The Fastest Woman to Run Around the World

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Calling all adventure-lovers, big-goal setters, and armchair travelers: This episode is for you! Along with hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Tish Hamilton, guest Marie Leautey, the second woman—and fastest ever—to run a complete circumnavigation of the globe and author of the new book Lootie’s World Run, shares: -how her globe-circling adventure came to her at age 39;-how she got in “go” mode to run 25 miles/day, 6 days/week; -things she learned + discovered on her 17,553-mile (!) journey;-how + why she re-programmed her running stride; and,-why the stroller she pushed encouraged empathy from strangers. Before the globetrotting guest joins around 9:14, Sarah shares a silly story about a Duolingo duel with a BAMR. When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR.We appreciate your—and their—support! Save 15% thru 8/31/25 w/ code AMRsummer2025 at topoathletic.com Sleep soundly: Save 25% off at CBDistillery.com with code AMR Get 20% off, plus free shipping, on allIQBAR products by texting AMR to 64-000 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks to Topo Athletic for its continued support.
0:02.9	Topo shoes are designed to help you move naturally with a roomy toebox, secure midfoot,
0:07.3	and low heel-to-to-to-to-to-to-drop to encourage a mid-foot strike.
0:10.4	Save 15% at Topoathletic.com with code AMR Summer 2025. Welcome to another mother runner.
0:27.1	This is Sarah Bowen-Shea.
0:28.6	I'm joined today by Tish Hamilton.
0:30.3	Hello, Tish.
0:31.6	Hello, Sarah.
0:32.7	Or should I say, bonjour?
0:35.2	Ola.
0:36.4	Ciao.
0:37.6	Nihow. Konicho. Chiao. Niho.
0:38.6	Konichua.
0:40.3	Well done.
0:42.0	You must be on a lot of dual lingo language lessons.
0:45.9	I was, that's all I've got.
0:47.9	I'm all done.
0:49.3	Okay, bye.
0:53.3	Yes, before we recorded this, I was telling you about the, it is kind of running related, duolingo duel that I was in last week.
1:04.6	And duolingo, for those of you who don't know, is a very popular, largely language learning app.
1:11.3	They do also have music and math and chess maybe.
1:16.0	And so anyway, so on, like all apps, you know, you can follow friends and have friends
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