Making Running More Inclusive: Interview with India Cook
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
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🗓️ 19 January 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
India Cook is a mentor on the board of advisors of the Coaches of Color Initiative, founded by Matt Fitzgerald's 80/20 Endurance Team with the goal of improving diversity in endurance sports.
India and I go into the details of the project and touch on how the world of recreational endurance running is beginning to change for the better. She is an uplifting and inspirational person to talk to and I know you are going to love this conversation as much as I did.
With her background in mental health, she has a unique perspective on helping runners of all ages and ethnicities run confidently in any phase of their lives.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi this is India Cook and you are listening to the Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Hi there, my running friend, |
| 0:20.0 | this is Coach Claire Bartholic, |
| 0:22.0 | the Planted Runner. |
| 0:23.2 | And this is the Run to the Top Podcast, |
| 0:25.5 | one of the first and only running podcast dedicated |
| 0:28.3 | to making you a better runner with each and every episode. |
| 0:31.9 | We are created and produced by the expert team |
| 0:34.6 | of running coaches at runnersconnect.net |
| 0:37.7 | where you can find the best running information on the internet |
| 0:41.0 | as well as running coaching plans to fit every runner and every budget. |
| 0:47.0 | When you go up for a run it can seem like it's the simplest thing in the world |
| 0:54.0 | one step after another until you decide to stop. |
| 0:58.0 | But if you decide that you like running and you want to see if you can get better at it, you quickly learn |
| 1:04.4 | that there's a lot more to it. So you dive deeper into it and discover that |
| 1:09.6 | almost everything you find and everyone you follow looks different than you. |
| 1:15.5 | No one in your family or circle of friends runs and it can be hard to find |
| 1:20.0 | inspiration and |
| 1:25.0 | without many examples of similar runners successes, |
| 1:29.0 | you might sell yourself short or even quit running altogether. |
| 1:34.4 | That is what happened to India Cook, except the end of the story turned out quite different. |
| 1:40.4 | When India started to fall in love with running and found a shortage of inspiration from people of color, |
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