of 1:10:27. She does a lot of … more »