AMR Trains #14: Run to the Finish with Amanda Brooks
Another Mother Runner
Feisty Media
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Today Dimity chats with Amanda Brooks, a running coach who goes by Run to the Finish on social media—and in book stores. Her book Run to the Finish: The Every Day Runner’s Guide to Avoiding Injury, Ignoring the Clock and Loving the Run was released this spring.
In addition to talking about such important topics as the best pizza in Denver, the duo discuss:
—Why making one change at a time is a helpful, doable philosophy;
—The biggest thing that makes a difference in Amanda’s running;
—How to work gratitude miles into your everyday runs; and
—Why Amanda (mostly) gave up dairy.
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| 0:00.0 | Here's something I've been loving on my run lately. |
| 0:03.0 | CurX. |
| 0:04.0 | CurX is the leading over-the-counter insole that is highly customizable and provides dynamic arch support. |
| 0:09.0 | Visit CurX. US and use code AMR 15 for 15% off. |
| 0:15.0 | CurX, your body will thank you too. Hello, hello everybody. Welcome to AMR Trains, a podcast focused on training and |
| 0:34.2 | racing and endurance events. I'm Dimmody McDowell the co-founder of another |
| 0:38.9 | mother runner. Today we're looking forward to a conversation with Amanda Brooks who you likely know around social media as run to the finish |
| 0:47.1 | originally from Kansas City, but now a Denver right. Amanda ran her first half marathon in 2002 and hasn't looked back. |
| 0:54.6 | She's run over 20,000 miles. |
| 0:56.7 | Probably we need to correct that, fact check that one, |
| 0:59.4 | probably gone a lot more by now. |
| 1:01.5 | Become a personal trainer and certified running coach and recently |
| 1:04.6 | released her first book. Run to the finish, the everyday runner's guide to |
| 1:09.1 | avoiding injury, enduring the clock, and loving the run. So welcome Amanda glad to have you here. |
| 1:15.0 | Thanks so much I'm glad to be chatting with you. |
| 1:18.0 | Awesome so so 20,000 miles is that where you are these days or is that a |
| 1:22.4 | conservative estimate? |
| 1:23.6 | Yeah it's probably closer to maybe 22 maybe 23 now I'd have to go do all the math |
| 1:30.6 | again. Right that's fun math to do though, right? |
| 1:34.8 | It is. |
| 1:35.8 | I love looking back at that. |
| 1:36.6 | It's kind of insane to think about. |
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