Many Happy Miles: Taking The Long Road With Jenny Hoffman

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Looking for inspiration to push past your own boundaries—whether in running or life? In this episode, Dimity and Sarah WF sit down with Jenny Hoffman, a mother of three, Harvard physics professor, and three-time national ultrarunning champion. Jenny shares about her recent accomplishments, including the story behind setting a Guinness World Record for running across the U.S. In this episode, the trio discusses: How Jenny got her start in running; Her childhood dream of crossing the country on foot and how she made it a reality; The challenges she faced during her record-breaking journey; The mental and physical strategies she used on the road; Balancing motherhood, career, running...and more! You won’t want to miss this inspiring conversation! Get ready to kick off the new year with Joy to the Run! This 2024 virtual training program is your chance to embrace the joy of movement, set new goals, and celebrate every step of your journey. Sign up today and make 2024 your most joyful year yet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks to Storyworth for sponsoring this episode. With Storyworth, I am giving a thoughtful, personal gift from the heart.
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0:32.9	The holidays are here, which means two things.
0:35.3	Peppermint Bark ice cream is at the grocery store.
0:37.9	Yum.
0:38.6	And Joy to the Run is happening.
0:40.7	Our annual free and so fun holiday program runs from December 1st to the 31st.
0:46.7	And it keeps you moving forward through the darkest, busiest time of the year.
0:50.8	The program is free to all.
0:53.1	And it's open to anybody who just wants a good group
0:56.1	community situation. But we are raising money for Still I Run, a nonprofit organization focused
1:01.5	on spreading the mental health benefits of running. So if you can donate to that,
1:06.2	we would love to have you do that, but we'd love to have you enjoy the run. Either way,
1:10.0	check out the link in the show notes, and we'll see to have you enjoy the run either way. Check out the link in the show
1:11.6	notes and we'll see you on December 1st. Welcome to Many Happy Miles, a podcast that celebrates all
1:27.0	types of forward movement.
1:28.7	Whether it's a 30-minute swim to make this December feel more like July or a few side planks as you wait for your holiday cookies to bake, we are here to say yay to it all.
1:38.9	I'm Dimity McDowell, co-founder of another mother runner.
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