Miles of Books: Debut Episode

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This debut episode is ideal listening for all athletes, especially ones in a pursuit of increased athletic enjoyment and success. Along with host Sarah Bowen Shea, Coach Liz Waterstraat does a deep dive into the new book Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change by Olga Khazan. Among other things, Coach Liz discusses the importance of openness during a race; how conscientiousness can help runners succeed in training; and why being more outgoing might deepen your connection to running. (As promised, here’s Coach Liz on Goodreads.) Other books Coach Liz recommends: How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be: Katy Milkman Four Thousand Weeks: Oliver Burkeman Unwinding Anxiety: Judson Brewer When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR. We appreciate your—and their—support! Check out the full Currex lineup + get 15% off with code AMR15 at Currex.com Sleep well: Use code AMR to get 40% off sitewide at bearmattress.com Get 20% off, plus free shipping, on all IQBAR products by texting AMR to 64-000 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.7	Welcome to the debut episode of Miles of Books. I'm your host, Sarah Bowen-Shea. This show is a spinoff of a monthly bonus feature coach Liz Waterstrat and I have done for several years,
0:31.0	how time flies. I decided it was time for a new chapter in the Another Mother Runner podcast
0:35.6	Library. Let's see what I did there, chapter, library. This is about books. So this show is now taking the place of many happy Miles.
0:43.2	This is how we're going to roll. Miles of Books will air every other Tuesday, alternating with
0:47.5	AMR answers. One Tuesday, I'll be discussing nonfiction books with Coach Liz. Then two weeks
0:52.4	later, I'll talk about novels with
0:54.3	Ellison Wist, who you might know and love from our summer and winter reading episodes on
0:58.6	another mother runner. The plan is for each book-related episode to be about a half hour long.
1:03.8	So let's get started. Welcome, Liz. I'm so excited to kick off this new version of Miles
1:09.2	of Books with you. Thank you.
1:11.3	I am excited and nervous, kind of like race day.
1:16.4	I love that.
1:17.5	I feel honored in a way.
1:21.6	Okay, so before we jump into the book talk,
1:24.3	I want you to tell folks a bit about yourself,
1:26.5	namely about you as a coach
1:28.2	and as a prolific reader. Sure. I've been a coach for about 20 years. Prior to that, I was a social
1:36.7	worker and an education program manager. I somehow blended my passion for education and guiding others with my passion for sports.
1:47.7	And here I am as a coach, my coach athletes, all over the world, all speeds for multiple
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