AMR Answers: Getting Stronger of Body—and Mind—After a Rough Race

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Runners of all paces and abilities will be able to relate to the callers in this themed episode: Both Michelle and Amy struggled in their fall races, and they are now trying to regain their confidence. Host Sarah Bowen Shea shares personal experience of being on the struggle-bus, while host and coach Dimity McDowell gives loads of practical, insightful advice. In the intro, Dimity tells of the showtunes playlist she made for the 6:00 a.m. spin class she leads. The questions kick off around 11:51. Here’s a peak at 2026 hiking and biking offerings. When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR. We appreciate your—and their—support! Feel the Currex difference: Get 15% off with code AMR15 at Currex.com Use code AMR for up to 35% off first subscription order at livemomentous.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks to Kurex for its exclusive sponsorship of this episode.
0:03.5	Kurex is the best-selling insult in running stores.
0:06.1	And for good reason, Kurex insoles are highly customized and provide dynamic arch support.
0:11.2	For 15% off, visit Kurex.com and use code AMR 15.
0:22.5	Welcome to AMR answers.
0:23.9	This is Sarah Bowen-Shea.
0:26.1	And this is Dimity McDowell.
0:28.3	And Sarah, I have a question for you.
0:36.4	If you went to a spinning class and the instructor put together a playlist of Broadway musicals, would you be like, yes or no?
0:38.8	And I'm probably asking the wrong person, but I'm just asking.
0:44.6	I would say yes, because I would assume that the person, that the instructor was good enough at their job, that they would choose upbeat, motivating music.
0:58.7	You know, so it wouldn't be, I don't know, old-timey show tunes.
1:02.1	It's not memories.
1:03.9	Yes, or no, yeah, or not, you know, I don't know, something from the king and I or something, you know,
1:07.7	it would be something from, you know, jagged little pill or,
1:11.3	you know, I don't know, Hamilton or something like that.
1:15.0	So it would be inspiring.
1:16.8	Yes.
1:17.0	I can definitely see, though, a lot of people being like, I'm out of here.
1:21.1	Yeah, yeah.
1:22.0	So Chalkley, you know, my BFF, she had admitted to me once how much she does not like musicals.
1:29.3	And so then here she is, you know, the best friend of a mom whose son is in two
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