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The Running with From Fat to Finish Line Podcast explores all things running for runners of all shapes, sizes and experience levels. Co-Hosts Coach Rik Akey, a fun-loving Wisconsinite, and Jennifer Roe, a sassy Jersey girl, keep it real, entertaining, informative, and often funny. Both Co-Hosts were…

From Fat To Finish Line

  • Aug 11, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 30m AVG DURATION
  • 8 EPISODES


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Episode 8 - Put the Fun in Your Run

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 25:08


It's hot and humid out and this time of year most of us need a little extra motivation to get out the door. Jen and Coach Rik talk about ideas to boost your motivation and stay on track.

Episode 7 - How to Stop Hating Your Treadmill

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 25:01


In this week's episode Jen helps Rik embrace the dreadmill. Change your thinking and indulge in some guilty pleasure TV or just know that if nature calls you have a place to poop! See Jen's original blog episode here: https://medium.com/@jenroe/7-reasons-to-stop-hating-the-treadmill-37f41170d899?sk=3fe0a626f6284652f7570989534eb1ab

Episode 6 - How to Survive Summer Runs

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 32:16


On this episode Jennifer and Coach Rik talk about staying cool and safe in the summer heat.

Episode5 - Starting Over

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 28:34


Rik and Jennifer talk about starting over after injury and weight gain.

Episode 4 - Coping with the New Normal

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 31:23


We're back after a year's hiatus and boy have things changed. How are you coping with cancelled races and quarantine? Us, we've been up and down.

Episode 3 - Special Guest Sarah Ward

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 30:29


From Fat to Finish Line OG, Sarah Ward, discusses everything from her first 5K, to her first marathon with a little gas passing in between.

Episode 2 - I Am A Runner

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 40:11


In episode 2, our hosts, Rik Akey and Jennifer Roe, who are also two of the subjects from the documentary film "From Fat to Finish Line," continue their early running journey stories by recounting their first races. Both of their lives were profoundly changed when they crossed their first finish line.

Episode 1 - The Beginning

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019 30:04


Welcome to our first podcast! In this episode, our hosts, Rik Akey and Jennifer Roe, who are also two of the subjects from the documentary film "From Fat to Finish Line," talk about their life before running. They reminisce on how they grew up avoiding physical activity, including some teenage traumas in gym class. They also talk about the "aha" moment, when they realized they needed to make a change.

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