The Running for Real Podcast
A collective of conversations that inspire, motivate, and encourage runners who know deep down that the world we want to create already exists. We all play a role in bringing it to life. Join former professional runner and life-long athlete, Tina Muir in this unique running podcast. We do not talk to professional runners about their wins or the Olympics. We do not talk about what shoes to wear or what training is best. Instead, we relate every experience back to you, and love to think hard about the questions you would always love to ask.
While we bring on well known guests like Malcolm Gladwell, Reshma Saujani, Ryan Holiday, Des Linden, Michael Gervais, and David Epstein, these are not the same old conversations. This feels more like overhearing two friends talking about the deep conversations that weigh on our hearts daily. Join us in discovering the power of running, why our sport has always been part of humanity, and how we can use it as a tool for realizing our truest self, uplifting our communities, celebrating cultures, and taking care of our Mother Earth.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 496
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Jake Fedorowski : Making Mistakes Is Not a Bad Thing - R4R 311
It started with an email. Jake Fedorowski had decided that they no longer wanted to run in races that didn’t offer a non-binary division. They would email race directors to inquire if there was an op…
Weekly Strides: Longest Distance in Marathon Training - Ep. 2
Listen here to find out the answer, and visit our website at runningforreal.com/weekly-strides-2 for complete show notes…
Together Run 57 with Tina: 30, 45, 60 minute Run
Join Tina for a Together Run from home as she takes runners through body scans, senses check ins, mental health check ins, and nature check ins. After runners are grounded and in alignment with their…
Jackie Green: Not Winning Doesn't Mean You Didn't Do Your Best - R4R 310
If you’ve never heard of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, you’re not alone. It’s one of 44 intersex variations which, although they affect up to 2 percent of the population, are rarely talke…
Weekly Strides: What Is the Best Advice You Have Received? - Ep. 1
What is the best advice you’ve received from someone in the sport?
Listen here to find out the answer, and visit our website at runningforreal.com/weekly-strides-1 for complete show notes and links.
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Adrianne Haslet: You Don't Have to Be First to Have the Best Day of Your Life - R4R 309
Adrianne Haslet crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon this year alongside her coach, Shalane Flanagan, on what she called “the best day of my life.” It was the culmination of a vow she had m…
Together Run 56 with Tina: 30, 45, 60 minute Run in Shropshire, UK
Ahhh it feels so good to be back recording these. This one is from the day I was meant to being my THIRD attempt at an ultra, but once again, sickness made not possible. I was a little raw on this da…
Simran Jeet Singh: Living Authentically by Your Principles Requires Daily Practice - R4R 308
Running is often the best part of Simran Jeet Singh’s day, the time when he feels most free. It’s when his best creative thinking happens in terms of his writing, resulting in his new book, The Light…
Together Run 55 with Tina: 30, 45, 60 minute Run in St Albans
Join Tina for a run around her hometown of St Albans for her first Together Run in a month. Tina takes us through the usual meditative aspects of a run- nature check in, body scan, senses check in, a…
Lydia Jennings: Running Is a Lifelong Friend - R4R 307
“Running is a lifelong friend.” That’s how microbiologist Dr. Lydia Jennings describes the sport she first embraced as a teenager at boarding school. She calls it her “best relationship” with hersel…
Charles Moore: Don't Fear Failure - R4R 306
It was while running the Philadelphia Marathon that Charles Moore made the observation that gave rise to his upcoming memoir: Black People Don’t Run Marathons. Whenever he encountered another Black r…
Mary Rice-Boothe: Running Is A Tool For Health, Mental Well-being and Community Creation - R4R 305
Many people start running because they’re inspired - or tricked or persuaded - by a devoted runner who introduces them to the sport. Not so Mary Rice-Boothe. The chief access and equity officer of Th…
Tim Brown: Celebrate the Small Wins - R4R 304
You might assume that Tim Brown, CEO and co-founder of the revolutionary shoe company Allbirds, has a footwear background, but he actually has a football background. He was a professional soccer play…
Jess Trengove: Setbacks Can Lead to a Great Outcome - R4R 303
Together Run 54 with Tina: 30, 45, 60 minute Run (with a mini run in Utah!)
Joe Robinson and Lance Woods (We Run 313) - R4R 302
We Run 313’s motto is “Connect. Run. Build.” Lance Woods and Joe Robinson founded the social run club to connect “like-minded individuals through running to build a healthier and happier community.” …
Deo Runs: Equality Matters to Everybody - R4R 301
In 1955, Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, led to a boycott of the city’s public transportation system. 381 days later, Montgomery’s buses…
Reshma Saujani: The Importance of Teaching Girls How to Successfully Fail - R4R 300
Reshma Saujani says that her best thinking is done when she goes for a run. Those thoughts have led to her founding Girls Who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms; writing the best-selling Brave, Not …
Running Reunion: Mario Fraioli - Ep. 7
It’s been nearly five years since Mario Fraioli was on Running for Real! At the time he was an athlete, a running coach, a journalist, and was putting out his popular weekly the morning shakeout new…
