S4 EP29 - Conversations with Runners: Julia Khvasechko

Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season 4 is “Conversations with Runners”, and each episode features a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this episode, Stephanie talks to Julia Khvasechko about being a runner who is rooted in the following questions: Why not me? What else can I do as a human being? And, Where else can I go? Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening.  To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/o9GjAB3y3Bc About Stephanie: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/ www.thecookierunner.net About Julia: Julia is a Licensed Massage Therapist, a Registered Yoga Teacher, and a Certified Running Coach, and an avid marathoner. Julia has completed a marathon in all 50 states 3X; she has also marathoned in 10 countries on 5 continents. Julia is an experienced marathon pacer and has paced in some of the largest marathons in the world, NYC, CHI, London, Berlin, Rome to name a few. For Julia, happiness is a byproduct of movement, giving back to the running community, (which she credits for saved her life) via pacing, inspiriting and uplifting others is her life’s purpose. Her life’s motto: help someone achieve their goals and you will achieve yours. https://www.instagram.com/juliakgarling/ https://marathonmassage.massagetherapy.com