Slingin' Shoes
Lively discussions about the run specialty business.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 6
- Years Active
- 2025
Slingin' Shoes Episode Five - Close Encounters
The conversations on Slingin’ Shoes Episode 5 run the gamut from the deeply personal to the outer limits of Artificial Intelligence. Co-host Chris Farley shares a story of a random encounter with a s…
Slingin' Shoes Episode Four - The Best Of You
On Episode 4, Mark and Chris analyze the annual Best Stores list: what well known stores didn’t make it, what’s the deal behind one of the Best Stores conspiracy theories and how did the list grow fr…
Slingin' Shoes Episode Three - Smooth Operators
On Episode 3, we take a deep dive with Bob Dyer and Jennifer Henderson, who share the story of their hands-on approach to opening a run store in the competitive market of Saint Louis. The couple shar…
Slingin' Shoes Episode Two
On Episode 2, we’re Slingin’ Shoes across the USA, starting with Jenni Peters from Varsity Sports in Baton Rouge, LA who discusses her real estate strategy and how she is rolling up her sleeves to he…
Slingin' Shoes Episode One
Josh Levinson, founder of CEO of Charm City Run, with 8 stores in the Baltimore area, pulls back the curtain on a topic many store owners think about but don’t always act on: succession planning. Jos…
Slingin' Shoes Episode Zero
Welcome to Episode Zero of Slingin’ Shoes!
Slingin’ Shoes is a new podcast that will be co-hosted by Mark Sullivan, founder of The Running Event, and Chris Farley, owner of Pacers Running. In this int…