Episode 389: Sid Baptista – Creating an Inclusive Environment for Runners
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Sid Baptista is an entrepreneur, a father, and the founder of PIONEERS Run Crew and PYNRS Performance Streetwear. He is passionate about making sure that running is inclusive and accessible to everybody.
We recorded this right before the Boston Marathon and he was about to set up a pop up shop for his clothing brand. He is from Boston so we talk about the Boston Marathon course. We also talk about having running groups in different parts of cities and making sure that running feels like a safe space to everyone no matter the color of their skin and accessible no matter the income of the person who wants to run. This is something that Sid is extremely passionate about which is why he started the PIONEERS Run Crew years ago.
What we talked about:
4:45- Sid’s involvement at the Boston Marathon for the run group and apparel brand that he created
7:25- How and why he started his businesses
10:30- Sid’s running journey
14:20- The problems with the Boston Marathon course
16:05- The PIONEER Run Club and his dreams for it
20:05- His podcast
21:30- Encouraging policy change
25:10- Encouraging youth to run
28:50- How others can work to diversify running
39:40- End of podcast questions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hein. |
| 0:22.6 | I'm your host Lindsay and I'm so grateful you are joining us today. |
| 0:26.9 | Today you're listening to episode 389 and my guest is Sid Baptista. |
| 0:32.5 | Sid is an entrepreneur through and through. |
| 0:35.8 | He is a father. |
| 0:37.6 | He's the founder of Pioneer's Run Crew, the founder of Pioneer's Performance Streetwear. |
| 0:44.2 | And he is passionate about making sure that running is inclusive and accessible to everybody. |
| 0:51.7 | So we recorded this right before the Boston Marathon and he was about to set up a pop-up |
| 0:56.5 | shop with his clothing. |
| 0:59.4 | He is from Boston and so we talk about the Boston Marathon course and we also talk about |
| 1:06.5 | having running groups in different parts of the city, not just Boston but other cities |
| 1:10.7 | as well and making sure that running feels like a safe space for people no matter the |
| 1:15.7 | color of their skin, inaccessible no matter the income of the person who wants to run. |
| 1:22.1 | This is really hard. |
| 1:23.6 | It's a barrier. |
| 1:24.6 | Time is a barrier and it would be great to help come up with ways to make it more accessible |
| 1:31.6 | and make it so that it feels safer. |
| 1:34.9 | So this is something that Sid is extremely passionate about which is why he started the |
| 1:40.4 | Pioneer's Run Crew years ago. |
| 1:43.0 | I had a lot of fun talking to Sid and you know I'm going to try to get him to get his |
| 1:46.9 | podcast back up and running. |
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