Katie Sutton On The Inception & Growth Of The Festival Of Miles

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast is the Katie Sutton, President of Festival of Miles.

The Festival of Miles Foundation’s mission is to promote the sport of track and field and give back to athletes in need. HOKA Festival of Miles is a charity track meet featuring 3 hours of non-stop action with youth and middle school races, high school races showcasing some of the nation’s top talent, and pro races featuring Olympic-level athletes. Each year proceeds from ticket sales go to an athlete/athletes in need. Jack Higgens is the athlete in need this year. Jack has bone cancer that has spread to his lungs, and FOM will send proceeds from their event to help Jack and his family this year.

In today's conversation, Katie takes me through the history of FOM, her personal back story in the sport of running, her thoughts on the 2024 edition, her hot takes for this year, the athlete in need, and so much more!

I thoroughly enjoyed hearing the story behind FOM and the impact they've had on the sport. I am confident y'all will love this one!

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S H O W N O T E S

-FESTIVAL OF MILES: https://stlfestivalofmiles.com/history/

-THE PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClLcLIDAqmJBTHeyWJx_wFQ

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the Running Effect podcast.
0:06.1	I'm your host, Dominic Schleader, and today on the podcast is Katie Sutton.
0:10.0	She's the president of the Festival of Miles Organization.
0:13.0	I had the privilege of going to the Festival of Miles Meet last year in 2023, and I'm
0:17.6	absolutely stoked to be going back this year, 2024, later this month for the
0:24.0	2024 edition, which I think is shaping up to be one of the greatest high school track meets
0:28.7	of all time. The pro races are also absolutely stacked and I think are shaping up to be fantastic.
0:34.4	Katie comes on the podcast today to talk about the origin of the festival of Miles,
0:39.1	their mission to promote the sport of track and field and give back to athletes and need.
0:43.0	And overall, just like the story and progression of a track and field meet. I really,
0:47.4	really enjoyed this conversation. I got to meet Katie last year in St. Louis. And so it's so
0:52.5	fun to sit down with her ahead of the 2024 edition and give some context to all the incredible things they are doing.
0:58.7	Kitty talks about some things in today's episode that I have left a link to in the show
1:02.7	notes. If you do want to help support the meat and more specifically the athlete in need this
1:07.9	year, his name is Jackie, has has bone cancer and all the proceeds from
1:11.5	Festival Miles this year will go to help him and his family. I have left a link to that in the show
1:15.9	notes. With all of those notes aside, I hope you all enjoy my conversation with the one and only
1:20.4	Katie Sutton. Katie Sutton. Katie Sutton, welcome to the Running Effect podcast.
1:32.3	How are you doing this afternoon?
1:33.4	I'm doing great.
1:34.5	Glad to be here.
1:35.9	Let's talk about the 2024 edition of the Festival Miles,
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