458. The Everyday Runners, Julia Berteletti & Robyn Mayer

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

“Women really only get tougher. I’ve figured that out myself, and I’ve figured that out watching others. I don’t really put a limit at this point of what being a mom and being a runner means anymore.”

Welcome to the fifth and final episode in Season 2 of the Everyday Runner series. And today, we're getting a two-for-one deal, with Denver-based running best friends Robyn Mayer and Julia Berteletti! This warm-fuzzy-filled episode is all about the power of female friendships, both on the run and beyond. Julia and Robyn met through Twitter (remember those days?!) a decade ago, and eventually met in real life when they both moved to Colorado and started working out with November Project. On this episode, they share their real-life meet-cute moment, and talk about why they hit it off right away. They talk about their expectations about running after having children, and about the reality. Julia is mom to three-year-old Max, and talks about her hopes to have a second child, and the three miscarriages she has suffered along the way. Robyn is mom to two-year-old Rosie, and talks about her experience with Crohn's disease and how it affects her every day. Both women just ran CIM as their first marathons since becoming moms, so they reflect on how marathon training is different with a little one at home when you are also working full-time outside the home. Plus, what they talk about on the run together, and all about their Shalane Flanagan and Abby Wambach moment at CIM.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

Julia and Robyn share their CIM recaps (5:00)
What it was like marathon training as a parent vs. pre-parenthood training (19:30)
Robyn’s experience with Crohn’s disease (24:15)
What Young Julia was like (29:25)
What Young Robyn was like (30:40)
How Julia and Robyn each found running (34:15)
How Julia and Robyn met (40:20)
When Julia and Robyn get their runs in (46:40)
On family planning when you’re a runner with big dreams and goals (49:10)
The running highlight reels, and what Julia and Robyn are looking forward to and dreaming about now (53:30)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Coros.
0:04.2	Go to coros.com slash on the run and use code on the run to get a free
0:10.4	Coros Keychain watch charger with the purchase of any Coros watch.
0:19.6	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:22.0	I'm your host Allie Feller and this is the final episode in season two of the
0:27.5	Everyday Runner series. This season we met Chloe Rosen, Lisa Rivera,
0:34.0	Lara Condor, and Molly Burke. And today we're closing it out by getting two
0:40.4	for the price of one. I've been craving warm fuzzies lately. I mean I guess I
0:45.4	always am, but especially now maybe it's the holiday season. And when that
0:49.2	feeling hit me, I knew just who to call. Denver based running best friends,
0:55.2	Julia Birdaletti and Robin Mayer. Julia and Robin met over Twitter a decade ago.
1:00.9	Remember those days of making friends on Twitter and then eventually meeting in real life?
1:05.9	And it wasn't weird. It was wonderful. That's just what we did. We made running friends on Twitter.
1:11.9	Later, Julia and Robin met in real life at a November project workout in Denver and they
1:17.3	hit it off immediately. Today they are best friends on the run and off. They are each
1:24.0	moms now. Julia to three year old Max and Robin to two year old Rosie. And they each just ran
1:31.2	the California International Marathon as their respective first marathons since becoming moms.
1:37.6	On this episode, Julia and Robin talk about how CIM went for each of them and how training and
1:43.3	racing is different now in parenthood. I really loved and appreciated hearing them talk very
1:48.9	honestly about their expectations about what motherhood and running would be like and how those
1:54.4	expectations have compared to today's reality. They share their friendship story and the
1:59.7	meet cute that brought them together on a street corner. And this is just a feel good episode about
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