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Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas are world class professional endurance athletes, authors, speakers, and co-own a nationally distributed food products business called Picky Bars. They also happen to be married, still, and are raising two small children. They use their experience, stories, writing, and humor to answer to answer listener questions about sports, family, business, and the balance between all three! It's a circus, but hey, we're all in it together!
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All types of running related books are reviewed by two non-elite track, road and trail runners. Observation and description of running books intended to inform, help and inspire anyone involved or related to running at any level. Whenever possible we chat with the author about the book, but if not then we try to do it justice. If you have been enjoying the podcast and want more, you can follow us on Facebook and Instagram. You can also go to our Buy Me A Coffee website where we have a few mo ...
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From tactics to taglines, Wistia’s CEO, Chris Savage, chats marketing with the brains behind successful brands. Get a peek under the hood of their best campaigns, and listen to the full, un-cut interviews from the Wistia show: Brandwagon.
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Listen as Dana Giordano, a professional middle-distance runner, sits down and talks with some of the most inspirational and insightful women in running. Whether they're doing amazing things on the track or working tirelessly to promote the sport as industry leaders and entrepreneurs, hear how they've found success. Follow Dana on Instagram: https://instagram.com/dana_gio Follow the show on Instagram: https://instagram.com/morethanrunningpod
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Have you been saying "no" to that inner-voice begging you to be creative? Are you a working creative who has been feeling especially burned out? It's time to say yes. It's time to Create Out Loud. Hosted by bestselling creative entrepreneur Jennifer Louden, Create Out Loud is a weekly show featuring conversations with creative people about the nitty-gritty of everyday creative life: like how to establish rituals and routines, how to navigate envy, and even how to MAKE MONEY. Yes, even the aw ...
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Send us a text Good For A Girl by Lauren Fleshman is the story of Lauren's life and experience in professional running. Running seemed straight forward when she was growing up, you work hard and you get the reward, but women don't have the same performance trajectory as men when going through puberty. Women often plateau as they get used to their "…
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In this solo episode, we explore the essential concept of training your mind with the same dedication and consistency you apply to training your body as an athlete. You'll learn importance of changing your perspective on mental training, understanding that results require patience and daily effort. I also share a handful of tangible strategies to s…
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Send us a text Running Challenges, by Keri Wallace, is like a tour guide for Trail running in the UK. It features 100 of the best trail, fell and mountain runs in England, Scotland and Wales, and those three countries make up the three sections of the book. There is something for everyone with the shortest challenges being 5k parkruns and the longe…
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After a nine month break from the podcast, I am so excited to be back with an awesome conversation with Juliet Starrett who is the author of Built to Move, Founder & CEO of The Ready State, 3X World Champion in whitewater paddling, and mom of two girl athletes. In this conversation we discuss: The simplest way to improve your health by moving more …
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Send us a text Trails and Tribulations is Susie Chan's memoire. She tells us a little about her life before running, including some pretty big life events, how she started running, and some of her very very long runs. A few of the races that Susie did and talks about include: Marathon de Sables (which she ran more than once!): A self-supported, mul…
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That's right.... WE'RE BACK!! I know I said that I was done recording back in February, but I just couldn't stay away... In this episode I share why I decided to bring the podcast back, what's next coming up, and a personal story on hardship and growth. Thanks for re-joining me on this journey, I am so excited to be back! Check out The Mindset Mond…
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Send us a text How To Run The Perfect Race is a book all about pacing. The book is divided into two sections: Section 1: All about how to master pacing Section 2: RPE based training plans for your next 5k, 10k, half-marathon and marathon. Pacing isn’t about having an even pace on your Garmin. It’s about having an even effort which takes into accoun…
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Send us a text In this episode of Running Book Reviews, we had the pleasure of chatting with Tim Rossi, founder of The Lost Boys running club in New York, about a book he helped bring to life in collaboration with Ciele and Maurten. We talk about the book, the Lost Boys Club, and how long it took to finish the book. Despite there not being a lot of…
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Send us a text If you're thinking that you've heard us talk about Running Rewired, it's because we read the original version which came out in 2017 and it was featured in one of the first episodes we did in 2020. Well the second edition is out now and we had the pleasure of speaking with authir Jay Dicharry in this episode! Running Rewired is about…
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Send us a text So we know it's a bonus episode and not our usual book dedicated episode, but we need more time to line up our guests and didn't want to leave our listeners without anything to listen to. We hope that we can earn your forgiveness with some of the episodes that are coming in the future. In this bonus episode we talk about our plan for…
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Send us a text Join us for this wonderful conversation with Jen and Sim about all things running! Their fantastic book, Smart Running, is packed with useful information about a diverse range of topics and we only covered a few of them in our chat. The 19 chapters of this book are divided into 6 parts: Our bodies and Systems Becoming a resilient run…
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Send us a text Here we are again! We can't believe we've read another 10 books already... and actually it's been more than 10 books... This might be a long episode (unless Alan did some aggressive editing) because when we start talking about books, we just can't stop. You don't know it, but you're lucky that this episode wasn't 3 hours long! Good t…
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Send us a text We have a fantastic conversation with author Sabrina Little, about her new book, The Examined Run. In this chat we talk about ethics and role of virtues and vices in running. The Examined Run discusses the ethics of sport, specifically the sport of running, through the lens of virtue ethics. As with any discussion of ethics, this one…
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Send us a text The Race to Be Myself is a 4 part memoire where Caster talks about: The beginning: how she grew up, how she liked to hang out with boys and play sports, and what happened in puberty. The rise: How she got into running and eventually decided to be more serious about training. She also talks about getting more serious about school beca…
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Send us a text Running Through; my journey through moments of flight, is Steven’s journey into Running via a series of tiny moments of flight. This book is divided into short stories describing some of the moments in his personal running journey and how they ended up influencing his life. Some stories are funny anecdotes and others are not funny at…
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Send us a text If you've been following our social media accounts (mainly FB and Instagram... we're not as good about posting to X or Threads...) then you'll have seen that Alan went to Boston this year. Before the Boston Marathon, we reviewed The Boston Marathon Handbook buy Marc Pollina, and it turned out that Alan and Marc ran very similar finis…
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Send us a text All In Stride is the story of two Kenyan born athletes who have competed at the highest levels in running, and one US athlete and Olympian in the modern pentathlon. The bond that the three characters share is that they have all been in the Army’s world class athlete program (WCAP). The book is divided into two parts: Part 1: Kenya – …
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Send us a text The Boston Marathon Handbook is part of the Falcon Guides series, which cover the entire spectrum of outdoor activities. This book covers everything about Boston from what makes Boston so special, to getting in and training, and even what to do after the race and more! There are 12 chapters that make up the book: Chapter 1 - Why Is T…
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Send us a text In The Spell Of The Barkley tells the story of the Barkley race in Tennessee with its history and traditions, how the author discovered it and became determined to finish the “fun run”, and explores the reasons why participants keep coming back despite being almost guaranteed to fail. The book is a mix of the authors experience and s…
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Send us a text There Is No Wall is ultrarunner Allie Bailey’s brutally honest and sometimes shocking account of alcoholism, depression and severe mental breakdowns which almost cost her her life. Told with disarming vulnerability, heartbreaking depth of feeling and dark humour, this isn’t a story about how running saved her – she was already runnin…
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Send us a text Becoming a Sustainable Runner is a guide written by two environmental advocates, Tina Muir and Zoe Rom, who love running. This book teaches us about the impact running has on the environment, but also how to be a lifelong runner and how to contribute to the running community in a way that is positive and inclusive. The book has 3 par…
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In today’s episode I share key takeaways that I've compiled from coaching a professional team's open tryouts, including: The importance of your energy and attitude Your interactions with coaches and teammates Responding to mistakes Being willing to play different positions I know it may not be tryout season for most, but make sure to take notes as …
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Send us a text In this episode we get to chat with author, Ryan Whited, about his book (co-authored with Matt Fitzgerald) Pain + Performance. Pain + Performance is a book that aims to explain how pain is a normal human experience and not something that we need to try and get rid of… at least not completely. Pain also doesn’t always mean tissue dama…
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In today’s episode I answer a question from one of our listeners on how to get your confidence back after a long injury. This is the most in depth episode that I’ve done on the podcast I where I discuss how to put yourself in the best position possible to step back onto the field/court with confidence. In this episode you’ll learn: The importance o…
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Send us a text The Psychology of Running is part of The Psychology of Everything series which also includes: The Psychology of Art The Psychology of Wellness The Psychology of Comedy The Psychology of Democracy The Psychology of Counselling The Psychology of Travel The Psychology of Attachment This book dives into the science of running to answer s…
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In today’s episode, I sat down with Lauren Fleshman who is one of the most decorated American distance runners of all time, a mom, entrepreneur, coach, and author of the best sports book of 2023, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World. In this convo, we delve into thought-provoking topics surrounding gender equality in sports, the impact…
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Send us a text In this bonus episode, Liz interviews Alan about his recent attempt at a Quebec age group record on the indoor track. Alan has never worn spikes or raced on an indoor track. This should be interesting! Support the show Any feedback or suggestions on this review or any of our other podcast episodes would be greatly welcomed. Leave us …
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Send us a text Running Away from Cancer is the story of the author, Greg Schnoor's, journey to becoming an ultramarathoner after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. The thing is, he wasn’t even a runner before his diagnosis and started running while receiving maintenance chemotherapy once a month. Greg first started running because two of his kids …
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Welcome to the last episode of 2023!! In today’s episode, I wanted to repost our most popular guest episode of 2023 with Alyssa Nakken, coach of the SF Giants (MLB). In this episode we talked about: Her journey from D1 softball to coach in the MLB How she navigates being the media and being only female on an all male coaching staff How getting out …
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Send us a text This bonus was recorded after we just finished chatting with Matt Fitzgerald and Layla Porteous about 80/20 Endurance High Performance Coaching Course and companion book. It took us months to complete the course so obviously there were a lot of questions that we couldn't get to with our guests. We chatted about coaching principles an…
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In today’s episode, I talk about the importance of trusting yourself, thinking for yourself, and embracing your weirdness vs. following trends in order to “fit in” with the crowd. In this episode you’ll learn: Why being different and weird is something to be proud of The benefits of choosing your own path and thinking for yourself Questions to ask …
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Send us a text This episode is a little different because Matt Fitzgerald's book, 80/20 Eandurance, is a companion to a new coaching course created by Leyla Porteous, Director of Training and Operations at 80/20 Endurance. We refer to the course a lot, but all the information is also in the book. The book is divided into 12 chapters which cover the…
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In today’s episode I share how you can develop your leadership abilities, and more specifically, how to gain trust as a leader… Because without trust, it’s going to be VERY difficult to inspire and motivate those that you’re leading. In this episode you’ll learn: The importance of sticking to your word and being reliable How owning up to your mista…
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In today’s episode I sat down with Asia Mape who is an Emmy award winning sports journalist, former college athlete, a mother of 3 daughters, and the founder of I Love to Watch You Play. In this convo we dove deep into the challenges and pressures that parents face in navigating the world of youth sports, and the impact this has on kids. Here are s…
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Send us a text We love these episodes because it means we get to reminisce about the books we've read over the last 5-6 months. Since we're on a strict reading schedule of one book every 2 weeks, we don't get to wallow in that after-good-book feeling you get after finishing a book, so these recaps are the next best thing. In this episode we reflect…
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In today's episode, we will be discussing a topic that many athletes, especially those at a high level, can relate to - burnout. Burnout is something that can affect us not only in our sports but in our lives in general. It's important to learn how to learn how to navigate burnout, and that's exactly what we'll be exploring in this episode. Whether…
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On today’s episode I sit down with Erica Suter to talk about her brand new book “Female Athlete High Performance” (available for purchase Nov 24th, 2023). In this episode we discuss Why Erica decided to write a 2nd book Powerful lessons that girl athletes will take from reading the book The biggest myths around high performance and how the book cut…
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In today’s episode I talk about the power of gratitude, and how you can practice more gratitude to improve your confidence, performance, and overall happiness in life. The perspective shift that I share in the episode has drastically changed how I go throughout my life, and I know that if you listen and apply it to your own life, it will for you to…
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Send us a text In this episode we had the pleasure of chatting with Claire Maxted (a.k.a. Wild Ginger Runner) about her book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook, and also found out that she is currently writing her second book which will be specifically for ultra trail runners! The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook is not called “ultimate” for no re…
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On Today’s episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jaimee Cooper who is an eating disorder-informed Registered Dietitian and soccer nutrition coach with over 8 years of experience working with youth athletes and their families. Her goal is to help parents and athletes learn how to create healthy eating habits that support their performance…
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Send us a text For those of you who have been following the podcast, you know that we were gearing up to run a sub-3 hour marathon at the Petit Train du Nord Marathon on October 1st, 2023. You've likely seen our social media posts and know that neither of us achieved the goal on race day (and if you didn't see those posts then stop right here and c…
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Welcome back to the show! Excited to be back to regular programming after taking a break in October. In today’s episode, I talk about how athletes can recover from a slump or dip in performance and confidence. Experiencing these “lows” are a normal part of life and sport for any athlete and can be a catalyst for growth with the right mindset and pe…
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Send us a text Just Finish is author Sean Kachmarski’s story of going from watching The Great North Run on TV every year and telling his wife “I’m going to run that next year”, to actually running it! Sean played football while he was in school but never described himself as athletic. By the time he decided to start running he had 2 kids, a full ti…
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Send us a text We had a great chat with Andrew Snow about his book, Run Elite. It was so great in fact, that it ended up being one of our longest episodes because Andrew is so knowledgeable and passionate about running. As we were wrapping up the podcast we discovered another topic that he is passionate about; nutrition! Andrew touches on nutrition…
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Join the conversation with one of the most decorated American distance runner Lauren Fleshman as we discuss the mission that drove her to write her NYT's bestselling memoir Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World. We talk about how to write when you have a big story to tell, how to write when depressed, and why it's okay to move on from s…
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Send us a text In this episode we chat with author Andrew Snow about his book Run Elite. Andrew is very passionate about helping runners improve their performance and it shows in the podcast. Run Elite covers all aspects of high-level marathon training. Although the reference is mostly to marathon running throughout the book, the information provid…
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Jen recently shared in a solo episode that she's been working her way through burnout and in this episode, she shares her new project and how she approached it in a new way to refind her spark. Is it possible to change our patterns and create out loud without burnout? Let's find out. Episode resources: Find out how to work with me here.I'd love you…
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In this bonus episode of Create out Loud, I interview a force of nature, Shannon Watts. In case you don't know Shannon, she founded Moms Demand Action, now the largest women’s volunteer organization in America. She's been called a “summoner of women’s audacity,” named a Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People, a Forbes 50 over 50 Changemaker, and…
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