Run Farther & Faster — The Podcast with Coaches Lisa Levin and Julie Sapper
Coaches Lisa Levin and Julie Sapper provide tips and tricks for running farther, faster, and stronger. After running the Boston Marathon 32 times collectively, Julie and Lisa, along with weekly guests, provide advice for training and racing. While specific to Boston, this podcast is appropriate for runners of all levels and ages.
Episode 236: Fifteen Lessons We’ve Learned from Fifteen Years of Coaching

Fifteen years ago this week, we started coaching a little run program at the JCC of Greater Washington.
Now, after coaching over 1,000 runners, we’ve learned a thing or two that we want to share with all of you!
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Episode 235: Boston Marathon 2024 Course Record Holder, Cristina Burbach

Cristina Burbach, a top-ranked DC area runner and sub-3 marathoner, shares how she continues to set new goals for herself as a masters runner and para athlete. Cristina shared her running journey and how her diagnosis has helped her stay motivated and competing at a high level, including winning the para-athlete division at the 2024 Boston Marathon.
Cristina’s unparalleled enthusiasm for running, coupled with her ability to set new goals in the face of a tough diagnosis, are inspiring! Cristina can be found on her blog, http://wellimtryingtorun.blogspot.com/
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Episode 234: Racing with Courage and Heart with Kellie Redmond

Kellie Redmond, cross country coach, owner of T.E.A.M. FIT, and the Run Farther & Faster strength training coach, shares how she overcame her own mind chatter to race competitively again after experiencing a cardiac event.
Kellie generously shared her health odyssey with us, which will undoubtedly help others who may or have already experienced similar symptoms. and then shared how, at age 55, she’s running faster than she has in years! We are beyond grateful that Kellie is with us today to share her story, and we appreciate her willingness to share he...
Episode 233: Women’s Running Pioneer, Gordon Bakoulis

What a treat to speak with the legendary Gordon Bakoulis!
Gordon qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials five consecutive times between 1988 and 2004. Gordon was also a finalist in the 1992 U.S. Olympic 10,000m Trials and achieved a 2:33 marathon PR.
Gordon shares her running journey, including competing at the second ever Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials, and how she remains a competitive and injury-free runner after running at a high level for over four decades
In addition to running, Gordon has been a co...
Episode 232: Courage over Confidence—A Conversation with Dr. Mitchell Greene

If your negative inner voice is way too chatty, then this episode is for you! We loved this conversation with clinical and sport psychologist, Dr. Mitchell Greene, owner of Greenepsych Clinical & Sport Psychology in which he works with athletes 1:1.
In this episode, Dr. Greene shares how runners can confront mind chatter—that negative inner voice—while racing and training—including how to work on improving, rather than proving, ourselves to others, how to set action goals, in addition to results goals, and how to race with courage, rather than waiting for that confidence to come.<...
Episode 231: A Boston Marathon Coaching Episode: Small Changes Lead to Big Improvements

Happy New Year! We are excited to kick off the Boston 2025 training cycle with a coaching episode. In this episode, we provide some easy training hacks that will lead to improved recovery and impactful training gains. Let’s go!
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Episode 230: How She Did It-Featuring Run Coach Nicole Dobransky

In this episode, we talk with Nicole Dobransky, who shares her Boston Marathon qualifying journey. We have no doubt that you will be inspired by Nicole’s story and her approach to training.
More about Nicole:
Nicole, mom of three, is a former accountant turned run coach, who specializes in helping runners achieve their running goals through 1:1 run coaching, small group half and full marathon virtual training club called Run Strong.
Nicole is also a business coach for run coaches through her company, Runner Ri...
Episode 229: Our Annual Favorite Things Episode, Featuring Ted McGreer, Owner of Ted’s Shoe & Sport

We don’t have a car to give away, like Oprah, but we do have a list, like Oprah, of our Favorite Running-Related Things for 2024. We hope that you enjoy this list as much as we enjoyed creating it. For a full list with links and discount codes to the items we mentioned, head over to our Instagram and check out the Favorite Things link in our profile.
In this episode, we also talk with Ted McGreer, the owner of Ted’s Shoe & Sport in Keene, New Hampshire, who shares his expertise in running shoe...
Episode 228: Phil Stewart, Credit Union Cherry Blossom Race Director

Phil Stewart wants you to enter the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run lottery now…and here’s more about our legendary guest.
Phil is both a running and race management icon, both in the DC area as well as on the national and international stage. Phil has been the Event Director for the Credit Union Cherry Blossom, the premier springtime running event in Washington, DC, since 1991. He is arguably one of the nation’s experts on road race management, and is the editor and publisher of the Road Race Management newsletter, as well a...
Episode 227: How She Did It: Leigh Stewart Blum’s BQ Journey

In part 2 our 3-part series-How She Did It-we welcomed Leigh Stewart Blum, who started running a few years ago and has an incredible BQ journey . We have no doubt that our listeners will learn so much from Leigh’s trajectory.
Thanks to Leigh for joining us!
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Thank you!