The Running for Real Podcast

It’s been an eventful year for Tina and Running for Real! In this episode, Tina looks back on the highs and lows of 2023, and in the tradition of Together Runs, offers space for you to reflect on you…

Jason Suarez dreamt of going to the Olympics. He ran track in high school and college, but when he went to Tokyo in 2021, it wasn’t as a runner, but as a photographer. He shoots for major running bra…

William Faulkner said, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” As James Fell recounts it, the past is alive, kicking, and throwing f-bombs. Volume I of his self-published, two-volume On This Da…

From the outside, Tim Tollefson appeared to have everything as a runner. He was a collegiate steeplechase champion, a 2-time US Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier, and is one of the country’s most acc…

Two weeks ago, Kayleigh Williamson became one of the first, and quite possibly the first, women with Down syndrome to complete the New York City Marathon. She crossed the finish line alongside her mo…

This guided run with Tina is the closest to running with someone else without actually doing it. Tina takes runners on a nature check in, body scan, senses check in, and mental health check in before…

With wars raging in Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan; political polarization; the after effects of the COVID 19 pandemic; and the climate crisis, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the state of the world. With…

This week we’re highlighting the third section of Tina Muir and Zoë Rom’s book, "Becoming a Sustainable Runner." We’ve shared chapters about sustaining your runner’s mind and body and your running co…

Tina and Sarah are justifiably proud of these times when they stood up for themselves.

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On last week’s podcast, we shared a chapter from the first section of Becoming a Sustainable Runner, by Tina Muir and Zoë Rom. In this episode, we’re highlighting the second section, “Sustain Your Ru…

Missing running with others, run with Tina on this Together Run and you will feel like you are right beside her. Grounding and connecting exercises start each run; a nature check in, body scan, sense…

What is something you did that you’d rather forget? Sarah and Tina reveal mortifying - but funny! - incidents from their pasts.

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Tina Muir and Zoë Rom’s book, "Becoming a Sustainable Runner," takes a three-pronged approach to sustainability. Part one, “Sustain Your Runner’s Mind and Body,” examines how runners can strengthen t…

A special piece of furniture can have meaning far beyond what it was intended for, as Tina and Sarah recall.

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Join Tina for a Together Run in Toronto Canada! Tina takes runners through grounding exercises to connect with your surroundings through nature check ins, body scans, senses check in, and a focus on …

Matt Choi runs ultras and is a sub-3 marathoner, but he’s on a mission to convey that running isn’t only about physical accomplishments, it’s about the joy and sense of community that it can bring. H…

Sometimes an unwelcome event can have surprising and wonderful consequences…

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Mylo Choy’s creativity finds its outlet in a range of media: music, graphic stories, and comics. Their forthcoming book, Middle Distance, is a graphic memoir chronicling their relationship with runni…

Tina and Sarah are only in their mid-thirties, but still, they’re not as young as they used to be… Today they answer the question, “What has been the best and the worst part for you about getting old…

Runs feeling stale? Runs become lonely? Runs become boring? Join Tina for a Together Run will help connect your body, mind, and surroundings. Part meditation, part running with a best friend, join Ti…