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Where Every Story Needs to be Heard! Runners and walkers are interviewed to tell their run/walk stories, share fun memories, and provide great advice for those interested in this sport!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
Run Your Story Podcast turns running interviews into grounded stories about races, recovery, community, grief, coaching, and staying in motion.
Run Your Story Podcast fits Sports as a runner-to-runner interview show with its attention on the life around the miles. The sampled episodes treat running less as a results sheet and more as a way people make sense of cancer recovery, grief, faith, coaching, race memories,…
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A messy, honest runner story that turns attitude into the real finish line.
Mark Carroll's story lands as a plainspoken running conversation that shifts from troublemaker energy toward a steadier outlook on the road. The episode keeps returning to a simple spine: while the details of life cannot always be controlled, attitude and response still can.
A steady look at trying, failing, and taking the risk anyway.
Jeff's conversation on Runner Story keeps returning to a plain but sturdy idea: trying matters, even when the result is unclear. It argues that failing at something real can teach more than staying safe, and it lands on a runner's shorthand that feels earned: a DNF is better…
A welcoming look at how a race can open the door to ultras.
The conversation frames the race as a practical entry point into ultras, with relay options and a first 50K making the leap feel more reachable.
A warm run story about family habits, hard work, and a community that keeps showing up.
Anna Arsenault ties running, fitness, nutrition, MomStrong, KidsStrong, and family habits into one steady message: health works best when it is lived at home, not only talked about.
A warm running story built around community, gratitude, and the people who keep showing up.
This episode lands as a warm, community-first running conversation, with Allison Gillyard's shoutout to Women's Resource Center and the This Is Life 5K setting the tone early.
A personal running story that becomes a testimony about surrender, surgery, and change.
Bo Reynolds tells a story that moves from running into preparation, recovery, faith, and a shift from autopilot to intention. The strongest moments come when he speaks plainly about surgery, surrender, and the change that followed once he began obeying and putting God first.
A community-first runner conversation that keeps its focus on gratitude and practical training advice.
Runner Story spends this episode in a grateful, practical register. Allison Gillyard thanks Run the Rainbow, Selena, the team, the volunteers, and Children's of Mississippi, and the appreciation feels earned rather than perfunctory.
A reflective running conversation about grief, showing up for people, and keeping forward motion alive.
Allison Gillyard opens with real energy and keeps Josh Coleman, author of Moving Forward, Running With Grief, at the center of a conversation about grief, running, and what it means to show up for other people.
Trail running, told from inside race week.
Rhonda Hayden explains how Kinda Gritty grew out of a race-directing passion that began with a PTO 5K for Sacred Heart School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, about 15 years ago.
Allison Gillyard opens with a warm welcome to the Runner Story family.
Allison Gillyard records a conversation with Susan Hilton and Brenda Elliff, centered on running, walking, costumes, and breast-cancer survivorship.
Josh Coleman, author of Moving Forward, Running With Grief, says he wrote the book to keep Erin's legacy alive after nearly 20 years together.
Selena Daniel describes going from never running to chasing a 100-miler, after a local couch-to-marathon style group and a discount code from race director James Bowler pushed her into ultra racing.
Allison Gillyard talks with David Steudlein at the Battleship 12K Expo about running, Ainsley's Angels, and his Marine Corps background.
Travis McCalla traces his running life through three chapters: Marine Corps service, Army Reserve years, and the turn to ultra running after a health scare.
Allison and Greg hand the mic to Mark Carroll for a down-to-earth running story.
Allison Gillyard sits down with Karl Meltzer for a warm, story-led conversation.
Bob Becker says his path to Badwater 135 started with Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, a Boston qualifier in 2003, and a first ultra at Marathon de Sable in Morocco.
The Blue Mile: 300 soldiers killed in action remembered in silence, then families cheering under flags.
Brandon Guy says his running story began after he ruptured his Achilles while playing tennis in 2013 and started walking with Sky Guy, eventually moving into RunKeeper walk-run workouts and local 5Ks.
Run Your Story welcomes Anna Arsenault with a warm intro from Allison Gillyard.
Jared Beasley traces his running origin from Tuscaloosa to an 80-square-foot New York room, where a roommate from the Amazon told him to "run" and dragged him onto a 200-meter cinder track.
Allison Gillyard opens with a warm welcome to the Run Your Story family and a big thank-you to Women's Resource Center and its This Is Life 5K for supporting Stacey Ring's Run Story this month.
Blake Hughes, known on Instagram as TheUltraPreacher84, tells Allison Gillyard how a “one and done” runner became a road marathoner, trail runner, and ultra athlete after a Sunday-night 5K in 2019.
Allison Gillyard interviews Jennifer Cooley at the United Cerebral Palsy office in Mobile, and the conversation centers on how running, fundraising, and parenting overlap in her life.
Jackson Wolf says he signed up for his first 100-miler before his first 50K and later turned that appetite for big efforts into race directing and coaching in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Allison Gillyard opens Run Your Story Podcast with Kilian Korth, describing him as the first-place male Moab 240 champion and Triple Crown winner, then asks how his run story began.
Jme Trichell, known here as Uncle Jamie, says his running story began in 2014 at Sanderson Farms when a first 5K turned into a 27-minute win and an iPad.
Runner Story opens with a long stretch of thanks for Fresh Junkie Racing and the United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile.
Adam Williams ultramarathoner returns to Runner Story after record-breaking 2025 season: 9 x 200+ mile races (Monster 300, Cocodona 250, Moab 240, others) in 6 months.
Laura Green shares her running journey from competitive high school runner through college at Northeastern to current hobby jogger status.
Elite endurance athlete Becca Pizzi shares her journey from running her first race at age 6 to becoming Ironman world champion and 2x World Marathon Challenge winner.
Allison Gillyard welcomes Rachel, a record-setting runner from Alabama who brings glitter, swag, and a lot of heart.
Allison Gillyard opens by naming Bo Reynolds, Victor Burch, and the Bluebell Bombers, then warns that Bo discusses the day Victor was killed.
Runner Story closes out season three with gratitude.
Megan Eckert says her running story started with a 5K she was too scared to race, then changed after a half marathon in San Antonio with her new husband.
Host Allison Gillyard introduces guest Susie Wilder, president of Bay Area Runners, who shares her love for running and community.
Host Allison Gillyard introduces an interview with Cecilia Schmier, who shares her running journey, the influence of her coach and mother, and her love for Cammie's ice cream after races.
Host Allison Gillyard introduces the show and promotes Spring Hill Boot Camp and Pack Training for runners, emphasizing cross-training and community.
Host Allison Gillyard introduces an interview with Kyle Coffey, who ran the Boston Marathon as his first race, and thanks Patreon supporters.
Host Allison Gillyard interviews coach Rick Pauly about his running journey, emphasizing discipline over motivation and the importance of community.