Hi, this is Debbie Boyles, coach at Mojo for Running with podcast number, wait for it.

100.

Right, 100.

Amazing.

I am super, super excited to be crossing that milestone to be actually on my 100th episode. And I want to

thank all of you for listening in. Today, I have listener stories for you, as I promised. But before we

get into that, I thought I'd mentioned some of the topics I've got lined up for the next few

episodes and then a little bit of background about this podcast. In the next weeks,

we'll talk about race courses, how they're measured, cutting the tangents, etc., race etiquette and

track etiquette, how to maneuver efficiently and safely through an aid station, and several episodes

about various forms of cross-training. If you have specific questions about any of those topics,

please send them along to Deb at mojo for running.com. I started this podcast in 2009, but you

wouldn't know that from looking at the dates on iTunes. They are all 2014 or newer.

That's because until 2014, my mojo for running website was a Squarespace website,

which meant there was no way for me to get stats to find out how many people were downloading it,

how many people were listening. And contrary to what most people think, iTunes does not supply podcasters

with any stats. I didn't know if 20 people were listening or 2,000 or more. And the only way to get

those stats was to move my podcast and website to WordPress. I did that in March of 2014, and that's why

the dates all start then in iTunes.

When I saw the first stats, I was shocked that I was getting 3,000 downloads a week,

and that number has since grown to 8,000 per week.

I'm also able to see the location of the listeners.

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