Running vs. Walking…A Girlfriend chat with Jessica Smartt

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Monica Swanson and Christian Parenting

Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Parenting, Christianity

5 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the fourth week of this spring series on Women’s Wellness topics! Today, Jessica Smartt joins me to chat about women’s fitness; specifically, walking and running…for physical and mental health, in every season!

Jessica and I have been online friends for years, but we met IRL (and went running together!) a couple years ago in North Carolina! Since then, we have enjoyed chatting, not just about family, homeschool, and writing, but also about all things fitness! Jessica is a few years younger than I am, so I love that we are in different seasons and approaching our fitness uniquely as we go.

In this conversation we cover the benefits of walking vs. running. Jessica shares some of her experience using a blood sugar monitor for a season, and we also chat about weighted vests. (She convinced me I need one! J) I hope you feel like you’re out for a walk (or run! ) with us as you listen. Be sure to get links to mentioned articles and chime in on this conversation over in show notes:

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0:00.0	Christian Parenting.
0:07.5	Hey friends, welcome back to the Monica Swanson podcast. I'm so excited to get to continue on in this month
0:13.7	of all things women's wellness. I've loved hearing that so many of you love these topics.
0:19.0	You know I do too. And today is another girlfriend chat
0:22.5	where my friend Jessica Smart joins me to simply talk about walking versus running. Now, if you tune
0:28.2	in to all the different fitness chat out there, there are big opinions on all of these things.
0:32.7	And Jessica and I are really sharing from our experience. We share a little bit of research,
0:36.6	but I'm going to link to some helpful articles and a lot more sharing from our experience. We share a little bit of research, but I'm going to link to
0:37.6	some helpful articles and a lot more information in show notes. So be sure to go over to monicaswanson
0:43.7	dot com forward slash walking dash running where you can find all those links. And also I'd love to
0:49.9	hear from you over there. Leave me a comment. Tell me about your experience or thoughts or opinion
0:53.8	on walking versus running. Now Jessica and I have a great time. We Leave me a comment. Tell me about your experience or thoughts or opinion on walking
0:54.7	versus running. Now, Jessica and I have a great time. We go down a few minor rabbit trails where Jessica
1:00.6	shares about her weighted vest, which, hello, I'm ordering one now. Also about using a continuous
1:06.4	glucose monitor. Since last week, I talked with Lindsay about fitness trackers. That comes up today,
1:12.1	too. But again, I hope this just feels like you're out for a walk with Jessica and I as we chat
1:17.3	about all of these things. So hope it inspires some good conversation, food for thought for your
1:22.4	own fitness plan. And just a reminder on all these topics related to women's wellness.
1:28.2	This isn't about achieving a certain body or a weight. This is about taking care of our bodies as God's
1:33.1	temple so that we can pour out and serve those around us so that we can live a long and healthy
1:37.5	life to God's glory. Amen? All right, guys, I'll have a few final words to say at the end,
1:41.9	but without further ado, let's jump in and talk about walking versus running. I hope you enjoy. Jessica, welcome to the podcast. Thank you.
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