The Most Important Commitments You Can Make are to Yourself- Black Girls RUN!
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.6 • 931 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2016
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Today we’re talking to the founders of Black Girls RUN!,Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks-Rocha. You know how the running community seems alot more inclusive than it used to be? I think a big part of that is because ofthese ladies’ effort and what they’ve achieved through BGR.
Initially they met while pledging to the same sorority incollege. They weren’t runners at the time, but they became interested together,and they’ve inspired each other to keep going and built each other up eversince. They explain how they found other things they enjoyed and made themhappy through running, as well.
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| 0:00.0 | And it's also like a gateway, I always call it the gateway drug because once you start running, |
| 0:05.2 | you're like, huh, I want to do a triathlon or I want to try, I don't know, X, Y, and Z. |
| 0:10.2 | And I've seen so many of our members go from running a 5K to doing |
| 0:14.6 | ultras or tries and it's just it's an amazing thing to watch. |
| 0:21.8 | Welcome to the Runners Connect Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning |
| 0:27.4 | from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. So together we can train a smarter healthier and faster running community. |
| 0:36.7 | Now here's your host Tina Muir. |
| 0:42.2 | Hello this is Tina Muir. Thank you so much for joining me for the latest episode of the |
| 0:46.5 | Run to the Top Podcast brought to you by Rana's Connect. So last week I talked to Trent Morrow, |
| 0:52.0 | who was a runner, well actually who wasn't a runner, he was a guy who was 70 pounds overweight, who went to being the world record holder of the most marathons run in Seven Continents during 2014. |
| 1:03.7 | That was 200 if you were wondering. |
| 1:06.0 | So today we're going to hear the story of Tony Carey and Ashley Hicks Roker, |
| 1:09.6 | who are the founders of Black Girls Run. |
| 1:12.1 | You know it seems like the running world is a bit more inclusive than it used to be? |
| 1:16.0 | Well, I think a big part of that is probably because of these ladies and what they've done. |
| 1:20.0 | So Tony is a freelance writer for Zell. She was named one of 30 black bloggers you should know by Root magazine's 35 under 35 and she's received Toyota's Standing Evation Award which was presented at Oprah's 2014 Life You Want Weekend. |
| 1:35.0 | Pretty impressive. |
| 1:36.0 | And Ashley has worked with W.R.D.Q TV as the TV director. |
| 1:40.0 | She's also worked as a producer, director, social media communications manager for a non-profit in New York. |
| 1:47.0 | So are you ready to meet them? After a quick word from our sponsor, we're going to dive right in. |
| 1:52.0 | Running with Music or distract us when those mental demons are loud, |
| 1:57.0 | but not when you're tangled in chords. |
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