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Showing Up Counts With Lilia Martinez

July 21, 2026

Every runner has a starting line that didn't look like a starting line. For Lilia Martinez, hers looked like a dance floor. Ballet first, then tap, then jazz, the thing that finally stuck because it gave her room to move without a script. Running wasn't the plan. It showed up later, the way a lot of meaningful things do, in the form of a New Year's resolution with roommates and a half marathon she signed up for without fully understanding what she'd agreed to.That's b...

INTRODUCING: The After Dark Tour Series, Embracing The Starting Line With Emily Abbate

July 07, 2026

INTRODUCING: The After Dark Tour Series, Embracing The Starting Line With Emily AbbateEvery run is a new version of you. That's the thing nobody tells you when you're standing there in your first pair of running shoes, wondering if you're allowed to call yourself a runner yet. You are. You already are. You were the moment you decided to lace up, not the moment someone else decided you'd earned it.In the first episode of our After Dark Tour series, I’m sitting down with Emi...

Come Back

June 12, 2026

Episode 150. Come BackIt's not about being away. It's about coming back. Could be about coming back to running or the team or racing or coming back to record another podcast after a few weeks away. This episode is all about making sure that if and when you decide to come back you come back as best as you can and coming back as best as you can means doing... well, you're going to need to listen to the episode to find out what exactly you need to do to come back as best as you ca...