Dani Moreno is on the podcast today! She is a sub-ultra trail runner. She is a four-time Team USA member, a two-time Xterra world trail champ, and a USA Sky Running Classic champion. She placed third at OCC, she was the first American to podium there. She was the fifth woman at the Golden Trail World Series in 2021. She is from LA and went to the University of Santa Barbara. She walked away from running for a bit after college and then found her way right back to her love of running. She tells us how she found her way to trail running in this episode. Dani is so adventurous. From skydiving to ..read more

Peter Bromka was on the show a few years ago with Esther Atkins talking about the Olympic Marathon Trials. Today was his first time on the show for a solo episode! It’s been a long time coming! Peter is super fast runner – he is a 2:19 marathoner. A few years ago he was trying really hard to qualify for the Olympic Trials and came seconds from qualifying on multiple attempts. He wrote really honestly and raw about those experiences. We talk about that year in this episode. Peter lives in Portland and is a writer. He just ran the Boston Marathon. He is a master’s runner now. In this episode, we ..read more

Steph Bruce and Ben Rosario are on the podcast together today!! Steph Bruce runs for Hoka NAZ Elite. She is the mom of two and having her third baby here in a few months! She is a three-time US Champion. She has worn her heart on her sleeve sharing her journey in the professional running world! Ben Rosario is the founder of NAZ Elite and recently transitioned out of his head coaching role to the executive director. They brough Allen Culpepper on as the head coach so Ben can focus more on the business side of NAZ Elite. Ben and Steph wrote a book called Follow Your Heart. Last year, Steph annou ..read more

Emily Pifer is on the podcast today. She has a book that is beautifully written called The Running Body. The book tells Emily’s story and the story of so many other competitive and recreational runners who struggle with overtraining, disordered eating, and bone injuries, lots of loss, and the emotional and physical healing that comes with that loss. Emily writes about her experience as a college track and cross country running and also dives into the broader culture of elite distance running. Emily received her MFA in creative nonfiction writing from the University of Wyoming and is now a PhD ..read more

Christine Yu is an award winning journalist who writes about sports science and health. She has a new book coming out called Up to Speed, the Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes.  She is a really well-known journalist. She has been featured in The Washington Post, Outside Magazine, Runner’s World, Family Circle, Self, Eating Well, ESPNW, and the list goes on. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and her two sons. We talk about kids and athletics, what has not been researched enough in female athletics, history of female sport, and more! What we talked about: 4:15- The panel that sh ..read more

Adelle Tracey runs for Hoka and she now competes for Team Jamaica after years of competing for Great Britain. She has been competing on the international stage for over ten years. She focuses on the 800 and 1500 and in this podcast we talk about the decision to run for Team Jamaica and her goals and aspirations in the sport of running. She is a silver medalist in the 1500m and a bronze medalist in the 800m at NACACs. During her first season representing Team Jamaica, she became a world semifinalist in the 1500 and 800. Adelle is also a hair and makeup artist. She has worked in film, TV, and ph ..read more

Emily Mackay is on the show today! She is a professional runner for Team New Balance Boston. She is a five-time NCAA All-American. She has recently had a bunch of breakout races. She PRed in the 3k this indoor season and was third at USATF Indoor Championships. She also broke 4:30 in the mile, she ran a 4:26, which was a 5 second PR. In this episode, we talk about her untraditional path running for a smaller school and now training with some of the best in the country. I really enjoyed getting to know Emily and I hope that you do too! Show notes: Emily on Instagram Connect with Lindsey:  ..read more

Erika Kemp is making her debut at the Boston Marathon! Erika was first on the show on episode 298 in January 2021. At that time, she was training for the Olympic Standard while training with the BAA. She recently announced that she sponsored by Brooks.  Erika is queen of the roads. She won the USA 20k champs in 2021 and she won the USA 15k champs in 2019 and placed 2nd at the USATF 5k road champs in 2018 and 2022. She was also 2nd in the 25k champs in 2021. She is now being coached by Kurt Benninger who is Molly Huddle’s husband. I am so excited to see what she does in Boston! What we tal ..read more

Reid Buchanan is a professional runner and web developer. He ran with On Running and was coached by Andrew Kastor in Mammoth for several years. Reid gives us some really great perspective in this podcast episode about what running really means to him and how he is looking at it now that he is working full time outside of the world of running. He recently in the USATF 15k Championships in Jacksonville, Florida where he finished fourth. He also recently competed in the World Cross Country Championships this past February. He is a three-time marathoner and he shares in this episode about some iss ..read more

Whittni Orton- Morgan is on the show today! She is a professional runner for Adidas and is on the new team, Taylor Made Elite, coached by Diljeet Taylor. If you have been following along our coaching series, we wrapped up the coaching series this past Tuesday with an episode with Diljeet so it was really fun to hear from both coach and athlete on the podcast this week! When Diljeet started coaching at BYU in 2016, that was Whittni’s first year there as well. It is so exciting to see them work together in Whittni’s professional career as well! Whittni was the NCAA National Champion in Cross Cou ..read more