Happy Pace

Gretchen and Elaine are back at Tower Grove Park, this time with race timer extraordinaire Josh Vitoux! The Director of Scholastic Athletics / Project Manager at Big River Race Management presents his knowledge and experiences from timing virtually all types -- including the New York City Marathon. Curious about race timing and management? Check out Big River Race Management here Check out those C...

Gretchen and Elaine meet up with even more happy runners when they check in with Happy's Running Club St. Louis and the owner Kristen DiFate. Did somebody say BONUS??? June 5th was Global Running Day so we're using that as an excuse to bring our listeners some BONUS CONTENT (yes, we know it's July but we recorded this in June so it counts) Happy's Running Club STL Registration Page Happy's Running...

Trail Running, Coaching, Race Directing, Motherhood, Barkleys Marathons..... Join us as we run with Shalini Bhajjan and learn about her adventures in trail race directing! Did somebody say BONUS??? June 5th was Global Running Day so we're using that as an excuse to bring our listeners some BONUS CONTENT Learn more about ⁠ Terrain Trail Runners here Leah Thomas's race recap from her incredi...

Laura Filla joins Gretchen and Elaine to talk all things running coaching, communities, and womanhood Learn more about Filla Endurance Curious about the site of the Route 66 Park Laura was talking about? We were, too! Read about Times Beach, MO here , or watch this video Check out our Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠ here⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Tiktok ⁠⁠⁠ here⁠⁠⁠ Music written, recorded, edited - Grant Underhill, Mike P...

The return of the Fartlek Friday! Join Gretchen and Elaine as they Fartlek around about cupless races, orange gatorade, and a mysterious ice pack bandana. Check out our Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our Tiktok ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ Music written, recorded, edited - Grant Underhill, Mike Plasmeier, and Jake Laconte Graphic design - Rachel Slingluff Marketing management, co-host - Gretchen Brune Editor, pro...

Per listener vote, Elaine set out to run the Maple Syrup Fun Run 50k in Faribault, Minnesota. In this episode, hear Elaine reflect on the run while she runs around her neighborhood. This episode also features co-host Gretchen Brune and the Associate Director of Programs and Engagement at the River Bend Nature Center Molly Dulka over a zoom call at an earlier date. River Bend Nature Center Website...

Laugh along with Cassie Zehenny and Kasey Gonyias as they share their motivations to volunteer their time to the running community while on a run with Gretchen and Elaine. Check out our Instagram ⁠ ⁠here⁠⁠ Check out our Tiktok ⁠here⁠ Music written, recorded, edited - Grant Underhill, Mike Plasmeier, and Jake Laconte Graphic design - Rachel Slingluff Marketing management, co-host - Gretchen Brune E...

Gretchen and Elaine ask Big River's very own Mike Flynn fan-submitted questions to pick his brain about coaching, ultra-running, and ghosts! Check out our Instagram ⁠ here⁠ Check out our Tiktok here Music written, recorded, edited - Grant Underhill, Mike Plasmeier, and Jake Laconte Graphic design - Rachel Slingluff Marketing management, co-host - Gretchen Brune Editor, producer, co-host - Elai...

Gretchen and Elaine are back for this rather unhinged episode of Fartlek Friday! Check out our Instagram ⁠here⁠ Check out our Tiktok here Music written, recorded, edited - Grant Underhill, Mike Plasmeier, and Jake Laconte Graphic design - Rachel Slingluff Marketing management, co-host - Gretchen Brune Editor, producer, co-host - Elaine Sims

Gretchen and Elaine are joined by Juno Musonda (founder, owner, operator of Ope Outdoors) to talk small business and our Running/Hiking communities here in the Midwest -- and the amazing story that made him who he is today Ope Outdoors Website Ope Outdoors Instagram Check out Juno's Photography and Videography on Insta Follow Happy Pace Instagram here to Ask MikeFlynn Anything! As always: Music wr...

Gretchen and Elaine are back for this episode of Fartlek Friday! what runs are taking the ultra community by storm? can you spot the Brunesaurus in the thumbnail? will they figure out where they are and when it is? will Leah be proud of them? will they be the "A"? Check out our Instagram here ! Music written, recorded, edited - Grant Underhill Graphic design - Rachel Slingluff Marketing...

Gretchen and Elaine are joined by Kelly Eldridge to talk about the history of our beloved Forest Park here in St. Louis Presentation from Galen Gritts Kelly's Book Recommendation: Forest Park by Caroline Loughlin and Catherine Anderson Vote for Elaine's Spring Race Follow Us on Instagram Resources & References: https://www.forestparkstatues.org/nathan-frank-memorial-bandstand https://www.stltoday....

SURPRISE! Welcome to our first Fartlek Friday! We're going at our own pace this episode. We are talking about Gretchen's experience at the Houston Marathon and Elaine's potential Spring Race options. Be sure to Vote for Elaine's race here: *Voting will be open until 2/29/24 https://www.instagram.com/p/C3spqTBuvAf/?igsh=MWdkYzU5YXV1ZjZ6dg== Learn more about Elaine's race options here: FANS ultra ht...

We are running in Forest Park this week! Gretchen is prepping for her goal race in Houston. Elaine is recovering from....the holidays? Join the debate of night versus day running. Check out our Instagram: @happy_pace_podcast Email us: happypace@houseofmachka.com Workout: 3 mile warmup 4x5 @ 7:58/mile 1 mile cooldown Happy Pace is recorded in front of a live Forest Park audience

Leah Koch joins us for our holiday treat episode. Listen as we run in what we hope is the shape of an angel! Check our Instagram to see how the GPS art turned out https://www.instagram.com/happy_pace_podcast?igsh=MWhxNnp0ajRsN2Vodg==