Betsy Mikel and I have known each other for over a decade because of our shared running hobby. But she is way cooler than I am. During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

How we met through a mutual running friend (Kim Bowers) that I met through a running friend (Celina Bourgeois)

Her marathon PR at the Philadelphia Marathon and the fact that I was somehow her good luck charm

The 2024 Chicago Marathon, her 10th marathon and her first postpartum marathon, and the other Chicago marathons she’s run

How her son, Otto, was born on Chicago Marathon weekend, making it an even more special weekend for her

Her experience working with a sports nutritionist, Lydia Nader

Three Run Two, her Chicago running group

How interesting of a relationship it is to be running buddies with someone

How she got into running marathons in the first place (her first when she was 18)

Fueling for races and using Gatorade patches to measure sweat rate

Other race stories - St. Louis, Big Cottonwood, Philadelphia, Twin Cities

How she has no aspirations to run the New York City Marathon

How she knew she was going to be writer since she was a little girl

The fact that she grew up in a historic house built by the same architect who designed Chicago’s first skyscraper

The memoir she’s writing and how similar it feels to running a marathon

Her world travels before and after having her son, Otto

How she loves her Asics

Podcast episode Betsey mentioned - You're Wrong About with Rosie Ruiz

This is a SandyBoy Productions podcast.