Episode 12: Celebrating Women and Talking About Women's Health

Check out this special episode of Behind the Start Line celebrating International Women's Day and featuring special guest host Jen Bigham and guests Dr. Jocelyn Fitzgerald and Dr. Amanda Artsen from Magee-Women's Research Institute & Foundation. https://journals.lww.com/jwhpt/abstract/9000/rehabilitation_of_the_postpartum_runner__a_4_phase.99938.aspx

Troy sits down with P3Runner Katie Kinnamon, and KDKA's Pittsburgh Today Live co-host Heather Abraham to answer P3R's strangest, infrequently asked questions. Need to know how to un-stink your car? Or if you're allowed to bring a goat on one of our courses? Listen now to find out!

In the Behind the Start Line season three premiere, our host, Troy Schooley, talks about the origins of the DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon. P3Runner, Jeanine McGuire, joins in the discussion as they interview Dexter Braff, a participant from 1986 who continues to MOVE Pittsburgh even today.

After 20 months of virtual running, P3R was back and ready for our first live start line in 2021. Troy Schooley sits down with Bob Shooer, the co-owner of Fleet Feet Pittsburgh, and together they interview our Men's Elite winner, Vince Ciattei, and Jacqui Pressley, a P3Runner who gives a firsthand account of the live start line.

Catch up with our hosts, Eric and Troy, as they share P3R's major announcement and then chat with a few local fitness studios! Mandy is the owner of The Bar Method in Wexford, in the past she's hosted a pre-race class before the Fleet Feet Liberty Mile in 2019. Donald is a personal trainer at Global Human Performance, in this episode he shares his insights on what your cross training could look like. Want to learn more about the MOVE Local Series? Visit our Youtube to find our 10 episode fitness series: http://bit.ly/MOVELocal

Listen along as we sit down with our friend Doug Dean from Wall to Wall right here in Pittsburgh! With Doug's 14 years at Wall to Wall, the past few of them have included brand development with the P3R team as well as the DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon. We talk about Doug's experiences, both professional and. personal, as he tell us why he enjoys running and working with P3R.

For this episode, we sat down with our friends at FedEx, Bob Pudlo and Cindy Piendl! Rob and Cindy have been participating in the FedEx Pittsburgh Corporate Challenge for years, running different distances with their coworkers at FedEx during the DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend of Events. Bob and Cindy share their personal, and professional, experiences as part of the FedEx Pittsburgh Corporate Challenge

For this episode, we sat down with seasoned charity runner and P3R Ambassador Cara Group! Cara has been part of the Run For A Reason Charity Program for years, running different distances for different charities during the DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend of Events. Cara shares her reasons for running, along with her process, and talks about the exciting new Back Half Marathon opportunity.

We are so excited to share our conversation with the incredible Steph Bruce. Steph is not only an amazing professional runner (she won the 2019 USATF Half Marathon Championships here in Pittsburgh) and mother of two boys — she's an entrepreneur and one-of-a-kind influencer, too. Steph's story will leave you feeling inspired!

In celebration of P3R's amazing partnership with Magee Womens Research Institute & Foundation, we are celebrating women in this very special episode about women's health. This episode has three very special guests: Dr. Bethany Barone Gibbs and P3R ambassadors Jen Bigham and Lauren Wright. Listen to hear about current women's health issues and how fitness and an active lifestyle can benefit women in unexpected ways.