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It is our honor and pleasure to welcome Dot McMahan to the Suite Run Podcast! 

Dot is a professional runner with the Hansons-Brooks Team, a five time Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier and we love this stat: Dot was the oldest Olympic Qualifier in the marathon trials this past February in Orlando. A phenomenal achievement at 47 years old and at any age. Dot qualified for the Trials last year at Grandma's Marathon in a time of 2:...

We are stoked to welcome James McKirdy to the Suite Run Podcast! Late in 2015, equipped with knowledge, passion and a lot of experience in the sport of distance running, James planted the seeds of his own coaching business. The dream officially launched in January 2016 and he and his team of coaches has grown McKirdy Trained into one of the most recognizable coaching services in the industry. In this conversation we start from the ...

It is such a pleasure to welcome Anthony Clary to the Suite Run Podcast! In 2017, Anthony and his wife Tara founded "We Off The Couch" a run group that supports, energizes and encourages people to run. In their hometown of Richmond, VA they are making their mark on the running community and nationally this duo is garnering well deserved recognition for their community building run club. In this conversation, we talk with ...

Katelyn (Kate) Gunderson is a mechanical and aerospace engineer currently attending the National Test Pilot School in Mojave, CA through a flight test engineering fellowship. Kate also has a passion for increasing female participation in engineering and authors a blog aimed at empowering women to confidently thrive in STEM fields. In this conversation, we dig deep into Kate's fascinating career, how she balances marathon train...

We are so happy to welcome Bradley Moon to the Suite Run Podcast! 

Bradley is a highly experienced sprinting coach (he has certifications in sprint specialization and strength and conditioning from the USTFCCA) with over 10 years of dedicated experience in the field. Bradley is a successful sprint coach, who has guided athletes to become state champions in Georgia and he led Unity Christian School to a State Championship in 2021. Br...

Twenty four year old Sara Lopez has run three marathons so far in her career. One of those marathons (the Eugene Marathon), she WON in April of 2023 and less than a year later, just two months ago, Sara ran in the US Olympic Marathon Trials. With an elite bib entry at the Boston Marathon coming up in just two weeks, Sara shares her story of resilience, inner joy and never giving up on yourself.

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On February 3rd, 2:09 marathoner Elkanah Kibet rounded the corner with just a couple of minutes left on the course of the US Olympic Marathon Trials and a spectator shouted out: "You're going to Paris!!" 

He couldn't believe it, he had done it - Elkanah was going to become an Olympian. In the next moment, Elkanah was passed by another competitor (Lenny Korir) and just like that, the race was over. He was left in ...

We are so happy to welcome Joah Spearman to the Suite Run Podcast! 

Joah is a passionate (and fast!) runner as well as an author and businessman. Joah is the founder and CEO of Localeur, a leading travel startup that shares local recommendations in over 200 cities around the world. Localeur has partnered with large companies such as Nike, Match.com, Lyfy, JetBlue and more. Joah is one the few African American technology founders to ...

We are so happy to welcome Meriah Earle to the Suite Run Podcast! Meriah ran a very fast 2:39:46 at the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials on February 3rd and at 45 years old, she inspires us all to continue to believe in our dreams. This is Meriah's second consecutive appearance at the Marathon Trials and in this conversation she shares the specific details about the special race day showcasing the best marathoners in the countr...

On Saturday February 3rd - Nathan Martin ran an impressive time of 2:11:00 and placed 7th at the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials!

In this chat, we talk about Nathan's race day experience as well as the build up and coaching to prepare for this important race of all races! He shares about how he got into running and what's next for him. It's truly a celebration - Nathan is the fastest US born African American man to ru...

Raise your hand if you are still riding the high of the Olympic Marathon Trials that took place on Saturday February 3rd ?!

The Super Bowl of running did not disappoint and we want to talk all about it. There was so much to unpack - we naively thought we would have a 15-20 minute conversation and of course that didn't happen.
Join us as we chat all things Olympic Marathon Trials.
We love running!

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Welcome to Olympic Marathon Trials week! We are pumped to have 2:47 marathoner, Jereny Rivera on the show to share the BEST of her hometown of Orlando, FL!

Jereny truly loves running and in the last eight years, she has transformed herself from a 5:25 marathoner to a 2:47 marathoner (she achieved that time at the Houston Marathon in 2023). Oh, and Jereny lost 50 pounds along the way, plus she is just getting started to become the fa...

We are honored to have Zoë Rom on the Suite Run Podcast!

Zoë is the editor in chief at Trail Runner magazine; managing editor at Women’s Running; and writer, host, and producer of the DNF podcast, which has been called the “This American Life of running podcasts” by Los Angeles Review of Books. Rom is an award-winning journalist whose work has been featured in Outside, Backpacker, and Trail Runner magazines as well as on NPR’s Morni...

What an end of the year treat to have 2:56:02 marathoner and physical therapist (to the running stars!), Jessica Dorrington on the Suite Run Podcast! Here is Jessica's impressive bio in her own words:

I have a love for helping people stay active and see the athlete in us all.  My goal is to get every person back to what they love to do. 

 As a practicing physical therapist in Portland, OR since 2002, I have been honored to be a ...

We are so happy to welcome Andrea Kooiman to the Suite Run Podcast! Andrea has run over 100 marathons (no, that wasn't a typo!) and over 50 ultra distance events. Professionally, she just celebrated nine years working at Road Runner Sports in grassroots marketing, co-founded a youth non-profit running program, WeROCK (We Run Our Community's Kids) and spends many weekends race announcing run and triathlon events all across...

We welcome Jonathan Levitt back to the Suite Run Podcast! (Go back to episode 24 to listen to the first conversation).

In this conversation, we chat about living, running and training in Boulder. We also talk about Jonathan's longtime podcast, "For The Long Run",  and then we turn serious and cerebral about the conflict in Israel. In the second half it's all things Boulder - Run, sleep, eat and play with the best...

We are happy to welcome Winthrope Wellington to the Suite Run Podcast!

Winthrope was born and raised in NY. He currently resides in Negril Jamaica after moving there in 2006 to join his family’s hotel business, Travellers Beach Resort. He hosts a video podcast where he helps people move to Jamaica as well as hosting an annual Jamaica investment conference. Winthrope is a 2:36 marathoner who has a goal of breaking 2:30 at the London ...

We are to happy to welcome Andrea Pomaranski to the Suite Run Podcast!

Andrea is the 2023 50K National Champion and is the second fastest American woman at the 50k distance. She is also the American Masters Record Holder in the Women's road mile (4:45!) and the road 50K (3:07:48). For the marathon, Andrea has a recent PR of 2:31:06 in the marathon (Houston 2023) and was the 2nd American at the Berlin Marathon in 2022. Andrea wi...

We are happy to welcome Sarah Lesko to the Suite Run Podcast! Sarah is the Executive Director and Board President of Bras for Girls and lives by Lake Union in Seattle, WA. She is committed to making sports and body movement accessible and welcoming for all; she believes in the power of sports to improve health, happiness, and equity.

After a collegiate running career at Yale, Sarah became a family doctor, practicing in the Community...