#481: A Chat w/ the Author of I Hate Running
Another Mother Runner
Sarah Bowen Shea
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Sarah and Molly have a good gab with Brendan Leonard, a.k.a. Semi-Rad, author of the satirical-and-insightful book I Hate Running and You Can Too. The trio talks about:
-the love-hate relationship many folks have with running and fitness;
-the need to becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable;
-the intangible gains running bestows, such as resilience and stoicism;
-the ins-and-out of self-talk; and,
-accountability v. inspiration.
In the intro chitchat, Molly details her upcoming hiking adventure, including her greatest irrational fears. Brendan joins the conversation at 14:45.
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| 0:52.0 | Welcome to another mother runner. This is Sarah Bowen Shade. Join today in studio by the lovely Molly Williams Flow Molly. |
| 1:07.0 | Hi Sarah so good to see you. You too. I'm turning to look at you. |
| 1:11.0 | So we haven't seen each other much. I know. You've been I hate it too. You have been training for a trek next month. |
| 1:21.0 | Yeah so going to try to do the Wonderland Trail again. So that's trail around Mount Reneer 93 miles. |
| 1:28.0 | Lots and lots and lots of elevation. I can't even remember the elevation so yeah so I'm in my oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit. |
| 1:36.0 | Part of my training. |
| 1:39.0 | And what has your training entailed? |
| 1:43.0 | Not enough. So trying to do a long hike every weekend. So did about nine miles about. |
| 1:53.0 | It wasn't maybe tall enough but maybe about a little over 2000 feet of elevation last weekend. Try to do something like that every weekend adding more and more to my pack. |
| 2:00.0 | Doing how much do you put in your pack would you say? |
| 2:04.0 | You know okay I thought I thought they pack at about 20 pounds in it. And then I actually wouldn't put it on the scale and it was. |
| 2:11.0 | Like seven. Yeah I think I need to add a little more to my pack. |
| 2:17.0 | You're like the kids when they say mom you were an hour late picking me up. That would be six minutes. |
| 2:23.0 | I was like trying to figure out how my day pack actually had as much weight and is as my you know backpack is going to have it. |
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