Why We Marathon
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Why We Marathon
Why We Marathon tells the stories behind why runners endure marathon races. From everyday runners to elite athletes, we dive deep into the motivating factors of why people run marathons.
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Episode 28: Mika Shevit
Mika is a 47 year old real estate broker in Florida who has completed multiple Miami Marathons and Fort Lauderdale Marathons. Mika is in the middle of...
Episode 27: Taisuk "Tai" Kim
Taisuk "Tai" Kim is 33 and an Operations Manager at a fashion e-commerce start-up based in NYC. Tai's parents were among the first generation "amateur...
Episode 26: Kaitlyn Burrows
Kaitlyn Burrows finished the New York City marathon on a broken foot! Talk about perseverance. In this episode, we cover how Kaitlyn was able to power...
Episode 25: Amritpal Ghatora
Running was a hobby when Amritpal started and has firmly become the most important aspect of his life. As a runner, he's always looking to improve. It...
Episode 24: Austin Prario and a Guest Appearance from his dad Dave Prario
Austin Prario was born with a serious heart condition and only has three chambers in his heart. Doctors told his parents seven weeks before his birth,...
Episode 23: Simone Hanlen aka @NYCMuncher
Simone Hanlen loves to run but also loves to eat. She is an ultra-marathoner, a tennis coach, a fellow Peloton member, and a huge fan of New York’s am...
Episode 22: Jeff Galloway, World Famous Running Coach and Olympian, Part 3 of 3
Jeff Galloway is a world-class athlete and world-famous running coach. In part 3, we cover how Jeff has helped over 300,000 runners achieve their goal...
Episode 21: Jeff Galloway, World Famous Running Coach and Olympian, Part 2 of 3
Jeff Galloway is a world-class athlete and world-famous running coach. In part 2, we cover how Jeff qualified for the 1972 Munich Olympics and what it...
Episode 20: Jeff Galloway, World Famous Running Coach and Olympian, Part 1 of 3
Jeff Galloway is a world-class athlete and world-famous running coach. As a member of the 1972 Olympic team, Jeff competed against the world’s best at...
Episode 19: Michael Selman
Michael Selman has been running since 1982 and has built a special relationship with his father around running marathons. Michael has run over 30 mara...
Episode 18: Roxanne Baggot
Roxanne Baggot has a similar story to mine as she lost her mother to cancer. Roxanne also follows the Galloway Method of walking and running to comple...
Episode 17: Matt Comite
Matt talks about running the New York City marathon as a guy who grew up in the city. It wasn't a matter of if he would run the New York City marathon...
Episode 16: Jonathan Flores
Jonathan Flores is the host of the podcast Run with Purpose and Executive Director of Hangry, a registered 501(c)(3) charity that exists for two reaso...
Episode 15: Paige Tatulli
Paige Tatulli speaks about how her meeting with Gabriele “Gabe” Grunewald as she sought treatment for her third battle with an incurable cancer inspi...
Episode 14: Gia Alvarez, Founder of Juma Fit
Gia Alvarez a fourteen-time marathoner started training other runners to prepare for marathons and realized that running is what she “wanted to do!” R...
Episode 13: Kirsten Godleski
Episode 13 is now live featuring Kirsten Godleski's amazing story of running 58 marathons across all 50 states. She's run everything from the New York...
Episode 12: Ray Zaragoza aka Coach Ray
Ray Zaragoza hails from San Gabriel, California and is 44 years old. Ray was a banker for about 10 years, got laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic an...
Episode 11: Tawni Gomes
In 1996 Tawni Gomes weighed 295 pounds and was working for a Fortune 500 company climbing the corporate ladder, working her way up to the top. But, sh...
Episode 10: Jack Fultz
Jack Fultz won the 1976 Boston Marathon, the hottest on record, with a time of 2:20:19. The temperature was over 100 degrees before the noon start tim...
Episode 9: Cheri Whitt
Cheri details how she recovered from a stroke at age 50 and started training for her first marathon after this scary life incident. She decided to sta...
Episode 8: Matthew Growney
Matthew Growney details how running has helped him handle the grief of losing his mother and why he now runs for the Dana Farber Institute. Matthew pr...
Episode 7: Janet Slosberg
Janet speaks about how she's been able to run for decades including the original marathon in Athens, Greece along with her memories from the Disney Ma...
Episode 6: Gabriel Romero
Gabriel talks about growing up poor, his father walking out on Gabriel's family at age 12, and how marathon running helped Gabriel redeem his self wor...
Episode 5: Corrine Fitzgerald aka Coach Fitz
Corrine Fitzgerald shares her story of going from a high school steeplechase superstar to marathon runner. Corrine explains how she transitioned to be...
Episode 1: Host Alex Elman
I'm your host Alex Elman and I’m proud to announce my new podcast Why We Marathon where I’ll dive into the deep personal reasons people run marathons....
Episode 4: Phil Irvine
Phil Irvine dives deep into his family history and how many of his family members lived into their 90s and even early hundreds but how is dad actually...
Episode 3: Liz Corkum aka Coach Corky
Liz Corkum also known as Coach Corky dives deep into her 20 plus marathons including running Boston during the bombing and how she persevered to make...
Episode 2: Kristen Dunleavy
Kristen Dunleavy has run three marathons with her PR coming from the Philadelphia 2019 race. Kristen is passionate about running for causes such as Ru...