Many Happy Miles: The Final Finish Line, Episode #2

Another Mother Runner

Feisty Media

Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Have you had to—or are you contemplating—giving up running because of injury and/or chronic pain? The Final Finish Line, a special four-part series, will be cathartic and helpful as you figure out your next steps.

In episode #2, Dimity talks to runner Gretchen Gibson, who had a knee and hip replacement within six months of each other, and Dr. Dan Myer, her orthopedic surgeon, who also remodeled his running career after serious injury.

The trio cover:

How Gretchen’s torn meniscus was actually a short-term problem on top of a long-term problem;
Why Dan always asks a patient, “What is the goal here?”;
The reason Dan (gently) suggested Gretchen find another athletic passion;
How Gretchen, who has crossed 15 half marathon and 2 marathon finish lines, is coping without running;
Where Gretchen is currently finding some sweaty and satisfying success.

In the monthly Nourished on the Run segment, Ellie Kempton, MS, RDN, and Dimity cover the basics of blood sugar: what it is, why it matters (to everyone, not just diabetics), and a few easy ways to keep yours more stable. We also invite you to join our free Blood Sugar Badass Challenge, September 26-29: register here.

Find Dimity’s series for Women’s Running and other not-running-anymore resources here.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, before we start our regular show, I wanted to let you know that nourished
0:06.7	on the run, our monthly segment with Dietitian Ellie Kempton is at the end of this podcast.
0:12.5	And Ellie and I are going to be talking all about regulating blood sugar.
0:15.5	So stay tuned after we talk about the final finish line.
0:30.0	Welcome to many happy miles, a podcast that celebrates all type of forward movement, whether
0:36.3	it's a crossfit class or running underneath a parachute in an elementary school gym class.
0:41.8	We're here to say yay to it all and bring on guests to inspire you to move with joy.
0:47.5	I'm Dimitie McDowell, co-founder of another mother runner.
0:50.9	And today we are continuing our series called the final finish line for podcast devoted
0:56.2	to the time when running is no longer an option for your body.
1:01.2	Last week in our first episode, we talked to Stacey Bruce, who is coming to terms with
1:05.1	the fact that as she says, it's time to listen to her body.
1:10.4	That perspective is a perfect segue to today's guests, Dr. Dan Meyer and Gretchen Gibson.
1:16.4	Dr. Meyer is an orthopedic surgeon at the Crystal Creek Orthopedic Center in Akron, Ohio.
1:22.3	Gretchen is a runner and one of his patients.
1:25.2	I heard about Dr. Meyer when I was interviewing Gretchen for my column for women's running.
1:29.9	She mentioned that the doctor who replaced her knee told her she needed to start thinking
1:33.8	about working her passion for running into something else so that when the time came,
1:39.8	she was ready.
1:40.8	I've interviewed plenty of medical experts about injuries before but I never heard that
1:45.2	advice and I really appreciated it.
1:48.3	Turns out his compassionate perspective comes in part from his own experiences with being
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