#230: A Transformative Trip: Paige Lackey shares her Project Rustic experience
“At first it was hard because I felt like I was in this snowglobe that had been shaken up. And all of a sudden I had space, and then all the snowflake...
Michigan Runner Girl
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The Michigan Runner Girl podcast is where you'll find a passion for running crosses paths with a love of living healthy in the beautiful state of Michigan. Runner, mother, writer and lover of all things Michigan Heather Durocher, creator of the running and travel site MichiganRunnerGirl.com, hosts the show, along with regular appearances by fellow Michigan Runner Girls (and Guys). Expect to hear informative and entertaining conversations with runners, race directors and fitness experts throughout Michigan during this weekly show. You'll learn about new races to try and great places to explore on foot. The Michigan Runner Girl podcast is all about living in a state of motion.
#229: Running + racing Mackinac Island
Heather and Jonny share the Mackinac Island running paths they explored — the 8-mile paved path around the island and the winding trails weaving throu...
LIVE from Mackinac Island: Reimagining a Healthy Michigan
As we all keep moving forward during the pandemic, charting a path to recover, heal, and thrive as a state is critical, say organizers of the 2021 Mac...
#227: A deeper, more personal conversation with Heather and Emma
Moving our bodies. Dealing with anxiety. Finding what inspires us. Cultivating and maintaining family relationships. Tending to our mental health. The...
#226: Inside IRONMAN 70.3 Michigan in Frankfort
In just under two weeks, a few thousand athletes and their family and friends will travel to the quaint and beautiful Lake Michigan coastal town of Fr...
#225: 'Nature helps us in every way': Janice Davidson on the return of the Betsie Valley Trail Run
At the start of 2021, Janice Davidson took a big leap of faith when she quit her longtime position as the director of recreation at Crystal Mountain R...
#224: Going green with runner and innovator Kristina Smithe
"The idea came to me after running a marathon—the California International Marathon—in December of 2019. I ran the marathon and the next day had a fiv...
#223: Michigan West Coast running + racing
An epic mountain backpacking trip with fellow veterans, getting back to racing in person (and snagging a podium finish), race planning during a pandem...
#223: Michigan West Coast running + racing
An epic mountain backpacking trip with fellow veterans, getting back to racing in person (and snagging a podium finish), race planning during a pandem...
#222: Become a trail runner this summer
Following her recent trail race — her first in-person trail race in over a year and a half, Ragnar Trail Michigan, at the end of June — Heather shares...