Episode 91: How Writing a Memoir is Like Running a Marathon

Betsy Mikel and I have known each other for over a decade because of our shared running hobby. But she is way cooler than I am. During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about: How we met through a mutual running friend (Kim Bowers) that I met through a running friend (Celina Bourgeois) Her marathon PR at the Philadelphia Marathon and the fact that I was somehow her good luck charm   The 2024 Chicago Marathon, her 10th marathon and her first postpartum marathon, and the other Chicago marathons she’s run How her son, Otto, was born on Chicago Marathon weekend, making it an even more special weekend for her Her experience working with a sports nutritionist, Lydia Nader Three Run Two, her Chicago running group  How interesting of a relationship it is to be running buddies with someone How she got into running marathons in the first place (her first when she was 18) Fueling for races and using Gatorade patches to measure sweat rate  Other race stories - St. Louis, Big Cottonwood, Philadelphia, Twin Cities  How she has no aspirations to run the New York City Marathon  How she knew she was going to be writer since she was a little girl  The fact that she grew up in a historic house built by the same architect who designed Chicago’s first skyscraper The memoir she’s writing and how similar it feels to running a marathon Her world travels before and after having her son, Otto How she loves her Asics  Podcast episode Betsey mentioned - You're Wrong About with Rosie Ruiz This is a SandyBoy Productions podcast.