Laps

Grab your sneakers and settle in for a deeply personal, soulful conversation on this week’s episode of Laps. For Season 2, Episode 2, Luca is joined by none other than his best friend Cassie Ponder for a beautifully candid look at what it means to walk—and run—by faith. Cassie opens up completely about her unique faith journey, sharing the moments that shaped her relationship with God and the expe...

Welcome to the Season 2 premiere episode of Laps! To start the new season, we are diving deep into the running and marathon journeys of 5x marathoner, assistant HS XC coach, and high school math teacher, Ally Gryzbinski! Ally shares her inspiring evolution as a distance runner and her current pursuit of breaking the elusive 3-hour marathon barrier. Plus, she shares the coaching wisdom she instills...

Season 1 of Laps comes to a close with a short reflection on what God did through each conversation! This episode features meaningful guest highlight clips and lessons learned around purpose, endurance, faith, joy, and perseverance. Thank you to every guest and every listener who made Season 1 possible. Season 2 coming soon— in the meantime, keep fueling your fitness and faith! Timestamps —————— 0...

On S1 EP7 of Laps, I sit down with John Baker — a sub-elite, 6x marathoner — to talk about the journey behind the miles. We explore how running, faith, and purpose intersect through seasons of success, pressure, and personal loss, and what it looks like to keep showing up when the weight gets heavy. This conversation is about more than race times — it’s about resilience, identity, and finding mean...

S1 EP6 of Laps features one of Luca’s running friends from Big 4 accounting, John Romano!! At age 24, John is a seasoned 4x marathoner, dedicated runner, and most importantly a diehard Yankees fan ⚾️. Listen to and learn all about John’s running journey, memorable marathon moments, work life balance structure, future goals & meaningful advice to all runners! Timestamps —————- 0:00 Intro 0:56 Meet...

Episode 5 of Laps features Sydnie Rivas, Luca’s friend from the Heartbreak Running store! Listen in and learn all about Sydnie, her running journey, accomplishments, funny stories, and best memories working at the Heartbreak store so far! Timestamps —————————— (0:00) Intro (0:47) Meet Sydnie (1:42) Sydnie’s Running Journey (3:24) Meaning of Running (3:46) Heartbreak Mentality (4:10) Heartbreak Com...

Today’s episode of Laps features Luca’s friend Fiona Galvin! Listen in to learn all about Fiona’s running journey, positive community impact, future running goals, faith life, family, gifts, and career! Timestamps ——————— (0:00) Intro (1:30) Fiona’s Running Story (7:10) Fiona’s Favorite Race Memories (10:12) Running Community (11:00) Get Strava app! (12:00) Fiona’s Positive Imapcts (17:21) Fiona’s...

Today’s episode of Laps features Reilly Johnston, a driven & successful 5-year Stonehill College XCTF alum & founder of the Backyard 5k non profit. Learn all about Reilly’s early running days, NCAA collegiate career, goals, and meaningful ways he impacts the world through his organization & faith! FOLLOW Backyard 5k on IG! https://www.instagram.com/backyard5k?igsh=ZWpmZXAyeTFreXd1&utm_source=qr Ti...

On this second episode of “Laps,” Luca reveals why he chose the following name for his first ever podcast! Luca then delves into seasons of life in building his love for running, and discusses the importance of the process behind success. Timestamps -------------- (0:00) Intro (0:54) Why "Laps?" (5:43) Seasons of Life Overview (6:30) Season 1: Early Childhood (7:16) Season 2: Elementary...

Greetings listeners! Tune in to Laps, a running podcast designed to fuel your fitness and faith. On this first episode, you will learn about the host, Luca, why he created this podcast, goals for the show, and his running story so far! Timestamps --------------- (0:00) Intro (3:44) The "Why" Behind Laps (5:24) My Running Story (14:26) Did I Run In College? (16:23) High School XCTF Reflec...