Victoria Sekely - Train Smart Run Strong

In this final interview from Houston 2025, I spoke with Victoria Sekely, TrainSmartRunStrong, who I’ve been following on Instagram for what feels like years. I had the chance to bump into her while getting coffee, and I was excited to follow up here to talk about here Houston Half PB, her mantras, incorporating strength for runners, and her relationship with social media 0:00 intro 1:02 meeting in Houston 2:13 cucumber 7:26 race day shoe 8:00 mileage 11:38 not discussing paces 15:07 higher mileage and strength training 17:28 strategies for the most strength-reluctant runners 20:33 squat rack 22:44 relationship with social media 26:40 being anti-algorithm 28:33 growth is painful sometoimes Follow Victoria IG TrainSmart Run Strong https://www.instagram.com/trainsmartrunstrong/?hl=en Work with Victoria https://www.trainsmartrunstrong.com