Strides Behind the Mic 4: Listener Stories, Updates, Recommendations, Comrades Training Has Begun! ParkRun!

06/22/22 • 22 min

Women's Running Stories

Keep up with the women from our listener stories via these outlets mentioned on the show:

Jenna: When the People Decide podcast and Democracy Works podcast

Tiffany: RunISee50.com

Sophie: What Next Mum podcast and blog

In this episode, we recommended the following stories, in honor of Juneteenth:

Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport that Wasn't Built for Us by Alison Mariella Désir, available for preorder

Temple’s Tigerbelles by Dwight Lewis and Susan Thomas, illustrated by James Threalkill

Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story by Elizabeth Terzakis and Wyomia Tyus

The Black Sportswoman website and newsletter by Bria Felicien

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, the documentary (and book) by Deborah Riley Draper

A Spectacular Leap by Jennifer Lansbury

Also mentioned in this episode: Sister on Track documentary
Learn about ParkRun. For people in the US, here's the link to ParkRun USA.

Submit your story for consideration to be included on a future Strides Behind the Mic episode: we're excited to share stories from you, the listener. Each Strides Behind the Mic episode, we will share three listener stories. Please record yourself telling a 1-3 minute story related to the prompt "Share a memorable moment from a recent run" and email it to Strides Forward producer Cherie at [email protected]. You can also use the form on our website
Be sure to include details about why this moment was so memorable. Please share where in the world you were running, and if you want to, please include your name.

Have questions about how to record yourself and email your recording, please feel free to email Cherie, [email protected].

Visit Strides Forward on our website

Catch up with us on Instagram and Twitter: at both, we're @StridesForward

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Keep up with the women from our listener stories via these outlets mentioned on the show:

Jenna: When the People Decide podcast and Democracy Works podcast

Tiffany: RunISee50.com

Sophie: What Next Mum podcast and blog

In this episode, we recommended the following stories, in honor of Juneteenth:

Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport that Wasn't Built for Us by Alison Mariella Désir, available for preorder

Temple’s Tigerbelles by Dwight Lewis and Susan Thomas, illustrated by James Threalkill

Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story by Elizabeth Terzakis and Wyomia Tyus

The Black Sportswoman website and newsletter by Bria Felicien

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, the documentary (and book) by Deborah Riley Draper

A Spectacular Leap by Jennifer Lansbury

Also mentioned in this episode: Sister on Track documentary
Learn about ParkRun. For people in the US, here's the link to ParkRun USA.

Have questions about how to record yourself and email your recording, please feel free to email Cherie, [email protected].

Visit Strides Forward on our website

Catch up with us on Instagram and Twitter: at both, we're @StridesForward

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Previous Episode

Gael Henville: Life Lessons Learned, and Shared: Runner, Coach, Community Builder

Gael Henville discovered a pure love of running early in life, growing up in the Caribbean. After immigrating to the US, she experienced racism and bullying, and subsequent isolation. This is the story of how Gael's love of running eventually led her to discovering her own power and a driving desire to empower others through the sport, especially women of color. Gael is recognized as a leader in the running community, sharing the wisdom of many life lessons learned and many races run. She tells her story in her own voice.

Gael has run over 100 races, and counting, from 5ks to marathons, including four times at the Boston Marathon. She is a private coach as well as the long-time head coach for the Road to Wellness 5k. Recognized for her community leadership and coaching skills, as well as her own experiences as a running, Gael was chosen by the Boston Athletic Association to lead its first pre-marathon shakeout run in 2021, and then again in 2022. Gael is a driving force in building bridges among the diverse running communities of the Boston area.

Keep Up with Gael Henville

Instagram: @witnessthefitness617

Mentioned in this episode

Learn more about the Road to Wellness 5k here

Thank you to the How Was Your Run Today podcast for allowing us to use audio from their August 26, 2021, episode: Episode 235: Road to Wellness 5k

The episode features great interviews with Thaddeus Miles and Gael. We encourage you to listen.

Thank you also to Suzanne Walmsley, Director of Youth and Community Engagement for the Boston Athletic Association, for being part of this episode.

Ways to Connect and Engage with Women's Running Stories

Instagram: @womensrunningstories

Twitter: @WomenRunStories

Website: womensrunningstories.com

Email host Cherie: [email protected]

Women's Running Stories is a member of the Evergreen network: https://evergreenpodcasts.com/

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Next Episode

Nicole Pinto: Running the Boston Marathon while Pregnant (part 1/2)

Nicole Pinto was a featured runner in our Roads to Boston series and she surprised everyone by revealing at the 2021 Boston Marathon that she was 18 weeks pregnant! We had to get the whole story, so we did. This is the story of how Nicole approached training for a marathon while pregnant, and how that magical day of running her first Boston Marathon went for her.

This episode is Part 1 of a two-part story about Nicole's pregnancy and running journey. Part 2 (published April 28, 2023) covers Nicole's post-partum running journey and return to racing.

Nicole Pinto has been a runner, from track racing to marathons, for years. We feature her backstory in our Road to Boston series. Nicole had been scheduled to run the Boston Marathon in 2020, but then . . . COVID. She also wanted to start a family. These two pursuits came together over the course of 2021: Nicole got her entry into the October 2021 Boston Marathon and she got pregnant. Her training and racing journey, then, took on a whole new approach.

This is the story of how it all went down: the research, the concerns, the precautions, the joys, the worries, and ultimately, the victory. Nicole talks about the support and the pushback; how being in the medical field helped her navigate the process; how her experience with and knowledge of the science of the body helped her make good choices and boost her confidence; and how advocating for yourself around health is really important. Nicole wanted to show through example how capable and strong women can be through pregnancy. We are honored to share this story.

Keep Up with Nicole Pinto

Instagram: @runner_nic

Hear Nicole's whole running story in our Roads to Boston series

More episodes about running through pregnancy

Sally Kipyego: Becoming a Mother Runner, Navigating Pregnancy toward a Bid for the Olympics

Beatie Deutsch: Pregnancy, Fast Marathons, Shattering Stereotypes

Ways to Connect and Engage with Women's Running Stories

Instagram: @womensrunningstories

Twitter: @WomenRunStories

Website: womensrunningstories.com

Email host Cherie: [email protected]

Women's Running Stories is a member of the Evergreen network: https://evergreenpodcasts.com/