Silver is the New Gold Karen Laansoo

Episode 18. Sharon Mackinnon is an Iron(wo)man. In October 2022, in Kona Hawaii, the birthplace of Ironman, she won her age category 60-64, and she's not stopping there. She joins me and Lorraine Hoyne, to share her life's journey in sport from olympic trials, to the top of the world's biggest triathlon podium.

Krista DuChene, Olympian and "Marathon Mom" is a trailblazer for women's marathon and endurance running in Canada. On this episode, she shares her running journey from her starting as a "fun and fitness" recreational runner to becoming an Olympian and elite athlete.

Episode 16: It's Q&A with my mother, Enid Robertson. I wanted to know how my mother was exposed to, and participated in, sports in her youth, and how that helped influence our participation in sports when we were growing up.

Episode 15: Leah Goldstein knows no limits. On this episode of Silver is the New Gold, Leah shares her insights into mental strength that carried her to a world championship title at age 17, to being the RAAM winner at age 52.

Episode 14: Karen talks to Friba Rezayee, judoka, human rights activist and the first woman to compete for Afghanistan at the Olympics.

Monique Kavelaars - Olympian for Team Canada in Women's Epee - talks about her love of the olympics, her journey to get there, and the importance of mentorship for retaining athletes of all ages in sport.