Runner's Round Table

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Dr. Alyssa Ford (@alyssaford.dpt) about the her first marathon experience and what it taught her about friendship and moving through life’s changes and challenges. Please support this podcast with a rating, rev...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Julia Khvasechko (@GlobalPacerJulia) about the impact running marathons have had in her life. Julia shares about being inspired to run her first marathon after watching runners at the NYC Marathon, meeting her...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Danielle Hirt (@RunwithcoachD) about the memories that reminded her she was capable of doing hard things and of defining success on her own terms. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share....

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Makenzie Rink (@the.realistic.runner) about the role support played in her memories of the 2024 NYC Marathon and 2025 Every Woman’s Marathon. This conversation also dives into running community, running culture...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Sabrina Ehmke (@) about running for fun, running for time, that one time she ran in Antarctica, and how she turned a dumpster fire run in 2020 into an annual tradition with her run-walk group, Skokie Swifters....

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Stephanie Dunlap (@runstrongrun) about her experience as the first 6-hour pacer at the 2021 California International Marathon. This conversation serves as a reminder that all runners count. Please support this...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Rebecca Lockhart (@rebeccalynnlockhart) about the memory that shows the importance of the mind when it comes to achieving running goals. Additionally, Rebecca shares her thoughts on being a radical runner whose...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Cortney Berling (@eatwell.runbetter) about the two race experiences that highlight the role feelings play in making running memorable and the importance of running friends in making running mean more than miles...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Sharon Boon (@AmberMoonStudio) about what her injuries have taught her about having fun on the run and enjoying the easy. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t fo...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Jess Hofheimer (@paceofme) about how she’s withstood the seasons of running over her 25 years as a runner, particularly in light of her experience at the 2025 Boston Marathon. Please support this podcast with a...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Kim Silverstein (@coachkimla) about her experience at the 2025 Tokyo Marathon and how the people there reminded her that, when it comes to running, she is never truly alone on running’s beautifully non-linear p...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Bethan Taylor-Swaine (@bethantaylorswaine) about the current running boom, inclusivity in the running space, and the life-changing impact of running friends with shared values. Please support this podcast with...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Latoya Shauntay Snell (@iamlshauntay) about the state of running: from furthering the running culture to advocating for inclusion (especially in women’s sports) to giving us all permission to say “no.” This all...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Sharon Mexal (@beermoderacer) about the power of pivoting when it comes to setting goals and how her mindset around pivoting has helped her in her retirement from running marathons. Please support this podcast...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Sabrina Lott (@CoachSabrinaL) about the memory from not too long ago that reminded her of how far she has come as an athlete, a runner, and a coach. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and eatures stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Stephanie VandenBerg (@southjersey_motherrunner) about more than her favorite memory: it’s all the moments that have inspired her #FuelIsCool movement. Note: Stephanie discusses her history with an eating disord...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Kelsey Long (@longcommakelsey) about the her mission to capture the experience of the knowledge-keepers at Camp We Run Long. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Leslie Dugger (@LeslieD_runs) about the memory that reminds her that it’s the community of runners that make running itself memorable. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next t...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Stevie Lyn Smith (@stevielynlyn) about her 2016 Ironman race aka the race where she embodied an “adapt and overcome” mentality. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, do...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Jamie DePaola (@Mad4marathons) about the memory that speaks to the power of community in helping us runners achieve great things. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time,...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Annika Brubaker (@graceforeverymile) about the memory that taught her how to embrace and celebrate every run her body was able to do. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next ti...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Becky Croft (@coach.croft) about the memory that taught her how letting go could lead to experience the biggest breakthrough. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Meredith Minnick (@Mererunsamarathon) about the memory that, six years later, still keeps her excited about the possibility of another run. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until n...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Jennifer Giles (@JennGilesEat4Sport) about the memory that introduced running as one of the main characters in her life. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t for...

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Naomi Morita (@runakamai) about how the shared experience (or trauma!) of running is what helps us expand the meaning of running in our lives. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_fbLcfEcgug Please support th...