Runner's Round Table Stephanie Diaz

Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season 4 was “Conversations with Runners”, and each episode featured a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this final season of the episode, it’s just me – Stephanie Diaz – full of thanks. I also update you all with what’s coming up for me, including a September retreat experience, the Chicago Marathon in October, and the Every Woman’s Marathon in November. Thanks for listening all season long!

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JftnwKZ7XJY

About Stephanie:
Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).



www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
www.thecookierunner.net
Retreat experience: https://thecookierunner.net/gsm2024




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Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season is “Conversations with Runners”, and each episode features a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this episode, Stephanie talks to Alison Mariella Désir about the weaving of histories through her book Running While Black” and how she uses movement as a path towards disrupting the status quo in running to create a future where all are visible and feel like they belong. Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening. 


To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EfpzepXlrt8

About Stephanie:
Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advancedcertifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).


www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
www.thecookierunner.net



About Alison Mariella Désir:
Alison Mariella Désir is multi-talented: a founder, a doer, an activist, a connector, a visionary and an unapologetically straightforward communicator with a passion for movement, mental health, and racial equity. Alison got her start in the running and outdoor industry unintentionally, after seeing a black friend train and complete a marathon. inspired, alison went on to run her first marathon and discovered that she had found a powerful tool to manage her depression. she’s been working to share the transformational power of running and movement ever since.


https://www.instagram.com/alisonmdesir
https://alisonmdesir.com/
To purchase "Running While
Black": https://alisonmdesir.com/book


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Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season 4 is“Conversations with Runners”, and each episode features a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this episode, Stephanie talks to Lindsay Walter about the importance of remembering your why and how her WHY helps her create awareness about Alopecia and inspires her to live according to a “choose kind” motto on and off the run. Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening. 

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iXdV_U5T-Do

About Stephanie:
Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
www.thecookierunner.net

About Lindsay:
Lindsay Walter is a run coach, freelance writer, published author and Alopecia Advocate and Speaker with her own penpal program Lindsay’s Little Pals. She loves running big miles, challenging herself, being outside, traveling and inspiring the world to be kind and change the norm about beauty standards.

www.instagram.com/lindsayhannah3
https://linktr.ee/lindsayhannah3
https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?fr_id=153879&pg=personal&px=4715568


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Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season 4 is “Conversations with Runners”, and each episode features a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this episode, Stephanie talks to Manika Gamble about chasing big goals at this year’s 155-mile Namib Race and how her “Just Do It” mentality has helped her go from sprinter to ultramarathoner. Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening. 

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/A7BWIxnYXqI


About Stephanie:
Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
www.thecookierunner.net

About Manika:
Manika is a 34 year old former collegiate athlete that specialized in the 400 meter hurdles. Manika is now delving into the arena of ultra running. The first ever event will be a 7 day, 155 mile, self supported ultra marathon through the desert of Namibia Africa. Manika’s goal is to create a platform that motivates, encourages, and inspires.

https://www.instagram.com/manikaruns
https://www.youtube.com/@Manikaruns      
To support Manika’s Namibia run: https://www.gofundme.com/f/embarking-on-a-challenge-of-a-lifetime
For More on the race: https://www.racingtheplanet.com/namibrace


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Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season 4 is “Conversations with Runners”, and each episode features a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this episode, Stephanie talks to Julia Khvasechko about being a runner who is rooted in the following questions: Why not me? What else can I do as a human being? And, Where else can I go? Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening. 

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/o9GjAB3y3Bc

About Stephanie:
Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
www.thecookierunner.net

About Julia:
Julia is a Licensed Massage Therapist, a Registered Yoga Teacher, and a Certified Running Coach, and an avid marathoner. Julia has completed a marathon in all 50 states 3X; she has also marathoned in 10 countries on 5 continents.
Julia is an experienced marathon pacer and has paced in some of the largest marathons in the world, NYC, CHI, London, Berlin, Rome to name a few.
For Julia, happiness is a byproduct of movement, giving back to the running community, (which she credits for saved her life) via pacing, inspiriting and uplifting others is her life’s purpose. Her life’s motto: help someone achieve their goals and you will achieve yours.

https://www.instagram.com/juliakgarling/
https://marathonmassage.massagetherapy.com


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Welcome to the Runner’s Round Table podcast. Season 4 is “Conversations with Runners”, and each episode features a conversation with an inspiring female runner who is making the running community better in her own way. In this episode, Stephanie talks to Kimberly Hall about courage, inspiration, celebration, and her greeting card company Sole Inspired. Enjoy this episode and thanks for listening.

To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qdAS6kcuKA8


About Stephanie:
Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers).

www.instagram.com/thecookierunner/
www.thecookierunner.net

About Kimberly:
Kimberly Hall refused to let tragedy define her and fear to hold her back. Running became her place of solace and reflection. What began as a few miles a week turned into fifty-plus full and half marathons. Somewhere between inking her soul on paper and pounding her soles on the pavement, Kimberly's love of paper and running collided. And that’s when the vision for Sole Inspired was born — a greeting card company for inspiring, encouraging, and empowering others to get up and go, live without regrets, never back down, and never give up. She truly believes the power of a written word of encouragement held in the hands of a weary soul can be the difference between defeat and deliverance. To learn more about Sole Inspired and her courage in a card follow her on instagram @soleinspiredinc.

https://www.soleinspiredinc.com/
www.instagram.com/soleinspiredinc
www.instagram.com/kimberly.t.hall


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