
10 episodes

Silver is the New Gold Karen Laansoo
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- Health & Fitness
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5.0 • 7 Ratings
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Let's talk about sports! If you're a woman and want to know about sports, training and health for the mature athlete/enthusiast, listen to my show! Other listeners are welcome, too, of course!
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Episode 18: Sharon Mackinnon
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.
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Episode 17: Krista DuChene
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.
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Episode 16: Enid Robertson
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.
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Episode 15: Leah Goldstein
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.
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Episode 14: Friba Rezayee
Episode 14: Karen talks to Friba Rezayee, judoka, human rights activist and the first woman to compete for Afghanistan at the Olympics.
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Episode 13: Monique Kavelaars
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.