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
- 256
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
135. Sarah Seads | The Year of Following My Heart
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In this episode we welcome Sarah Seads back to the show. She is one of Kim’s closest friends and was one of our first guests in episode 4. In that…
134. Paula Wiltse | Redefining Success in Your 50s
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Paula Wiltse is an elite 55-year old masters runner from Carolyn’s hometown of Brockville, ON. She has personal bests of 17:02 for the 5k all the w…
133. Chris Fenlon-MacDonald | Why Runners Should Consider Adventure Racing
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Chris Fenlon-MacDonald is an adventure racer and father, living in Calgary AB. He is the owner and founder of Rocky Mountain Adventure Racing and a…
132. Cassandra Bonn | Boston Marathon Bombing Reflections
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In honour of the 10 year anniversary of the Boston bombings, we’ve decided to re-air our conversation with Cassandra Bonn, who ran the marathon on …
131. Hollie Lawder | Good For a Girl (Book Club)
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Today we welcome Hollie Lawder to the show to discuss Lauren Fleshman’s new book, Good for a Girl.
A mother-of-three including two girls, Hollie is…
130. Lynn Kanuka | Olympic Medalist Turned Coach
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Recently named “Canada’s Greatest Female Distance Runner” by Canadian Running magazine, Lynn Kanuka won medals on numerous international stages and…
129. André Belibi Eloumou | Ice-Immersion World Record Attempt
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André Belibi Eloumou is a mindset coach, personal trainer and extreme athlete from Switzerland who was in Calgary recently to train in the cold. Wh…
128. Noel Kendle | Track Workouts for Masters Runners
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Noel Kendle is a 22 year old track athlete at the University of Manitoba where he’s pursuing a degree in Recreation Management and Community Develo…
127. Erik Bird | Fat Dog 120 Race Director
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Erik Bird is a west coast trail ultrarunner and race director from Mission, BC. He started running in 2015 after realizing he was not in the shape…
126. Matt Shepard | A Life Without Limits
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Matt Shepard, better known as “Shep,” is a trail and ultrarunner originally from Washington State who currently lives in Cochrane, AB. Shep is a t…
125. Amy Puzey | Fighting the GoodPhyte
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Amy Puzey is a holistic nutritionist, mother, and long time competitive trail runner who lives in Invermere, BC. She is also the founder and CEO o…
124. Natasha Wodak | Canadian Marathon Record Holder
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We’re honoured and excited to be catching up with Canada’s fastest female marathoner, Natasha Wodak, after her brilliant run in the Berlin Marathon…
123. Kim & Carolyn’s Running Insecurities
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There’s no guest interview today. Instead, we chose to get vulnerable and show our human sides a little bit more. Inspired by a recent episode of t…
122. Aldo Furlan | Volunteer in Motion
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Aldo Furlan is a 58-year old kindergarten teacher, avid runner, and all-around awesome human who gives back tirelessly to his running community in …
121. Nicki Rehn | Bhutan Snowman Race 2022
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Nicki Rehn is an Australian-Canadian who loves the beach, but is hopelessly addicted to the mountains so has spent most of her adult life in Calgar…
120. Couple of the Quarter | Dana & Shaun Mayberry: California International Marathon Recap
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Meet our Couple of the Quarter, Dana and Shaun Mayberry, who own and operate Mayberry Fine Art in Winnipeg, MB.
Dana is one of Carolyn’s clients w…
119. Dan Klco | Running & Your Mental Health - Is It Always Good?
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Dan Klco identifies foremost as a husband and father to his three amazing children. He is an advanced psychotherapist who’s trained with some of th…
118. Sara Morrison | 2022 NYC Marathon: How to Run a Textbook 1st Marathon on a Tough Day
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Sara Morrison is a 40-year old phys ed teacher and busy mom-of-two from Winnipeg MB. She took up running as a convenient way to stay fit in her ear…
117. Andrew Messina | WSER/UTMB 2022 Double
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Andrew Messina is a trail ultrarunner from Middletown, New Jersey where he lives with his wife and two children. He owns and operates a small busin…
116. Diane Palmason | Canadian Women’s Running Pioneer
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Today we’ve chosen to re-air our episode with one of the great pioneers of Canadian women’s running, Diane Palmason. Sadly, Diane passed away over …