Why We Marathon

Taisuk "Tai" Kim is 33 and an Operations Manager at a fashion e-commerce start-up based in NYC. Tai's parents were among the first generation "amateur" runners in Korea. They (and their friends) foun…

Kaitlyn Burrows finished the New York City marathon on a broken foot! Talk about perseverance. In this episode, we cover how Kaitlyn was able to power through the pain and why she wanted to run New Y…

Running was a hobby when Amritpal started and has firmly become the most important aspect of his life. As a runner, he's always looking to improve. It is the backbone of Amritpal's running journey, h…

Austin Prario was born with a serious heart condition and only has three chambers in his heart. Doctors told his parents seven weeks before his birth, and right around the Boston Marathon, that he wo…

Simone Hanlen loves to run but also loves to eat. She is an ultra-marathoner, a tennis coach, a fellow Peloton member, and a huge fan of New York’s amazing restaurant scene. You can follow Simone on …

Jeff Galloway is a world-class athlete and world-famous running coach. In part 3, we cover how Jeff has helped over 300,000 runners achieve their goals of running a marathon race and the science behi…

Jeff Galloway is a world-class athlete and world-famous running coach. In part 2, we cover how Jeff qualified for the 1972 Munich Olympics and what it was liked to be coached by the legendary Bill Bo…

Jeff Galloway is a world-class athlete and world-famous running coach. As a member of the 1972 Olympic team, Jeff competed against the world’s best athletes in Europe, Africa, and the former Soviet U…

Michael Selman has been running since 1982 and has built a special relationship with his father around running marathons. Michael has run over 30 marathons with his first one taking place in 1983 and…

Roxanne Baggot has a similar story to mine as she lost her mother to cancer. Roxanne also follows the Galloway Method of walking and running to complete marathons. In 2017, Roxanne had two cardiac ar…

Jonathan Flores is the host of the podcast Run with Purpose and Executive Director of Hangry, a registered 501(c)(3) charity that exists for two reasons. First, we build programs and events to help s…

Paige Tatulli speaks about how her meeting with Gabriele “​Gabe” Grunewald as she sought treatment for her third battle with an incurable cancer inspired Paige to run the Philadelphia Marathon. She d…

Gia Alvarez a fourteen-time marathoner started training other runners to prepare for marathons and realized that running is what she “wanted to do!” Running was no loner a past time; it organically b…

Jack Fultz won the 1976 Boston Marathon, the hottest on record, with a time of 2:20:19. The temperature was over 100 degrees before the noon start time. The race is known as the "The Run for the Hose…