On The Runs

The Big Five O! We made it to episode 50 and we have a super quest that we've saved for this one! We are joined by the one and only Ryan Van Duzer! (6:00) Ryan is a youtuber who shares his stories and journey with his viewers. The meat of his channel is biking, however Ryan's first LOVE in life was running and he shares some of his favorite running adventures with us on the Pod. You'll hear about...

On episode 49 we are joined by Katy Cargiulo (12:00) a local runner from Salem, New Hampshire who made some big news recently winning the Walt Disney World Marathon. But there is so much more to her story from her background in Triathlon and last spring she broke her back in a Ironman (wait until you hear how), only to come back and win Disney 7 months later. Listen to her story and more as she sh...

We're Back! After a unplanned week off the OTR crew is back after a week of sick children. We take you back to Tokyo where Erika just ran the Tokyo Marathon and earned her 6 star medal!  We quickly get to the previously recorded interview with Erika as a old friend joined us to hear all about it. After the Tokyo talk Erika and Eric jump back to present time and catch up on the week that was missed...

Episode 47 of the On The Runs Podcast Erika is across the globe after she just ran in the Tokyo Marathon. So we called in a backup for her and brought on one of our favorites Nicole Bryant to co-host the show with Eric. Nicole and Eric interviewed one of Nicole's Athletes, Ron Kuszmar (16:00) who recently has been entertaining us with his daily marathon training Tiktok videos. We get an inside loo...

On this episode of On The Runs Eric and Erika are joined live in person by a fellow member of the 440 Run Crew, Lindsey Bristol! (6:44)  Lindsey first won us by brining cupcakes to the recording, then she told us about her running journey that had some parts we weren't expecting to hear when doctors told her she won't be able to run again, but little did they know that wasn't going to stop her.  L...

On Episode 45 of On The Runs Eric and Erika welcome Stephen Giuffre Mr. 305 No More to the podcast (11:00). Stephen shares with us his weight loss journey and his current journey training for the Boston Marathon.  Early on the Pod Erika talks about her big news she broke last week as she will be race directing the Total Image 10K and 10 Miler this May! They discuses what this could turn into, or m...

On episode 44 of the On The Runs Podcast Eric and Erika welcome Nicole Bryant (5:27) to the pod this time for her own episode. Nicole opens up about mental health and her life from her early days as a child to today and how she running has played a major role in her journey. Our conversation with Nicole was fun too as we talk about men in Tuxedos at the finish line, poison ivy, her new coaching ve...

We're LIVE on Instagram for the first time and we were lucky to be joined by Denise Giuvelis (15:00) our OTR guinea pig, who just returned home recently after completing the Dopey Challenge at Walt Disney World running a 5k, 10k, Half Marathon and a Marathon. Denise shares with us her experience at the Dopey Challenge. Eric and Erika also catch up with the past week that had some record setting lo...

On  Episode 42 Eric and Erika are joined by Patrick Leber (5:00). Patrick self-published his own book titled "Why Run When, you can smoke and drive at the same time" Patrick's book is filled with stories from his more than 40 years of running. His intention is to make you smile while reading short stories about the funny, quirky, and the awkward situations he found himself in and we were lucky eno...

On Episode 41 of the On The Runs Podcast we are joined by Ruth Atkinson (4:15) who Erika was so close to meeting before she even knew it just a few months ago. We talk about that and what life is like for Ruth as a running coach while also having a coach of her own. She shares with us her experience of the most recent Chicago Marathon where she just couldn't stop going if you know what we mean whi...

The Big Four Zero! 40 Episodes!  On this episode of the On The Runs Podcast we're joined by our first nutritionist who specializes with endurance athletes and is killing it on Instagram with her Reels. Alex Larson joins us (5:30) and shares with us her thoughts on sports nutrition, the life of a nutritionist with a family and kids, along with stories from her first kiss growing up in small town Mi...

Friend of the Pod Katie Pisani (4:00) is back and this time she get's to share her story with us. Katie is not only one badass runner from the 440 crew who we all know and love. But for much of her life she has been living with Neurofibromatosis and shares that story with us. Katie also does a lot to help raise money and create awareness for NF each year in the Cupid Undies run where runners drop...

We're back! Happy New Year and bring on 2023! On The Runs is ready to kick off year two with an amazing guest as we welcome Amanda to the Pod (8:30) and hear her stories blowing chunks at her first marathon to running in Paradise all while eating pizza and drinking beer!  Eric and Erika catch up after the holidays and introduce a new intro song to the pod, plus talk about a few new and exciting th...

On the Runs is taking some time during the holidays and we thought this would be a great time to share with you some of our favorite moments from the past year. Part 2 has a double dose of Neil Murphy from our Pizza Gut episode. Scott Black's Road to Kona had a rough go at Cozumel. We talk to the Beeman as Mike talks about his comeback journey just before the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013 and Ta...

On The Runs is taking some time during the holidays and we thought this would be a great time to share with you some of our favorite moments from the past year. We start off our first Best of Episode with some of our early interviews featuring Sarah Hallock, Addy Zerrenner and Megan Starshak. Then we finish the episode with one of Mikala Shremshock greatest moments of "Breaking Tape" Sarah Hallock...

When the first words you hear in a voicemail are "Don't tell Mom" there is bound to be a good story behind it. That was the case here and we had Alex on the pod (11:00) to share his story of his first big 100k attempt. Along the way Alex shares stores of his journey, Louie get's a little sick, and how he likes to jump out of airplanes. Eric and Erika also touch up on last weeks thanksgiving and th...

After a week off we're back fresh off a work trip to Miami and the Philly Marathon. Eric and Erika are back and they welcomed Tara Watt to the Pod (15:30) who shares with us stories of her dogs Arnold and Jack, her BRF's of the 4am crew along with some quality code brown moments. Tara's journey is pretty amazing when you hear it and she has a big goal coming up as she prepares for the 2023 Boston...

This past weekend Erika ran her first 24 hour ultra marathon and to recap it all we changed a few things up. Eric welcomes a fellow penguin as his co-host and Erika is the guest as we review the weekend that was at the dummest race in New Hampshire, The Hamsterwheel Ultra. My Race Tatt's - Check out My Race Tatts and support the pod when you buy your next set by using our My Race Tatt's Link. Stra...

D.D.W.A.D. - Don't Do What Angela Did Angela is back (14:00) for Part 2 of our time with her during our Breast Cancer Awareness Month episodes. This time we get more some of her running stories starting off with the recent Chicago Marathon exclusive where she spared no detials while sharing it with us along with other great running stories. Eric and Erika open up the show talking about Halloween....

Our 4th episode during our Breast Cancer Awareness Month episodes we're joined by Angela Pohl (17:00). Angela was so much fun to talk to we went really long and decided split her interview into two parts. Part 1 focuses on her battle with breast cancer, and part two that will come out next week is packed with some great running stories that you'll all enjoy!  Eric and Erika open up the podcast tal...

On episode 30 of On The Runs we're joined by Justine Hayward and Nicole Bryant. They come on during our 3rd episode of our Breast Cancer Awareness month to talk about their friend (11:20) Jaye Duncan who is currently in the middle of her Breast Cancer fight. They decided to host a 5k for Jaye to help raise money for Jaye and her family. We go into detail of how they all became a friends, how they...

One 2nd episode of our breast cancer awareness month series features Jackie Hellyer (11:00) who is a HER2 Positive breast cancer warrior and survivor who also loves being active, exercising and running all while being a mother, wife, friend and teacher. Jackie shares with us stories about her running partner, family tragedy, the marathon blues and her cancer treatment (44:00). We also get a specia...

If Cancer Didn’t Kill Me Then A Marathon Isn’t Going To Kill Me" Throughout October, On The Runs is going Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we're starting off with our guest Nicky Bacon (6:45). Nicky learned about her diagnosis  just at the beginning of a global pandemic when there were a lot of unknowns around the world. Along her journey she had school, work, a family at home and a huge...

2022 Ragnar Relay Reach The Beach Recap Episode! On Episode 27 Eric and Erika catch up just before Erika's flight to Berlin and talk about the recent Ragnar Relay race "Reach The Beach" as their Penguins Marching South team of 12 ran 200ish miles from Bretton Woods Ski Resort to Hampton Beach in New Hampshire.  They highlight everything from getting there late the night before, decorating the vans...

On episode 26 of On The Runs we are joined by Marc Dubrick (09:10) a professional triathlete who shares us some great stories about the life he's been living training with some of his best friends, traveling the world racing to chase his dreams and how he rolls with the punches along the way.   We start the episode off with a little Reach the Beach surprise. Erika shares with us some of the detail...