Claire Maxted is the woman behind Wild Ginger Running, a UK based running platform that helps trail and ultra runners get advice and inspiration via weekly films and podcasts. She is also the author of “The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook,” and the host of an annual training camp in the Peak District of England.

We talked about the challenges of running your own business as a mother and sharing parenting duties, and her experience staying adventurous with a baby in some ways, and having to drastically alter her life in other ways.

This interview was done as research for the book I’m writing about the mental lessons learned and practiced in running and motherhood. I’m sharing these recordings so you can come along in this book writing process with me!

Learn more about the book, my running and mindset coaching, and The Runner's Mastermind at mindovermilespod.com.

Original music by Joseba Brit.

Makenna Myler is a professional distance runner for Asics who has lived all over the world, now trains in Utah, and she qualified for her first Olympic Trials after becoming a mother. We talk about being coachable, having tough conversations with teammates to create a healthy competitive culture, your circle of control, training in tune with your hormones, and our shared love of ridiculous holiday cards.

This interview was done as research for the book I’m writing about the mental lessons learned and practiced in running and motherhood. I’m sharing these recordings so you can come along in this book writing process with me!

Learn more about the book, my running and mindset coaching, and The Runner's Mastermind at mindovermilespod.com.

Original music by Joseba Brit.

Alisa Harvey's accolades in the running world are as unique as they are impressive. She was the 24th American woman to break 4:30 in the mile, she holds multiple WORLD in various masters age divisions for the 800m and the mile, she's been inducted into the National Black Distance Running Hall of Fame, and this may be her coolest accomplishment - she is the only runner to run in the US Olympic Trials in both the 800m and the Marathon. So yeah, she's a boss. She is 56 now and we talk here about her running career, experience as a mother, and how she views her races like one big science experiment.

This interview was done as research for the book I’m writing about the mental lessons learned and practiced in running and motherhood. I’m sharing these recordings so you can come along in this book writing process with me! Learn more about the book, my running and mindset coaching, and The Runner's Mastermind at mindovermilespod.com.

Photo by PhotoRun for USATF.

Original music by Joseba Brit.