On the Move

As you may have seen, the Allianz Richmond Marathon is officially sold out! With the Wait List and the CarMax Richmond Half Marathon quickly filling, Nan & Kam chatted with Meghan Keogh, the new Race…

Nan & Kam sit down with local athlete Suzanne McWilliams. Suzanne, 76, is getting ready to embark on the journey of a lifetime representing Team USA in the World Triathlon Champions in Australia. Hea…

Nancy Thomas, President and CEO of InUnison, recently completed the hike of a lifetime. She did over 500-miles along the Camino de Santiago trail in France and Spain. Hear all the highlights of her s…

Capital Run Club has been taking to the streets of Richmond for the last year and encouraging people to get more active. Jack Oppenheim, the group's founder, chatted with Nan about the group's commun…

Rainey is a multi-year coach with the Sports Backers Half Marathon Training Team. She started her own running journey as a participant and has stuck around in some capacity ever since. Hear why HMTT …

Dion Ellis, Graphic Designer at Sports Backers, shares his design process for everything from merchandise to finisher swag. This week is Reveal Week for the Allianz Richmond Marathon so Dion's basica…

It's almost time for the Ashland Half & 5k! Nan and guest host Ashlee chat with Emmy Richards and Kelly Franke with the Town of Ashland. Hear the inside scoop when it comes to restaurants, post-race …

Nan & Kam are joined by Mary Marshall Graeber, Sports Backers' Volunteer Coordinator. Hear about all the volunteer jobs available, the perks of helping out, and how you can get involved!

Nan & Kam talk with Arlene Cary, a PE teacher at St. Joseph's Catholic School who is a Fitness Warrior, YMCA Instructor, and Kids On The Move Coach. Basically if it's an initiative to help others get…

At Sports Backers we normally do at least one staff outing a year, a traditional started by Jon Lugbill. Last week we went on Jon's last staff excursion and thought it would be a great time to docume…

Nan & Kam sit down with Jon Lugbill before his last day at Sports Backers. They get all the inside info on his proudest moments, favorite events, and what he's most looking forward to about retired l…

Nan & Kam are out of the studio! Last week was the Markel Corporate Run, and we're giving you the behind the scenes look at all the fun that went down. You're definitely going to want to watch this o…

Brian McDaniel and Nicole Zawitkowski have made the Sports Backers Marathon Training Team their friendship tradition. Hear why they love the team, what keeps them coming back, and why they might pref…

RVA Bike Month wraps up in a few weeks, so Nan & Kam sat down with Natalie Rainer, Bike Walk RVA's Engagement Manager, to talk about all of this year's events and how you can still get involved. Visi…

It's a Nan & Kam yap sesh as they recap Dominion Energy Riverrock weekend. Hear what went on behind the scenes, and all of Kam's brilliant ideas for 2026!

All dogs get zoomies...let your dog get their energy out Dominion Energy Riverrock's Agility Competition! Nan & Kam talked to Shemeck Piatek, owner of the Zoom Room, a dog training and agility facili…

In 2018 marathoner Kirk Millikan decided he wanted to take on a new challenge. He wanted to run every street in Richmond...that's 2,200 streets. Fast forward to now and Kirk finds himself embarking o…

If you were at the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k presented by Kroger you might've seen Sophie King whizzing by the competition. The Richmond native completed the 10k in 33:36.34 and was the first femal…

This April marked Jon Lugbill's last Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k at the helm of Sports Backers. To celebrate he got to run the event he created in 2000...so really it was his first 10k as a participa…