Keeping Track

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Catching Up With Julia Lucas on Coaching Mar 14, 2023

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Julia Lucas was a multi time All American at North Carolina State and Professional Distance runner for 8 years. She talks about how that's informed her own coaching approach and she tells us about the 2 NYC groups she is guiding and some other stops along the way on her coaching journey:

Julia is currently working with the womens Elite Group Atalanta , the Atalanta community group training team online which you can join, a few private clients and the No Name Program (@thenonameprogram) community group.

More from Julia here and on our blog Keeping-Track follow her on instagram @justrunjulia

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Creating Community With TrailBlazHers Run Co Feb 27, 2023

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Molly Talks to co founder Abeo Powder and Run LeadHer Alia Qatarneh about Boston Based women's running group TrailBlazHers Run co . They touch on topics like their big event -The Bra Run- their weekly events and other activations and how they are crearing a welcoming space for women to enter the running world and find community through all paces and levels of running. As they say they "Value and nurture the diversity in sisterhood!"

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Catching Up With Betsy Saina Feb 03, 2023

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Molly will also link the resources mentioned in the National Women and Girls In Sport Day recap on www.keeping-track.com , but here is more info on

Vaughn Childcare Fund for college Mothers

Books: Good For A Girl

How She Did It

Sites:

Voice In Sport online mentorship program for girls

Womens Sports Foundation

Molly catches up with Betsy Saina on her new journey as a Mother and American Citizen who has stepped from the track into the Marathon and road race world.

Betsy recently signed with Asics and won the Seville half. Betsy talks about her struggle for motivation and lack of opportunities during Covid, her decision to have a baby in the middle of her running career and how her agent and new sponsor Asics reacted to this. She also talks about how much more support she has in Kenya around childcare and pacing duties compared to the USA. look for Betsy at the Tokyo Marathon next month !

(note-baby noises in the background due to two Moms talking !)

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Lauren Fleshman Jan 24, 2023

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Molly, Ro and Alysia all speak with their mutual friend Lauren about her new NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING BOOK Good For A Girl: A Woman Running In A Man's World.

They talk about how the system (from NCAA to the professional side) could better serve a women's life cycle, body and needs and how playing in a system built by men for men has harmed women athletes by minimizing or not adequately addressing common pitfalls that young women athletes encounter, like eating disorders, negative body image and navigating puberty and pregnancy.

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Emily Sisson- 2:18! Oct 19, 2022

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Ro and I chat with friend of the pod Emily Sisson a few days after her amazing second place, 2:18:29 American Record run in the marathon-only her third crack at the distance, and talk about the build up, the race, recovery from covid, and how she’s grown as an athlete with her mental approach toward high pressure situations.

Emily is a long time talent-from racing internationally at Pan American and World Jr championships in XC and on the track as a young athlete to winning indoor and outdoor NCAA 5000m titles, setting the indoor NCAA 5000m record, and as a pro representing Team USA at the 2017, and 2019 world championships and the 2021 Olympics in the 10,000. She is a 5 time USA champion over road and track distances and recently set the American record in the half marathon . Emily is a super talented and focused athlete and we can’t wait to hear about this big achievement that was a long time in the making!

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Alison Mariella Dèsir's New Book Running While Black Oct 15, 2022

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Alison Mariella Dèsir Author of Running While Black : Finding Freedom In A Sport That Wasn’t Built For Us

Molly and Alysia speak with Alison about the process of writing her book, who she hopes reads it, how she hopes it affects the running industry, her love of running and her approach to the disruption the book may stir. Alysia reads you a few sneak peeks from the book that are particularly powerful so tune in!
pre order now, release dat OCT 18 and meet Alison on Tour here!

Links-

Book! Buy Running While Black here

Alisons site and social instagram- @alisonmdesir twitter- @AlisonMDesir

Our previous episode with Alison: listen here from May of 2020

Alisons outside mag piece referenced in pod

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Women in Coaching Series: Hannah Chappell-Dick of Brown University Oct 02, 2022

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Link-Hannah’s website: Schooloftrack.org for aspiring track and field coaches
Hannah Chappel-Dick Brown University Womens Middle Distance and Cross Country Coach
On being brought on for her first coaching position: "That's why, as a coach now I try to do as much shoulder tapping as possible. If I see that (potential) in someone I try to mention it right away because I think a lot of women maybe don’t naturally form that confidence without hearing it from someone else first…maybe that’s a little bit cultural, but to have that confidence placed in me was really huge”

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The First Female Middle Eastern Winter and Summer Olympian: Chirine Njeim Aug 26, 2022

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Molly Speaks with Olympic Alpine Skiier and Marathon Chirine Njeim about her start in skiiing, how moving to Chicago inspired her love of running and how a hobby became another Olympic berth.
Chirine talks about challenges she's faced in the sport, her love of her home country Lebanon and speaks briefly about her recent survivial of a plane crash and how it's changed her perspective.
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Dena Evans: Her Journey in NCAA and High Performance Coaching Aug 01, 2022

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We Speak With Dena Evans formerly of the National Championship Stanford XC/T&F Program, Currently coaching with Peninsula Distance and USATF Teams

Dena speaks about challenges faced by coaches, especially women in the NCAA who also have families. She also talks about the need to expand our hiring pool into more diverse communities in regard to the sponsored high performance team coaches in the US.
“That can be exhausting (piecing together your own network for childcare)...we need to figure out ways to make it not so exhausting and I think part of that is to try to normalize the idea that families are a feature and not a bug”

"If we are to be the sport we want to be we want to 1.) not just keep dividing up the same pie into different slices, we need to broaden the pie.

……2.) we also need to broaden the idea pool. We are probably missing out on some innovation and ideas by having a homogenous (group)..... the thing that seems safe could be the same thing that’s limiting us…. Diverse voices in leadership yield results”

USTFCCCA Womens Mentorship Program

USATF Level 1 certifications

USATF National Team Coach info

NCAA Coaching Academy

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The Winning Ways of Women Coaches with Dr. Cecile Reynaud Jun 03, 2022

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We speak with Dr. Cecile Reynaud: long tenured women’s volleyball coach and professor in Sport Management at FSU about her recent book speaking to some of the most successful women in coaching across the NCAA and professional teams and about the state of women in coaching today : how are the numbers and what does she think we need to do going forward?

Book link to Winning Ways of Women Coaches

Link to She Can Coach

WeCoach website

Her volleyball books

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