#178: Olympian Rod Dixon Talks about Getting Kids Running

Another Mother Runner

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Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 12 September 2015

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Sarah and Dimity welcome two guests to talk about getting kids active and healthy. First up is Olympian Rod Dixon, a father (and grandfather!) runner who founded Kid’s Marathon Foundation, an in-school running and nutrition program that gets kids moving. In his delightful Kiwi accent, Rod shares stories about his start in running and how his experience lead him to help “keep kids calibrated” by bringing running into their school day. This 1983 New York City Marathon champion shares numerous race-day tips, including the importance of slowing down in the first half of a competition.

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0:43.0	And this is Dimmity in Denver. How's it going SBS?
0:47.0	It goes well. It goes well. I hear you have a race coming up there, Dimmity.
0:52.0	I do, I do. I was like, you have a race coming up there, Dimmity?
0:53.0	I do, I do.
0:55.0	I was like, oh, I haven't raced since Pike's Peak,
0:56.7	which was last August, when in fact I did that one triathlon in,
1:00.6	I don't know, was that June?
1:03.0	So I guess I did race, I feel like, but I haven't done a running race since Dykes Peak.
1:07.6	So yeah, so my foot is, you know, more or less cooperating.
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