Why We Marathon tells the stories behind why runners endure marathon races. From everyday runners to elite athletes, we dive deep into the motivating factors of why people run marathons.
Mika is a 47 year old real estate broker in Florida who has completed multiple Miami Marathons and Fort Lauderdale Marathons. Mika is in the middle of a half-marathon challenge where he wants to run a half marathon every single day! He currently is at 250 days in a row and you can follow his journey on Instagram @mikashevit.
During this episode we discuss what motivated Mika to start running at such a late age and how the benefits of running have permeated so many different parts of his life. We also cover his grueling training schedule, how he balances running with raising two kids, and what it's like to run in the Florida humidity.
Mika is an inspiration to anyone looking to start a new running challenge and instill healthier activities in their lifestyle overall.
22 Nov 2021
Episode 27: Taisuk "Tai" Kim
Taisuk "Tai" Kim is 33 and an Operations Manager at a fashion e-commerce start-up based in NYC. Tai's parents were among the first generation "amateur" runners in Korea. They (and their friends) founded one of the oldest amateur running clubs in the country in the early 2000s. When running was still seen as a strange niche hobby, his mom ran the New York City Marathon (https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon) in 2000 and his father in 2002. So, growing up, Tai had the chance to see runners and marathon races.
Tai's family moved from Seoul to Boston in 2004. And of course, the first thing my father did was registering for Boston Marathon.
In 2015, after college and graduate school, Tai moved to NYC for jobs. At that time, for health and fitness, he ran about 4 miles, 4~5 times a week, and was putting in about 30 miles a week. Tai became friends with this one runner (Giordano) who was already into running several marathons. One day, he just suggested Tai run a marathon because he was already somewhat trained. Tai said "yeah why not?" And he made the spontaneous decision to run the Philadelphia Marathon (https://www.philadelphiamarathon.com/).
Tai loves the Kipchoge quote "No human is limited," and he learned it too as he started to train for marathons. Tai never thought he would be capable of finishing a marathon, sub-3, BQ, or actually run the Boston Marathon.
Listen to the full episode to see how Tai achieved his goals.
17 Nov 2021
Episode 26: Kaitlyn Burrows
Kaitlyn Burrows finished the New York City marathon on a broken foot! Talk about perseverance. In this episode, we cover how Kaitlyn was able to power through the pain and why she wanted to run New York City again. Kaitlyn describes the joys of running and why she loves the humanity surrounding marathon day. Especially around the New York City marathon. (https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon)
Kaitlyn also details her experience with the New York Road Runners (https://www.nyrr.org/). She talks about her approach to training and the new Nike (https://www.nike.com/) shoe strategy she used for this year's marathon to prevent another broken foot.
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