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The Mother Runners Podcast with Whitney Heins

The Mother Runners I Whitney Heins

This podcast features in-depth and fun interviews with mother runners (aka moms who run). Some names you may recognize, and some you may not. Every mother runner has an incredible story regardless of how far or fast they run. Embedded in each story are chapters of strength, hope, and overcoming. This podcast exists because we need to hear each other"s stories to not only lift each other up, but learn, grow, and be inspired. This podcast will motivate and entertain you--while on the run, in the car

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60:00

You Can Do It All, Just Not All at Once: Fuel Goods...

The Mother Runners Podcast with Whitney Heins ·

2026/09/28

Send us Fan Mail Fuel Goods co-founder Laura Jorgensen is on a mission to make sports nutrition simpler, and she's doing it while rebuilding her body and raising a newborn. Laura's relationship with movement has never followed a straight line. After three ACL tears ended her collegiate basketball career at Swarthmore, she turned to running, then cycling, and rode it all the way to the pro ranks with 50+ podiums and a spot on the U.S. National Team. Along the way, she co-founded Fuel Goods, th...

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20:57

STOP Chasing the PERFECT Training Week

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2026/09/21

Send us Fan Mail What if your training week doesn’t go according to plan—and that’s actually okay? In this special solo episode, I am breaking down why chasing the “perfect” training week can create unnecessary stress, especially for us busy moms. Fitness isn’t built from one perfect workout or week—it’s built through consistency, adaptation, recovery, and playing the long game. I share how to handle missed workouts without guilt, when to modify or skip a workout, and why you never need to “m...

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69:40

The Ultimate runDisney Insider: Secrets, Strategy &...

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2026/09/14

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you walk away from the “perfect” life on paper and create a life that actually feels like yours? Today, I talk with Lisa DiNoto Glassner, a former Big Law attorney who traded her legal career for a new chapter—and eventually discovered running and runDisney. After completing more than 100 runDisney races, Lisa has become an expert on everything from race logistics and costumes to corrals, characters, and the magic of the experience. Now, she’s sharing everyt...

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71:38

No Disappearing Act: MEGAN COOKE on Motherhood,...

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2026/09/07

Send us Fan Mail Most runners are told to wait until life gets easier before chasing big goals. Megan Cooke proves the opposite is true. In this conversation, the founder of Never Give Up coaching shares how she went from elite rowing and years of coaching to running sub-3 marathons as a mom of three, building a fast-growing coaching brand, and refusing to let motherhood erase her athletic identity. I get to pull back the curtain on Megan’s real life: three kids, three schools, endless ...

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63:39

CAROLYN COFFIN: What If Your Best Running Is Still...

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2026/08/31

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve hit a plateau, haven’t nailed your race, are navigating midlife running, or are trying to figure out how to keep improving without burning yourself out, this conversation gives you the real story. I chat with Carolyn Coffin, a running coach, podcast host of Inspired Soles, and competitive marathoner whose story spans late-blooming success, coaching, and an ongoing quest to rediscover what running can feel like. We discuss: 🌀How injuries, DNFs, perimenopause, and

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20:26

The Mother Runner’s Permission Slip: 7 Things You’re...

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2026/08/24

Send us Fan Mail What if you gave yourself permission to stop doing everything “right” with your running? In a special solo episode of The Mother Runners Podcast this week, I explore what happens when training, mileage, paces, fueling, and race goals become another source of stress—especially when you’re already balancing motherhood, work, family, and life. I am sharing seven permission slips every mother runner may need...Because running should add to your life—not become another place where...

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69:16

CAITLYN GERMAIN: The Surprising Power of...

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2026/08/17

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever felt like your body is working against you, this episode is for you. We’re joined by Caitlyn Germain, a former standout runner and mom who battled mysterious lower-leg pain before discovering she had popliteal artery entrapment syndrome. Caitlyn shares her journey from being sidelined from running to finishing the Boston Marathon, and how self-advocacy, patience, and trusting your body helped her move forward. This conversation is a powerful reminder for runner...

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44:14

CLAIRE BARTHOLIC: Pre-Race Mental Prep Hacks &...

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2026/08/10

Send us Fan Mail Most runners let self-doubt sabotage race-day confidence, until they learn how to rewrite their mental story. In this episode, running coach and mental training expert Claire Bartholic shares how to turn pre-race anxiety into activation, excitement, and fuel for performance. You’ll learn: 🌀 practical tools runners can use to build mental strength, including positive self-talk, visualization, training logs, and simple breathing techniques. 🌀 how to handle uncertain...

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49:56

ALICE BRAHAM: 2:36 marathon at the age of 50!, Mom of 4

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2026/08/03

Send us Fan Mail Thank you, Goodr, for sponsoring this episode! GOODR has functional, fashionable, fun, and affordable eyewear. Save $10 at goodr.com/themotherrunners Alice Braham has single-handedly changed the way I think about RUNNING & AGING. And I know she will for you, too! We are taught to believe that we should slow down as we age. That after 40, it is all downhill. Well, at the 2026 London Marathon, Alice (also known as Alice Sunderland, which is her married name), a mom of four ...

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77:52

CARRIE BRADSHAW: Double Hip Replacements & A Marathon...

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2026/07/27

Send us Fan Mail Carrie Bradshaw did the impossible and she just set a world record for it. Carrie, a 45-year-old mom of two, aka on Instagram as "Bionic Runner Babe" for her titanium hips, defied medical odds to set the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon by a female with bilateral hip replacements, clocking 3 hours, 42 minutes, and 31 seconds at the 2026 Houston Marathon. Diagnosed with congenital bilateral hip dysplasia in 2021, Carrie endured constant pain and was t...

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53:55

SARA HALL: In it for the LONG HAUL

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2026/07/20

Send us Fan Mail Today we get to catch-up with Sara Hall. If you haven't read her New York Times Bestselling memoir, For the Love of the Grind, what are you waiting for? From her roots as a national high school champion to becoming an NCAA star at Stanford University, Sara Hall has achieved remarkable milestones spanning three decades (!), including being the only professional runner to win U.S. titles in both the mile and marathon. Sara holds the American record in the half marathon an...

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68:06

TERA MOODY: Former Pro Runner REDEFINING SUCCESS as a...

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2026/07/13

Send us Fan Mail Tera Moody was a stand-out runner as a kid. I’m talking state champ. Went on to run at Colorado as part of the national championship team. Placed 5th in the Olympic Trials marathon in 2008. Top ten in the Chicago Marathon, TWICE. Represented the US in Worlds. Has a lifetime PR of 2:30 in the marathon. You get the picture. But it hasn’t been all skittles and sunshine for Tera. She had a coach who was old-school and promoted unhealthy underfueling. As a mom of two, runnin...

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49:13

JENNY MAXWELL: Mom of 6, Founder of JAMBAR, Creator...

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2026/07/06

Send us Fan Mail Jenny Maxwell founded PowerBar with her husband Brian while she was still in college. As two elite runners, they wanted quick pre-run nutrition that wouldn't upset their stomachs. Eventually, they sold PowerBar to Nestle and also started a family with six kids. When the youngest was an infant, Brian's heart stopped while running and he passed. Jenny's story is one of strength and perseverance. (She ran her first marathon at the age of 13!). She found solace in run...

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59:40

AUDREY BOWMAN: Childbirth Almost Killed Me..& Made Me...

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2026/06/29

Send us Fan Mail Audrey Bowman no longer questions her capabilities. Not in running, and not in life. Why? Because she faced the brink of death while giving birth to her son. Rather than instilling fear or fragility, that traumatic experience taught her the opposite: to embrace life without fear, knowing she can achieve far more than she ever imagined. It underscored the importance of living fully and cherishing every moment. In today's conversation, Audrey, a run coach at Relentless Runners ...

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53:43

LYNN RUIS: We Want to Be LYNN, 68 & LOVING Running!

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2026/06/22

Send us Fan Mail Lynn Ruis is a testament to the idea that you are never too old to run--or start running. Lynn is 68-years-old and she has a vibrant running life. She has a group of close friends who run several times a week together and plan adventures. She travels the world to run races. And she has her long run days, speed days, and tempo days--just like those who are a fraction of her age. Her journey into running began somewhat unexpectedly when she helped with course control at a...

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67:59

KATIE BAKSA:, Founder of Bound Running Co., Mom, &...

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2026/06/15

Send us Fan Mail Earlier this year I ran a rust-buster half-marathon. I heard someone say something about golden retrievers (we have 3, currently about to get a 4th) so I had to chime in. The person talking was Katie Baksa, founder of Bound Running Co. A phenomenal runner, Katie was pacing a couple of friends so I joined. She took great care of us & I got to interrogate her about Bound and her running journey. It was so fascinating, the miles flew by AND I told myself--I got to share her...

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77:02

MEGAN MORANT: 2:36 Marathoner, New Mom, WWE Host,...

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2026/06/08

Send us Fan Mail Today we get to know Megan Morant’s story of chasing MORE THAN one BIG DREAM at a time. Megan is a WWE broadcaster and co-host of the running podcast, Getting Chicked. She is also a woman who saw the 2020 Olympic Trials marathon and became inspired to try to qualify—but she also wanted to become a mom and have a baby. She decided—you can do both. Before becoming a mom, she was a 2:45 marathoner. A year after having her baby, she ran a 2:36 marathon, qualifying her for t...

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54:33

JACI SCHUERHOLZ: Losing My EGO to Find My JOY

The Mother Runners Podcast with Whitney Heins ·

2026/06/01

Send us Fan Mail Despite facing years of setbacks, countless medical consultations, a persistent cycle of injuries, managing 4 kids, and reaching the milestone of turning 40, Jaci Schuerholz made a courageous choice: she decided to stop searching for perfect solutions and simply start again. If you've battled injuries or health challenges, felt frustration with your body, experienced feelings of being lost in motherhood, lost sight of your self-worth, struggled with ego impeding your ha...

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64:38

CLAIRE SHORENSTEIN, RD: THIS is how to HYDRATE this...

The Mother Runners Podcast with Whitney Heins ·

2026/05/25

Send us Fan Mail As summer heats up and long distance and marathon training intensifies for many of us, maintaining proper hydration becomes more crucial than ever. In today’s episode, I chat with Claire Shorenstein, a sports RD and endurance athlete herself, and host of the podcast Eat for Endurance, about essential hydration strategies specifically tailored for runners, especially those tackling the challenges of training in the heat. We talk about: 🌀Hydration tips before, during and ...

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76:27

RANDI ZUCKERBERG: Facebook Pioneer, Ultramarathoner,...

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2026/05/18

Send us Fan Mail This week, we are getting to hear from Randi Zuckerberg—just a few days after completing the Cocodona 250. That is 250 miles up and over mountains, through the desert, in blistering heat, a lot of this journey done alone. The fact that anyone wants to do this—CAN do this—is mind-blowing. But the fact that Randi Zuckerberg is doing it—is even more so. Because Randi is yes, THAT Zuckerberg. She was a pioneer at Facebook with her younger brother—and she’s gone on to accomplish s...

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