Birdie Wermy had moments of connecting to running early in life. But it wasn't until she was an adult that... more

Marlinda Francisco has run many distances on road and trail. In this episode, she shares how she first got into... more

Lauren Hagans is a professional distance runner with a long racing career, and she's been a top competitor at many... more

This week Women's Running Stories is taking a break and bringing you an episode of Starting Line 1928. This outstanding... more

Grace Norman is a four-time Paralympic medalist, once in track and field and three times in the sport of Paratriathlon.... more

Professional runner for Nike Emily Venters shares how it all went down at the 2024 USATF 5k National Championships, held... more

A special episode from WRS host Cherie, in acknowledgement of this deeply challenging time, post-election 2024. This podcast doesn't exist in... more

Naseemah Palmer had wanted to try running, but she didn't see it as a place for someone like herself. Until,... more

Stefanie Flippin is one of the fastest North American women to race the 100-mile distance. Her trajectory to get to... more

This is a live recording from Saturday, October 13 at the Chicago Marathon Expo. WRS host Cherie Turner teamed up... more

Running has been a steady presence in Vicki Hunter's life since she was an early teen. Running began as a... more

This is part 7 of the Over 50, Sub 20, 5k Project, where WRS host and producer Cherie Louise Turner... more

Professional runner for Brooks Erika Kemp shares how it all went down at the 2024 USATF 10k National Championships, held... more

Wynonna Curely-Fulgham first discovered the life-changing impact running could have on her during her Kinaaldah, the Navajo puberty ceremony. She's... more

Katie Holmes started running in her 40s: she's since become a runner and racer of many distances over many types... more

Professional distance and marathon racer for Asics Savannah Berry shares how it all went down for her at the 2024... more

Dakotah Lindwurm is a professional distance runner for the Minnesota Distance Elite Team, sponsored by Puma. Her specialty is the... more

This week Women's Running Stories is taking a break and bringing you Unexpected Curves. This is a terrific new podcast... more

Just this year, 2024, Sarah Pardus realized a goal that she'd been aiming toward for a decade: she ran the... more

Olympian, professional 400-meter runner for New Balance, and now author Micha Powell tells her running journey through a series of... more

Mary McManus contracted paralytic polio at the age of 5. She recovered from the paralysis, but the disease had a... more

Professional runner for the BAA/Adidas, Annie Rodenfels shares how it all went down at the 2024 USATF 6k National Championships,... more

In this, part 6 of this series, WRS host and producer Cherie Louise Turner shares how she set a new... more

Angelina Ellis is a professional steeplechaser for the Mission Run Dark Sky Distance team, and 2024 marks her first year... more

Alison Mariella Désir is an athlete, mother, activist, public speaker, community builder, and now a hiker and mountain climber. Désir... more

Elvin Kibet was born and raised in a small village in Kenya, not far from Iten, a town internationally recognized... more

UK-based runner Andrea came to running as an adult and discovered a joy in setting big goals for herself in... more

Katie Steele fell in love with sports at an early age. By the time she reached high school, that love... more

Madie Boreman is a professional steeplechaser for Oiselle, and last year, 2023, in her very first season as a pro,... more

Olympian and professional marathon runner for Asics Betsy Saina tells the story of how it all went down at the... more

In this episode, part 5 of this series, Cherie shares how she's getting away from being so reliant on the... more

Young professional runner Rachel McArthur shares how it all went down at the 2024 USATF 1-Mile National Championships, which took... more

This is a live recording from Sunday, April 14 at the Boston Marathon Expo. Once again, WRS host Cherie Turner... more

Carmen Graves is a professional track racer sponsored by Oiselle, and she specializes in the uniquely challenging event of the... more

In August 2020, marathon and ultra-distance trail runner Emily Halnon set out on an FKT (fastest known time). The goal:... more

Adidas professional runner Emily Durgin is back on the podcast! She shares how it all went down at the 2024... more

Women's Running Stories is moving to Tuesdays; expect the next new episode Tuesday, April 30. This Friday episode is a... more

In 2016, elite ultra-distance trail runner and writer Katie Arnold experienced a traumatic river rafting accident that left her questioning... more

In this episode, Emilia Benton focuses on how she discovered the approach to marathoning that earned her a Boston Marathon... more

Michelle Wheeler is an internationally competitive marathon and distance road racer. Last year saw Wheeler race marathons in Boston, Berlin,... more

Jen Kanyugi is running her 20th consecutive Boston Marathon this year. Her journey to get to this point is about... more

In this episode, part 4 of this series, Cherie tells the story of her return to formal training and workouts... more

Liz Rock is a marathoner and community leader, focusing on women and diversity: "We [women] are so powerful and I... more

Minnesota Distance Elite Team member and Puma professional marathoner and long-distance road racer Annie Frisbie shares how it all went... more

Professional middle distance track racer Rebecca Mehra shares her professional running story. It's been marked by great success, two years... more

Kelly Bruno has been an athlete since she was a child. Because of a birth defect on her right leg,... more

Adidas professional runner Emily Durgin shares how it all went down at the 2024 USATF Olympic Trials Marathon, which took... more

Emma Grace Hurley is an exciting young professional runner, now running for the newly formed all-women's team, the Heartland Track... more

Jay Ell Alexander is a runner and the CEO of one of the largest running groups in the United States:... more

Emerging professional runner and new member of Tinman Elite out of Boulder, Colorado, Katie Camarena tells the story of how... more

Michelle Sikes's story centers around how her collegiate running career is inextricably linked to her first book, Kenya's Running Women:... more

"I don't think I really liked running until maybe two or three years in of actually trying to run. I... more

Anita Cardinal is an ultra trail runner, advocate for the indigenous community, race director, and community builder who lives in... more

In this episode, part 3 of this series, Cherie shares how a freak non-running injury caused her to take time... more

For this episode, I chose a variety of clips from 10 episodes published in 2023 that have stuck with me... more

Natalie Barlatier has a determination when it comes to her running that is truly remarkable. Barlatier discovered a love of... more

Briana Boehmer had dreamed about qualifying for an Olympic trials since she was young. But she'd let go of that... more

Professional distance and marathon runner Neely Spence Gracey has been a competitive runner since she was in her teens and... more

Elite marathon runner Ari Hendrix did not grow up dreaming of running. Up through college, Hendrix’s athletic heart was firmly... more

The story behind becoming 2023 USATF Masters Track and Field Athlete of the Year. Masters 60+ track and field athlete Sue... more

Top American distance pro runner Molly Huddle tells the story around her 2023 NYC Marathon, her first time racing this... more

Elite runner and Olympian Rachel Smith tells the story of how it all went down from her viewpoint racing in... more

Verna Volker first started running as a way to improve her health. Over time, however, her relationship to the sport... more

In June of this summer, 2023, Women's Running Stories host and producer Cherie Turner closed the chapter on running longer... more

Jennifer Maxwell is best known as the co-founder of PowerBar with her late husband, Brian Maxwell. Not only did the... more

Elite runner and PhD student Jeralyn Poe tells the story of how it all went down from her viewpoint racing... more

Sabrina Pace-Humphreys understands what pushing through, putting one foot in front of the other in the face of great pain... more

Claire Bartholic shares how she went from being a first-time marathoner trying for, but not quite reaching, a goal to... more

Carolyn Su is a runner and the founder of Diverse We Run, a space to build racial diversity and amplify... more

Professional runner for Team ZAP Endurance Tristin Van Ord tells the story of how it all went down from her... more

At 53 years old, Women's Running Stories host Cherie Turner has found a whole new focus for her running pursuits:... more

Early in her life, Celeste Yvonne had decided she wasn't a runner. She felt like she didn't look like a... more

Ruby Wyles is an elite level runner and athlete who has worked through significant health challenges. She is currently pursuing... more

Women's Running Stories host and producer Cherie Turner tells the story of her return to the 56-mile Comrades Marathon in... more

Jasmine Santiago is a runner and podcaster: she's the host of Brown Girl Running, where she shares her own running... more

Kassie Parker just finished one of the most successful NCAA DIII careers on record. On the indoor and outdoor track... more

Sgt. Ednah Kurgat tells how it all went down at the recent USATF 6km National Championships in Canton, OH, July... more

Liz Derstine is a musician, runner, writer, and as of 2020, a long-distance hiker. On July 7, 2020, she embarked... more

This is a special bonus episode swap with the excellent woman hosted, women's sports podcast Hear Her Sports. Every other Thursday,... more

Sika Henry is a professional triathlete, as well as a marathon and ultra runner. She is the first African American... more

Christine Yu is a lifelong athlete and a runner, though it took time before she used either of those terms... more

Nell Rojas is one of the best marathon racers in the U.S. having placed top American at both the 2021... more

Professional runner Vanessa Fraser has raced at the highest levels of her sport, but then found herself in a prolonged... more

After a month's long hiatus in 2022 due to a sacral stress fracture—the first major injury of her long running... more

In this, part 2/2, Nicole Pinto shares her running journey from giving birth to completing a half-marathon nine months later.... more

This is a special live recording of the Podium Pioneers Panel, which took place at the 2023 Boston Marathon Expo... more

Patty Hung, a retired teacher who now works as a pediatric nurse, never set out to run more consecutive Boston... more

In this race report, get the inside story on how the Cherry Blossom 10-mile USATF national championship played out from... more

Dani Moreno is a professional mountain runner with Adidas Terrex, and she is one of the best in the world.... more

Molly Huddle is already a legend in the running world, and her story continues to develop. She's a two-time Olympian,... more

Emma Grace Hurley is a young professional runner with the Atlanta Track Club. She is relatively new to racing longer... more

In this special collaboration with Hear Her Sports, we talk to Jae Gruenke, a Feldenkrais practitioner and running form expert,... more

Erika Kemp will be racing 26.2 miles for the first time ever at the 2023 Boston Marathon on April 17.... more

Lauren Hagans (formerly Paquette), a professional distance runner and member of the HOKA NAZ Elite team, takes us inside the... more

Sara Mae Berman started running and paving the way for other women's distance runners in the 1960s and 1970s. She... more

Lindsey Cortes is a runner and dietician who specializes in helping women athletes overcome the challenges of disordered eating and... more

We're excited to bring you a something a little different and let you know about another women-hosted podcast that features... more

Professional runner Maegan Krifchin wanted to make the 2022 NYC Marathon an epic day. A native of Long Island, the... more

Well into her 30s, Tiffany Gayle Chenault didn't have any interest in running, even when she said yes to a... more

Hillary Allen is a professional ultra distance trail runner, and she's among the best in the world. This is especially... more

Alison Mariella Désir is a runner, mother, activist, community builder, and now author: her highly anticipated book Running While Black:... more

Gina Lucrezi started to take note of the preferential treatment that the boys got in sports in high school. Her... more

Cherie Louise Turner is the host and producer of Women's Running Stories (formerly known as Strides Forward), and this is... more

This is the story of how Erica Stanley-Dottin went from thinking there was absolutely no way she could break 3... more

Pat Freeman jokes that the first time her neighbor invited her to run, she thought jogging down her driveway might... more

Running legend Blanche Moila shares her story, which is a strong testament to the many ways running can be a... more

From a young age, Verity Breen taught herself how to race the clock: she set challenges for herself to get... more

Race photo credit: Vasily Samoylov Camille Herron, one of the best ultra runners in the world and a leading voice in... more

Nicole Pinto was a featured runner in our Roads to Boston series and she surprised everyone by revealing at the... more

Gael Henville discovered a pure love of running early in life, growing up in the Caribbean. After immigrating to the... more