Finish Lines & Milestones: Episode 91

Finish Lines & Milestones: Episode 91

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Guest: Betsy Mikel @betsymi

Show Notes: 

Betsy Mikel and I have known each other for over a decade because of our shared running hobby. But she is way cooler than I am.

During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

  • How we met through a mutual running friend (Kim Bowers) that I met through a running friend (Celina Bourgeois)
  • Her marathon PR at the Philadelphia Marathon and the fact that I was somehow her good luck charm  
  • The 2024 Chicago Marathon, her 10th marathon and her first postpartum marathon, and the other Chicago marathons she’s run
  • How her son, Otto, was born on Chicago Marathon weekend, making it an even more special weekend for her
  • Her experience working with a sports nutritionist, Lydia Nader
  • Three Run Two, her Chicago running group 
  • How interesting of a relationship it is to be running buddies with someone
  • How she got into running marathons in the first place (her first when she was 18)
  • Fueling for races and using Gatorade patches to measure sweat rate 
  • Other race stories - St. Louis, Big Cottonwood, Philadelphia, Twin Cities 
  • How she has no aspirations to run the New York City Marathon 
  • How she knew she was going to be writer since she was a little girl 
  • The fact that she grew up in a historic house built by the same architect who designed Chicago’s first skyscraper
  • The memoir she’s writing and how similar it feels to running a marathon
  • Her world travels before and after having her son, Otto
  • How she loves her Asics 

Podcast episode Betsey mentioned - You're Wrong About with Rosie Ruiz

This is a SandyBoy Productions podcast.

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