30: Besty Hodges - Start From Where You Are
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🗓️ 10 August 2017
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Carrie goes for a run with the Mayor of Minneapolis, Betsy Hodges! They discuss Betsy's love for distance running, the importance of a healthy diet and the challenges of being a mayor.
Recorded July 24, 2017
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Betsy Hodges
A Minnesota native, Mayor Betsy Hodges attended high school in Plymouth, earned a bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College, and a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Wisconsin. After serving on the Minneapolis City Council, Betsy ran for Mayor in 2013, and is currently running for re-election. She is married to Gary Cunningham, CEO and President of the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (Meda) and a member of the Metropolitan Council. They have two children, four grandchildren and two cats.
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| 0:36.2 | Hi, I'm Olympian Kerry Tullifson, and welcome to the Sea Talley Run podcast. |
| 0:39.9 | My guest today is Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges. |
| 0:45.7 | Betsy is not only the mayor of Minneapolis, but a marathon runner as well. In this interview, |
| 0:51.3 | we go for a five-mile run in Betsy's favorite city. We discuss life as a mayor, sobriety, |
| 0:55.8 | and she tells us a story about winning her debut marathon so let's get after it all right mayor Hodges here we go I press start are you ready for this yes |
| 1:05.7 | I'm very excited well I'm excited too but I know that this has been a heavy, heavy couple weeks for you. |
| 1:12.9 | So I was actually, this is maybe one of the first interviews I was really nervous for, |
| 1:18.0 | especially just because you're in, you know, everyone knows what's happening in our city. |
| 1:23.2 | And so it's pretty thick. |
| 1:25.5 | So I was wondering, like, is this something that you do regardless |
| 1:28.6 | is get out and go for your run? |
| 1:31.8 | When you can. |
| 1:33.0 | Well, running is one of the ways I have of managing stress. |
| 1:35.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:36.7 | In part, I mean, other people drink or smoke |
| 1:39.3 | or watch a lot of TV, and I don't do any of that, |
| 1:42.6 | but I do get out and I run in the morning. I make sure |
| 1:46.3 | to work out because there's no other way to, but I will say this is my first workout in a week. |
| 1:53.4 | This is my first workout? Because last week was just so intense. Oh, yeah. I actually didn't get to run |
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