AMR Answers: Overcoming Training Boredom + Next Moves Post-Race

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Anyone training for a half or full marathon, like Shannon, will appreciate the wisdom hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Coach Dimity McDowell share on how to beat training boredom. Folks with a race soon, as Julie does, will be interested to hear the hosts’ advice on strength training during the taper. And anyone done with their fall race and wondering what to do in the “lull” before ramping up for a spring race, like Emily, will gain a lot from listening to Coach Dimity’s suggestions. Bonus track: an attitude-of-gratitude voicemail from marathoner Stacy. Before the questions and answers around 7:39, Sarah shares her non-race-related running goal for the fall. Please call 470-BADASS1 (470-223-2771) to record your question, and find Fall into Fitness: Harvest Your Strength here. 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 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.
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0:26.3	Welcome to AMR Answers. This is Sarah Bowen-Shea. And this is Dimity McDowell.
0:32.9	How you doing, Dimity? I am ready for real fall. I'm just, I'm just going to put that out there.
0:40.4	Like 75 degrees is not real fall. I mean, the leaves are changing and that's beautiful. But,
0:46.8	like, I want a day where I can solidly wear a sweater all day along and not have to be like,
0:59.1	on off, on off, on off, you know. I hear you. I was wearing shorts the other day and, oh my goodness, it's just, I shouldn't be complaining.
1:01.8	The sun has seemed just exceptionally bright.
1:04.9	I think it's because it's at a different angle than it is in the summer.
1:07.3	So, yeah, yeah. So it can be tough playing.
1:09.0	Pickleball, you know, first world problems for sure. So, yes.
1:13.8	Sorry.
1:14.4	Angel isn't even talking to me. It's rude. Sorry. She's got things to say.
1:19.2	Rupal is like, yeah, I should be in my cage right now. My mom gave me privileges.
1:24.2	And now I'm totally screwing up. She's abusing those privileges.
1:30.6	Exactly.
1:31.7	Yeah. So, Dim, the other day, I had an idea of what I will focus my running on.
1:37.7	I don't even, I hesitate to call it training per se. It's definitely not a race. And it's,
1:43.7	um, now the buildup is far too great.
1:48.1	I'm intrigued. So you're running, you're focusing on something, but it's not, it's not a
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