how to start (and enjoy) running, self-care in a demanding job, staying healthy as an ER nurse with Megan Maynes (aka MegRunnerNurse)
80/20
Lily Rakow
4.7 • 698 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Megan Maynes was 18 years old when she got a call that there was a mass in her ovaries, and she needed surgery ASAP. Along her road to recovery, Megan met nurses that not only encouraged her, but inspired her to pursue a career in the field. Now, as an ER nurse, running coach, and former D1 athlete, Megan forges a path towards healthier lives for those around her everyday. In this episode, Megan, also known as MegRunnerNurse online, shares loads of wisdom, laughs, and advice on how to start running (and actually enjoy it), how to juggle a career in healthcare with self care, and why it’s important to stay physically fit, both mentally and physically, in a demanding job.
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| 0:29.9 | In a sense, honestly, running has saved me as a nurse, I think. |
| 0:35.1 | You know, I'm almost two years into this. |
| 0:37.4 | People start to burn out right around the spot where I'm in. |
| 0:41.3 | And the ER is not for the faint of heart. It's one of the more crazy, if not the craziest specialty that you can go into. |
| 0:49.3 | And running is just the, honestly, the utmost form of self-love for me. |
| 0:54.5 | It's something that gives me an identity outside of being a nurse. |
| 0:58.0 | My worst day as a nurse was when we lost a child. |
| 1:00.4 | It was a year ago. |
| 1:02.0 | And it still comes back sometimes. |
| 1:04.9 | I will be running and, like, images of that day will come to my head. |
| 1:07.6 | And it just, it always is like a form of release. |
| 1:10.5 | It just helps me process things |
| 1:13.5 | in a way that I never realized. Megan Mainz welcome to 80-20 what's up I'm so excited so excited. Nothing is up. Nothing is up at the Sunday. |
| 1:31.8 | Lunch. Yum. What was for lunch? I had chicken and then like this Mediterranean pasta salad that I made |
| 1:41.0 | yesterday. Oh, yum. The chicken's like pretty, pretty bad. |
| 1:45.8 | It needed, like, ranch to eat. |
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