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We first discovered Dirty Bird Run Club (DBRC) on a week-long trip to New York last February, and became honorary Birds until we officially moved. We love the club for many reasons and were really excited to get to talk with the guy who started it all, Jack Gilbert a.k.a. Slutty Starling. Dirty Bird continues to pioneer the NY run club scene and Jack gives a lot of good insight into his philosophy...

As everyone knows, March is International Women’s month, and we wanted to take this opportunity to have some really incredible women on r.a.d. We’re kicking it off strong with Erin Bailey!! Between starting an agency, Momentum Management, to being an incredibly badass athlete herself, Erin has a ton of wisdom to share. We are constantly inspired by her strive to support and empower runners at the...

If the statement “MILE 1” means anything to you, then you’ve definitely heard of today’s guest or seen him running shirtless at basically any major race. Matt Choi is a content creator, entrepreneur, and fitness and running enthusiast who is known online for running marathons and other epic endurance challenges, including running across South Korea (which we get into). We also talk about how Matt...

If you’re on Runtok, especially in New York, then you’ve probably had Vicky’s videos show up on your FYP where she offers a refreshing and vulnerable take on being a newish runner. In this episode, we get into the good and bad sides to social media, what was Vicky's first viral video (hint: it had nothing to do with running), and dealing with an injury. TikTok - @vicky.conroy Instagram - @vickycon...

The girlies are officially in New York!!! Starting off a new month with another solo episode, where we get into making new friends in your 20's post-grad and finding a community when moving to a new city. We're purely just talking from our own experiences, but hopefully provide some useful tips if you've also recently moved to a new city or are looking to meet new people!

We discovered Cait Keen on TikTok last year after she won the Flying Pig Marathon for the THIRD year in a row, and have been obsessed with her every since for her relatable and honest outlook on running. In this episode, Cait opens up about goal setting (and what to do when you fall short), her approach to running, and dealing with comments online. We hope you love this first guest episode of 2024...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! We wanted to kick off the New Year with a little life update and recap of the last month of 2023, as well as get into our version of new years resolutions, goals we have and our personally curated in/out list. Can't wait for all the rad that's to come with season 2 <3

If you listened to our episodes with Rob Perez or Lucy Scholz, you've heard of TSP. This unsanctioned race decided to do something even CRAZIER and bring the 300 mile event to the Atacama Desert in Chile. Rob and Lucy both ran solo again and crushed it, but in today's episode, we want to highlight Rob's all-star pacer - Parley Hannan. Parley ran cross country at Ithaca and is now a pro...

This weeks episode was recorded live from Dalto Studios, I mean, Laboratories, where we got the full scoop on Rob's journey improving his fitness performance, creating his own fuel, and getting started on TikTok. We also talk about his experience and reason for running all six Abbott World Major Marathons in one year and how it has now led him to wanting to share other people's stories. Gr...

In part 2 of our fall marathons recap, we get into the Marine Corps Marathon, which includes a surprise (that you may not actually find super surprising) and close out our fall radventures with the New York City Marathon aka The World's Marathon! If you have any experiences you'd like to share on r.a.d., dm us @the.radpod we'd love to hear from you :)

We have had an incredibly busy fall traveling, running, and cheering at all the major races! Each event has been special in a unique way and we've been recording our recaps and reflections throughout the season. We're excited to finally share part 1 of our fall marathon recaps, starting off with our European adventure at the Copenhagen half marathon and Berlin marathon and going to cheer t...

In today's episode with Rebeka Stowe, we get to dive into the professional side of running being a D1 college athlete and how this led to her now being a Nike run coach and the Endorphins global head coach. Since we are three days away from the NYC marathon, she also gives some last minute tips and tricks for anyone getting ready to tow the start line - whether it's your first marathon or tenth. M...

I guess there's something with ultra running runtographers and awesome mustaches because you've definitely seen this mustached man running around the streets of New York with a camera and thought "how is he going so fast?!". Dave Hashim is someone who really inspires the entire running community in many different ways, but we personally started following him at the start of his P...

There is SO much to say about Iwonka (Vonks) Kesting. Not only is she a huge role model, being one of the leaders of a Northeast Track Club (NETC), an absolute professional boss, and a mom to the sweetest little baby, but she is also someone who really helped make DC feel like home for the both of us. In this episode, we get into where the nickname "Vonks" came from, navigating the challenges of l...

It was about time we had a female guest!! If you've heard about Lucy Scholz, you probably know her as the woman who won The Speed Project solo, which is a 300 mile race from LA to Vegas.  Not only did she win, she broke the men’s and women’s records by 9 HOURS. In today's episode, we talk about the summer camp Lucy runs, Live Oak, how to be Beyonce, when she realized she was going to break...

It's been a wild summer filled with many fun runs and adventures and we thought it would be fun to do a little recap of some highlights! We start with our most recent run of the Manhattan perimeter and work our way back to Sarah's experience crewing TSP solo. This is basically one giant love letter to our community

Rob Perez aka Bobby Bigote wears many hats. Between ultra running, runtography, being an emerging TikToker, and being in school and working full time, he is probably one of the busiest people we know. Today's episode was a fun one for us, since Rob is also a close friend of the pod. Nonetheless, we still learned many new things, including about his early career as a blade slinger, his time liv...

It only felt natural for our first guest to be Tyler Swartz -- most of you probably know Tyler through TikTok. You may know him as the guy who ran all of the New York airports. Now, a lot of you may also know him from the Endorphins running community, or even just a friendly face walking through New York. In this episode, we dive into how we met Tyler, why he dropped out of college, how he started...

Welcome to r.a.d!! We're Sarah & Joelle, and we're SO glad you're here. In Episode 1, we share a little more about us personally, our vision for this podcast, what lights our fires, and everything in between. Ultimately, r.a.d. is all about sharing rad people, experiences, and stories with the community and having the most fun while doing it. We hope you enjoy this episode, and we...