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Women's Running Stories
by Evergreen Podcasts
Women's Running Stories features inspiring stories told by exceptional women runners about their running experiences. Hear about the many ways women are achieving excellence and changing their lives through the sport of running. Get motivated to reach your own running goals by women who are making it happen.
Episodes
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Coaching Over 200 High School Students, with Rosina Garcia
This episode features a conversation with Dos Pueblos High School head running coach Rosina Garcia; it's part of the Women's Running Stories ongoing series highlighting the work of women running coaches. Rosina Garcia is both a high school track and field and cross country coach, as well as an...
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Liv Paxton: Running Fast and Speaking Out
Liv Paxton has been involved in the running world for as long as she can remember: her parents met through running and her father has been the head running coach at Winthrop University for over 30 years. Liv is also passionate about giving back, especially through fundraising, as well as speaking...
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Live Conversation: Rochelle Solomon, Kim Chisholm, Carissa McKinney, On Running Culture in Boston
In this conversation we hear about the running experiences of each of the panelists and the work that's happening in the running community through their organizations. We then explored histories, current times, and possible futures through the perspectives and experiences of the three panelists.…
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Women in Coaching: Molly Huddle
I have been wanting to highlight women running coaches through conversations for a while now, so here we go! This is the first of what will be a series of conversations I have every month or so, highlighting women who are guiding athletes in this sport. And to kick things off, what better place…
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Hildee Weiss: Doing the "Impossible": From "Coach Potato" to Runner, at 46
Here on WRS Hildee Weiss shares her truly inspiring story of becoming an athlete and runner later in life. It is indeed a journey that has forever changed Hildee. She also shares her story in greater detail in her book, Embracing My Inner Athlete. Hildee's story demonstrates that it is never too...
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Erika Reyes: A Life Transformed by Running
In addition to being an ultra-runner, Erika is also the author of the wonderful and thoughtfully concise book Breaking the Cycle, How I Ran My Way To a New Beginning through Ultrarunning, Resilience, and Self-Belief, and she is an entrepreneur, the owner of Lela V, a skin care line designed for...
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Alisa Harvey: A Legendary Racing Career
Alisa Harvey has had an incredible running career. Additionally, as one of the very few African American women to compete at the elite level in both track and field, as well as in distance road racing, including the marathon, Alisa has been aware of her position as a role model and inspiration,...
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Julie Sapper & Lisa Levin, Run Farther & Faster: Talking about Masters Training and Racing, Part 2/2
Julie Sapper, Lisa Levin, and I share a deep love of all things running, and we've never interviewed each other, so it's about time (we have had each other on our respective podcasts in the past; see links for those below). Both Julie and Lisa are competitive masters runners and they share a love...
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Julie Sapper & Lisa Levin, Run Farther & Faster: Talking about Running and Podcasting, Part 1/2
Julie Sapper, Lisa Levin, and I share a deep love of all things running, and we've never interviewed each other, so it's about time (we have had each other on our respective podcasts in the past; see links for those below). Both Julie and Lisa are competitive masters runners and they share a love...
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LIVE EVENT!: Mary Ngugi-Cooper and Lisa Weightman, 2026 Boston Marathon Expo
In addition to being internationally competitive runners, Mary and Lisa also have careers outside of running, and they are moms: Mary is the founder of the Nala Track Club for girls in Kenya, and Lisa is a banking executive. We were excited to explore not only the expertise these athletes possess...
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WRS Host Cherie Turner: Back to the Track, through the Winter, Dec 2025 to April 2026
In this episode, I focus on getting back to racing indoor track, a highlight of my year. After a long build back from burnout through a lot of 2025, I was really looking forward to returning to racing strong. As with any season of racing, there were highs and a few lows. Regardless, a steady…
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Lauren Nutter: A Six Star, Small Business, Motherhood Marathon Journey
Lauren Nutter’s story has so many interesting threads and I’m excited for you to hear about all of it. First up, Lauren will be running Boston for the very first time, and that has been a goal that she has had in earnest since 2019. Between then and now, Lauren discovered the majors. At the time...
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Nicole Amyx: Trail Running and Filmmaking, Making Them Her Own
Dipsea Generations follows the stories of five young San Francisco Bay area runners who take on the historic Dipsea trail race. The Dipsea is the oldest trail race in the United States, started in 1905, and it covers 7.4 miles of incredible terrain between Mill Valley–just north of the Golden…
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Tania Carmona: Making Ultra Stage Race History en Route to Cocodona 250
In addition to testing her limits on the trails, Tania is a coach and she has a podcast called the Ultra Happy Podcast, which she cohosts with her husband, Andy, and it follows her running journey. Tania is also a world citizen: while she is from Mexico and now lives in Dubai, she has also lived…
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Steph Cloutier: Supporting the Immigrant Community through Trail Running
These days, Steph Cloutier lives in Eau Claire, WI, but she grew up in the Minneapolis, MN, area, which is only about 100 miles away from Eau Claire. Steph coaches for North Coast Running (NRC), a coaching business out of the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. With the surge in ICE...
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Highlighting EARTHMOVERS podcast: Dora Atim with Co-Host Alison Mariella Désir
In this conversation, Atim shares how she got started in running, and what got her out on the trails, running ultras. She also gets into how the running group she founded, Ultra Black Running, came to be, and why she's so passionate about carving out space on the trails for other Black women and...
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ReAir: Naseemah Palmer: "Running Reminds Me I'm Living"
Today, Naseemah Palmer is a licensed clinical social worker, running coach, and entrepreneur. She owns and operates the running, wellness, and apparel brand Vivid Belle. How Palmer's life changed, beginning on that May day, is what this story is all about. Palmer's current running focus is…
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Daisy Martinez: How the Trails Saved Her Life
Daisy Martinez started running when a friend suggested she come to a night run in LA, hosted by Blacklist LA. At the time, Daisy was a young single mom working multiple jobs and going to school, and she was struggling with her physical and mental health. From that very first run, Daisy started a...
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Allison Yamamoto: A Marathoner's RED-s Recovery Story
To be clear, Allison’s story is not about weight loss or chasing thinness, perse, but more so about being a regimented, disciplined athlete who wanted to see what she was capable of as a runner—and who wanted to leverage her nutrition to support that pursuit. In addition, Allison was coming into...
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Dena Lewis: Runner, Assault Survivor, Founder of Running Mate
Dena Lewis has been a runner for over two decades and running is a core part of her life and well-being. But also, Dena has been attacked twice while running. She talks about these attacks in her story, and she talks about returning to running afterward—because running is such an important part…
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Maddie Barrett: Her Running Journey through a Double Mastectomy and Reconstructive Surgery
Maddie Barrett is a long-time runner, and these days she focuses primarily on the marathon. In this episode, she shares her whole running journey, including going through a time of disordered eating. Now Maddie sees food as a way of healing her body. Her story also includes her experiences of…
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Tammie Robie: Misdiagnosed for Miles, Her Running Story, Her Book
New Hampshire-based Tammie Robie’s health issues appear to have started during her teenage years and continued, with increasing intensity, until just a few years ago. Over the years, Tammie saw doctors and specialists, had test after test after test, and followed a variety of prescription...
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Verna NezBegay Volker of Native Women Run: Special Episode, Running Is Political
I sat down with friend, colleague, community organizer, and racial equity advocate Verna NezBegay Volker, who lived for 16 years in Minneapolis, and recently moved just outside the city. The neighborhood where Verna and her husband raised their children is a focal point of ICE raids and…
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Anjali Saraogi: Pioneering Ultra Runner Menopause Journey and Return to Running
Anjali Saraogi hasbeen an ultra runner. She started running in her early 40s and pretty quickly discovered a love and talent for running far, and running fast. She ran the Comrades Marathon in 2017, in a time of 8 hours, 38 minutes: a huge accomplishment and at the time, it was the fastest time…
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Lisa Jackson: "Still Running After All These Tears," Her Story, Her New Book
Lisa Jackson has completed over 100 marathons; she's run the 90km or roughly 56-mile Comrades Marathon; and she's run many other races of various distances, too. She's a well known writer, covering health and running, in addition to being an author; she's also a hypnotherapist. Many people also...
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WRS Host Cherie Turner: Anxiety Conquered! Joyful Running Journey Update, Sept to Dec 2025
In this episode, I focus on a huge win in dealing with my anxiety around training and racing. It's opened a whole new chapter in my running journey. Healing anxiety has been a dedicated focus for the past few years, and it's resulted in some breakthrough moments over the past few months. This...
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Caryn Honig: Transforming Trauma to Purpose through Running
In recent times, Caryn—who lives in Texas and also spends a lot of time in Colorado—became the first person (as far as we can find) to qualify for and run the Boston Marathon after a knee replacement surgery, thanks to a procedure done by Dr Richard Berger. And, Caryn’s story is about that, but...
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Elizabeth Sheridan: ParkRun x Travel, A Story of Community and Adventures
Elizabeth Sheridan has developed a great love of ParkRun, and it has inspired travel all around the US and to many other parts of the world; currently ParkRun happens in 22 countries, and Elizabeth has done a ParkRun in every one of those countries, except Australia. If you aren’t familiar with...
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Mikka Kei Ito Macdonald: Running, Advocacy, Culture, Politics—A Beautiful Mix
Mikka Kei has been running since childhood, and the significance of running has shifted as she’s moved, grown, and evolved through life. For Mikka Kei, running has taken different forms, but it’s been a nonnegotiable part of her life, whether she’s had to negotiate with her parents to run as a...
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Emma Bord: Her Marathon Six Star Journey, As a Mom of Three
Emma Bord had a dream to run the six major marathons, and she started on that path with the 2024 New York City Marathon, which she ran for her 40th birthday. How she managed to get into, travel to, and run all these major races within 12 months is what this story is all about. And of course…
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Starre Vartan: Her Athletic Journey, Her Book "The Stronger Sex"
Starre’s story is a little different from many of the stories you’ll typically hear on WRS. It isn’t only about running: Starre is a runner, but she’s also a swimmer, dancer, and weightlifter. And Starre doesn’t compete in running: she doesn’t have marathon dreams or go after PRs. However, being…
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Liz Andersen: Claiming Her Peace, Becoming An Athlete
Over the course of her life, Liz has overcome a lot, and running plays a central role in the peace she has today. Liz’s story follows her larger health journey, up through her most recent big goal, to mark the end of her 40s, and welcome in her 50th birthday. How to Follow Liz Andersen On...
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Stephanie Diaz: Redefining PRs After Over 200 Races
Stephanie self-describes as a wife, mom, and running coach, yoga teacher and podcast host: she hosts The Runner’s Round Table Podcast. Stephanie also founded Correr Running Retreats. In addition to all that, she is a distance runner and run community advocate. Stephanie came to running in her…
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Ari Hendrix: Refinding Her Joy! From Olympic Trials Marathon to Ultra Trail Racing
This episode features elite runner Ari Hendrix and how she is refinding her joy in the sport. This is Ari’s second time on the podcast; her first appearance was back on December 1, 2023. At that point in time, she was putting the finishing touches on her preparation for the 2024 Olympic Trials...
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In Memory: Cheryl Winn & the Comrades Marathon
This In Memory reair marks the deeply sad occasion of the tragic death of legendary racer and running community leader in South Africa, Cheryl Winn. Winn passed on October 5. This episode first aired on October 16, 2020. Cheryl Winn is the 1982 Comrades Marathon champion and was the Chairperson…
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Shawanna White, P2: Returning to Peak Running, Big Goals, and Positivity
This is a special Part 2 episode featuring runner, role model, and groundbreaking racer Shawanna White. If you have not listened to part 1 of Shawanna’s story, which is just above this episode in your feed, I suggest you go back and start there. This episode picks up where that episode left off....
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Shawanna White, P1: 16 Times a Sub-3-Hour Marathoner, and So Much More
This episode features Shawanna White, a very prolific competitor who has been recognized for her many accomplishments and contributions to the running community. Among her accolades, White was featured in the running documentary Breaking Three Hours, Trailblazing African American Women…
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Nadia Ruiz: A Prolific Running Life
This episode features Nadia Ruiz, who is a hugely prolific runner, with a special fondness for the marathon. This is a love that began when she was a teenager. Running has been a source of strength, empowerment, and self-confidence, as well as healing: running has seen Nadia through good times…
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Marwa Ali: From Afghanistan to France, the Power of Sport
This episode features Marwa Ali, who is from Kabul, Afghanistan, and now lives in exile as a refugee in Paris, France. How and why she left her home country and the part running and sports played in that journey is what her story is about. Moreover, it's about the power of being an athlete. Marwa...
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REAIR: Verna NezBegay Volker: Founder of Native Women Run, a Running Journey of Healing and Community
Verna Volker first started running as a way to improve her health. Over time, however, her relationship to the sport has grown and changed, to become a more personal and powerful part of her life. She started out pursuing road marathons and then moved to the trails, stretching her limits in ultra...
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Mary Cass: On Becoming An Exceptional Racer, In Her 60s
This episode features Mary Cass, one of New England's most competitive masters racers. At age 63, she is crushing it, and she's also one of the most generous racers you'll meet. Mary has that wonderful combination of being really open about sharing her knowledge and advice before and after races,...
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WRS Host Cherie Louise Turner: A Running Journey Update, May-Aug. 2025
It's been a summer of training and getting back to racing; surviving the heat, building back speed and strength, and looking ahead, with a new coach. Plus, a shout out to the power of breathwork, especially for managing anxiety. Mentioned in this Episode The last update from me, Cherie:...
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Arielle Knutson: Oiselle CEO, on Running and Career
Arielle Knutson has been an athlete since she was young, and this has shaped her life. She starting with gymnastics and then moved on to road running, triathlon, and trail running. As she developed in her adult years and her career life, Arielle discovered strong connections between her work and...
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Summer Confuorto: Running Her First Marathon, Representing Natives Run
Summer Confuorto, a Gros Ventre, Cree, Mi’kmaq woman, tells the story of running her first marathon: the 2025 Boston Marathon, representing the Ohketeau Cultural Center Natives Run Initiative. Summer tells her story, from running along the water during her youth in her hometown of Falmouth, MA…
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Jessica Pekari: Setting the Fastest Known Time on the 500-mile Colorado Trail
Ultra runner and long-distance fast packer Jessica Pekari on the podcast! She shares the story of her most recent fastest known time (FKT) adventure: completing the 500 mile Colorado Trail. Jessica is an Army veteran—having served as a medic in Iraq—and mother of three, with Blackfeet and Mexican...
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Allie Ostrander: A Full Return to Professional Running, On the Track, Road, Cross-Country Course, and Trails
Professional runner for Oiselle and social media influencer Allie Ostrander is on the podcast! Allie is here to share what running and racing has looked like from her over the past couple years as she returned to elite level competition, in all the many running disciplines that she pursues, after...
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Amy Ortiz: Running, More than Miles, Building Community
Welcome Amy Ortiz to WRS! Amy is a runner who, over the past several years, has become a community builder and leader in the running scene, and now she's a coach, with a focus on creating space for women, especially women of color. In this episode, Amy shares how she arrived where she is today in...
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Lisa Levin: Over 25 Years Racing, and Still As Motivated As Ever, at 51
In this episode, Lisa Levin tells her running story through to today, where at 51, she’s more excited than ever to challenge herself and set motivating goals. In addition to being a longtime runner with a particular interest in running marathons, especially Boston, which she has run an…
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Julie Sapper: Returning to Marathons Post ACL Tear
Runner, running coach, and podcaster Julie Sapper is on Women's Running Stories! Her story here is focused on her return from a long-term injury: an ACL tear. She tells about her thorough approach to healing and recovery and the nonlinear path to returning to running injury-free, all the way to...
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Sarah Williams: Becoming the Adventurer, Tough Girl Challenges
This episode features runner, adventurer, and creator of the wildly popular Tough Girl podcast and Tough Girl Challenges, Sarah Williams. These days, Sarah is well known for taking on incredible challenges, but it wasn't always that way. Here, Sarah tells her adventuring lifestyle origin story…
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Women's Running Stories features inspiring stories told by exceptional women runners about their running experiences. Hear about the many ways women are achieving excellence and changing their lives through the sport of running. Get motivated to reach your own running goals by women who are making it happen.
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