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Running Anthropologist
by Running Anthropologist
Dedicated to exploring the culture of running while learning from mentors, icons and everyday explorers, and to sharing the most unique runs across the US and the globe! Join our movement as we learn together about what motivates us to discover more, about ourselves and the communities we run through... We will have a new featured guest or group each episode and invite you to message us on social media and share your favorite running stories! Dig deeper on our blogsite: https://www.runninganthropologist.com
Episodes
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Running as Therapy, with Dr. Natae Feenstra
In this episode of Running Anthropologist, we sit down with Natae Feenstra, PhD, LPC, NCC—school counselor, counselor educator, and Certified Run Walk Talk® therapist—to explore running as a therapeutic treatment for trauma, and her involvement in the International Association of Running...
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Twiggs Family in Ukraine, Relief Work and Kyiv Marathon
This episode features the inspiring story of Chris and Diana Twiggs, and their son Brendan Twiggs, who have relentlessly dedicated their time to relief work in Ukraine over the past few years, and perhaps more importantly built friendships of solidarity. Diana Twiggs, a practicing physician,...
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Talking Running Therapy with Sepideh Saremi
Moving Forward: Run Walk Talk Therapy with Sepideh Saremi & Launching the Mini Handbook of Running Therapy In this very special episode, we sit down with Sepideh Saremi, founder of Run Walk Talk Therapy—a trailblazer whose groundbreaking approach brings movement and therapy together in the most...
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Boston Recap with Dennis Lavoie
In this special Boston Marathon episode, we sit down right after the race with Dennis Lavoie—a remarkable runner from Maine living with Usher Syndrome Type 2, which causes both profound hearing loss and legal blindness. Just six years after taking up running, Dennis has completed all six World...
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Tunnel Marathons: Destination Race
Welcome to the latest episode of our podcast, where we are taking you on a journey through the Tunnel Marathon destination race in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. In this episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing the Race Director to get an inside look at the event, as well as hearing from...
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Mark Bauman’s Boston Marathon World Record Streak
This episode features Mark Bauman, from Flint area of Michigan, who has recently set the World Marathon streak record for consecutive finishes at the Boston Marathon. In the bustling world of marathons, where records are made and broken every year under the gaze of cheering crowds and super shoes...
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NYC Marathon & Achilles International, with Blair McConnell
The TCS New York City Marathon is a race like none other, and many train for years in expectation of being able to take part, including this episode's featured guest Blair McConnell of New Zealand, who came as part of the Achilles International Delegation from his home country. Having been…
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Physiotherapy & Running with Richelle Weeks, MSc PT
Our guest this episode is a talented Physiotherapist and accomplished runner in her own right who has helped many reach their full potential and stay happy and healthy in their running, who also happens to be running a marathon this week! Richelle Weeks specializes in the treatment and prevention...
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Training Tips and Transition to College Running, with KJ Karver
Cross Country, on grassy fields, golf courses, wooded paths, around ponds, in the mud, in the rain, in the snow... Moving fast and past autumn leaves, wind blows through my hair around each bend as my shoes grip the curved earth. We raise our spirits as we empty our lungs. I stretch to keep the...
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Trail Running Film Festival Global Tour, EP Mathias Eichler
Do you ever wish you could get a birds-eye view into all the cool stuff going on with trails around the globe? The Trail Running Film Fest thought of just that, and has films from independent filmmakers covering people in every walk(-run) of life! In this episode, the Trail Running Film…
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Ragnar 101 & All About Florida Trail
What is this Ragnar exactly and where does it fit in the running world? Well, that's a surprisingly difficult question to answer, it turns out... In old norse it means "warrior", yet today it means so many different things to different people, and the experience is not the same from one team to…
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Writing about Running, with Terrell Johnson
This episode focuses on the work of Terrell Johnson, running-focused author and journalist, founder of The Half Marathoner, which covers the most unique half marathons across the US, and beyond. For many runners, half marathons are much more manageable for goalsetting and running multiple races...
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The Power of Purpose & Pilgrimage
Welcome to episode #68, in the middle of the summer training season! It's hot, so here are a few of the topics discussed in this episode to keep you moving! Logotherapy The podcast this month is primarily recorded from a talk after my recent recent run-walk pilgrimage in Portugal/Spain along the...
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Mindful Movement & our Chi, with Dr. Larry Cammarata
How can I cultivate and balance energy in my running, and in life? What is mindful running? What is the difference between Tai Chi, Qigong, and other martial arts? All these questions and much more are answered in this interview conducted between Tampa, Florida and Ponte de Lima, Portugal…
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Gretchen Schoenstein, on Autoimmunity & 100 Half Marathons
Gretchen Schoenstein has dealt with autoimmune disease questions regularly, and many more, during her battle with several autoimmune disorders in her running lifetime, including one which attacks her lungs. The diagnoses she has received would normally mean an end to distance running, and truth…
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Achilles International, with Ellie Cox-Nihill
In this episode we discuss all things Achilles with US Chapters Development Director Eleanor Cox-Nihill, and she shared magical stories: including their work with athletes of all abilities, empowering athletes with disabilities and supporting relationships between individuals. Ellie has been in...
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Ukraine Checkin, with Eugen “Jimmy” Godun
In this episode, we interview a prominent marathoner and coach in the Ukrainian running community, Eugen Godun. He is from Kharkiv (recently taken over by the Russian army) and his current hometown of the last 2 years is Kyiv, which is currently under siege with the entire world hanging on edge.…
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50 Marathons, 50 States- with Georges Gonzalez & Jonathan Rushnak
Georges Gonzalez and Jonathan Rushnak admit they were unlikely candidates to take on this life-changing challenge, but made magic together in their lifetime achievement this past January, as they completed their 50th marathon across 50 states in the U.S.! This began as a pipe dream 7 years ago…
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Chris Twiggs, WDW Marathons & Power of Pacing with Galloway Run-Walk-Run
Chris Twiggs is the Chief Training Officer & National Program Director at Jeff Galloway Productions. He has the inside track on the magic of Walt Disney Word races, and has run every Disney marathon himself since its start. He also knows the Galloway method top to bottom, as he has used it in…
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Ultras and Mountain Running, with Newton McCollum
In this episode, we sit down to discuss Ultra running from a relative newbie who has had tremendous success, my friend Newton McCollum. We talk all things running that someone new to trail running and ultra running might need to know, including some of the differences between flatland running and...
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Run Gasparilla’s RD, Susan Harmeling
Our guest Susan Harmeling has been at the helm of the Gasparilla Distance Classic for 30 years here in Tampa Bay, and guided it from a small local race to one of the largest events in this part of the country. It is close to our hearts as it truly highlights some of Tampa's best views and...
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NYC Marathon & NYRR’s Team for Kids, with Coach Glen Wiener
In this episode we sat down with famed NY marathon coach Glen Wiener, who has been with Team for Kids and New York Road Runners since 2008, coaching thousands of runners training for their first NYC Marathon. In this episode, he shares with us about what the NYC marathon experience is like, what...
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Running on Faith, Books and Goals, with Thomas Dean
Tom Dean is one of those rare individuals who are able to connect their life work to their passion areas, in creating synergy between running, faith and work (publishing) life! He sets the bar high for those of us exploring running culture and what it is to make a good life. From the perspective…
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Paralympian Jaleen Roberts, On The Tokyo Games, Track & Field, and Life!
Did you know that over 4,400 paralympians competed in the Tokyo games, with over 1,800 female athletes across 22 sports and 23 disciplines? And that this was the biggest field ever for women in the Paralympics as well? It also saw the introduction of the 4x100 Universal Relay in track and field,...
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Reflecting on the Olympics, USATF Track & Field Throwing Coach Gary Aldrich
In this episode, we interview Coach Gary Aldrich about his international coaching career spanning decades, and what it was like to coach with USATF, Team USA Track and Field in the Olympics. Coach Aldrich was specifically responsible for the throwing: javelin, shot put, discus! You know, the…
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Earth Day, Earth Year: On Healing & Recovery
Welcome back! In our new season's first episode, "Earth Day, Earth Year: Healing & Recovery" we look at ways to heal our planet while healing ourselves, personally and collectively. We feature ultra trail athlete Michael Wardian (about Earth Day 5K and healing for an upcoming 100 goal), Peter...
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Life with G-ma, featuring Jan Dennis
This episode is all about Gma, our family nickname for my grandmother, Jan Dennis. The interview featured here took place during our many hours of free time in the pandemic year, and I actually spoke with her several times about her life stories and running. I remember as a teenager I oohed and...
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Conscious Running in 2021, with Lisah Hamilton - Performance & Functional Movement Specialist
Lisah Hamilton is interested in helping us be more conscious of our movements and mental approach to running, as well as how we see ourselves. Her perspective on gives us insight into the emerging culture of conscious running, and is yet another example of the incredible diversity of that serves…
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Light Emerges from the Darkness & Our 2020 Run-Down
In our last episode of 2020, we look for the light of hope just around the next bend, amidst great suffering & a year of global reckoning with the pandemic… none of us are immune and we all need an outlet. This has given the outdoor/trail and distance running community a unique perspective, if…
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Beth Evans, on Wheelchair Racing & The Magic of it All
Beth is a champion endurance athlete and barely lets on when you meet her or talk to her about the sport she is now helping to shape, move forward and inspire change. She carries that magic with her, or perhaps gathers it to share back out, from Disney Races around the globe. Beth is from London,...
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Running Multi-Day Challenges & Relays, feat. Rush Darwish & Team members
This episode features the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Refugee Life Foundation Rush Darwish (pictured above), who shares with us how and why The Refugee Life Foundation started, and the Running Refugees Relays shortly thereafter to fill a great need. Rush's calling: "he works to help...
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Running Refugees Relay across Florida
Traversing 262 miles across the state of Florida with a team of 10, representing a global cause. From St.Pete beach up the coast, cutting inland through Ocala National Forest to St.Augustine! Some are on the ground in Florida and some joining virtually, our long weekend challenge participants are...
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Celtic Culture & Pandemic Running, featuring musician Marc Gunn
Marc Gunn is an acclaimed musician and storyteller, on the cultural rhythm and lore of history and fantasy, and hosts the most popular Irish and Celtic music podcast out there, performs and produces his own fusion music on the autoharp, as well as hosting cultural tour "invasions" of all places...
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The New Civil Rights- Movement & Our Relationships, with Life Coach Jomil Bell
Jomil Bell joins us for a special Labor Day edition of the Running Anthropologist and shares her work of highlighting American stories within the context of "The New Civil Rights Movement". She also reflects on personal movement of the body, mind & spirit, and creating change from within through...
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Mario Mendoza on Faith, Hope, and Mountains
Ultra running mentor and one of our few Latino role models in the long distance & Ultra world, Mario Mendoza uses the unique space he occupies for goals much bigger than himself and his own goals. With typical Mario humility, he sits down with us to talk about a few of his best race experiences,...
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Eric Eichinger on Eric Liddell: Chariots of Fire & The Final Race
Welcome back to the summer edition of the Running Anthropologist podcast, exploring the culture (and history) of running, and especially those who inspire us on the road, trails and in life! Our featured running guest this month is Eric Eichinger, the author of The Final Race, a biography about...
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Inclusion & Independence, with “Marathon” Marko Cheseto
Have you ever met a person who is so incredibly filled with positivity, you know that they cannot fail no matter what is thrown at them? That is Marko Chesto, the dual prosthetics (blade runner) marathon World Record holder, set at the 2019 Chicago Marathon. In this interview we discuss why this...
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Congrats to & Wisdom from GRADS, with Katalina Cunningham & Trey Morris
In this episode we take time to listen to the experiences of two recent high school graduates who are sure to inspire. You will definitely feel both of our guests' passion to serve in their chosen field and vision far beyond this Spring semester. With wisdom far beyond their years, which perhaps...
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Outstanding Teacher/Coaches Tribute, with CJ Albertson & Adriane Wunderlich
Our tribute to outstanding teacher/coaches episode, in which we feature two individuals who are making a difference in young people’s lives and helping during this incredibly difficult time of transitions in high school and college. We go from coast to coast to catch up with them virtually and…
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New HS to College Transitions, with Florida Xcountry State Champ Ethan Geiger
This episode is the first in our series listening to the experiences of coaches and high school/collegiate runners across the United States, and exploring how the pandemic has affected their lives, as well as lessons learned and encouragement they have garnered during this difficult time, to…
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Give it a TRI, featuring Ironman Coach Jeremy Richardson
The Triathlon. Encouragement has been building in our little podcast community for the Running Anthropologist project to cover this trifecta of sports that include running as only one component, and discuss its many diverse options (Sprint, Half and Full Triathlons of varying distances). In this...
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Quarantine Backyard Ultra: Founder Dave Proctor & Champ Mike Wardian
Dave Proctor and his organization “Outrun Rare” put together the second largest Backyard Ultra in history with the help of the distance running community, to raise our hopes and spread the word for all of us in isolation or quarantine, surpassing 2700 virtual runners, and they did it in just two...
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Mental Health and Motivation in Isolation: RunTherapist Dan McGann & Motivational Designer David Tai
In this episode we first feature Dan McGann, a therapist who delves deep into our identity (as individuals, runners, members of society) and how movement can be utilized to generate a healthy mental attitude and habit building to combat anxiety and depression during this isolating time. He also...
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Health and Running in Covid-19 Times: Dr. David Nieman & Sandi Lake, RD
In Episode 37 we explore two paths of inquiry around Covid19- 1st- Exercise health myths / realities with one of the foremost researchers in immunology and exercise science, Dr. David Nieman. 2nd- We explore some of the practical side of racing and options for them during this time - from an...
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Reflections on The Running Shoe Industry, featuring Westin Galloway
Westin made the journey to join us on the University of South Florida's campus for this interview, to discuss his insights and reflections from working in the running shoe industry over the last 15 years, and growing up in this culture as well (Westin's father Jeff Galloway started the first...
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Liz Warner Runs to Reach Women with 30 Global Marathons
In this episode, we follow Liz Warner's Run to Reach project as she tries to reach women's organizations and women runners in the most needed corners of the globe, by 1) fundraising to support them through grassroots organizations in those countries, and 2) running 30 of the most challenging...
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America’s Marathon Weekend 2020- ATL Trials RunDocumentary
In this episode, we give you a play-by-play from America’s Marathon weekend, including the US 2020 men’s and women’s marathon trial; during, finish, press conference with our qualifiers, as well as interviews afterwards with Olympic hopefuls on leap day Sat. Feb29th! We also cover what it’s like…
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15 Minutes with Tokyo Marathon RD Tadaaki Hayano
Tadaaki Hayano joins us from Tokyo just a few weeks before the big event, the Tokyo Marathon- which just so happens to occur on the same day as the US Olympic Trials (Leap Day, Feb. 29th 2020). The Tokyo Marathon is the newest member of the World Marathon Majors Series of 6 races. In this…
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Rich Kenah on The 2020 US Olympic Trials & Publix Atlanta Marathon Weekend
"Running City USA" will together with the Atlanta Track Club host on Feb. 29th (leap day) 2020 for the Trials and March 1st for the Marathon. Running Anthropologist catches up with Rich Kenah (Executive Director of the Atlanta Track Club) to discuss hosting this one-of-a-kind event in one…
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The Impact Marathon Series with Founder/CEO Nick Kershaw
A unique weeklong running & service learning experience combining community development work and a local marathon! Recently featured in Epic Runs of the World (Lonely Planet) and The Sunday Times, Kershaw created the Impact Marathon Series from his experience in development finance and adventure...
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Dedicated to exploring the culture of running while learning from mentors, icons and everyday explorers, and to sharing the most unique runs across the US and the globe! Join our movement as we learn together about what motivates us to discover more, about ourselves and the communities we run through... We will have a new featured guest or group each episode and invite you to message us on social media and share your favorite running stories! Dig deeper on our blogsite: https://www.runninganthropologist.com
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