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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. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ttsgpIU3Q0k About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Sabrina Lott: Coach Sabrina Lott is a fierce mother, partner, 40 something, curvy, athlete and business woman of color who is actively showing up in the world in new ways. As an 80/20 Endurance and Coaches Collective Certified Coach, she helps overwhelmed, curvy, women of color reprioritize their schedules to improve mental & physical health through endurance and athleticism. Her mission is to help women remember that there is a pace and a place for everyone and that they deserve to take up space wherever they want to be. www.PositiveResultsbySabrina.comhttps://instagram.com/CoachSabrinaL

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 disorder in this episode. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y4uBVbKO9Bk About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.netAbout Stephanie VandenBerg: Stephanie is an RRCA-certified running coach, certified personal trainer, and strength and conditioning coach dedicated to helping athletes discover their strongest, most confident selves. A mother of four and a running coach for Pace of Me, she brings a compassionate, real-life perspective to her coaching, meeting athletes where they are and guiding them toward where they want to be. A firm believer that fuel is cool, Stephanie encourages sustainable, joyful training built on strength, balance, and proper nutrition. Her mission is to support athletes in reaching their goals while truly enjoying the process—every mile, every breakthrough, and every step along the way. https://www.paceofme.com/coaching/https://instagram.com/southjersey_motherrunner

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 forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Zy62HZ-knk8 About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Kelsey Long: Kelsey Long (she/they) is an Diné endurance athlete, co-founder of We Run Long, Rising Hearts athlete advocate, and pet parent to Bluey and Ham. Kelsey is from New Mexico but lives in SE Oklahoma on the Choctaw Nation Reservation. Through We Run Long, Kelsy hopes to bring more Black, Indigenous and other People of Color to trail running while also creating change in these spaces that allows for greater participation for our people. To learn more about We Run Long, follow on Instagram @werunlong https://instagram.com/longcommakelseyhttps://instagram.com/werunlong

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 time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/c65SuHsiN6c About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Leslie Dugger: Leslie is an RRCA and UESCA certified coach with Dasher Personalized Running and currently lives in Orlando, FL. She specializes in virtual coaching for road runners, from 5k to marathons, and previously coached at Mile High Run Club in NYC. With a background in teaching, Leslie emphasizes exploration and a growth mindset in her coaching. She believes in a balanced approach: self-compassion, flexibility, and consistency. Her goal is to guide athletes of all levels, from novice to elite, to find joy and purpose in their running journeys. Personally, she loves racing the 5k and 10k distances. Leslie is a language enthusiast, fluent in Spanish and English, and loves delicious food and a relaxing Sunday. Outside of coaching she is busy in her local community garden, full-time as a program manager at the University of Central Florida and is planning an upcoming travel adventure. https://www.dasherpr.com/ https://www.instagram.com/leslied_runs

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, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xLKo8NS3MZ8 About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Stevie Lyn Smith: Stevie Lyn Smith is a Registered Dietitian with over 12 years of experience and avid endurance athlete for the last 16 years. As a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics and athlete, she combines her passion for endurance athletics with evidence-based nutrition practices to help individuals reach their health and performance goals. As an ultra-endurance athlete with 10 Ironman finishes under her belt, she understands firsthand the crucial role nutrition plays in both performance and everyday life. When she’s not swimming, biking, or running you can find her outside exploring new trails with her dog or trying new recipes in her kitchen. https://stevielynrd.com/https://stronggirlpublishing.com/product/power-up-a-young-womans-guide-to-winning-with-sports-nutrition/https://www.instagram.com/stevielynlyn/

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, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uU-Vwkpmr08 About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Jamie DePaola: Sports performance coach, including running, acrobatic dance, and gymnastics technique, stemming from my two personal passions in life allowing me the experience level, patience, and heart to coach. National champion collegiate gymnast turned ultramarathon runner, I have completed 7 hundred mile races and 1 200k distance. My goal is always to share empathy and connection through movement getting to the root drive and building trust, vulnerability, and friendship. https://instagram.com/Mad4marathonshttps://www.instagram.com/bayshore_run_club

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 time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eRykns0gL5Y About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Annika Brubaker: Annika Brubaker wife and mother of 3. RRCA certified running coach & USTAF Certified Coach Cross Coach. Coaching runners with TeamRunRun since 2020. Annika specializes in beginners looking to improve existing times or taking on new challenges, along with new moms getting back into running. Directing races & putting on running event since 2019. Race company owner since 2023. https://everymilecoaching.com/home/https://instagram.com/graceforeverymile

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’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hOyVlRdN9Ts About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Becky Croft: Becky Croft is a running and strength coach who specializes in Masters and menopausal athletes. She’s a certified RRCA run coach, Girls Gone Strong Menopause Strength Coach, and Chi Running and Walking Instructor. Her coaching blends evidence, experience, and an Indigenous perspective that challenges outdated narratives in the running industry and expands what performance can look like across life stages. After navigating surgical menopause at 38, Becky realized how few resources existed for athletes in this phase of life. That gap became the catalyst for her coaching career and now shapes the way she supports athletes of all ages and abilities. Through her brand, hustle.run.thrive., she coaches one-on-one athletes, leads form workshops, teaches strength, and builds accessible digital training resources used by athletes around the world. Becky is also a Game Changers mentor, a leader in her local She Runs This Town chapter, and an advocate for greater representation and inclusion in endurance sports. Her work focuses on helping athletes train smarter instead of harder, move with confidence, and rewrite the stories they’ve been handed about what’s possible. https://hustle-eat-thrive.myshopify.com/https://instagram.com/coach.croft

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 next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sWLqJVSo3j4 About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Meredith Minnick: Meredith Minnick is 7x marathoner, a 24x half marathoner, and has been running since 2012. She is a certified RRCA Level I run coach and has been coaching beginners and BQ marathon runners alike since 2020. What she enjoys most about running is the satisfaction that comes from completing new distances or achieving time goals that seemed out of reach. Her coaching philosophy is that consistent effort brings success, and you'll never regret trying your best. She live with her husband and two daughters in the suburbs of Philadelphia. www.levelupyourrun.com https://instagram.com/Mererunsamarathon

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 forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KziZMtVUqyo About StephanieDiaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Jenn Giles: Jennifer is a Sports Nutritionist, Exercise Physiologist, Writer, and Speaker. She has a double Masters Degree from Columbia University in Nutrition and Physiology. She is also an adjunct graduate school professor at her alma mater; Columbia. In addition she also happens to be a running coach and triathlon coach. Jennifer has owned her private sports nutrition practice: Eat4Sport, for the past 27 years and works with athletes in all sports and of all abilities become faster, better, stronger and healthier by optimizing their nutrition. Jenn is well accomplished athlete in her own right. She is a ten time marathon finisher (including Boston), a two time Ironman finisher and a three time Team USA Triathlete competing internationally at world championships. She has been sponsored by Rev3Triathlon, Aquaphor, Base Performance, and PowerBar. She has contributed to many publications, spoken to many organizations, been interviews on many podcasts and worked with many sports teams, athletes, parents and coaches over the years. Most recently Jennifer has written and published a Children's Book Series: Pat and Aggie’s Active Adventure Series. The goal is to inspire, engage and motivate young athletes to fuel themselves optimally and have fun moving their bodies! She has also begun a new “longevity arm” of her practice along side of her husband, Patrick (a medical doctor) where together, they support aging athletes stay strong, uninjured, healthy, lean and active. Their goal is to ensure everyone “stays in the game” for a long time to come with cutting edge therapies. 
Most importantly Jennifer is a mother of 4 very active young adults (2 hockey players and 2 competitiveswimmers) and Patrick trains and races with her as a runner/ triathlete. 
 Jennifer believes that “There is an Athlete in Everyone” and with balanced training and optimal fueling guidance each athlete’s true potential can be realized. www.jenngilesrd.comhttps://instagram.com/JennGilesEat4Sport

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 this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. About Stephanie Diaz:Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Naomi Morita:Naomi is a multi-cerified running coach (RRCA, McMillan, Daniels , Lydiard) with 10 years of helping recreational runners achieve their goals, whether it be staying injury-free, crushing a challenge distance or time, or getting started on the right path. She accomplishes this thru interactive one-on-one and real-time sessions emphasizing skill-development so that a runner can *feel* how a skill manifests in *their* body.i https://www.runakamai.comhttps://instagram.com/runakamai

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 solo episode Stephanie shares her favorite running memory from the 2017 Chicago Marathon. Shout out to her husband for always being so pivotal in her life. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wgKIolKFwjI About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net

Yolanda, known as “Yo,” is a marathoner, hybrid athlete, and community builder. She ran her first marathon after just five months of training and then went on to co-found Sin Miedo with her husband, Antoine, not long after.  Sin Miedo, which means without fear, is a fast-growing trail running community, founded by people of color, centering people of color, with the aim to uplift cultura, courage, and connection in the outdoors. In this conversation, Yolanda talks about her own running journey, the origins of Sin Miedo, and the joys and challenges of creating a trail running group that is focused on runners of color. She also highlights the support she and Antoine are getting from the Freedom to Run: Back Outside program, created by the Running Industry Diversity Coalition (RIDC). Verna and Alison are RIDC co-founders.  Verna and Alison bring their shared experience, as community leaders and organization founders, as well as runners and racial equity advocates.  EARTHMOVERS on Instagram: @EARTHMOVERSpodcast Our Season 1 Presenting Sponsor Thank you to our presenting sponsor ALTRA. Find them at ALTRArunning.com From this Episode Yolanda López Haugabook on Instagram: @yofitruns Yolanda López Haugabook, business, on Instagram: @yofitofficial Sin Miedo Trail Runners on Instagram: @sinmiedotrailrunners EARTHMOVERS Hosts Verna NezBegay Volker: Runner, mother, community builder, public speaker, and racial equity activist from the Navajo Nation, Volker is the founder of Native Women Run, an organization that began as a virtual community and is now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. @hozhorunner4 Alison Mariella Désir: Runner, mountain climber, mother, community builder, and racial equity activist, Désir is the author of the groundbreaking book Running While Black and the host of the award winning PBS TV show Out and Back with Alison Mariella Désir. @alisonmdesir Stefanie Flippin: Professional ultra trail runner, running coach, podcaster, writer, racial equity activist, and a foot and ankle surgeon, Flippin is the 2021 USATF 100-mile road champion and course record holder, and she’s the 6th fastest all-time American woman at the 100-mile distance. @stefanieannflippin

In this special bonus episode, Stephanie talks to her run coach Jessica Reyes about her 2025 Chicago Marathon experience. Stephanie and Jessica talk about the prep for Chicago, the race itself, and how shifts in mindset helped turn an unexpected Chicago Marathon experience into memorable one full of gratitude. Enjoy our conversation and thanks for listening.      To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tZ5zr28oTzM About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/www.thecookierunner.net About Jessica Reyes: Jessica Reyes is an RRCA certified running coach, NASM certified personal trainer with additional corrective exercise and pre/postnatal certifications. My primary goal is to assist athletes of all abilities in reaching their running goals and dream, all while providing unwavering support to my team of accomplished femalecoaches. www.sugarruns.comhttps://www.instagram.com/sugarrunshttps://www.instagram.com/teamsugarruns

Season five of the Runner’s Round Table will be all about Hot Takes and this episode is The Mental Side of Running Edition. In this episode Stephanie speaks with PT and run coach Leah Avery about perfectionism in running, how our worth as humans isn’t connected to how we perform as runners, and how to find joy in your current season of running. (Excuse my cough breaks that sound like extended silences; my cold wanted to make a last stand!) Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uZthil5Q_EI About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/https://thecookierunner.net About Leah: Leah has been a practicing PT for over a decade which is also when she began her running career. Prior to that she was a competitive swimmer starting at the age of 8 and retired her senior year of college. During her career she was a D1 All American and competed at the Olympic Trials. Leah’s athletic career was anything but linear and she faced many hardships which originally led her to a career in physical therapy. However, after starting her running journey, it was clear she had an unhealthy relationship with athletics largely because of past as a young athlete. Her mission is to help runners reach their potential in a healthy manner by treating the person, not just the runner. And help them understand that running adds value to our lives but it is not what makes us valuable. https://www.instagram.com/leah.runs.dpt/https://www.trainsmartrunstrong.com/work-with-leah