Run Hard Mom Hard

Wow! It’s been a whole year of having a podcast and spending hours talking to TONS of amazing ultrarunning mamas! We feel so thankful for all the stories we’ve heard, knowledge we’ve gathered, experiences we’ve had, friendships we’ve gained, and encouragement we’ve gleaned from each and every guest we’ve had on the show. It’s truly been life giving and life changing for Stef and I! In this episode...

Today’s episode is a shorty with Stef and I! We talk life updates, pregnancy qualms, and about the difficulty of being “stuck” in times that demand rest instead of running hard after big goals. Lastly, we try to provide some motivation for all based off of the Morgan Harper Nichols quote, “May you continue to be inspired by others while never letting their stories become so great in your mind that...

This week we have the joy of talking with Caitlin Jacobsen, an ultra running mom of three and an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach who specializes in helping athletes in their healing process. We dive right in and cover so much ground, more than I could possibly mention in this minuscule write up. We hear about Caitlin’s beautiful story of childhood, how she grew up on the south side of Chicago with...

This week we talk with Meg Landymore and Celia Eicheldinger - two ultra running moms from the East Coast who are setting out to do the whole Appalachian Trail on foot! They plan on tackling a big section (anywhere from 100 miles to 200+ miles) every three weeks between work schedules and motherhood. We get to hear all about their plan, how they’re staying flexible, how they’re training for this ki...

This week we talk with Nicole Monette - a Michigan mom of three, physical therapist and runner for Hoka. Nicole started running ultras in 2017 and has had some amazing performances in the short period of time between then and now. We hear about her journey through motherhood and the challenges and beauty it has brought her. Nicole underwent IVF for each of her kids and described what that experien...

This week we talk with Jen Benna, a mother of two, a phenomenal runner and someone who has many inspiring stories and life experiences to share with us. Jen takes us through the evolution of her 17 year long ultra running journey and how running has intertwined with the different phases of her life. She’s run through motherhood, through stress, through family tragedy and grief, through times of gi...

This week we have a big resource episode coming your way! We talk with Heidi Strickler, a Registered Sports Dietitian who works with athletes world wide and specializes in female endurance athletes. Her mission is to help women understand how our bodies work, what is happening in our bodies during our cycles and how to fuel and train through all the changes we experience.  Here are just some...

On the pod this week Stef and Nikki chit-chat about all things random! There’s no real point to this episode, it’s just a form of talk radio if you will, with updates and check-ins, and topics including but not limited to child medical issues, humidifiers, garden planting, farm stands, how sweet potatoes are grown, crewing races with kids, entering the school age era, pregnancies, grandparents and...

This week we get to talk with Maggie Tides - an attorney, artist, mom and ultra runner in California. We chat about real life and the joys and struggles that come with balancing all these parts of life. Maggie’s daughter was still very young when COVID hit and her family had recently gone through some major life changes so she describes the transition into motherhood and the juggling act of life a...

This week we talked with Andrea Larson - a mom of 3, a Wisconsin cheesehead, an ultra runner, adventure racer, nordic skier, and mountain biker. She also is the executive director for IRONBULL, which is a non-profit that promotes outdoor recreation and adventure racing in central Wisconsin. We get to hear about what makes up adventure racing - from map and compass navigation to seeing the woods fr...

This week we chat with Katie Asmuth - a mom of two boys, a nurse practitioner and the recent winner of the 2021 Bandera 100k. Many of you out there have probably heard of Katie - she is now known as the woman who broke her nose mid race, shoved a tampon up it and still went on to win and secure a golden ticket to Western States 100 in June. We get to hear all of the glorious play by play leading u...

This week we talk with Phyllis Stanley, a single mom to two boys, a full-time employee for the State of Washington and a logger of many trail miles in Olympic National Park which is in her backyard! Running for Phyllis started as part of her Navajo heritage growing up. She and her family would practice the teaching of running each morning to build discipline and strength. They would get up before...

This week we talk with Heidi Becksted - an epidemiologist, ultra runner and active mother of three in the mountains of Colorado. We loved hearing about her education in public health, her interest in investigating outbreaks and her experience working for the CDC. She gave some great insights on COVID-19 and empathizes with how hard of a year it’s been, remembering that people are people, our socie...

This week we talk with Sabrina Little - a professional ultra runner for Hoka, a philosophy professor and a mom to a 6 month old. We loved getting to hear about each of these worlds and how they have intertwined in her life. From how she followed her passion to study and get her PhD in philosophy, to researching and reflecting on life's big questions, to using that same curiosity to test her body a...

This week we talk with Utah runner Jessi Morton-Langehaug - a high school science and yoga teacher, mom, and big time ultra runner. We hear about her history with running and how that intertwined with her long battle with undiagnosed Lyme disease. She had a long and agonizing journey of misdiagnosis and trying everything under the sun to heal her body, but through it she found immense strength and...

This week it’s Nikki and Stef as we talk through everything a person should know when thinking about running their first ultramarathon! We are not certified experts but are happy to share our experiences and what has worked for us when preparing for long races. We share our thoughts on gear, fueling, nutrition, recovery, sleep, safety, how to pick your first ultra, what our training typically look...

This week we talk with our trusty women’s health physical therapist, Emily Bliss! You might remember her from episode 3 where she gave us the low down on how to return to running postpartum. This time it’s all about practical ways to tackle pregnancy - including her favorite strength exercises, the importance of coordinating our breathing with exercise, how we can train our pelvic floor muscles, a...

For starters, LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE FOR A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!! We talk this week with Erica on pregnancy and postpartum from a doctor's perspective! You can feel Erica’s passion for this line of work and for the women she gets to work with everyday. She shares tips with us on what to look for in an OB, how to make sure your personal needs are being met, and to make sure you can have open, honest c...

It’s Stef and I this week answering listener questions! We talk holiday cheer, real life, the dumpster fire that was 2020, what we’re thinking for 2021, training updates, podcast updates, our childhood upbringings and other random things! So listen in by clicking the link below or search “Run Hard Mom Hard” anywhere you get your podcasts! Don’t forget to subscribe, share and now you can also follo...

This week we talk with someone who many of you are probably very familiar with, Katie Grossman. She is a veteran ultra runner, writer, advertising copywriter, a mom to two year old Lindy (who joins us for some of the episode – definitely the cutest guest we’ve had on the show) and she has another baby on the way too! She is a well-known, well-loved woman and voice in our sport and shares with us a...

**Tune in for a special intro this week - Stef shares a gnarly/ cringe-worthy story that explains her absence in this episode! It's like a train wreck, you want to look away but you. just. can't.  This week we chat with Ashley Paulson - a mom of four, Ironman athlete, Olympic Trials Qualifier (OTQ), recent winner of The Bear 100 miler, and a coach for iFit. She does it all in the world of fit...

This week our episode is a little different. It’s a hard one but a topic we believe is important to talk about because it often gets left in the dark even though so many mothers have struggled through this. Stef recently found out she was pregnant but in this past week and a half she has gone through her fourth miscarriage. Our hearts are heavy. Stef bravely shares what her experiences have been l...

This week we talk with Amy Leedham - a Salomon athlete, sustainability consultant and new mom to an 11 week old little girl. We get to hear about her evolution into ultra running, how she became a sponsored athlete and many fun stories about big races overseas (OCC, IAU World Championships and CCC). She had a tough 2019 with a hip injury that prevented her from competing in most of her goal races...

This week it’s Stef and Nikki as we chat a little about our lives and a little about sports bras. This is a short follow up to Episode 19 when we talked with Molly Hanks, the head "bravangelist" from Title Nine who answered our questions about finding the right sports bras through our mother running seasons! We give some details about the particular bras we received and tried out from Title Nine a...

This week we talk with Brigid Pickett, an ultra running mom of 2, a running-through-pregnancy inspiration and the FIRST pregnant cover model for Runners World Magazine. She also just tackled her first 100 mile race this past July so we get to hear all about that! She recently moved to Boston from the southern Arizona Huachuca mountains and tells us about big city life and the adjustments she’s had...