Women's Running Stories

Women's Running Stories features inspiring stories told by exceptional women runners about their running experiences. Hear about the many ways women are achieving excellence and changing their lives through the sport of running. Get motivated to reach your own running goals by women who are making it happen.

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Running
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Reair Celebrating the Return of Comrades!: Blan...
This bonus reair celebrates the return of the 90km/56-mile "ultimate human race" Comrades on August 28, 2022. Comrades has been on hiatus because of COVID since it last happened in 2019. We couldn't be more thrilled! We're celebrating by highlighting the story of running legend Blanche Moila in this reair. Also hear updates from host Cherie Turner, who shares some thoughts about going into her first time running Comrades. She also has a "stay tuned" announcement for next week's new Comrades episode featuring 30-time (!) Comrades finisher Pat Freeman, and please be sure to enjoy our entire Comrades series to get pumped up about the return of this great race!Also, about this episode: South African running legend Blanche Moila shares how she inspired change through becoming one of the country’s best runners and then through running Comrades, as well as public speaking, mentoring, and coaching.
39 min
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Verity Breen: Running Far and Fast, A Life-Long...
40 min
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Camille Herron: Menstrual Health & Running West...
36 min
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Nicole Pinto: Running the Boston Marathon while...
30 min
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Gael Henville: Life Lessons Learned, and Shared...
Gael Henville discovered a pure love of running early in life, growing up in the Caribbean. After immigrating to the US, she experienced racism and bullying, and subsequent isolation. This is the story of how Gael's love of running eventually led her to discovering her own power and a driving desire to empower others through the sport, especially women of color. Gael is recognized as a leader in the running community, sharing the wisdom of many life lessons learned and many races run. She tells her story in her own voice.
38 min
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LIVE EVENT: Marilyn Bevans & Maegan Krifchin, C...
74 min
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Bobbi Gibb: The First Woman of the Boston Marathon
37 min
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Sarah Lavender Smith: Ultramarathon Trail Runni...
34 min
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Cathy Utzschneider: A Champion After 40, A Pass...
34 min
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Sonia Samuels w/Jae Gruenke: Olympian Rediscove...
47 min
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Roads to Boston 2021: We Ran the Boston Maratho...
41 min
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Update & Reair: Camille Herron at the Comrades ...
41 min
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Roads to Boston 2021: The Final Pre-Race Check-...
37 min
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Roads to Boston 2021: How We All Got In (part 6/8)
46 min
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Roads to Boston 2021: An Inside Look at Maratho...
37 min
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Roads to Boston 2021: Why We Marathon, Nicole's...
24 min
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Roads to Boston 2021: Why We Marathon, Marija's...
27 min
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Roads to Boston 2021: Why We Marathon, Patty's ...
28 min
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Roads to Boston 2021: How We Started Running (p...
23 min
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Introducing Roads to Boston 2021: 9 Runners, 1 ...
4 min
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Megan Flanagan: A Young Runner's Journey throug...
34 min
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BONUS: Hear Her Sports: Dagmara Wozniak, Olympi...
42 min
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Beatie Deutsch: Pregnancy, Fast Marathons, Shat...
32 min
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Ann Ashworth: A RED-s Recovery to Running Healt...
35 min
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BONUS: Keeping Track Podcast: Dawn Harper Nelso...
75 min