Ep 220 - Shark Attack (Kathy Dalby and Burke Beck)

Pace the Nation

We open up with a quick story from the guys trip to Austin. At (5:48) we are joined by guests Kathy Dalby and Burke Beck to talk about Empowerun. We start out finding out how they each got their starts in specialty running and at (11:30) we ask if there was a female void in the run specialty space when they got started. At (13:08) we talk about a few examples of what it was like to work in a male dominated space and at (15:52) if they ever considered leaving the industry. At (18:50) we talk about Empowerun, how it got started and what the motivations were behind it. At (21:22) we talk a bit about the event itself and (24:17) the response from other people in the industry as well as attendees. At (26:30) we discuss the timing for the event and wonder if it would have been as successful if they had tried to do this earlier. At (32:14) we talk about some of the event supporters and close out at (35:27) with some take aways from the first year. We are back at (42:42) to wrap up the interview and take the pin out of the shark story. At (46:26) we highlight the mailbag, a tweet and a card from a potential listener. At (48:51) we have an update on friend of the nation Keira DAmato and her super fast time in Houston. At (51:33) we discuss the false news report about the VaporFly banning and talk about if they should be banned or not. AT (1:00:05) we keep our streak of talking about streaks alive and we close out at (1:04:09) with a Docs rant about phone solicitors (spoiler - he is fired up).