Episode 56: How to Balance Running in Your Life, with Keira D'Amato

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In reality, we have to make time and shuffle our schedules to accommodate all of our responsibilities:

Kids and family
Work and professional obligations
Social events
Sleep? Maybe?

It's no easy feat to train well, work, have a family, and find some free time to read or have fun.

I remember back to one of the most challenging times of my life: the year after college when I had a 75-minute commute and a 9-hour work day.

That meant I was running 80-85 miles per week at 5:30am in the dark, in the freezing winter of Massachusetts. I had no time to do anything besides work, run, and ensure I slept 8 hours a night.

Now that I have a family, that's not a possibility. Hard decisions have to be made...

To help with those tough decisions, I want to introduce you to Keira D'Amato.

She was a 4-time All-American at American University in Washington, DC, specializing in events ranging from the 5k to cross country.

After college, she worked for years as the marketing director for Potomac River Running and today she's the "running realtor" for the northern Virginia and DC areas.

But she never quit running. Just last month, she won the Rock n Roll Half Marathon in Washington, DC.

Keira is running after the Olympic Trials marathon standard of 2:45 - and she's close with her 2:47 PR!

Oh, and she's married with two kids...

In this conversation, we discuss:

the many roles she's had in the running industry
what she's learned about runners from being so involved in the sport
her marathon progression from nearly 4 hours to 2:47 (!!)
how her current training has gone and her strategy to get the OTQ
how she manages to train at an elite level with a job and a family

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.7	This is episode 56 with four-time All-American, the former director of marketing for Potomac River
0:10.0	running and 247 marathoner Ms. Kira Damato. Hey everyone. It's time to podcast. This is your host Jason and today we're having a
0:27.1	wide-ranging conversation that goes all over the place. My guest today is a former
0:31.9	all-American mom of two who's embarking on a new career. over the marathon qualifier Here is someone who's been involved in the running scene for her entire life
0:47.0	not only as an athlete but also as a marketing director for one of Washington DC's biggest running specialty stores and even as DC's running Realtor.
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1:30.0	admittedly it's not for everyone. Okay let's get to our interview with Kira.
1:34.0	We're going to reminisce about our fondness for D.C.
1:36.0	Huge Rock Creek Park,
1:38.0	right at most of my training from 2008 to 2014.
1:42.0	What we've both learned about runners being involved in the
1:45.8	running industry for so long and we'll dive into how this mom and
1:50.1	professional went from running nearly four hours in her first marathon to chasing after the Olympic
1:56.1	trials qualifier. Without further delay, please welcome Ms. Kira de motto.
2:01.1	Hey, Kirra, welcome to the Strength Running Podcast.
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