About Us
Alysia Montano
Alysia Montano is a 2012 Olympian for Team USA in the 800m, and a 3 time global medalist and American Record holder in the 800m and indoor 600m. She is a Momma to 2(+) babies and an advocate for Dream Maternity and Clean Sport. She's a Cali girl, calling in from the Bay Area.
Roisin McGettigan
Roisin is a 2008 Olympic finalist and Irish record holder in the 3000m steeplechase. She is the Co-Owner of BelieveIAm training journals and practices sports psychology consulting and counseling as a licensed mental health counselor. She recently launched Dare to Believe , an Olympic values school program in Ireland. Ro is an Irish Mammy to two girls and lives in Providence, RI.
Molly Huddle
Molly is a 2 time Olympian for Team USA in the 5000 and 10000m and American Record holder in the 10000m and half marathon. 28 x National champions. She is currently chasing Marathon dreams as a pro runner for Saucony. Molly Splits time between Scottsdale, AZ and Providence RI.
About Us
S2 Ep4:Mary Wittenberg
Mary Wittenberg traces her journey from being the only woman running XC at Notre Dame to one of few women in the board rooms and meetings as a CEO in the endurance sport world. We talk about how she left her mark at NYRR and her ideas for the cycling space as president of pro team EF.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Vdpl1xmZWmR9rsQb0KkYh?si=m06Jq9OKTA2REmaTEcqriQ
S2 Ep3: The Unstoppable Chaunte Lowe
Chaunte talks about her recent battle with breast cancer, training through chemotherapy, aiming for her 5th US Olympic team, and the many layers of her career in track and field including medal upgrades, having her babies, and the financial lessons of track and field.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0FD2f55X0VBNKCCoX5qnvr?si=b6ZCfD5FTYCn6zWsOtj5Tg
S2 Ep 2: NCAA Coach Mackenzie Wartenberger
Coach Mack talks about her journey as a talented prep 800 runner, her struggles with anxiety in college at Cal Berkley, and how this informs her as a coach today. She is currently the head women's XC and assistant track coach at the University of Wisconsin.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Gk9uZu05Aqetc18OVxUEE?si=a5VUnJHiRceH5ta2BH-Y9Q
Season 2! Inspiring Sportswomen of the Pandemic: Valarie Allman , discussing her discus AR
Val talks to us about training and motivation during this time, life as a power athlete, her recent American Record throw, and how we can better market and support the field events.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Jb2dA3SpGap2uxv0nzmjf?si=smJHabrWRMmtFUuzTeohSw
EP 24:Dalilah Muhammad :Journey to the Top
Dalilah talks with us about her start in the sport (it was distance!), her mental approach to the pandemic and to the sport, including her power words, and on how she's had to fight for her worth as a female athlete who is black and who is Muslim.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/26cUVyQ6CGUExtc3lW4jse?si=FRL8PfhjRqSWu_vblMp02Q
ep. 23 Saucony President Anne Cavassa
We talk with Anne Cavassa about her start in the sportswear and shoe industry, her journey through the business ranks and how doing sports, being a mother and having a female perspective all inform her leadership style.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TB3oFzJZuwb0Vym9JPxsP?si=Tg93FXakTX-q4hCJEXGthg
Ep. 22 Racing for Representation
We talk with Dr. Heather Hillsburg and Dr. Francine Darroch about lack of representation of BIPOC on three Running Magazine covers, and why Representation matters .
https://open.spotify.com/episode/08tDn378ayr67vo2M8DUQD?si=H1Yvif85Qpqa5OvAZzqAiA
Ep.21 Gwen Berry on Podium Protests
We talk with 2019 Pan American Games gold medalist Gwen Berry on her protest and probation by the IOC, rule 50 which silences athletes on the podium of IOC events , the hypocrisy of the IOC and why it's important to her to speak out and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/32oO3PdcoP10znPCfrCDxa?si=nqHiGToESPGCHElu7aHJ0Q
Ep.20 Running While Black with Alison Desir
Activist, Mother, Runner, Writer and Mental Health Coach only partially describes Alison! We talk about the whiteness of the US road running scene, and have a larger conversation on race in America .
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a6c1bpsRoclwC9TTp7Yq5?si=xd6oKhutTKaonaBuUewQPQ
Ep. 19 Molly Seidel: 2021 Olympian and MArathoner
We catch up with Molly Seidel, Saucony Athlete, Notre Damer, multiple time NCAA Champ and newly minted marathoner and Olympian after finishing 2nd at the US Olympic Trials. She talks about crushing her first Marathon, how she almost didn't race it at all, managing mental health/eating disorder struggles and more.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iTGD5GEYOemhvd9QEaB27?si=-Wypk5UwRUGofcCd8x-bCQ
EP. 18 Sports Sociologist Dr. Holly Thorpe
Dr. Thorpe speaks with us on the interesting sociological perspective of pressures that may contribute to unhealthy practices for female endurance athletes regarding body image, under feuling, and even media and social media portrayal .
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LutsPKvy4dxbOvTGqSd1O?si=B_KU-RbNTJeoXDzQWOvmzg
EP. 17 Going Deep With Sally Kipyego
We talk with Sally about motherhood, the struggles of running during and after pregnancy, racing for Team USA and making the Olympic Marathon Team after medaling for Team Kenya earlier in her career, how she splits time between her two homelands and more.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fap4J9YOId9v2Jvx4Eb3U?si=xW5jxVKBSfuFvklgpf3BHg
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