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Global Marathon Runner in her 70’s with Mary Newell

April 22, 2025

#177 - Global Marathon Runner in her 70's with Mary Newell Download | Play in New Window In episode 177, Jill and Chris talk with Mary Newell, an inspiration! Mary Newell is a 74 year old runner who started running at 55 and never stopped. She is a mostly retired clinical psychologist. Her two passions are running and travel. She combines them as much as possible. We were introduced to Mary by Wendy Battles, the host of the Reinvention Rebels podcast. (You may have heard Wendy on this podcast in episode 144.) Mary’s story is inspiring and we really wanted to talk with her on the Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast. We discussed: Getting started How she trains Why she loves running How she avoids injury Her two passions of running and travel Her most...

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Encore Presentation: Inspiring Stories of Fit Strong Women Over 50

April 23, 2024

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153 - Inspiring Stories - featuring Wendy Rivard Download | Play in New Window In episode 153, we feature an encore presentation of one of the inspiring stories of Fit Strong Women Over 50. This episode was first released five years ago as episode 31 "Running and Staying Healthy with Wendy Rivard". We wanted to revisit this episode for our listeners who may not have had the opportunity to hear the inspiring stories from her. Wendy is a primary care pediatric nurse practitioner and has been a nurse for 40 years. She loves to run, travel, and also does CrossFit and water skis. We talk about a variety of challenges and ways she has overcome them. Today she told me her new motto is “Don’t count me out!” We discuss: Cross...

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Running and Grief

April 7, 2022

Fit and Strong, Mental Health

Is there a connection between running and grief? I think perhaps there is. Not for everyone, of course, but for some of us dealing with grief, running provides some mental health benefits. There’s a lot of discussion about how running helps with our mental health. If you want to read a great memoir about this, check out Depression Hates a Moving Target by Nita Sweeney. Chris and I talked with Nita about running and mental health on our podcast. You might check that episode out too. I don’t know if there’s much specific talk about running and grief, which is different than depression. Grief causes a lot of different emotions; sadness, anger, guilt, loneliness are a few. I think what makes running helpful is that it provides...

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Towpath Half Marathon Race Recap

October 14, 2021

Fit and Strong, Half Marathon, Running

Here's the Towpath Half Marathon Race Recap before I forget the details. It was a hard race for me but I managed to complete it. Towpath Half Marathon Race Recap I used the run-walk method that I used in training. I stuck with the three minutes of running and one minute of walking for the most part. There were some steep hills at the beginning and end of the race. They were tough so I found that my walking window was longer when I was going uphill, especially at the end of the race. I adjusted my running and walking time as I needed towards the end. My training had only gone up to ten miles so I found going the full distance to be a challenge. Fortunately,...

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Get off the Couch with Shawn Tegtmeier

September 28, 2021

Fit and Strong, Motivation, Podcast, Running

Episode 91 - Get off the Couch Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Audible | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In Episode 91, Jill and Chris talk with Shawn Tegtmeier, a former chain smoking couch potato, now a full time personal trainer with several certifications and a published author. She lives in the "Chicagoland" area with her husband and two dogs. In her off time she enjoys running, reading, putzing around the yard and simply enjoying time with her two adult sons. During the podcast we discussed: How she started with her health changes How she maintains her weight loss How she managed to quit smoking What motivate her to stay fit and healthy? Her advice to her clients about working out and...

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Fit After 50 Forever with Lisa Bartlett

July 13, 2021

Fit and Strong, Half Marathon, Marathon, Mental Health, Motivation, Podcast

Episode 86 Fit After 50 Forever Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Audible | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode 86, Jill and Chris talk with Lisa Bartlett about her running, health challenges and how she stays fit after 50. Lisa Bartlett is an active member of the Becoming Elli community. Last year she began to tell us about training for a marathon but then she ended up having to run it virtually because of the pandemic. She persisted and ran the race and even won first place in her age group. Lisa Bartlett is a 53-year old mom to a 10-year old daughter and special needs teenager, and has a busy real estate business. Lisa was never athletic growing up. Her...

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Canine Couch to 5K

July 1, 2021

Fit and Strong, Running

What's this about canine Couch to 5K? One of the reasons I got Penny, my crazy little Irish doodle, is that she's an athletic dog. My plan has always been to teach her to run with me. I decided the easiest way to accomplish that was to use the Couch to 5K app that I've used in the past. I don't know if there's actually a canine Couch to 5K app. I'm just using the one that I've used in the past. I waited until Penny was a year old to start to run with her. I gather it's important that her bones are fully grown or something like that before she runs for any distance. Since we're doing the run/walk plan with the Couch to...

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Winter Running Requires Some Planning

January 21, 2021

Fit and Strong, Fitness

I've tried to do my running outdoors this winter as much as possible. I've been lucky that the weather has not been too bad here this winter because I'm not really prepared for running in snow. My shoes are not winter running shoes, really. What to Wear Check out the photo of me. I'm wearing layers to stay warm while running. I have on my winter running tights from Under Armour. They do a great job of keeping my legs warm. I do have on my knee high compression socks just as an added layer for my calves. I have about three layers of clothes on top. It seems like it's necessary to keep my core warm. I also have gloves, a hat, and a scarf thing...

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End of Summer

September 19, 2019

Fit and Strong

It’s now the end of summer and in just a few days it will be the first day of autumn. Summer in Ohio is key training time, if you do anything outdoors related. Soon, it will be time to get back on the treadmill or head to the gym for more strength training. Before I do that, however, I thought it is worth looking back at the summer to see what I accomplished. Summer Activities I managed to keep attending boot camp and training sessions at the gym. Did I really gain any strength? I don’t know but I went often enough that I don’t feel that I lost anything. I ran a fair amount and managed to run in a variety of places. In the early summer, I spent a...

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Running After Injury: An Update on My Progress

May 30, 2019

Fit and Strong, Fitness

Running after injury is a challenge. Since I've been working on getting back into running shape after having a year of aches and pains in my ankle and hip, I thought I'd give you an update. I've finished week 8 on my Couch to 5K app, with only one more week to go. I'm no longer doing a walk/run training but instead am running for an extended period of time. For my most recent run, I ran for 28 minutes and other than slowing down to adjust my music, I managed to do it. The app takes me to running for 30 minutes so I guess we know where week 9 ends up. It was a challenge, especially because I ran on a rather hilly course. Lots...

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Global Marathon Runner in her 70’s with Mary Newell

Encore Presentation: Inspiring Stories of Fit Strong Women Over 50

Running and Grief

Towpath Half Marathon Race Recap

Get off the Couch with Shawn Tegtmeier

Fit After 50 Forever with Lisa Bartlett

Canine Couch to 5K

Winter Running Requires Some Planning

End of Summer

Running After Injury: An Update on My Progress

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