Run Hard Mom Hard

This week we chat with Annika Brubaker - a mom of two, ultra runner out of Eastern Washington, coach for Team RunRun and race director. Annika grew up in a home where running wasn’t encouraged or accepted, so it’s amazing what she has overcome and how she has gotten herself past the need for others’ approval to where she is today as a beautiful example of living a healthy lifestyle for her kids!!...

This week Stef gives us the low down on her Coros Apex running watch and why she chose that over other brands! Technology is truly amazing these days and it’s fun to hear what watches can do for us and our adventures! Give it a listen - especially if you’re finding yourself in need of a new watch! Head to Treeline Coffee to pick up a bag or subscription of our You Got This blend and use code RUNHA...

It's Nikki & Stef again this week with some life updates and chit chat about the New Year! We hope you all had a Merry Christmas and we hope your New Year starts off with hope and energy for running and mumming! YOU GOT THIS!! This week's sponsor: Check out Treeline Coffee’s  new website ! Order delicious coffee and get 10% off with code RUNHARD10.

This week it's Stef & Nikki again and we're talking about how we as moms can go into the joyful yet often stressful and overwhelming holiday season! We get some great tips from Kinzie Eckstein, our Mental Health Occupational Therapist, for combating the hubbub in ways that will help us enjoy this magical time of year. We also talk a little about training, focusing on quality vs. quantity milea...

This week it's Stef and Nikki and we describe our latest race adventures from the past weekend! We both ran our first races after having our third babies and we share our experiences! Tune in and don't forget to subscribe and share! Thank you!! Show notes: Treeline Coffee - check out our "You Got This" blend on Treeline's new website ! Use code RUNHARD10 for 10% off delicious coffee!

This week we have a super inspiring story shared by Lindsey Sexton - an ultra runner, a mom of three, a school nurse, a preschool/elementary school cross-country coach, and a recent cancer survivor and 100 mile finisher! Lindsey decided to tackle No Business 100 this October (jumping to 100 miles from only running a 50k prior, because why waste any time if she knew ultimately she wanted to run a 1...

This week on the podcast we have Kinzie Eckstein - a mental health occupational therapist, life coach, yoga teacher, and creator of Mindful Mamas, a program designed to empower moms to live with intention and purpose in their day to day lives. This episode was full of ah-ha moments where Kinzie explained so well what we go through as moms and runners in a new way - from sensory overwhelm to the ph...

This week we had the pleasure of talking with Jacky Hunt-Broersma! She is a mom of two and an ultra runner out of Arizona. Jacky is also an amputee and tells us about her journey of losing her leg to cancer, the process of becoming a runner, finding a running blade, training her brain to trust new equipment and proving the doubters wrong that thought amputees can’t run trails let alone ultra dista...

This week we talk with Haleigh Fisher - an athlete counselor, artist, writer, first time mom and runner. She shares with us about her journey as a collegiate runner, her experience with an eating disorder and unhealthy cultures that can be found on sports teams and how that eventually led her to her purpose working with athletes and their mental health.  Though a career aptitude test told her...

This week it’s Stef and I and we talk about confidence - the negative thoughts that run through our minds, when our confidence gets shaken, how we can grow our confidence and how we can raise confident kids! Give it a listen and enjoy! And we'd sure appreciate it if you would rate and review our podcast on whatever platform you get your podcasts. Thank you and happy Friday!

This week on the podcast we get to talk with Amanda Basham - professional ultra runner, coach and new parent to 8 month old Rylan with her partner Justin Grunewald. Amanda shares with us all about how she discovered running, how it led to healing from an eating disorder, and how running has changed since becoming a mom. We enjoyed hearing about how her mindsets have shifted - through pregnancy fro...

This week we have the privilege of talking with Verna Volker - a Navajo ultra runner, mom of four and the founder of Native Women Running which is a community geared towards celebrating and bringing visibility to native runners by sharing their stories. This platform was born when Verna realized that she didn’t see herself in the running world. “There’s some type of image that’s always portrayed i...

This week we don’t talk all that much about ultrarunning… but we do get to chat with Cassie Sutton, a mom who recently hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in 209 days with her husband and 5 year old boy, Harvey! We get to hear all about their epic adventure, how they did it, the highs and lows, and how positive mindsets got them through the journey. They are a truly inspiring family and we were so...

This week we have Tara Warren from episode 52 back on the podcast to talk about her recent experience with this year’s TDS race. TDS is one of the UTMB races over in the Alps and unfortunately this race week started out rough with a tragedy on the TDS course when a member of our running community fell and lost their life. We hear what it was like for Tara who was one of the 1,000+ runners behind t...

This week we have Katie Asmuth on the podcast again! Katie first joined us back in episode 40 to talk about her win at Bandera 100k and now she fills us in on all the crazy life that has been lived since! She shares what it’s been like becoming a professional runner with Saucony, her family’s move to Mammoth, training for Western States and then running during this historic race year (spoiler aler...

This week on the pod we get to hear Stef’s birth story and how life has been as a family of 5! It’s fun to celebrate Stef now being on the other side of pregnancy and moving onward towards recovery and epic running adventures in the future! Woohoo!!  Show Notes: Don’t forget to check out our Run Hard Mom Hard coffee blend called “You Got This” made by Treeline Coffee . It is THE BEST way to f...

This week we get to chat with Sarah Ter Har - a mom, wife, ultra runner, co-race director for Trail Run Events and the soon-to-be owner of Ultra Ladies which is an organization all about increasing female participation in this sport and connecting women trail runners through group runs, coaching and mentorship. We hear about all the above mentioned things plus the many pieces that make up Sarah, l...

This week on the pod it's Nikki and Stef! Nikki shares the play by play of spectating Western States with three kids in tow! From the history, culture and community of the race to following the runners to aid stations and the finish line it was a magical day in California. Tune in to hear about WSER from the crew/spectator side of things! Don't forget to subscribe and share with your running buddi...

We’re back this week with Shannon Howell - a Spanish teacher, mom of two teenagers, and tremendous ultrarunner out of South Carolina! We get to hear about Shannon’s multicultural background, what it was like being raised in a family that moved a lot, traveled all over South America and only spoke Spanish in the home, and how her childhood has shaped her motherhood. She takes us through her life re...

This week on the podcast it’s birth story time!! Nikki shares all the fun details of baby Greta’s birth and Stef and Nikki catch up, talk about the latest in Stef’s pregnancy and the last two weeks of postpartum life for Nikki! Give this episode a listen by clicking the link below or searching “Run Hard Mom Hard” on any podcast platforms! PS- Hi!! We’ve missed you all! Thanks for bearing with us w...

This week we had our first international guest - Sophie Power from England! Sophie is well known for being the mom who ran UTMB three months postpartum, stopping to nurse and pump along the way. In this episode we get to hear the backstory behind the infamous photo from the Courmayeur, Italy aid station, including UTMB’s policy on not letting women defer their spot in the race due to pregnancy, he...

It’s Stef and I this week and we share some updates, stories, words on transitioning into newborn phase, I share some of my postpartum survival guide plan and we talk through our podcast and running dreams going forward! We also muse about the characteristics of grit and endurance based on the books “Grit” by Angela Duckworth and “Endure” by Alex Hutchinson. To listen click the link below or searc...

This week we talk with Jaime Maher - an ultrarunner, mother, behavior consultant, coach, run club leader and positive impact maker on everyone she meets. To give a snapshot of that last qualification listed, this is how she runs (and wins) ultras: she smiles through every second of the race, slows down and talks to every single person she passes and knows everyone’s life story by the time they cro...

This week we chat with Tara Warren, an awesome ultrarunning mom and endurance running coach out of Ogden, Utah. We get to hear about how she got into this sport and how she overcame the barriers and fears that hinder many women from dabbling in trail running (wild animals, sketchy people, getting lost and a lack of knowledge). Through repetition and finding empowerment out in the mountains she gre...

We’ve had questions about various things we use during pregnancy and we had a request for a pregnancy gear episode so we’re doing that this week! Listen in to hear what products are getting us through these 9 months! In the last 20 minutes we discuss body image during pregnancy and navigating the pressures put on pregnant and postpartum bodies, sharing a couple resources for anyone who might strug...