Jeffrey McEachern: The Only Way Out Is Through - R4R 435
The Running for Real Podcast
Tina Muir
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Ten years ago Jeffrey McEachern found himself at a point in his life where he knew things had to change. He found happiness and purpose through running, became a Peloton instructor, just earned his Six Star Medal at the Tokyo Marathon, and motivates others through his “Good Vibes Crew” community.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Running for Real, a global community with a shared love and curiosity for running. |
| 0:13.0 | Together we reconnect with the reasons why we love to run and discover ways it helps us become better people. |
| 0:23.4 | Whether it's the quiet moments of a morning run |
| 0:25.8 | while the rest of the world still sleeps, |
| 0:27.9 | or befriending the strangers next to you at the start line of a race, |
| 0:31.4 | we are here to connect with others who see running |
| 0:34.1 | as the common thread that weaves our lives together. |
| 0:37.1 | Come join me, Tina Muir, as I talk with people from all walks of life, united by a love of running. |
| 0:47.4 | Hello, my friends, welcome to episode 435 of the Running for a podcast. |
| 0:52.4 | Thank you for joining me today. |
| 0:53.9 | I'm excited that you are here. |
| 0:56.5 | And as I mentioned a few weeks ago, we have now shifted our podcast episodes to every other week because we have been working hard behind the scenes. |
| 1:06.1 | We are going to be announcing that to you very soon as to what we have been up to. |
| 1:10.4 | I do want to give a quick |
| 1:11.5 | update for those of you who have heard me talking about the World Athletics Road Running |
| 1:17.5 | Championships in San Diego. I was the sustainability director for it. Put a year and a half's worth |
| 1:23.4 | of hard work, energy, love into it. And this week it was announced that that is no longer |
| 1:30.5 | going to be happening in San Diego. Therefore, my role in the event has concluded. It's been a |
| 1:37.4 | tough week because I very much struggled with, I don't know if I want to say accepting it, but just kind of not |
| 1:47.6 | jumping to that, oh, that was a waste. |
| 1:49.9 | I should have known, you know, the pity party, let's be honest. |
| 1:54.5 | I did let myself feel it and I feel like I've processed through it. |
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