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ROO #18: Becky Wade on Running, Racing, and Traveling
Becky Wade is a professional runner for Asics, Watson Fellow, and world traveler. Becky graduated from Rice University in 2012 with success in the 5k, 10k, and steeplechase. The year after graduation,...
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ROO #50: Sara Hall on Professional Running, Perseverance, and Faith
Sara Hall is a professional runner and cofounder of the Hall Steps Foundation. In this episode, Sara gives the inside scoop on her life as a professional runner for Asics, her relationship to her...
View ArticleYaya Girls Fundraiser: Empower Through Running and Education
I am excited to launch my fundraising campaign, Yaya Girls: Empower Through Running and Education! You can donate from NOW until September 24th, 2014. For more info, read below and donate on Start Some...
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Tuesday Truth: Ethiopian Proverb
“Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.” – Ethiopian Proverb {Photo from the Yaya Girls Race Warmup on Website} This week’s Tuesday Truth was inspired by my upcoming travels to Ethiopia, where I...
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Yaya Journal 1: Learn, Love, Live
My friend Tigist making injera bread in her home. It has been an incredible first few days in Sululta, Ethiopia at the Yaya Village. The new class of Yaya Girls will arrive in two weeks and until then,...
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Yaya Journal 2: Surface Strength
The Yaya Girls got surface strength! I am not ready to write an in-depth blog post on why Ethiopia is filled with some of the best runners in the world. I have only been here for two weeks and just...
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ROO #86: Joseph Kibur on Running as a Business and Life Path
Joseph Kibur is a runner, founder of the Yaya Village and cofounder of the Yaya Girls Running Program. Joseph was born in Ethiopia and moved to Canada at the age of 11. He had tremendous success in the...
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Yaya Journal 4: Be Strong
Ayzos was my mantra during this dirt track session! During my first week in Ethiopia, fellow runners would call out “ayzos” to me on the trails. I was confused since it sounded like “Achoo!” I soon...
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ROO #87: Rene Kalmer on Loving Running Throughout One’s Lifetime
Rene Kalmer is a professional runner and Olympian from South Africa. In the episode, Rene tells the story of how she got into running, from her first cross country race at the age of 10 to her...
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Yaya Journal 6: Sharing Food
Sharing food during my time in Ethiopia has been a transformative experience. In Ethiopia, many meals are shared from a communal dish in which everyone eats with their right hand. In contrast, growing...
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Yaya Journal 7: Altitude
Living and training at 8,858 ft is no joke! Before coming to Ethiopia, numerous people in the running community offered me advice for transitioning to and sustaining my training at such high altitude....
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Yaya Journal 8: Will They Be Olympians?
“Are they Olympic Material?” I have received this question numerous times by curious friends. I reply with a muddled “no,” explaining that I am not diminishing the girl’s running abilities, but explain...
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ROO #88: Julia Bleasdale on Running on Track and Trails
Julia Bleasdale is a professional runner from Great Britain and Olympian. In the episode, Julia tells her story of how she got into running from balancing her passions for running and music in her...
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ROO #89: Haile Gebrselassie on Never Giving Up
Photo by Ciyaaro.com Haile Gebrselassie is one of the greatest distance runners in history, a professional runner from Ethiopia, Olympian, world recorder holder in numerous events, including the former...
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ROO Podcast #96: Haile Gebrselassie (Short Version Interview)
I edited my ROO Podcast #89 with Haile Gebrselassie for a project at the Oral History Winter School. Our assignment was to produce a short piece from a longer interview that would be aired on WGXC...
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ROO #123: Mary Ostyn on the Journey of Parenting Ten Children
“It’s been a gift to be able to confront some stuff. Because we all as humans, having been raised by humans, have stuff ,and if we don’t think through some of that, that impacts our ability to parent...
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Powerhouse Teff Pancakes
As many of you know, I had the privilege of working in Ethiopia in Fall 2014 and eating injera bread on a daily basis. Injera comes from the ancient grain teff, which is gluten-free and high in...
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