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For most of us, our decisions don't carry the weight of one that faced Deena. In 2006 she had to make a difficult decision – Win the Boston Marathon or run the London Marathon and push the marathon record out of reach. She talks to us about how her dog helped her make this decision and how she trained to break the American Marathon Record at the 2006 London Marathon. The American Record is one of many accolades for Deena - an 8-time National Cross Country Champion, 8-time collegiate All-American, 4-time SEC Champion, two silver medals in World Cross Country Championships, Women's Road 10 mile record, Women's 15K record, Women's 8K record. Additionally, Deena is an author, of Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory https://amzn.to/3gDITRC and is currently working on writing a cookbook.
Welcome to a new episode of Journey of the Rhode Runner! This week, Adriana and Paul introduce personal trainer Orlando Lugo to the show. The gang discusses some ways to stay positive in these Corona days. Once again, the Wim Hof method of meditation is discussed, as well as the book Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Dr. Joe Dispenza. And Paul gives a shout out once again to Deena Kastor's book, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory, which he cannot recommend highly enough. We also discuss gratitude, and Paul reads some gratitude messages from friends and listeners of the show. If you'd like to share something you're grateful for, please feel free to email TheRhodeRunner1@gmail.com. This is a very fun conversation, so please enjoy! Recommended Reading Orlando can be found on: Instagram at complete.athlete and on Facebook Adriana can be found on: Instagram at @ajoylifestyle Facebook: Adriana Ferns email: adrianaf7@yahoo.com You can find The Rhode Runner in the following places: Twitter: @TheRhodeRunner Instagram: @TheRhodeRunner Facebook Please let us know if you have any questions or stories for us to read on the air. You can email TheRhodeRunner1@gmail.com You can also download and subscribe to the Journey of the Rhode Runner Podcast at: Apple Podcasts iHeartRadio Spotify Stitcher Or anywhere you normally get your podcasts from.
Deena Kastor joins James Rogers in conversation in downtown Chicago. Deena is a three-time Olympian and the American women’s record-holder in the marathon (2:19:36). At the 2004 Athens Olympics, she captured a bronze medalist in the marathon for the USA. Deena wrote a fantastic book! “Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory” released in April. This talk covers her writing and editing process, plus much more on her career and penchant for food. Deena resides in Mammoth Lakes, California, and serves as president of the Mammoth Track Club. Her husband, Andrew, is the track club’s head coach, and two MTC members (Alexi Pappas and Sarah Attar) are competing in Sunday’s Chicago Marathon. Deena will be at the finish line handing out medals and congratulating finishers of the 26.2-mile race. Deena encourages you to get your copy of “Let Your Mind Run” at a local bookstore, but—believe it or not—you can also purchase it on Amazon.
This week the NoVA Weekend Warriors podcast is joining forces with Sara Kotila of the Knead To Run podcast to introduce our Weekend Warriors Knead To Run Book Club, the Book Club with the athlete in mind! In this episode, we announce the book we will be reading for September . . . Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor and Michelle Hamilton. Read along with us and connect with us before our book review in late September! September's Book Club Selection: Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor and Michelle Hamilton. Help support NoVA Weekend Warriors podcast by purchasing the book using my affiliate link: https://amzn.to/2BYHbcW or pick it up "Let Your Mind Run" wherever your normally find your book selections. Special thanks to Sara Kotila, Licensed Massage Therapist and Owner of Knead to Run and the Knead to Run podcast in Exeter, NH. Listen to the Knead to Run podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, most places you find your podcasts and at https://www.kneadtorunmassage.com/podcast. Connect with Meg:https://massagetherapybymeg.com/podcasthttps://facebook.com/megdonnellylmthttps://instagram.com/megdlmt This episode was first published at: https://massagetherapybymeg.com/podcast. __Thank you to our episode sponsor, Rowan Tree, a new kind of co-working and co-growth community in Herndon Virginia focused on women but open to all. https://workrowan.com
This week the NoVA Weekend Warriors podcast is joining forces with Sara Kotila of the Knead To Run podcast to introduce our Weekend Warriors Knead To Run Book Club, the Book Club with the athlete in mind! In this episode, we announce the book we will be reading for September . . . Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor and Michelle Hamilton. Read along with us and connect with us before our book review in late September! September's Book Club Selection: Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor and Michelle Hamilton. Help support NoVA Weekend Warriors podcast by purchasing the book using my affiliate link: https://amzn.to/2BYHbcW or pick it up "Let Your Mind Run" wherever your normally find your book selections. Special thanks to Sara Kotila, Licensed Massage Therapist and Owner of Knead to Run and the Knead to Run podcast in Exeter, NH. Listen to the Knead to Run podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, most places you find your podcasts and at https://www.kneadtorunmassage.com/podcast. Connect with Meg:https://massagetherapybymeg.com/podcasthttps://facebook.com/megdonnellylmthttps://instagram.com/megdlmt This episode was first published at: https://massagetherapybymeg.com/podcast. __Thank you to our episode sponsor, Rowan Tree, a new kind of co-working and co-growth community in Herndon Virginia focused on women but open to all. https://workrowan.com
Sarah and co-host Tish Hamilton thoroughly enjoy an amazing conversation with Deena Kastor, bronze medalist in the women’s marathon in 2004 Olympic Games and author of Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory. A mom of one, Deena tells how her first post-baby run made her “entire body tingle with joy,” then moves into sharing the struggle of striving to be “a gold-medal mom and a gold-medal runner.” She tells how her summer training schedule differs from her school-year one. (Spoiler alert: Her weekly mileage doubles once school starts!) Find out which race was “a major suffer-fest” for Deena, and the granular tactics she used to persevere to the finish line. Marvel as Deena tells about the impediments leading up to her setting the U.S. Masters Marathon record at the 2015 Chicago Marathon—and how, in the final miles, she broke that race into manageable chunks. Thanks to an insightful question from Tish, Deena reveals how writing her memoir was the “hardest finish line” she ever reached. Deena shares countless pieces of advice for putting positivity into action. Find out what Deena’s word for 2018 is—and laugh along as Deena and Tish inadvertently come up with a title for the cookbook we hope Deena authors next! All this, and so much more! In the intro, Tish and SBS talk about the final days of summer vacation, and Tish serves up important resume-running-post-injury advice to Sarah. Olympian Deena joins the show at 20:38. Get $5 off your first order of Kopari coconut-oil skincare and bodycare products, go to koparibeauty.com/AMR For a vehicle that’s friendlier to the environment and boasts ingenious safety features, check out the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. Learn more at Chrysler.com Enjoy Chosen Foods oils, salad dressings, and ancient grains: Get 50% off orders of $10 or more by using promo code MOTHERRUNNER atchosenfoods.com/amr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Deena Kastor grew up a running phenom and a highly recruited student athlete. In college she struggled to maintain the momentum of her high school running career and seriously considered dropping out of the running world to pursue baking. Good thing she decided to give it one last go. Through hard work, an open mind and the right people in her life, Deena turned the corner and found the magic bullet that allowed her to fully tap into her potential – as an athlete and a person - the power of a positive mindset. Deena competed at the top tier of distance runners for over a decade, winning countless races from the 5k to marathon. She still holds the American records in the marathon, 10-mile, 15k and 8k. Deena ran all the way until she found out she was pregnant with her daughter Piper in 2010, and she’s running again, chasing masters records and crushing them. Be sure to cheer for her this weekend at the Boston marathon. I reconnected with Deena recently when I read her new book, "Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory," which launches today on many outlets – basically anywhere books are sold. It is a truly incredible, emotional, educational book about the power of positive thinking in sports. Of course I was drawn to how someone as seemingly as invincible as Deena has had to work hard to tap into the positive power inside of her, that at times, she strongly doubted. Some highlights from our conversation: Growing up a runner Skin cancer: Facing your own mortality Being a mom to Piper How your greatest gifts can often be your greatest disappointments Being "all in" in everything. The key? Turn off your phone! Aging as a runner: what to expect (or not expect!) Positivity: How do we create more positivity in our lives? Deena's new book "Let Your Mind Run" - available now! What I love about Deena is that she is wise and full of amazing advice that she’s learned the hard way, but she’s also real and human and approachable. She has a newfound perspective on what is truly important in life and I can literally feel it as I talked to her. I think that her final nugget “Pay attention to your thinking” is so compelling and can help all of us gain just a little bit of that perspective she’s worked hard to achieve. This episode is sponsored by Skirt Sports, the amazing company I started all the way back in 2004. We are giving you a 30% discount on all the new stuff! Use code DONTGIVEUP - not valid on sale items. This episode is also sponsored by innovative Health IQ - a life insurance agency that helps healthy people get better rates on life insurance. To see if you qualify, go to healthiq.com/rtw - tell them I sent you!