In episode #62 of the podcast, Dr. Kate and Dr. Kacy interview Kat and Sara, two sisters who are two years apart in age and are both accomplished collegiate distance runners (they have also been working with Dr. Kate for over a decade!). They share their stories of how they got into running and their diverse paths through middle and high school running and into their respective collegiate running careers. Kat shares about how she ran a year at Baylor before transferring to Samford and her struggle with injuries throughout her collegiate career. Sara talks about how when she first started running, she “hated it,” but grew to love track and field and how she went on to really enjoy her collegiate running experiencing at SCAD where she studied design.

During the interview, you will here Kat and Sara discuss their passion for the sport of running including the running communities and teammates that they valued at different stages in their running evolution. Kat expresses the sentiment that she has for her relationship with running saying, “I kind of think running is one of those things like art or music that we all have this, art form, this thing in life that we own and it is just ours.”

During the interview, we also get to hear about Sara’s passion for movement science and helping others along their health journey’s through movement, nutrition, and positive mental health. With this aim, Sara also explores her future directions in returning to school for a master’s program of study in kinesiology and discusses the opportunity that she has to run competitively again given that she still has collegiate eligibility left! She also talks about how her training in Oregon with the club team, Bowerman Elite Track Club, has set her up to return to competitive running feeling fit and full of inspiration!

This is a great conversation about all things running, running culture, and the support that family and running community can provide. Don’t miss this great interview with two amazing people!