Ep 100: Latoya Snell on Empowering Women Post NYC Marathon Heckling
Run, Selfie, Repeat
Kelly Roberts
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2017
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
At mile 22 of the New York City Marathon, the unthinkable happened. A man had the audacity to say to avid marathoner and ultra-marathoner Latoya Shauntay Snell, "It’s gonna take your fat ass forever, huh?”.
I first read about the interaction in Latoya's powerful piece, I'm a Plus-Size Runner and I Got Heckled at the NYC Marathon. (It's required reading. Besides being an incredibly brave and talented writer, Latoya writes what I wish so many people understood about running.) I think we can all agree that races are safe places. Regardless of size or pace, everyone who had the courage to put in the work and showed up on race day deserves respect.
But for so many of us, what happened to Latoya is our worst nightmare. To have someone shame us because of our size. It's disgusting and disappointing but I am so grateful for Latoya for being so open about why she runs and why she refuses to let that man define her.
For more Latoya, check her blog Running Fat Chef, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, I'm on my 45th opener try. I don't know why I've never taken this long to try to record an opening in my life, but I keep making these really terrible jokes. So I'm going to save you from a really terrible joke and just get right into it. Hi, everybody. Welcome to the Run, selfie, repeat podcast where we talk about life with the side of running. My name is your not so funny host, Kelly Roberts. |
| 0:24.6 | And today on the podcast, oh my gosh, I have a pretty incredible, inspiring, motivating, thought-provoking. |
| 0:41.2 | Just, I have an amazing human being on the show today who is bravely talking about something that she experienced during the New York City Marathon. But before we |
| 0:47.8 | get into that, just a quick thank you to Squarespace for making this episode of The Rensel if |
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| 1:47.8 | All right, without further ado, I hope you enjoy this incredible episode of the podcast. |
| 1:53.2 | I nearly half as much as I do because I could listen to this all day. Enjoy. |
| 1:58.3 | Can you introduce yourself? |
| 1:59.8 | Oh, hi. My name is Latoya Shanteay Snell, and I am the crazy zany |
| 2:05.1 | writer of Running Fat Chef, and I share all different types of my adventures, ranging from running |
| 2:12.1 | obstacle course racing and jumping out of perfectly good planes. |
| 2:18.4 | Oh, my God. |
| 2:24.9 | I know when I read that, Latoya, I was like, oh, my God, this woman has a brave bone that I have been looking for all my life. |
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