Keeping Pace

Team Dad, Frank Ruiz joins the podcast. The local celeb took time out of his day to join me. Frank and I talk about how his daughters unintentionally got his running life started, that he really only ever intended to run one marathon, and why he loves Boston so much.m

Joanna and I chatted about a variety of topics over the hour we had. The former basketball player turned runner got her start with the sport in kind of a random way, but has challenged herself in ways she never thought she would. Along with talking about running i got to hear about some of Joanna's recent travels ands some fun food takes.

Kinnier went from not being able to run a full 5K in high school without walking to running several marathons in a variety of places.It is safe to say that high school Kinnier would have never guessed how much running would be a part of his life. Recently, Kinnier received his sixth star at The Boston Marathon, while running with his dad. Learn more about his variety of interests and see if there is a number of marathons to where he may retire from.

Izzy is the latest guest on the podcast. He is man of many interests and we get into several of those, including running of course. Learn about how Izzy reconnects with fitness after college, keeps running fun, his favorite books and find out the reason he does not love eating outside. Enjoy getting to know Izzy.

Emily MacQuarrie is the latest guest on the pod. We spend some time talking about how being a quiet person has helped her running, compare swinning and running, and I try to convince Emily to start speedwork. Enjoy getting to know Emily!

Shaheeda and I get into how she got her start with running and how her relationship with the sports has evolved. We also spend some time talking about her creative outlets and future goals she has.

Cam and I talk about a variety of things including tennis, his first marathon and what he learned, and being a hybrid athlete. Enjoy getting the conversation with Cam.

Varun and I talk about a week before his Chicago Marathon race*. We talk about how he get his start with running during covid, the lessons he has learned from the sport, and his fun cross training hobby.

*Congrats to Varun on setting a PR at Chicago

This is a special bonus episode of the podcast. I got the chance to do a live talk with senior product manager of running shoes at New Balance, Paul Zielinski. Paul takes us through what he does, how working on a shoe is like a big group project, the fuel cell line and more, along with taking some audience questions. Enjoy!

Earl Jackson is my latest guest. It’s been a long time coming but we finally made it happen. We talk his busy schedule, his up and down relationship with running, some of the differences between the Chicago/Denver running scenes, and the importance of community to him.