Episode 12 - Savannah Beck, Sad Girl Runnin

This month, I had the opportunity to take part in the Detroit Free Press International Marathon weekend with several of my close DC friends. One of said friends was Savannah Beck, someone I met in 2019 in circumstances completely unrelated to running or any sort of movement. Over the course of our friendship, running entered the picture at some point. At a later point, we plotted this trip to Detroit with pals. Then Savannah trained and completed her first half marathon, crossing the Canadian border along the way.

Savannah is endlessly creative, kind, and fun. She works as an editor at the Goethe Institute where she's written on a host of topics, including DC's large rat population. She hosts her own podcast on books called Slow Burn. And like many of the guests on this niche podcast, she runs! Savannah started running in school for one of the ball sports - we discuss why gym class running kind of stunk. After college, she began running 5Ks and worked her way up to an 8K. Now she's conquered the 13.1 mile distance and the sky is the limit!

We also talk about training for the first half; going from hating gym running to loving Saturday morning runs; finding run groups are not as intimidating as expected; how the cat Fizz views Savannah's running; and more. 

Thanks so much to Savannah for chatting and to Dan Hoffman for the soundtrack. And shout out to Detroit - the marathon + half marathon weekend was amazing, and I want to talk about it endlessly.