Runners of The Bay

Today’s episode is with designer and photographer, Ryan McSwain. Ryan is based in Oakland, CA and is the designer of the Runners of The Bay logo!  We were impressed by Ryan’s portfolio and his ability to convey the message of a brand through his simple and clean lines.  Ryan took our vision for the Runners of The Bay logo and created a design that perfectly conveys the essence of our sho...

This week’s episode is with Toby Silver. Toby is a runner from San Francisco who recently completed his Fifty Shades of Pavement project where he ran every street in San Francisco. When he isn’t running and coaching, Toby is busy working at Taft Street Winery in Sebastopol as their Director of Community. Toby is someone who is passionate about creating community in all aspects of his life. Some hi...

This week’s episode is with Tom Tayeri. Tom is a marathoner, Ophthalmologist, and co-founder of the Fiat Lux Foundation, which works to prevent and reverse blindness in the developing world by building sustainable and locally controlled eye treatment centers. Tom is a passionate runner who keeps getting faster with age. In 2019 he ran a blazing 2:42 at the Chicago Marathon, easily winning his age...

This week’s episode is with Nick Dawson. Nick is a leader in health care human centered design.  Nick has worked with organizations like Stanford Medicine X and Kaiser Permanente to embed human centered design techniques and philosophies into the health care delivery system.  He is also an avid runner and outdoorsman with a huge passion for skiing.  Nick and his fiance recently said...

This week’s episode is with Rebecca Mehra. Rebecca is a professional runner for Oiselle and a member of the Bend-based pro team, Little Wing, coached by Lauren Fleshman.  Rebecca grew up in Palos Verdes before making her way to the Bay Area to attend Stanford. After college, she has found a way to balance professional running with working on projects that fuel her passions outside of running. This...

This week’s episode is with Cole Manley. Cole is a Masters and PhD student at UC Davis studying the history of social movements for racial and economic justice in the United States. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Cole created the Marathon to Justice project, a blog designed to help build communities of politically-active and historically-conscious runners. Cole was born in SF and spe...

It’s spooky season and Matt Forsman, better known as Marathon Matt, has the perfect virtual run tour planned! The Haunted Bay Area (virtual) Run Tour –– which may be the most creative virtual race we’ve ever heard of –– takes you on a tour of 15-20 of the most haunted places in the Bay Area over the course of 240 miles. For each segment you complete, you unlock the history of that location and a g...

This week’s episode is with legendary run coach Greg McMillan. Greg is the head coach of McMillan Running and has coached all types of runners from Olympians to enthusiastic amateurs.  Greg’s eponymous McMillan Running Calculator has been used by anyone who has ever asked the internet how fast they can run.  Greg found running at an early age, cultivating his talent at the urging of cros...

This week’s episode is with Luke Wicker. Luke is a visual designer and copywriter who grew up across the pond in England. He developed a love for running after college and joined London’s Run Dem Crew. He quickly got pulled into running’s energetic culture and fell in love with training and racing. Running became a way to fuel his creativity and feel connected to his environment. Luke moved to San...

This week’s episode is with two thirds of the founding team of the Running for Office Challenge . Michelle LaSala and Hillary Fujii join us to discuss the idea behind the Running for Office Challenge, how it works, and why everyone should register! Some highlights from our conversation: How race cancellations sparked a creative approach to creating community Why the running community is connected...

This week’s episode is with Cami Chapus.  Cami is a native of Los Angeles, where she attended the same high school as Mimi (Go Wolverines)! Cami’s passion for running started when her mom encouraged her to join the XC team as a Freshman in High School. Byy the time she was recruited by Stanford she had competed internationally and had earned state and national titles in Track and XC. In colle...

A native of Georgia (born in Germany!), Angelica Swaim found her way to the Bay Area after spending seven years in the Navy falling in love with the sport of running while training on ships and racing on land. Angelica is a member of the Oiselle Volée and now runs everything from 5ks to 50ks! In this episode, we discuss Angelica’s identity as a runner both when she was in the Navy and now in the M...

Our first returning guest, Howard Ekundayo, is back to talk about his experience being a black runner and engineer. If you missed Howard’s first episode, it’s episode 13 and we talk about his journey to discovering running after college and how he progressed to a sub-3 hour marathoner. In this episode we go much deeper on the issues related to diversity, inclusion and mental health. Some highlight...

This week’s episode with Caitlin Chrisman is brought to you by UCAN. Visit ucan.co/discount/ROTB/ for 15% off your order! Caitlin Chrisman started running in middle school and ran at Wake Forest where she thrived in cross country and loved the team aspect of the sport. After graduation, she moved to North Carolina and helped start the Charlotte Running Club which inspired her to chase after the ma...

In this special episode we chat with Dr. Clyde Wilson about nutrition for athletic performance. Dr. Wilson served in the Navy before pursuing a masters and PhD in chemistry with a focus on the molecular aspects of healthy eating and metabolism. Dr. Wilson has worked with Ryan Hall, Lauren Fleshman, the Little Wing team and many other professionals as well as Mimi and other elite amateurs looking t...

This week’s episode with Holly Clarke is brought to you by UCAN. Visit ucan.co/discount/ROTB/ for 15% off your order! Massachusetts native, Holly Clarke started running in high school and ran at John Hopkins where she helped her cross country team win 2 NCAA DIII National Championships. After graduation, she moved out to the Bay Area and was encouraged to join a running team in the last hundred me...

This week’s episode is with Jordan Kutzer who you may know from his viral instagram account Boyfriends of Oiselle. Jordan was born and raised in Southern California and attended Stanford on a baseball scholarship. His senior year at Stanford he met Rebecca Mehra, who is now a professional runner for Oiselle, and they have been together ever since. In this episode, we discuss Jordan’s baseball care...

This week’s episode is with Christine Lampe from San Francisco. Christine is born and raised in the Bay and works as a math teacher at her former high school. She fell in love with running in college and knew at the finish line of her first race that her love for running would guide her life. In this episode, we discuss how Christine’s training has adapted during the pandemic, how her trip to a tr...

This week’s episode is with Howard Ekundayo from Oakland.  Howard made his way to the Bay after falling in love with running on the streets and in the parks of New York City.  Howard graduated from Howard University and has worked for Goldman Sachs, Google, and Netflix as well as co-founding his own startup, all while steadily improving his marathon time from a 3:43 down to a 2:55! In th...

This week’s episode is with Brendan Watkins from Redwood Shores. Brendan is from Ireland and made his way to the Bay Area after living in New York City. He spends his days sharply dressed at Stanford Children’s Health as their Director of Enterprise Analytics, then spends his nights and mornings running. He is a sub-3 hour marathoner who participated in the Triple 8 Quest––8 marathons in 8 days on...

In this special episode we chat with Dr. Emily Kraus about hormonal contraception and bone health. Last week, Emily shared an infographic about these issues targeting female athletes that went viral on runner Twitter and sparked lots of discussion and questions, so we talk about everything from periods to stress fractures and IUDs. Some highlights from our conversation: How hormones are connected...

This week’s episode is with YiOu Wang from Marin. YiOu is a professional runner for Under Armour, a teacher, and a world traveler. She won The North Face Challenge 50 miler in 2019 and qualified for the US Olympic Marathon Trials in 2012 and 2020. In this episode we discuss how spectating the Boston Marathon in college sparked her interest in running, qualifying for the Olympic trials in the marat...

This week’s episode is with Angela Tieri, a resident of Mill Valley, CA who is about to relocate to Ashland, Oregon. Angela is an accomplished trail and road runner and a run and strength coach and a member of the elite northern california all-female running team, the Impalas. She founded her business, Tieri Training, with the goal of helping runners run strong and healthy. (http://www.tieritraini...

This week’s episode is with Mario Fraioli from Novato, CA. Mario is a road and trail runner, elite coach, and writer who lives in Marin. He shares his weekly thoughts on running and life in his must-read The Morning Shakeout Newsletter and must-listen The Morning Shakeout Podcast ( https://themorningshakeout.com/ ). In this episode we discuss how Mario celebrated his 38th birthday by chasing down...

This week’s episode is with Michelle La Sala. Michelle is the founder of Blistering Pace Race Management, which runs the San Francisco Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon , the Napa Valley Marathon and Half Marathon , and the Big Sur Marathon.  She partners with both the Chicago and New York City Marathons.  Michelle is also the President of the West Valley Track Club. Michelle is a sub 3-ho...