The Benefits of Walking for Runners with Milica McDowell, DPT
Another Mother Runner
Feisty Media
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
No matter what speed your forward motion is, you need to listen to this enlightening episode featuring Milica McDowell, DPT, co-author of Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way to Boost Your Health and Longevity―One Step at a Time. Along with hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Molly Williams, Dr. Milica details:
- the true sweet spot of daily steps (pssst: It’s less than 10,000!)
- the remarkable powers of a 5-minute walk and walking backward
- posture tips and walking drills
- why you might want to ditch your weighted vest
- the myriad benefits runners can gain by adding walks to their daily routine
The co-hosting duo talk about recent swimming and hiking adventures before Dr. Milica joins around 08:50.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm hoping you've heard. Feisty Media and another mother runner have merged. And our first |
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| 1:06.6 | Welcome to another mother runner, your best running friend in podcast form. We do all the talking even on the uphills. |
| 1:12.5 | I'm your host, Sarah Bowen-Shay. |
| 1:14.6 | And seated just to my left is Molly Williams. |
| 1:17.5 | Hello, Molly. |
| 1:18.2 | Hello. |
| 1:19.3 | How are you? |
| 1:20.1 | I'm good. |
| 1:20.8 | It's nice to be here today. |
| 1:21.9 | Yes, yes. |
| 1:23.7 | So this is our second take of this intro. I won't go into why. But when we recorded it the first time, it was the day after our debut pond swim of the season. |
| 1:36.5 | Yeah. It was a cold. It was practically snowing. And you said, let's go swimming. |
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