Welcome to Running for Real, a global community with a shared love and curiosity for running.

Together we reconnect with the reasons why we love to run and discover ways it helps us become better people.

Whether it's the quiet moments of a morning run

while the rest of the world still sleeps,

or befriending the strangers next to you at the start line of a race,

we are here to connect with others who see running

as the common thread that leaves our lives together.

Come join me, Tina Muir, as I talk with people from all walks of life, united by a love of running.

Oh, my friends, episode 439 of the Running for a podcast.

And as of today, we're taking a break.

I don't want to say it's the end of this podcast because who knows where we're going with this.

And I want to talk about some potential pieces that could come along at some point with this as we go through this episode.

But yeah, I'll be honest. I have been struggling with this for a little while. Maybe you've

sensed it. My heart hasn't been in the podcast. You've probably seen, I've definitely seen a shift over the last few years,

but really in the last six months away from when I meet people, this is Tina, my friend,

she's a podcast host, host of Running for Real, too. This is my friend Tina.

She's like the sustainability guru or sustainability person.

The shift has happened.

I don't so much bring up the podcast when I describe myself anymore.

And yeah, it is, today we're going to go through kind of the journey to this moment.

2017, this podcast was started.

I began podcasting in 2015 with Runners Connect as the host of the Run to the Top podcast.

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