The Running for Real Podcast

The butterfly effect is the idea that one small action can have much larger effects. If a 14-year-old named Tina Muir hadn’t met Brad Plummer, you wouldn’t be listening to this podcast. Brad was Tina…

Join Tina for a run around St Louis as she takes runners through meditative, reflective, and conversational elements of this run. Together runs are unlike anything else out there. Ground yourself in …

Sara Slattery won national and international titles in cross country and indoor track while in high school and college, before going on to become a top-ranked professional runner. She applied what sh…

Kiera Smalls’ personal mission is to connect resources to the people who need them most. She’s been a community reporter for WHYY in Philadelphia, launched the city’s bike share program, advised race…

Join Tina for her first post injury long run in this run at Forest Park in St Louis. Tina takes runners through some meditative elements; a body scan, senses check in, mental health check in, and upd…

Allie Ostrander is the example that she needed when she was younger.  She was a high school track phenom, three-time NCAA steeplechase champion, and a professional runner with Brooks Beasts. But she …

Ultrarunner Jacky Hunt-Broersma ran 104 consecutive marathons in the same number of days. That feat got her into the Guinness Book of World Records, but seeing her name in the record book wasn’t her …

Lauren Fleshman is one of the most decorated American distance runners of all time, brand strategy advisor for Oiselle, and co-founder of Picky Bars. She’s also a writer whose work has appeared in Th…

Join Tina for her final Together Run of 2022 to reflect on the year. Tina takes runners through a nature check in, internal and external check in, and mental health check in, before having a conversa…

Tina reflects on what we did at Running for Real in 2022, and shares some of our exciting plans for 2023. We’ve had a growing focus on environmental action, which we’ll continue to pursue. We’re lau…

Many listeners will recognize themselves in Brodie Sharpe’s analyses of injured runners. As a runner himself, he relates to the ways that runners’ personalities can contribute to injury. As a physiot…

Not sure whether a Together Run is for you? Come join Tina and find out that it probably is! In a world full of busy and stressful moments, these runs slow things down, and will really make you feel …

You may have seen India Cook’s “Miles from India” videos on YouTube, or listened to her podcast with Tommy Mitchell, The Run Duo. You may have heard her as you toed the line at a race and as you cros…

Nick Cutsumpas admits that going for a run with him can be “a hassle” because he’ll stop to take pictures of plants. That just comes with the territory when your running companion is “Farmer Nick,” h…

Come join Tina for a early morning Together Run from St Louis, where she takes runners through the usual meditative, grounding exercises- nature check in, body scan, senses check in, mental health ch…

Chris Mosier is the first trans athlete to compete for Team USA, first trans man to represent the United States in international competition, and first trans athlete to qualify for the Olympic Trials…

Knox Robinson is a writer, running coach, founder of the Black Roses NYC run crew, and was Tina’s co-host on the Running Realized podcast. In this wide-ranging interview, he shares his insights on su…

Thirteen years ago, Christopher McDougall’s best-selling book, Born to Run, introduced the world to the Tarahumara tribe and created an intense interest in minimalist running. In it, Chris described …

Tina answers listeners’ running-related questions every week on “Weekly Strides.”

In this episode, she answers the question, “How do I know I’m ready for a marathon?”

We know th…