Another Mother Runner
Sarah Bowen Shea
A family of two podcasts to get (+ keep) you running without losing your family, friends, job, or sanity! More than 1,000 (!) back episodes to enjoy.
Every Friday on the original show (launched in 2011), host Sarah Bowen Shea, a mom of three and veteran of 14 marathons, is joined by a rotating cast of co-hosts and often a guest expert to discuss topics ranging from how to reach a big race goal to finding your athletic happy place, and everything in between. Training, nutrition, motivation, mental toughness, TMI issues: This ~hour-long show covers it all (and then some!).
Every Tuesday, Miles of Books drops, alternating Ellison Weist chatting fiction one week with Sarah Bowen Shea and non-fiction with Coach Liz Waterstraat and Sarah the next. In about 30 minutes, the hosts entice and entertain you with plot descriptions and pearls of training (and life!) advice to guide you to your next great reads.
Both shows are witty and conversational, making them great running partners because the AMR gals do all the talking—even on the uphills!
Every Friday on the original show (launched in 2011), host Sarah Bowen Shea, a mom of three and veteran of 14 marathons, is joined by a rotating cast of co-hosts and often a guest expert to discuss topics ranging from how to reach a big race goal to finding your athletic happy place, and everything in between. Training, nutrition, motivation, mental toughness, TMI issues: This ~hour-long show covers it all (and then some!).
Every Tuesday, Miles of Books drops, alternating Ellison Weist chatting fiction one week with Sarah Bowen Shea and non-fiction with Coach Liz Waterstraat and Sarah the next. In about 30 minutes, the hosts entice and entertain you with plot descriptions and pearls of training (and life!) advice to guide you to your next great reads.
Both shows are witty and conversational, making them great running partners because the AMR gals do all the talking—even on the uphills!
Episodes
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Nov 27, 2015 • 56min
#107: Time Management Tips from Jill Farmer
Happy Thanksgiving weekend, mother runners! This is a repeat episode we hope proves, ahem, timely for you during this extra-harried time of year. It was recorded in spring 2014, thus the intro chatter about a spring break trip. Enjoy!Dimity and Sarah suspect you’re in the same proverbial boat they often are: drowning in seeming “must-do’s” and “gotta-get-done’s.” So they brought on Jill Farmer, a time- and life-management coach in St. Louis, to help unravel the busy cluster of mother runners’ lives. Jill shares some insightful, yet delicious simple, solutions on how to shed some stress and get more done in a day. (Including making sure you have enough time for your all-important runs!) We love that she even uses running terms, like “bigger strides, longer goals” as analogies for accomplishing more in life. But before the mother runners dive into the de-stressing discussion, find out where... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 20, 2015 • 51min
#187: Why—and How—to Join November Project
Sarah and Dimity enjoy a good gab with Suzanne Allaire, founder and co-leader of November Project Philadelphia, one of the tribes of a free fitness movement. This high-energy mother runner shares all the details about November Project, including why these free workouts (currently offered in 26 cities across U.S. and Canada) involve lots of eye contact and hugs. In between laughing with the AMR ladies, Suzanne tells how November Project workouts “take the work out of the workout,” and include moves like “hoisties” and “bouncies.” Dimity and Sarah delight that the founders of November Project were also a duo of former collegiate rowers, like themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 13, 2015 • 57min
#186: Our Top Running Songs
Dimity and Sarah consider this their “10K of favorite running songs,” as they both offer up their top six—with Dimity adding a .2 snippet. The mother runner duo intersperses snippets of their songs, then reminisce about running (and sometimes rowing!) memories associated with the tunes. Find out why “Seasons of Love” from RENT soundtrack makes Dimity cry, and how Britney Spears powered Sarah up a series of epic hills. Dimity coins a few phrase, “lyric confidence,” while famed architect I.M. Pei even pops up in this lively conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 6, 2015 • 1h 7min
#185: Returning to Running Postpartum
Sarah and Dimity welcome two guests to talk about the issues and concerns facing new moms when they contemplate their first runs after having a baby. First up: Kate Mihevc Edwards, an and mother runner, who waited eight weeks after giving birth to resume running—and who recommends all new moms stay on a running-hiatus at least that long. Then professional runner Stephanie Bruce joins the conversation. A marathoner, Stephanie shares about how her well-honed body is handling being pregnant and giving birth twice in less than two years, including that her “abs are divorced” from each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 30, 2015 • 53min
#184: Dinner Planning and Meal-making Advice for Mother Runners
The alternate title for this podcast could be: Countless Parallels between Running and Cooking Dinner for Your Family. Sarah and Dimity welcome Jenny Rosenstrach, the founding editor of a fantabulous website called Dinner: A Love Story and the author of two bestselling books, Dinner: The Playbook and Dinner: A Love Story. As she does in her books, this mother runner serves up a heaping helping of tips for making family dinners as pleasant—and tasty—as possible. Find out what Operation 30 Days is, and how this adventure helped open up the minds of her two daughters to trying (and sometimes even devouring!) new foods. Great advice abounds in this packed podcast, including the important reminder to not let busy-ness get in the way of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 23, 2015 • 52min
#183: The Dirt on Trail Running
In this Trail Running 101 episode, Dimity and Sarah are joined by mother trail runner Lisa Jhung to talk all about off-road running. A mom of two sons, Lisa is the author of Trailhead: The Dirt on All Things Trail Running, and she freely admits she “craves” dirt, crunchy rocks, grass, sand, and any natural surface. As in her easy-to-read book, on this show, Lisa makes clear trail running does not equal ultra-running. From how to react to bears and bobcats to how to find local trails, the three gals break down the intimidation factor of hitting the ground running. Lisa talks about the importance of having “all senses on” while on the trail, as well as the mental benefits of this approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2015 • 1h 23min
#182: First-time Marathon Runners Share Their Stories and Successes
It’s fitting the longest Another Mother Runner podcast focuses on first-time marathoners! Sarah and Dimity chat with three of them to hear all the 26.2 details. First up: BRFs Marianne and Heatherrecount their races at Wineglass Marathon. With their vastly different finish times, these mother runners discuss the difference between “fun” and “satisfied” as post-race feelings. Absurd (a penny-whistle-playing dad!) and beautiful (a butterfly flitting alongside Marianne in the final mile) moments abound.Then Sarah’s cadet from the Saucony 26Strong program, Laura, stops by to share her Chicago Marathon experience. Laura talks about what plans failed (her “fan plan”) and which one succeeded (hint: It involves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2015 • 1h 36min
#181: Conversation with Serial Marathoner (and Breast Cancer Butt-kicker) Kimberly Markey
To call attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Sarah and Dimity chat with Kimberly Markey, a badas$ mother runner of two who showed breast cancer who was boss by continuing to race (including marathons!) while undergoing chemotherapy. This self-proclaimed “crazy person” talks about scheduling her bilateral mastectomy to jibe with her race calendar, then running the Dumbo Double Dare roughly a month post-surgery. If that isn’t enough to knock your running socks off, listen as Kimberly recounts “gliding through” the 2013 New York City Marathon a mere two days after a chemotherapy session. Learn which two states this serial racer hasn’t stepped foot into... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 3, 2015 • 1h 7min
#180: 3-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton Opens Up
Dimity and Sarah have an intimate conversation with Suzy Favor Hamilton, a 3-time Olympic mid-distance runner and 40-something mom of one. Suzy, the most decorated NCAA track athlete of all time, reveals details about her out-of-control spiral into high-class escorting in Las Vegas while trying to hold together her life as a married mother runner back home in Wisconsin. Suzy speaks candidly about her bipolar disorder and the prescription drug that fueled this uncontrollable mania, which she details in her newly released memoir, Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness. The three mother runners talk about the importance of not letting the pain and stigma of mental illness stand in the way of getting help and seeking support. This not-to-be-missed podcast is short on salacious details but long on empathy and compassion—both... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 19, 2015 • 38min
#52: What’s for Lunch—and What Should I Do?
The ladies launch into a discussion about lunch-making fatigue: Dimity suffers from it, and Sarah has recently discovered a few cures. After reliving encounters with various lunchmeats during their formative years, the mother runners get to the meat of the show: answering questions from their Facebook community. They give Amy advice on how to stick to a training schedule despite constant roadblocks; they tell Shannan how to fit in cross-training. And they debate the merits of massage during a training cycle versus post-race. As usual, the duo is true yin and yang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
