Inspired Soles
Inspired Soles is a podcast that fuels your passion for running and helps you achieve peak performance with every stride. Host Carolyn Coffin talks with industry experts, coaches, Olympians and everyday runners to educate and inspire you to take your running to the next level.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 257
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
36. Runners...What’s Your Dental Health Strategy? | Dr. Ken Pierson
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How often do you think about your teeth in the context of your running? Kim comes from a family full of dentists, so dental health has always been…
35. Couple of the Quarter | Jenn & Brock Tadashore
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Meet our second Couple of the Quarter ... Jenn & Brock Tadashore. Jenn & Brock are both health professionals in their 40s from Collingwood ON with …
34. Goodbye Smoking, Hello Running | Caroline Wiebe
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When we asked Caroline Wiebe to be on the podcast, she responded with, “I’m not that interesting. Who would want to hear MY story?” At Inspired S…
33. Behind-the-Scenes of a Run Streak | Trevor Funk
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Trevor Funk is an incredibly versatile runner from Saint John, NB who enjoys running 5k to marathon distances on the road and he recently started t…
32. Firsthand Reflections From the Boston Marathon Bombings | Cassandra Bonn
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Cassandra Bonn is 45 year old Account and Sales Executive with Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville ON. She took up running in her early 30s and even …
31. Runners Can't Afford to NOT Strength Train | Lynsey Romano
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Lynsey Romano is the owner of Skyline Run Coaching, a virtual business based in Airdrie, AB with a team of two coaches and over 35 athletes. They c…
30. Summiting Mt. Everest & Elevating Others | Dalip Shekhawat
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Dalip Shekhawat is a passionate educator, mountaineer, and ultra runner who grew up in the Himalayas and now calls Winnipeg home. Dalip has climbed…
29. Catching Up with Kim & Carolyn | Spring 2021
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This episode marks the end of another quarter where Kim and Carolyn reflect on their own running, what’s new in their lives, and industry news incl…
28. Demystifying RED-S, Bone & Soft Tissue Injuries in Runners | Sylvia Loewen, MD
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Have you ever been secretly terrified that you have a stress fracture, wondered what RED-S is, or had trouble deciding whether you should run throu…
27. Road Running and Racing in 2021 | Kathy Wiens
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Kathy Wiens is the Executive Director for the Manitoba Runners’ Association and has had an avid relationship with running for decades. We invited …
26. 2019 Boston Marathon W70-74 Winner | Roslyn Smith
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Roslyn Smith is a 72 year old road runner from Comox, BC who holds Canadian masters records in the 8k (37:44, W70), half marathon (1:39:06, W65) an…
25. Legally Blind Ultrarunner | Will Barkan
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Will Barkan is an accomplished ultrarunner from San Francisco, CA who is legally blind. He was diagnosed with Stargartd’s disease at age 10 and has…
24. Couple of the Quarter | Andrew & Darla Forbes
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We are so excited to be kicking off a brand new series called Couple of the Quarter where once every three months we go deep with a couple about ho…
23. Mental Health Illness in the High Functioning Athlete | Shane Mascarin
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Shane Mascarin is a 46 year old range biologist from Wainwright, AB with an impressive endurance sport resume. He is a roadrunner, trail runner and…
22. Exercise Is Medicine | Wayne Crowe, MD
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Dr. Wayne Crowe has been practicing medicine in the Comox Valley since 1983 and transitioned to semi-retirement in 2018. He strongly believes in fo…
21. Rediscovering Running During Postpartum Depression | Heather Giffin
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Heather Giffin is a 41 year old speech-language pathologist, business owner, wife and mother of two boys from Napanee, ON. Running has played diffe…
20. Building a Vibrant Running Community | Solana Green
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Solana Green is at the center of the running scene on British Columbia’s west coast. A Burnaby native, she now calls Squamish home where she’s co-o…
19. Keep Moving, Sharing and Inspiring | Junel Malapad
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Junel Malapad is somewhat of a Winnipeg running legend and it’s hard to not get caught up in the energy of the many running movements that he has s…
18. The Value of Doing Hard Things | Melanie Henning
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Melanie Henning sought out Coach Carolyn to help her improve at the half and full marathon distances. She was a speedy kid throughout elementary sc…
17. The Dos and Don’ts of Winter Running | Scott Sugimoto
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Scott Sugimoto is a 61 year old gentleman from Winnipeg who has an extensive running history in both road and trail running. He has completed multi…