MARCH CATCHING UP WITH COACH

The first Wednesday of every month this year I'm going to bring you a conversation between me and my running coach,⁠⁠ Rachel Sinders,⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠Rachel Michelle Running.⁠⁠

We'll talk about my training and running journey while celebrating other members of Team RMR. You don't have to work with Rachel to enjoy these conversations, but if you're looking for a running coach - look no further!

Thank you, Rachel, for supporting me and my podcast.

Rob Perez aka @r.oh.bee and "the happiest guy out there" needs no introduction. Rob and I met at the 50th running of the Marine Corps Marathon and ended up running the entire race together with Team Melissa of Ainsley's Angels.

During this episode, sponsored by Amazfit and Cure Hydration, we talk about:

• How a cold DM turned into running the Marine Corps Marathon together with Ainsley’s Angels

• Some of our highlights from MCM

• Running with Achilles International

• How he did four marathons in four weeks all while running his government shutdown miles and working a 9-5 job

• Running The Speed Project(s): two 300-mile, unsanctioned races in the U.S. and Chile

• Life as a submariner in the Navy and what it was like to run on a treadmill underwater

• How he grew up racing go-karts and has raced against (and beaten) drivers like Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti, Josef Newgarden

• Sports he played growing up and how he ended up joining the military

• How he started his content creation journey and the sunscreen video that started his momentum

• The mustache

• His Mexican heritage (he’s half Mexican)

• Opportunities that have come about through content creation

• His advice for avoiding burnout

• What’s next for Rob

  
  

Other Links:

• Bobby Bigote Instagram account
• Cameron Balser Episode of Finish Lines & Milestones

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Sponsor Details:

• Amazfit - Use ALLYB for 10% off your order
• Cure Hydration - Use ALLYB for 20% off your first order

This is a SandyBoy Productions podcast.

Follow me on Instagram @allytbrett_runs.

This is a special episode of Finish Lines & Milestones where I recap all the details of my 2026 Fort Myers Half Marathon experience.

You can also read and see pictures on my blog ⁠here⁠ and other highlights are on my Instagram ⁠here⁠.

Quincy Sauer and I met at the finish line of the CNO Indianapolis Monumental Marathon in November 2025.

During this episode, sponsored by Noogs and Amazfit, we talk about:

• How we met through the Indianapolis Monumental race Founder, Carlton Ray, at the finish line of last year’s race

• About our experiences on the Board of Directors for Beyond Monumental

• The great safety pin shortage of 2012 at Indy Monumental

• Running her first half marathon because her mom signed Quincy up after a boy broke up with her

• Completing the Indy Mini-Marathon 20 times and her mom over 40 times

• Her first marathon in 2012 at the Chicago Marathon

• Getting into triathlons - being a swimmer growing up and learning to cycle

• The Divas Cycling Club - a woman’s riding and mentorship program

• Getting scuba certified

• Running while traveling and finding Strava to help plan the best routes

• Trading the awkwardness of modern dating for a half Ironman

• The Waikiki Rough Water Swim

• The standup comedy class she’s taking

Sponsor Details :

• Noogs - Use ALLYB15 for 15% off your order
• Amazfit - Use ALLYB for 10% off your order

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This is a SandyBoy Productions Podcast.

Gretchen Hercamp and I met at the Carmel Marathon expo last year in Carmel, IN. Little did I know what Gretchen had been through...

During this episode, sponsored by Amazfit and Relay Active, we talk about:

• Two brain surgeries in two years and three marathons

• How she discovered she had a brain tumor in the first place

• Her twin sister, Bridgett

• How running is peppered throughout her life starting in high school

• Running the Indy Mini for the first time in 2014 but not running another half marathon until after her son was born in 2019

• Running her first marathon at Monumental in 2023 only nine months after her first brain surgery

• Her Carlton Ray story (Carlton is the Founder of the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon)

• Using running as a way to work through her childhood trauma

• Discovering the regrowth of her tumor

• Running the “Indianapolis Triple Crown” after her second brain surgery

• Growing up poor

• Why the Monroe County YMCA Corporate Challenge is so significant to her

• Plans for 2026

  
  

Sponsor Details:

• Amazfit - Use ALLYB for 10% off your order
• Relay Active - Use MILESTONES for 15% off your order

This is a SandyBoy Productions podcast.

Bob Roudebush and I met through his wife, Trena, who was ⁠EP 31 ⁠of this podcast. These two are a running power couple and Bob has great stories to tell .

During this episode, sponsored by Noogs and Amazfit, we talk about:

• Trena aka ⁠Mrs. Roudy⁠

• ⁠Prairie on Fire,⁠ a backyard ultramarathon in Noblesville, IN

• His first 100-miler attempt at Leadville in Colorado and having his wife, Trena, as his crew chief

• How he started running to quit smoking

• Dropping out of college after being valedictorian of his high school class but now working for one of the biggest software companies in the world

• Meeting Trena and running races together

• Running a half marathon with David Goggins, yes, THE David Goggins

• The time he hit a deer with his car on the way to run an ultra in Idaho

• Guiding a blind runner, “Speed Turtle” at Indy Monumental and the Kentucky Derby Marathon (and then ran Flying Pig)

• A funny Trena running story from a trip they took to Paris

• Qualifying for Boston by never going

Sponsor Details:

• ⁠Noogs⁠ - Use code ALLYB15 for 15% off

• ⁠Amazfit⁠ - Use code ALLYB for 10% off

Other links:

• ⁠Prairie on Fire Film - The First Four⁠

• ⁠Galentine’s Day Run for Free to Move⁠

• ⁠TJ Dailey - EP 68⁠

• ⁠Todd Oliver - EP 39⁠

• ⁠Shea Aquilano - EP 60⁠

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FEBRUARY CATCHING UP WITH COACH

NEW SERIES ALERT! The first Wednesday of every month this year I'm going to bring you a conversation between me and my running coach,⁠ Rachel Sinders,⁠ of ⁠Rachel Michelle Running.⁠

We'll talk about my training and running journey while celebrating other members of Team RMR. You don't have to work with Rachel to enjoy these conversations, but if you're looking for a running coach - look no further!

Thank you, Rachel, for supporting me and my podcast.