Another Mother Runner
Another Mother Runner
A family of three podcasts to get (+ keep) you moving without losing your family, job, or sanity! Nearly 1,000 (!) back episodes to enjoy.Every Friday on the original show (launched in 2011), host Sarah Bowen Shea, a mom of three and veteran of 14 marathons, is joined by a rotating cast of co-hosts and often a guest expert to discuss topics ranging from how to reach a big race goal to finding your athletic happy place, and everything in between. Training, nutrition, motivation, mental toughness, TMI issues: This show covers it all (and then some!). Many Happy Miles and AMR Answers drop on alternate Tuesdays: Many Happy Miles is hosted by AMR co-founder Dimity McDowell and Sarah Wassner Flynn, and it celebrates and explores all types of forward movement, whether an epic hike, century ride, or your first brisk walk after a setback. The co-founding duo of Sarah and Dimity host AMR Answers, providing insightful responses to listeners’ called-in questions. All three shows are witty and conversational, making them great running partners because the AMR gals do all the talking—even on the uphills!
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Aug 8, 2015 • 1h 1min
#173: Chats with Two First-time Marathoners-in-Training
Dimity in the house! Literally. Dimity joins Sarah in her basement recording studio for conversations with two debut marathoners, BFFs Heather Roszczyk and Marianne Lloyd, who have been chronicling their training for Wineglass Marathon on AMR site. First up is Heather, who kicks things off by admitting she mentally raced Sarah at her first trip around the track. This mother of two talks of how she found her “running family” thanks to the local chapter of Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 1, 2015 • 50min
#172: Third Annual Summer Reading Podcast + Ultrarunner Author
This special-edition podcast will keep you company for many miles. First up: Solo host Sarah welcomes back her longtime running friend (and book buddy) Ellison Weist to talk about great books to read this summer (and beyond). Suggestions range from a page-turning thriller from Stephen King to a moving memoir about a too-soon-departed... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 25, 2015 • 1h 2min
#171: A Chat with #AMRinSaucony Amy Blake
Sarah and Dimity gab with Amy Blake, a mother of three young children (including 8-month-old Clara) training for the Twin Cities Marathon and the centerpiece of #AMRinSaucony. Laugh along as Amy tells of not knowing how long a marathon was when she agreed to run her first one, and listen to Amy talk about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 18, 2015 • 45min
#170: Prehab, Not Rehab: The Secrets to Unlocking Your Body
Dimity and Sarah are joined by Amanda Johnson, the marketing manager at TriggerPoint Performance Therapy (a.k.a. the company that makes the brilliant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 11, 2015 • 1h 1min
#169: A Conversation with a Shoe-and-Stride Expert
Sarah and Dimity welcome on Spencer White, the veep of the Saucony Human Performance & Innovation Lab, to talk shoes and stride. After a quick geek-out, the dialog quickly turns advice on how to make running feel joyful and effortless. (Really!) A bit later on, you’ll find yourself standing on one leg and flexing one knee as Spencer talks about the biomechanics of running. (No advanced degree necessary to comprehend.) He goes over the appropriate time to consider changing your running stride, if ever. Finally, Spencer’s shoe-buying tips could save you from a future injury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 4, 2015 • 59min
#168: Tales from Another Mother Runner Essayist Katie Arnold
Dimity and Sarah have a digital sit-down with Katie Arnold, an ultramarathoner with two young daughters, to discuss a wide range of topics. Find out why D & S quickly dub this long-time runner, “Katie of the Massive Quads,” and how legendary Dean Karnazes figures into Katie’s journey to tackling—and often winning—ultra-distance races. Katie opens up about how running has brought her through hard times, including the death of her father, and how running allows her to “be wild” in her own world. After reading from her essay in Tales from Another Mother Runner, Katie talks about “free-range parenting,” a topic she often explores in her Outside Online column, Raising Rippers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 27, 2015 • 1h 2min
#167: Summertime and the Working out is Easier…or Harder
Sarah and Dimity go guest-less this week to discuss whether it’s easier or tougher to fit exercise into the family summer lifestyle. Early on in this fun, meandering conversation, it’s evident the two mother runners fall on opposite ends of the summer-is-sweet scale. With input from the Another Mother Runner Facebook community sprinkled in, the gals talk about whether longer daylight hours make for more time to work out—or fewer hours of shut-eye, making it tougher to rise and shine for 5:00 a.m. runs. Both gals admit they are more adventurous in their summer... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 20, 2015 • 58min
#166: Father Runner Running Cross-Country with Disabled Son
To commemorate Father’s Day, Dimity and Sarah are joined by Shaun Evans, a dad who is setting off from Seattle on July 4 to run across the country. As if running 3,200 miles in two months isn’t impressive enough (here’s the math: 53-55 miles/day for 60 straight days!), Shaun tells how he’ll be pushing his 8-year-old son, Shamus, who has cerebral palsy, in a deluxe stroller for most of the miles. Shaun shares how the epic journey, dubbed the Power to Push Run Across America, was dreamt up by Shamus after the father-son stroller-duo won (!!) a 6-hour ultramarathon together. Shaun talks about the power to endure and how the Power to Push will be helping other kids, “roll with the wind,” as Shamus sees it. And find out what part baseball plays in this inspirational cross-country trek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 13, 2015 • 51min
#165: Tips and Tales from an Ultrarunning Fitness Instructor
Sarah and Dimity welcome on Laura Swenson to hear her tales of running the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim. This mother of three tells how she has run 30+ marathons since her first 26.2-miler in December 2001 (yeah, you do the staggering math on that feat!), as well as how the first time she stepped out of her athletic comfort... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 6, 2015 • 59min
#164: Tales from Another Mother Runner Essayist Nicole Knepper
Dimity and Sarah are joined by Nicole “Nikki” Knepper, a mother runner of two and the genius behind the website Moms Who Drink and Swear as well as the author of Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
