March 14, 2022

How to be self-aware + the positive ways it changes our lives

By the MRG Podcast Team Listen to this episode of the Michigan Runner Girl Show by clicking on the player […]

January 30, 2021

Maia Turek on upgrading, reframing + road biking around Michigan lakes

Maia Turek considers herself a positive person (those who know her undoubtedly would agree), but she recently realized something else […]

December 8, 2020

Going through COVID, recovering + running again

As of today, Dec. 8, 2020, the U.S. has a rate of close to 200,000 confirmed new infections of coronavirus […]

May 27, 2020

Bayshore Race Reminiscing, Ramping up Running + Rethinking Race Plans

Andrew Buikema, a Rockford, Mich. runner and race director, was continuing his years-long quest to qualify for the Boston Marathon […]

May 19, 2020

Restarting + Reinventing: Finding hope and purpose (and movement) right now

Earlier this year, just before the pandemic hit and altered life as we knew it, Cassy Stone was crushing her […]

February 19, 2019

LIVE! from the 2019 MRG Winter Weekend Getaway: Physical Therapist Mike Swinger, author of the Runner’s Fix

What happens when you get more than 35 fabulous, outdoor-loving, active women together for a winter weekend away in the […]

January 17, 2019

‘Enough is Enough’: What it takes to go from overweight and unhappy to strong and fulfilled

Though he grew up playing sports and being an active kid, Dave Hester found himself overweight and “always achy and […]

August 19, 2018

Ali Lopez sees running (and life) differently now

The summer of 2017 started out well for Ali Lopez, with big plans for triathlons as well as trail running […]

June 6, 2018

Emma’s First 26.2: Bayshore Marathon Race Recap

When Emma told me last fall that she wanted to run this spring’s Bayshore Marathon, that she felt ready after a […]

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