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Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Noel Kendle is a 22 year old track athlete at the University of Manitoba where he’s pursuing a degree in Recreation Management and Community Development. A soccer and hockey player growing up, he didn’t dive seriously into track until 2015, but has grown to love it more with each passing year. Noel cites the 800m as his favourite distance of all time and tells us why he currently has a love/hate relationship with the 600m. We even discuss a...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Erik Bird is a west coast trail ultrarunner and race director from Mission, BC. He started running in 2015 after realizing he was not in the shape that he wanted to be in. He started with 10K and progressed to 50K before falling in love with the trails that are part of the Fat Dog course and completing 120 miles in one of the most scenic places in Canada. Erik now finds himself the race director for the Fat Dog 120, Trail ...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Matt Shepard, better known as “Shep,” is a trail and ultrarunner originally from Washington State who currently lives in Cochrane, AB. Shep is a true jack-of-all-trades - he can just as easily rebuild a carburetor as he can mend a pair of torn pants. A former medic in the US Armed Forces, volunteer firefighter, woodworker and builder of things, Shep loves to work with his hands. An entrepreneur at heart, he operates two small business...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Amy Puzey is a holistic nutritionist, mother, and long time competitive trail runner who lives in Invermere, BC. She is also the founder and CEO of Goodphyte, a company dedicated to making the enzyme phytase easily available worldwide. We first heard from Amy in episode 99 where she introduced us to herself and explained how curiosity led her to research this super-powered digestive enzyme. We were so intrigued by what Amy...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text We’re honoured and excited to be catching up with Canada’s fastest female marathoner, Natasha Wodak, after her brilliant run in the Berlin Marathon on September 25th, 2022. We dug into all the details of that magical day, including some of the challenges she faced in the days leading up to – as well as in the early miles of – the race. We discussed what it feels like to run a 1:28 negative split to smash the Canadian record previously held ...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text There’s no guest interview today. Instead, we chose to get vulnerable and show our human sides a little bit more. Inspired by a recent episode of the Running Rogue podcast with Chris McClung, we each open up about our top 3 running insecurities, how they show up for us, and most importantly, what we do to navigate them. We believe all of us face insecurities in one way or another, so our primary goal with this one was to help you feel...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Aldo Furlan is a 58-year old kindergarten teacher, avid runner, and all-around awesome human who gives back tirelessly to his running community in Winnipeg. In addition to coaching middle school track and cross country, he is heavily involved with the Manitoba Runners’ Association, Teds Run for Literacy, the Winnipeg 10&10 and the Manitoba Marathon. In this episode Aldo tells us about being “crippled by a 4-year old” many years ago and ...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Nicki Rehn is an Australian-Canadian who loves the beach, but is hopelessly addicted to the mountains so has spent most of her adult life in Calgary, AB, Canada. She came to adventure and endurance sports by way of competitive triathlon and road marathon. It's been over a decade since she raced on pavement, preferring instead adventure racing, mountain biking, ultramarathon running, fast-packing, skiing, orienteering, and mountain scramblin...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Meet our Couple of the Quarter, Dana and Shaun Mayberry, who own and operate Mayberry Fine Art in Winnipeg, MB. Dana is one of Carolyn’s clients who had been working tirelessly for a year to lower her 4:29 marathon best set back in 2019. Through a series of unfortunate events, not one of Dana’s goal races came to fruition until December 4, 2022 when she ran her way to a 28-minute personal best at the California International Marathon...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Dan Klco identifies foremost as a husband and father to his three amazing children. He is an advanced psychotherapist who’s trained with some of the foremost leaders in the psychology field in Canada. His practice as a clinical counselor includes somatic focus work (ISTDP) on mental health experiences including severe depression and anxiety, pain management, addictions, sexual health, and complex medically unexplained conditions. Dan is als...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Sara Morrison is a 40-year old phys ed teacher and busy mom-of-two from Winnipeg MB. She took up running as a convenient way to stay fit in her early 30s after her second child was born and quickly fell in love with the half marathon distance. Sara never had much interest in running a marathon back then but thought if there was ever a time to do it, it would be for her 40th birthday in 2022. And since her birthday is in November, the obviou...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Andrew Messina is a trail ultrarunner from Middletown, New Jersey where he lives with his wife and two children. He owns and operates a small business called Tech Experts in New York City. Andrew started running in 2010 when he was somewhat overweight and discovered he had a kidney stone, realizing that his health was not something he could be proud of. This summer Andrew became one of only 12 athletes in 2022 to complete both Western State...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Today we’ve chosen to re-air our episode with one of the great pioneers of Canadian women’s running, Diane Palmason. Sadly, Diane passed away over the Thanksgiving weekend in Courtenay BC and we feel so fortunate to have had this delightful conversation with her back in July 2021. Diane recalls how she discovered her love of running at a Sunday school picnic when she was just seven years old. By 12 she was recruited to train with the Mercur...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text From Yarker Ontario, Derrick Spafford is a 56-year-old competitive runner, coach, race director and owner of Spafford Health and Adventure, offering Dion snowshoes and a very popular series of snowshoe races. But perhaps his biggest claim to fame is a 31-year and 25-day run streak that began on Boxing Day in 1989 and came to an abrupt end almost 2 years ago when he was diagnosed with -- and hospitalized for -- a pulmonary embolism. T...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Winter is upon us again and as we talked about last week on the show, so is the season for base training. For many runners in Canada and the northern United States, this can mean a lot of long, slow miles in very cold temperatures which can seem daunting and maybe even a little scary. We thought this would be a good time to re-release an episode we recorded with Scott Sugimoto in Jan of 2021. Scott Sugimoto is a 61 year ...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Dr. Duane Scotti is a Connecticut-based running physical therapist, run coach, host of the Healthy Runner podcast, and founder of Spark Healthy Runner. A leader in the rehab and running community for 20+ years, Duane is truly living his passion educating runners that they don’t necessarily have to stop running to get over a running injury. We first had Duane on the show in episode 66 to discuss his blueprint for staying healthy as a r...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Based out of Austin Texas, Chris McClung is a 2:45 marathoner, running coach, and host of the Running Rogue podcast. He’s exceptionally knowledgeable about many aspects of run training, but in this episode we decided to pick his brain about training for hilly races. This conversation is a deep dive on all things hills, including: Why one might consider a hilly raceChris’ definition of a hilly raceThe many benefits of hill trainingSample hil...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Ray Zahab is a Canadian Explorer, ultra distance runner and Founder of the non-profit impossible2Possible. A recent recipient of the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada, Ray is an Explorer in Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. In 2015 Canadian Geographic recognized Ray as one of Canada’s Top Explorers. He has ran almost 20,000km across the world’s deserts, and performed unsupp...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Patricia Roney is a Winnipeg-based runner and physiotherapist who works with Athletics Canada as a classifier for para athletes competing in track and field. All para sport athletes need to be classified in order to compete so there’s a system in place to determine eligibility based on their impairment, and Patricia is right at the center of this fascinating and evolving scene. She is also a very accomplished athlete and runner herself. She...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Lisa Belanger has always loved adventuring in the wilderness, and her free time is dedicated to getting outside to hike, rock climb, camp, and dirt bike. Taking it to the next level, in 2019 she attempted a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail which runs 4,270km across the USA from the border of Mexico to Canada. Partway through she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a complex autoimmune disease requiring insulin injections and constant bl...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text This conversation with elite Canadian runner, Sasha Gollish, was recorded one week before the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon, which she just completed in a personal best time of 2:31:40. This race also served as the Canadian Marathon Championships so Sasha’s incredible performance landed her on the podium in 3rd place alongside Tokyo Olympians, Malindi Elmore and Dayna Pidhoresky. After turning 40 last December, Sasha kicked off her ...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text It’s time to introduce you to our Couple of the Quarter, Steph Boutette and Eric Hong. This young running couple met several years ago in Toronto doing two of the things they love most: 1. Running 2. Giving back to the running community. Last year they relocated to Collingwood, ON, where they’ve continued to immerse themselves in the running scene there and discover new ways to engage with the sport. And speaking of engaged, they’ll be tyin...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Mark Timmons is a 62 year old retired high school teacher from Brandon, MB. He started his running journey at age 50, when most people start thinking about retirement. He started with short “fitness” runs, gradually building up his distance to 10k, half marathons and then full marathons. After running the Boston Marathon in 2012, Mark discovered trail running and soon found himself completely immersed in trail running culture. His passion f...

Got feedback about this episode? Send Carolyn a text Dean Johnson is a runner, race director and coach from Lethbridge, Alberta. After spending many years playing hockey, slowpitch and coaching youth football, he decided to start running at age 45. It didn’t take very long before he found himself at Boston, running his first Lost Soul 50K that fall and on the board of the race as a race director. He is now one of five race directors for the Lost Soul Ultra. In this e...