Reinventing Yourself Through Running: Interview with Debbie Gelber
Marathon Training Academy
Angie and Trevor
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we interview a long-time member of our community named Debbie Gelber who has reinvented herself through running. A self-described late bloomer to the sport, she stepped on the treadmill at age 40 with a goal of losing weight, over a decade later she’s training for her 51st marathon!
Debbie Gelber is a Fine Arts Instructor at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. She is currently training for the Tokyo Marathon working with MTA Coach Carrie.
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Debbie Gelber’s website: https://debrunsto50.wordpress.com
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| 1:00.2 | Hey, welcome to the MTA. Hey, welcome to the MTA podcast, where we empower you to run a marathon and change your life. |
| 1:00.9 | I'm Trevor. |
| 1:01.6 | And I'm Angie. |
| 1:08.3 | In this episode, we interview a longtime member of our community named Debbie Gelber, who has reinvented herself through running. |
| 1:11.6 | A self-described late bloomer to the sport, she stepped on the treadmill at age 40 with the goal of losing weight. And over a decade later, she's training for |
| 1:16.4 | her 51st marathon. We know you're going to love her story. We're also going to talk about some |
| 1:20.7 | training science in this conversation. So lots of good stuff. Hey, and if you feel like you're stuck, |
| 1:26.0 | like you've hit a plateau in your |
| 1:28.0 | running, just not able to hit that goal that you want, we can help. You can jump on a free call |
| 1:32.3 | with our head coach. We'll see if we can get you unstuck and get you to that next level. |
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