The D.N.S. Runners

We are back (at last) with part 2 of our Chicago marathon race recap! ‘Twas the night before race day, is where we pick up, and chat about the dinner that we had the night before the race. Post dinner we each had our own approach to get ready for the race the following morning – with one of us checking their vision and they tried to review their race plan for the following day. On race morning the...

We’re back! And officially Chicago marathon finishers! Kelly, Katie and Mike are excited to get together again to talk about their experiences in Chicago during marathon weekend. In this episode they go through the days leading up to the race, travel to Chicago, and the race expo experience.

Ok, everything we said about definitely not being stressed may have been a lie - as the stress is getting to us as we are less than a week away from the 2024 Chicago Marathon! We’re stressed about the weather, staying healthy, and traveling to Chicago - and don’t even get us started about PACKING for the main event! Will we panic buy new sneakers? Or perhaps switch our flights last minute? Maybe b...

The longest long runs are done, and we’re counting down the days until race day! The D.N.S. Runners are definitely not stressed as they enter taper town, even though they keep managing to get sick - it’s just the taper crazies, right!? Kelly, Katie and Mike recap their latest long runs, discussing how they made it through the miles and their plans for race days, as they try to decide which shoes t...

Have we finally gotten our recording schedule back on track - because we’re here with another week of the DNS runners training for the 2024 Chicago marathon, who are definitely stressed as there are only FOUR weeks until race day! We chat about how our runs have been going, and Kelly shares a recap of Brooks Hype Fest, a weekend event in Chicago that was hosted by Brooks running for the members of...

Well, remember when we said we were back to a regular schedule in the last episode? Apparently that was a lie. But, the DNS (definitely not stressed) runners are back with episode 12, and there are somehow only 5 weeks left before the Chicago marathon! Since we last recorded we have logged a lot of miles, and even tried some new shoes - some of us loved them, and others wound up with feet covered...

The big question of the week - when the heck is Katie flying into Chicago for the marathon?! We start the episode with a realization that we are only two months out from race day, and then talk logistics for Chicago, and the NYC marathon this fall. We get into our weekly training over the last few weeks, and Mike talks about his consistency with speed training this summer. We get a guest appearanc...

Somehow, we have already made it to week 10 of marathon training – which means we are half way through training! We are going through it as we exist in an armpit of humidity that is NY in July, as the miles stack up. On the day of recording we got that rare morning that felt like spring, and while Katie struck gold with her morning run, while Kelly and Mike lamented missing out this morning. We di...

Welcome to another week of the DNS Runners - we’re definitely not stressed as we inch another week closer to running the 2024 Chicago marathon. After an unintentional hiatus as a result of Spotify updating their podcast app and removing editing features, we are back up and running! 
 You can see the sleep in our eyes as the episode begins - literally in Kelly’s case, who took a nap and then set an...

The biggest topic this week - What is the correct utensil to eat mac and cheese with? Because kelly is totally eating as we record, and is remorsefully using a spoon to eat hers. The DNS runners actually got to run together this week, meeting up on the 4th of july for a group run hosted by Katie's run coach, Ken (find him on instagram at @Givin_it_a_Tri), and Kelly and Katie brought the kids along...

Another week of trying to figure out when the heck to fit all of the miles we are supposed to be running into our schedules! Kelly is already in planning mode for marathon weekend, and has started making dining reservations so that the DNS runners can be sure to get a full meal in pre-race, instead of resorting to a “girl dinner” in the hotel room. Katie shares a race recap from the NYRR pride run...

This week starts with chatter about running shoes, and kelly being thankful that Brooks took pity on her and exchanged a pair of shoes that she brought that wound up being too big – and then we get around to welcoming you all into week 6 of training for the Chicago marathon. We have officially reached the point in training that we have started to question how we are this far into training. Then we...

The weeks keep slipping by as the miles start stacking up! We chat about past injuries, do a race recap of the NYRR queens 10k, and how our training went this week. You can find us on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thednsrunners

What do you mean there’s 17 weeks until the Chicago marathon!? Mike recaps the local running stores weekend run meetup, while Kelly and Katie headed into Manhattan for the NYRR mini 10k - which is a women’s only race. We may be early in the training cycle, but we are already playing the game of “is it an injury, or am I 80 years old?” After we talk about our weekly training, we do some best/worst...

Happy global running day! Wait, what do you mean that was three weeks ago!? This week we’ve got 18 weeks until the Chicago marathon. We start off with a training check in - someone got up early and ran this week (you know, other than Katie who always pulls morning runs off!). As the runs get longer we know we need to add fueling to our miles, and we discuss our preferred fueling, and discuss the p...

19 weeks to go until the chicago marathon! Check in with Kelly, Katie and Mike as they recap their first "long" run of this training cycle, how they like to prepare their training plans, and some runner "would you rathers"

Welcome to the first episode of the “DNS” runners - three runners who are Definitely Not Stressed. Kelly, Katie, and Mike are three friends from New York who have bonded over their love of running, and have signed up to run the 2024 Chicago marathon. Join as as we lament the stress in our lives and the self inflicted stress we put on our bodies as we train for the the marathon we will be taking on...