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Welcome to episode 51 with marathoner, writer, published author, and another mother runner,

Dimmity McDowell.

Welcome back to the pod everyone. I'm doing something very uncomfortable for me today. I'm interviewing someone about a topic that I know very little about, issues that face women when it comes to their running.

Since I'm not a woman, hopefully this is clear by now,

I not only don't really think about this topic as often, but I have absolutely zero experience

dealing with it myself. But that doesn't mean it's not important and the

whole goal of this podcast is to give you actionable strategies to improve your running.

Now if I can't do that then I'm going to bring in somebody who can. My guest is

Dimity McDowell. She's the co-founder of another mother runner.com, a place

where women runners can get together and have a community that supports one another and offers an environment where women can talk about their running. And she has been a runner herself for decades, she coaches, she writes about running for ESPN, Runners World, Women's Running,

Pretty Much Everywhere. And she's also a three-time published author. Her books include Run Like a Mother,

Train Like a Mother, and Tails from Another Mother Runner.

In this conversation, we're going to talk about the many diverse topics that are more relevant to women than men.

But no matter who you are, you're going to find a few golden nuggets here

that you can use to plan your training more effectively or simply support your partner as I go after

a big running goal. Now I should add this isn't the entire interview. The full

uncut version is available to any and all current team strength running members.

Team strength running is how members of our community can get regular ongoing access to me as their coach

affordably. I firmly believe every runner who wants to get better should be able to have access to a coach. To get a sound training plan that makes sense, and that's actually more rare than I thought when I took a look at a lot of the plans you can download online. But it's not just about the training, it's coaching, it's

getting your questions answered when you have them, it's about getting clarity

when you're confused so you can waste less time on indecision and spend more energy on your actual running.

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