Run Farther & Faster — The Podcast with Coaches Lisa Levin and Julie Sapper

Our guest this week, the amazing April Lund, shared her incredible journey from addict to elite runner in just a few years. April, age 41, recently won the Masters women's race at the USATF Cross Country Championships and will represent the United States with Ben Bruce on 2/19 at the World Masters Athletics Short Course Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia. We caught up with April be...

After watching the documentary, Breaking Three Hours:  Trailblazing African-American Women Marathoners, we were thrilled to welcome the creator, Tony Reed, who is the founder of the National Black Marathoners Association (NBMA).  The NBMA is the country's oldest and largest, not-for-profit organization of Black American distance runners.  The objectives are to encourage Black Americ...

While there are no shortcuts in training, there are efficiencies to help you save time and train just as well.  In this episode, we share ten training hacks that will allow you to fit it all in, even when you are short on time (and energy).  We have a favor to ask you--could you leave us a five star review in Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen?  Help us spread the word about our podcast and tha...

After learning about 3 x Boston Marathoner, Justine Galloway’s journey on the Today Show, we had to reach out to se if she would share her story on the podcast. We are so grateful that Justine agreed to do so! Justine, a former runner for Rutgers University and a 3:16 marathoner, was diagnosed with Runner’s Dystonia at age 31 after suddenly not being able to run without extreme difficulty. Rather...

We are kicking off the Boston Marathon 2023 training cycle by busting popular marathon training myths to help you run your best Boston or spring marathon! If you are seeking coaching for the Boston Marathon, check out our group (virtual) coaching program.  We also continue to offer individual coaching.  Check out our website, social media, or email us at julieandlisa@runfartherandfaster....

After Julie provided a post-surgery update, we welcomed the amazing Lanae Brody, a Los Angeles-based reporter whose ACL journey was featured in People Magazine recently. Lanae shares how she tore her ACL, endured multiple surgeries, and ultimately became a marathoner and Team for Kids Champion. Lanae can be found on Instagram @lanaebrody (www.instagram.com/lanaebrody) or through her Team for Kids...

We welcomed author and former collegiate runner, Emily Pifer, to the podcast this week. Emily shares more about her new memoir, The Running Body, which is her story of addiction, image, and healing, through the lens of a long-distance runner. In her book, Emily describes how, during her time as a collegiate distance runner, she began to run more while eating less. Many around her, including her co...

In this episode, Lisa interviews Julie, who shares some tough news. The audio in this episode is a little rough in a few spots, so please forgive us. Thanks for listening.

We were so thrilled to welcome past podcast guest, Maegan Krifchin, who defied the odds and ran NYC, Philly, and CIM within the same month, culminating with a PR of 2:29:20 at CIM. Maegan shares how she and her coach, Amy Yoder Begley, approached her recovery and training, how she dealt with disappointment during NYC, and how her injury played a role in her achievement. Maegan is a professional di...

We don’t have a car to give away, like Oprah, but we do have a list, like Oprah, of our Favorite Running-Related Things for 2022 . We hope that you enjoy this list as much as we enjoyed creating it. For a full list with links to the items we mentioned, check out this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10oFUpJAwp3LfnxBZqiG7F4Ft0A0pJmcA/view For more information about our coaching, head over to w...

What a pleasure to talk with CNN anchor and correspondent, Ana Cabrera, who ran the 2022 NYC Marathon in 2:57. Ana shares details about her training, balancing family and career with her running, and how running served as a gateway to her education and eventual career path. In addition to being a talented runner and journalist, Ana is a philanthropist. She and her CNN teammates ran on Team Beans t...

After seeing a forecast consisting of heat, humidity, 40 MPH wind gusts, and potential storms, Lisa was understandably not excited about racing her fall goal marathon, Indy Monumental.  In this episode, Lisa shares how she overcame her anxiety and conquered the course in less-than-ideal conditions by controlling the controllables.  Congratulations to all of the runners who conquered tough marathon...

Angela Anderson is the Deputy Director of Business and Marketing for the Marine Corps Marathon and shares her tips for running your best MCM! Wishing all of the MCM runners a fantastic race!

With fall marathon season in full swing, we wanted to provide our listeners with another coaching episode. We discuss all of the ways we can set ourselves up for success while running a marathon. We tackle nutrition, race anxiety, and mental preparation.  We hope that our tips will help everyone run to their fullest potential on race day!  Interested in working with us?  Email us at julieandlisa@r...

This week, in Part IV of our Fall Marathon Race Series, we welcomed Scott Abbott, Executive Director of the Sacramento Running Association which is the machine behind the California International Marathon (CIM), one of the nation's premier running events, a known OTQ and BQ qualifier, and one of the world's largest marathons.  Scott, who has over 20 years of experience working in the running...

We have so enjoyed interviewing the race directors of upcoming fall marathons!  This week, we are excited to welcome Philadelphia Marathon Race Director, Kathleen Titus, who shares the ins and outs of the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend!   Kathleen is the owner of All Fitness Events (AFE) and Race Director of the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend.  Thanks to Kathleen for joining us and for offering a di...

What a legend!  We were SO thrilled to speak the Executive Race Director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Carey Pinkowski!  Pinkowski is the founder of Chicago Event Management and has been serving as Chicago's Executive Race Director since 1990.  During his tenure, Pinkowski witnessed Chicago's exponential growth, expanding from 6000 registered runners in 1990 to over 45,000 runners from...

After we discuss the BIG news out of Boston, we are so excited to kick off our fall marathon series!  With so many of our runners preparing for fall marathons, we decided to interview the race directors of five upcoming fall marathons!  In this episode, the first of five interviews, we interviewed Rob Mullett, the Events and Operations Manager for Indy Monumental Marathon, which happens to also be...

With fall marathon season in full swing, we wanted to provide our listeners with a coaching episode. We discuss all of the ways we can set ourselves up for success on race day. We tackle nutrition, mental preparation, physical preparation, and race logistics. We hope that our tips will help everyone run to their fullest potential on race day.

In Episode 138, Dr. Stacy Sims joined us share how to implement her recommendations in Roar when training for endurance sports.  During the interview, Dr. Sims recommended that menopausal athletes stop using gels and salt tabs, among other nutrition recommendations that surprised us.  As a result, we reached out to past podcast guest and top registered dietitian, Amy Goldsmith, owner of Kindred Nu...

We so enjoyed our conversation with Dr. Matthew Sedgley ("Sedge"), MD, who shared a lot of information on injury prevention and managing heat/humidity while racing. Dr. Sedgley is a physician specializing in sports medicine. He is fellowship trained in both family medicine and sports medicine. His special interests include musculoskeletal injuries, evaluation of non-surgical orthopedic problems, a...

We are so thrilled to welcome Dr. Stacy Sims, PhD, a leading exercise and nutrition scientist and author of Roar and Next Level. Dr. Sims coined the phrase, "Women and Not Small Men," and has been tirelessly advocating for women to be better represented in scientific studies involving athletic performance. Hef newest book, Next Level, focuses on menopausal athletes and can be purchased at any book...

Dr. Tod Olin is a pulmonologist and director of the National Jewish Health Exercise and Performance Breathing Center in Denver, where he works with athletes of all levels, including Olympic and professional athletes.  Dr. Olin is also one of the leading experts on returning to exercise after Covid.  As Dr. Olin mentioned in this recent New York Times article, (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/03/sp...

After a summer hiatus, we are back!  We spoke with Runner's World contributing editor and author, Scott Douglas, a prolific writer and lifetime runner,. Scott has authored a number of running books, including two New York Times bestsellers with Meb-- Meb for Mortals and 26 Marathons. Scott also wrote The Genius of Athletes, Advanced Marathoning, and most relevantly to our conversation, Running Is...

We are back after a few "down weeks" in our podcasting...just like in training, we needed a few weeks to rest and regroup!  Thanks for joining us again for Season 9!  This week, we welcomed a very special doctor--the doctor who healed past podcast guest and Boston Marathon age group winner, Heather Knight Pech (see episode 132), who was dealing with a huge plantar fasciitis tear that almost derail...