Molly Hurford is a journalist, author and podcaster in love with all things cycling, running, nutrition and movement-related. She’s the author of a dozen books about endurance sport, both fiction and nonfiction, including Fuel Your Ride and the Shred Girls series. As co-host of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, founder of Strong Girl Publishing and a bookworm-turned-endurance athlete, she’s a little obsessed with getting people—especially girls and women—excited about finding a sport they love and spending time outside.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Molly’s journey as an athlete and bookworm
• What Strong Girl publishing does
• What she’s learned in her writing
• How to get and keep young girls in endurance sports, particularly cycling
• Getting more women in bike shops
• Our own trials and tribulations in endurance racing
• Process vs. outcome goals
• The joy of de-load weeks
• And so much more!

Follow Molly: https://www.instagram.com/mollyjhurford
Learn More About Molly: stronggirlpublishing.com & consummateathlete.com

Follow Stevie: https://www.instagram.com/stevielynlyn/

Learn More About Stevie: https://stevielynrd.com/

Founder, coach, and most importantly, runner, Kathleen is the legs behind Bflo Run Club & Pace Buffalo Running Studio. A certified fast girl, 1/2 Ironwoman, and type-2 fun addict, she will push the pace and bring out your strong side like no one else. Post-run run, you’ll find her hanging with her soul dog, Clay, or taste-testing tacos at Casa Azul.

Her creds:

BS in Exercise Science // SUNY Fredonia

Personal Trainer // National Academy of Sports Medicine

Running Coach // Road Runners Club of America

USA Track & Field // Level 1

In this episode we chat about:

• Transitioning from college sports to sports-ing in adult life
• How you made running fun again
• Dive more into creating community with BFLO run club and PACE
• Challenges you face(d) as you built this fitness community
• Life as a fitness professional/entrepreneur opening up PACE
• Your why/mission/values
• What you’ve learned in this space
• Weird fitness trends
• Run clubs turning into dating clubs
• Things to look out for in fitness studios/personal training if you’re new to fitness
• Some of the different/unique offerings at PACE to support the whole athletes
• Changes we hope to see in the fitness/running community
• And more!

Follow Kathleen: https://www.instagram.com/_runqueen_/
Follow Pace Buffalo: https://www.instagram.com/pacebuffalo/

Learn more: https://pacebuffalo.com/

Follow Stevie: https://www.instagram.com/stevielynlyn/

Learn More About Stevie: https://stevielynrd.com/

Founder of Taylored Training, an online run and strength coaching service based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Becky, swam competitively and coached swimming, taught HS biology for a decade along with some coaching in XT and conditioning for Lax. During the pandemic her and her hubby and I moved across the country and she turned coaching friends on the side into a full time gig. They live in Phoenix now with our 1.5 yr old and dog. Taylored Training has since expanded to a 2 coach operation.

In this episode we chat about:

• Her love of science and breaking it down for her athletes
• What’s going on physiologically when we’re exercising in the heat?
• How to survive it (the heat)
• How to adjust workouts
• HR vs. RPE?
• If you know your race will be warm, her recommendations in a training plan to get ready for the conditions?
• Oh shit– it’s super hot/humid on race day, how do I adjust my race plan and expectations?
• Factors impacting how we handle heat
• Racing strategies
• How we can use the heat as a way to get “fitness gainZ”
• And more!

Follow Becky on IG: https://www.instagram.com/tayloredtrainingrun/ (business) https://www.instagram.com/beccatay124/ (personal)
Learn more about working with Becky: www.tayloredtrainingrun.com

Follow Stevie: https://www.instagram.com/stevielynlyn/
Learn More About Stevie: https://stevielynrd.com/