#382: Real Runners Share Stories of DNF’ing
Another Mother Runner
Feisty Media
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2019
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Sarah and Tish get real with three mother runners about pulling a DNF (Did Not Finish) in a race. The conversation includes:-tales of dropping out at Mile 5 of a 100-mile race (!!), Mile 17 of a marathon, and Mile 6 of a marathon;-advice on how to handle stepping out of a race due to injury or mental-monkeys;-starting-line suggestions for boosting finish-line success;-ways to overcome the “sadness and embarrassment” of not finishing a race;-suggestions for getting in the right race mindset from been-there, run-that BAMRs. In the intro, Tish and Sarah share several of their DNS (Did Not Start) stories. The first of three guests joins convo at 17:55.
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| 0:00.0 | On BBC A |
| 0:02.0 | I am doing life a few more years means nothing to me |
| 0:06.0 | I'm pregnant |
| 0:08.0 | judges go easy I'm pregnant women |
| 0:10.0 | I've been old my electricity that's all |
| 0:12.0 | don't think I should even be in here. |
| 0:14.0 | A new series of the Baffa Award winning time. |
| 0:18.0 | You tell anyone and I mean anyone about me I will kill you. Starring Jody Whitaker tomorrow |
| 0:25.2 | Lawrence and Bella Ramsey. Time. Watch on BBC I Player Welcome to another mother runner. This is Sarah Bowenhe. I am joined today by Tish Hamilton. Hello Tish. |
| 0:46.5 | Hi Sarah, it's good to be here today. |
| 0:48.5 | Yeah, it's been too long. It's been too long. |
| 0:52.0 | I know nothing about what you're up to. Are you training for a fall race? |
| 0:57.5 | I am training for a fall race. I'm actually going to race the New York City Marathon on November 3rd and I said race but I |
| 1:06.5 | actually mean run to listen to you in Amanda last week I'd like to run the New York City Marathon on November 3rd and it's kind of a milestone |
| 1:18.5 | marathon for me because it was my first marathon in 1989 which is 30 years ago. |
| 1:27.0 | Yes. You doing math so it's kind of cool to go back and do it again all these years later. |
| 1:32.8 | Awesome. You have though done it many times since then, right? |
| 1:37.0 | I think this is going to be my tenth time doing it, but I got to check the record books. |
| 1:42.0 | Wow, because how many marathons total have you done? |
| 1:45.0 | Again, I think it's around 55. |
| 1:49.0 | Oh my gosh. |
| 1:50.0 | Yeah. |
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