253: Alyssa Clark - Running Has Been My Friend

Carrie welcomes Sika Henry back to the show! They chat about her latest races including Comrades and her 51 mile ultra from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama commemorating the Selma to Montgomery March. They also cover her wedding, her training, and so much more!

Carrie chats with Johanna Garton, author of All in Stride, as well as Elvin Kibet and Samantha Schultz who are featured in the book! They discuss how Johanna picked these athletes to share their stories, Johanna’s history in the sport of running, what it’s like to be written about, how the book has changed each of them, and so much more!

Carrie chats with Ashley Desanno of Lotsamiles! They chat about Ashley’s latest marathon in Los Angeles, how she became a content creator with well over a million followers on TikTok, her book club called the Creep Book Club, how she finds balance, and so much more!

Carrie chats with Allie Ostrander! They talk about what Allie is up to, how her training is going, how her health is, how her YouTube channel started (and how she is crushing it there!), her upcoming World Cross Country championships race in Belgrade next week, and so much more!

Carrie chats with Paralympian Amanda McGrory! They chat about what she’s currently up to, working together in the broadcast booth, her training, her story, how she feels wheelchair racing is progressing within the broader world of sport, and so much more.

Carrie welcomes Dakotah Lindwurm and her boyfriend Montana Popehn to the show! They talk all about race day and their memories, their trips, how they met, how they both support one another, what they do for fun, traveling to Paris, how life has changed since Dakotah made the team, and so much more!

Carrie chats with Olympian Shalaya Kipp! They talk all about her postdoctoral research which focuses around running-related areas such as super shoes, running during and after pregnancy, aging, and a new study that looks at how the underband of a sports bra affects our respiratory function during exercise.

Carrie recaps the 2024 Olympic Marathon Trials with Minnesota Distance Elite in front of a live audience! Coach Chris Lindstrom, Breanna Suracki, Joel Richow, Kevin Lewis, JP Trojan, Annie Frisbie, and third place finisher Dakotah Lindwurm all share their experiences from the day, including the highs, the lows, the broken cell phones, the missed porta-potty opportunities, and so much more!

Carrie chats with Kylie Mantz and Ashley Young, the spouses of Connor Mantz and Clayton Young (who went 1 and 2 at the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials)! They talk about life after the race, the toll that training takes on an athlete’s support system, the importance of having your own thing in a relationship, preparing for Paris, and so much more!

Carrie chats with Jess McClain! They talk about her fourth place finish at the Olympic Marathon Trials with a 4 min personal best, how she stepped away from the sport and in that time got married, being unsponsored, working full time, how she coaches herself, and so much more!