The Mother Runners Podcast with Whitney Heins
This podcast features in-depth and fun interviews with mother runners (aka moms who run). Some names you may recognize, and some you may not. Every mother runner has an incredible story regardless of how far or fast they run. Embedded in each story are chapters of strength, hope, and overcoming. This podcast exists because we need to hear each other's stories to not only lift each other up, but learn, grow, and be inspired. This podcast will motivate and entertain you--while on the run, in the car line, or folding the laundry. Thanks for being here!
This podcast is a SandyBoy Production.
Episodes
102 episodes
No Disappearing Act: MEGAN COOKE on Motherhood, Marathons, and Never Giving Up
Most runners are told to wait until life gets easier before chasing big goals. Megan Cooke proves the opposite is true. In this conversation, the founder of Never Give Up coaching shares how she went from elite rowing and years of coaching to r...
CAROLYN COFFIN: What If Your Best Running Is Still Ahead?
If you’ve hit a plateau, haven’t nailed your race, are navigating midlife running, or are trying to figure out how to keep improving without burning yourself out, this conversation gives you the real story. I chat with Carolyn Coffin, a running...
The Mother Runner’s Permission Slip: 7 Things You’re Allowed to Let Go Of
What if you gave yourself permission to stop doing everything “right” with your running?In a special solo episode of The Mother Runners Podcast this week, I explore what happens when training, mileage, paces, fueling, and race goals beco...
CAITLYN GERMAIN: The Surprising Power of Self-Awareness in Overcoming Pain, Injury, and Life’s Hardships
If you’ve ever felt like your body is working against you, this episode is for you. We’re joined by Caitlyn Germain, a former standout runner and mom who battled mysterious lower-leg pain before discovering she had popliteal artery entrapment s...
CLAIRE BARTHOLIC: Pre-Race Mental Prep Hacks & Embracing “Type B” Running
Most runners let self-doubt sabotage race-day confidence, until they learn how to rewrite their mental story. In this episode, running coach and mental training expert Claire Bartholic shares how to turn pre-race anxiety into activa...
ALICE BRAHAM: 2:36 marathon at the age of 50!, Mom of 4
Thank you, Goodr, for sponsoring this episode! GOODR has functional, fashionable, fun, and affordable eyewear. Save $10 at goodr.com/themotherrunnersAlice Braham has single-handedly changed the way I think about RUNNING & AGIN...
CARRIE BRADSHAW: Double Hip Replacements & A Marathon World Record
Carrie Bradshaw did the impossible and she just set a world record for it. Carrie, a 45-year-old mom of two, aka on Instagram as "Bionic Runner Babe" for her titanium hips, defied medical odds to set the Guinness World Record for th...
SARA HALL: In it for the LONG HAUL
Today we get to catch-up with Sara Hall. If you haven't read her New York Times Bestselling memoir,
TERA MOODY: Former Pro Runner REDEFINING SUCCESS as a Mother Runner
Tera Moody was a stand-out runner as a kid. I’m talking state champ. Went on to run at Colorado as part of the national championship team. Placed 5th in the Olympic Trials marathon in 2008. Top ten in the Chicago Marathon, TWICE. Represented th...
JENNY MAXWELL: Mom of 6, Founder of JAMBAR, Creator of Energy Bars
Jenny Maxwell founded PowerBar with her husband Brian while she was still in college. As two elite runners, they wanted quick pre-run nutrition that wouldn't upset their stomachs. Eventually, they sold PowerBar to Nestle and also started a fami...
AUDREY BOWMAN: Childbirth Almost Killed Me..& Made Me Stronger
Audrey Bowman no longer questions her capabilities. Not in running, and not in life. Why? Because she faced the brink of death while giving birth to her son. Rather than instilling fear or fragility, that traumatic experience taught her the opp...
LYNN RUIS: We Want to Be LYNN, 68 & LOVING Running!
Lynn Ruis is a testament to the idea that you are never too old to run--or start running. Lynn is 68-years-old and she has a vibrant running life. She has a group of close friends who run several times a week together and plan adventures. She t...
KATIE BAKSA:, Founder of Bound Running Co., Mom, & Olympic Trials Marathoner
Earlier this year I ran a rust-buster half-marathon. I heard someone say something about golden retrievers (we have 3, currently about to get a 4th) so I had to chime in. The person talking was Katie Baksa, founder of Bound Running Co.A...
MEGAN MORANT: 2:36 Marathoner, New Mom, WWE Host, "Dream More than One Big Dream"
Today we get to know Megan Morant’s story of chasing MORE THAN one BIG DREAM at a time. Megan is a WWE broadcaster and co-host of the running podcast, Getting Chicked. She is also a woman who saw the 2020 Olympic Trials marathon and became insp...
JACI SCHUERHOLZ: Losing My EGO to Find My JOY
Despite facing years of setbacks, countless medical consultations, a persistent cycle of injuries, managing 4 kids, and reaching the milestone of turning 40, Jaci Schuerholz made a courageous choice: she decided to stop searching for perfect so...
CLAIRE SHORENSTEIN, RD: THIS is how to HYDRATE this SUMMER!
As summer heats up and long distance and marathon training intensifies for many of us, maintaining proper hydration becomes more crucial than ever. In today’s episode, I chat with Claire Shorenstein, a sports RD and endurance athlete herself, a...
RANDI ZUCKERBERG: Facebook Pioneer, Ultramarathoner, Mom of 3!
This week, we are getting to hear from Randi Zuckerberg—just a few days after completing the Cocodona 250. That is 250 miles up and over mountains, through the desert, in blistering heat, a lot of this journey done alone.The fact that an...
NATALIE MITCHELL: Perimenopause Isn't Going to STOP ME from Chasing My Sub-3 Marathon
If you are going through or will be approaching perimenopause—this episode is for you. Natalie Mitchell and I have a honest conversation about what it’s like to train for big running goals while experiencing perimenopause symptoms.&...
AUTHOR HILDEE WEISS: It's Never TOO LATE to Change Your Life
Moms are notorious for putting themselves last. Hildee Weiss was the epitome of this. At 46, she was adevoted wife, mother, and grandmother, who moved through life feeling worn down, invisible, and convinced that transformation belonged to othe...
BONUS!: My friend AMANDA MARTIN just ran a 2:34 MARATHON!
Today's BONUS EPISODE features not an amazing mother runner but an amazing HUMAN, my dear friend: Amanda Martin. Amanda just crushed the Eugene Marathon with an astounding time of 2:34:20, marking an 8-minute personal record. This i...
RUN COACH MONTANA DEPASQUALE: 3 Training Tweaks to Run FASTER
What are the training tweaks a runner needs to run their best? That is the BIG question I asked Running Coach Montana DePasquale and her answer may surprise you. Montana is a running coach I have long admired due to her knowledge of...
ALLY BRETTNACHER: Running's Role: From Punishment to Pride
Remember how running was a form of punishment as a kid? Talking during gym class? Run. Not listening when the soccer coach is talking? Run. That is honestly how I got into running. Because I would end up running all of soccer practice, I figure...
AMY HOAGLAND: From Almost DYING from Anorexia to ELITE Runner
This week, we are going inside Amy Hoagland's MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH as a runner. Amy's story is inspiring and mind-blowing...her training, her demanding job, her recent recovery from anorexia and a sacral fracture, to her jump in times. WOW. WOW. ...
CELESTE GOODSON: Misdiagnoses, Lessons, & the Fight to Keep Running
Have you ever been so frustrated with trying to figure out why something hurts or you feel bad--and it seems like no one in the health care system can or wants to help you?Celeste Goodson can relate. A lifelong runner, who actua...
LISA GOODIN: 2:36 OTQ Mom Marathon Debut at Age 39
If you're a mom, a master’s athlete, or someone navigating the ups and downs of running—especially as you chase those BIG goals—this episode is for you! Lisa Goodin made her marathon debut at the California International Marathon this past Dece...