# My First Marathon A podcast by My First Marathon. Join host Taylor as she sits down with runners from all walks of life to delve into their unforgettable first marathon experiences. From the nerves at the starting line to the euphoria of crossing the finish, each episode offers a candid look at the highs, lows, and unexpected twists of preparing for and conquering 26.2 miles for the first time. Whether you're a seasoned marathoner or just considering lacing up your running shoes for the first time, this podcast is your go-to source for motivation, inspiration, and real-life insights from those who've been there, done that. Tune in as we celebrate the triumphs, share the struggles, and uncover the lessons learned along the road to that unforgettable first marathon finish line. Follow along on TikTok and Instagram at @myfirstmarathonpod! Have feedback? We'd love to hear it! Reach out at myfirstmarathonpod@gmail.com. Ready to tell your story? Fill out the below form for your chance to be featured! MFM Request Form Feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/5128391.rss ## Latest episodes - [32: Catching Up Before Taper! Life & Running Updates (Mini Episode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/7f8df3c19dcd) (2026-10-28, 17 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8968938.mp3?modified=1792957767&sid=5128391&source=rss - [148: There’s Never a Perfect Time: Training for a First Marathon With Three Young Kids w/ Morgan Berry](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/d8e09b2e8e02) (2026-10-26, 67 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8968931.mp3?modified=1792955382&sid=5128391&source=rss - [147: You Can’t Pour From an Empty Cup: Finding Something Just for Me w/ Jess O’Brien](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/38a48f1f5c34) (2026-10-19, 57 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8966325.mp3?modified=1792402180&sid=5128391&source=rss - [146: Follow Your Curiosity: 30+ Marathons, Ultras, and Chasing Sub-3 w/ Casey Cline](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/c0cdeccbebd8) (2026-10-12, 39 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8963204.mp3?modified=1791798433&sid=5128391&source=rss - [145: Back Where It All Began: Running Sydney, the City That Became Home w/ Sandy Engler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/2133bd7a65b9) (2026-10-05, 52 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8960301.mp3?modified=1791140116&sid=5128391&source=rss - [144: A Bad Race Doesn't Erase the Training: Unfinished Business w/ Steve Carrier](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/53fce39cefc0) (2026-09-28, 60 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8957670.mp3?modified=1790544284&sid=5128391&source=rss - [143: The Wall That Never Came: Running Her First Marathon on Her 40th Birthday w/ Aimee Jones](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/9323f140e876) (2026-09-21, 48 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8955003.mp3?modified=1789984120&sid=5128391&source=rss - [142: "This Is My Tribe": Marathons, History, and The Long Run w/ Martin Dugard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/f387d8e579f2) (2026-09-14, 56 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8952287.mp3?modified=1789330008&sid=5128391&source=rss - [141: I Can Do Hard Things: Running New York in Her Uncle's Honor w/ Jay Wood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/d8033df3cbcb) (2026-09-07, 57 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8949594.mp3?modified=1788779224&sid=5128391&source=rss - [140: It's Our Duty to Give Back: Ainsley's Angels and Finding Community w/ Hunter Pardue](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/16f0831e3e78) (2026-08-31, 63 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8946934.mp3?modified=1788104707&sid=5128391&source=rss - [139: A Joyful First Marathon: Running Chicago w/ Sierra Wehrenberg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/ba49be13a574) (2026-08-24, 46 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8944435.mp3?modified=1787515779&sid=5128391&source=rss - [31: Survival Guide To Running Your First Marathon (Mini Episode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/a0d66e32120e) (2026-08-19, 9 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8940302.mp3?modified=1786960806&sid=5128391&source=rss - [138: "Fail Forward": Finding Strength Through a Marathon Gone Wrong w/ Barry Scruggs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/c02c0141ef3f) (2026-08-17, 58 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8940300.mp3?modified=1786960491&sid=5128391&source=rss - [137: Watching Someone Else's Finish Line: How a Stranger's Marathon Story Became Her Own w/ Abia Mallick](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/f0c6c4c88208) (2026-08-03, 62 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8935357.mp3?modified=1785750307&sid=5128391&source=rss - [30: Why I Program Speed Work (Mini Episode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/16427b8c4755) (2026-07-29, 5 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8932717.mp3?modified=1785145950&sid=5128391&source=rss - [135: "Anybody Could Do This": The Chicago Marathon, Take One w/ Sara Shimala](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/038cbd81b2e9) (2026-07-27, 61 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8932711.mp3?modified=1785143913&sid=5128391&source=rss - [134: "What If I Just Stopped": Hitting the Wall at Mile 12 and Finishing Anyway w/ Julie Satterthwaite](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/2544fc024958) (2026-07-20, 62 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8930112.mp3?modified=1784541269&sid=5128391&source=rss - [29: How I'm Approaching Returning To Running (Mini Episodes Are Back!)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/59119a4789fd) (2026-07-15, 15 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8926879.mp3?modified=1783937425&sid=5128391&source=rss - [133: Finding Her People: How BAR Run Club Changed Everything w/ Rachel Howard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/ed1e9e22e349) (2026-07-13, 64 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8926878.mp3?modified=1783936729&sid=5128391&source=rss - [132: The Race She Had to Run Twice: Redemption at the Eugene Marathon w/ Gina Loschiavo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/f8717e3fec87) (2026-07-06, 47 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8924335.mp3?modified=1783330743&sid=5128391&source=rss - [131: Slow and Steady, Keep to the Left: A Late Bloomer's First Marathon w/ Jude Harper](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/e2624f44b93d) (2026-06-29, 54 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8921970.mp3?modified=1782723176&sid=5128391&source=rss - [130: "You Don't Have to Put a Period at the End of the Sentence": From Trauma to Trail Ultras w/ Mikaela Gomez](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/4b7513a0e52d) (2026-06-22, 63 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8919346.mp3?modified=1782130789&sid=5128391&source=rss - [129: It Fell on My Actual Birthday: Why Maggie Finally Signed Up for Chicago w/ Maggie Lowenthal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/6368a40cf59a) (2026-06-15, 47 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8916624.mp3?modified=1781517743&sid=5128391&source=rss - [128: You Owe It to Yourself to Try: Training for a Marathon She Almost Didn't Start w/ Alyssa Newman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/99942912f6d2) (2026-06-08, 62 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8913501.mp3?modified=1780866299&sid=5128391&source=rss - [127: Go Stupid Slow: Finding Running, Community, and Her People in the Ultra World w/ Keneshia Raymond](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/9c330e95d0fa) (2026-06-01, 58 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8910149.mp3?modified=1780309810&sid=5128391&source=rss - [126: Scarier Than a 50K: A Trail Runner's First Road Marathon w/ Jon Hwang](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/0f6643e2da8a) (2026-05-26, 68 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8907889.mp3?modified=1779792044&sid=5128391&source=rss - [28: How To Not Panic Running In The Summer (Mini Epsiode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/ef97107c8ec6) (2026-05-20, 6 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8904649.mp3?modified=1779053455&sid=5128391&source=rss - [125: $10 Walmart Shoes to Marathon Finisher: Running the Austin Marathon w/ Ashley Bree](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/cbd533e142f1) (2026-05-18, 43 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8904646.mp3?modified=1779109216&sid=5128391&source=rss - [124: 4:30 AM, No Bib, No Crowd: Running the Anniversary of Her Surgery w/ Carly Schrom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/c4c58b393f64) (2026-05-11, 54 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8901928.mp3?modified=1778498714&sid=5128391&source=rss - [27: What If Removing the Goal Got You the Result? (Mini Episode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/6586f83210d9) (2026-05-06, 13 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8898809.mp3?modified=1777889166&sid=5128391&source=rss - [123: The Last Song on the Playlist: Grief, Sobriety, and 42K w/ Jose Martinez](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/ff306dcb755d) (2026-05-04, 61 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8898807.mp3?modified=1777888249&sid=5128391&source=rss - [122: Throwback Episode: Ariel Greenstein](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/9acb0cba6308) (2026-04-27, 54 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8890900.mp3?modified=1776357791&sid=5128391&source=rss - [121: Throwback Episode: Gabby Averill's First Marathon Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/916d0208eb31) (2026-04-20, 49 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8890898.mp3?modified=1776357685&sid=5128391&source=rss - [120: He Ran Because She Couldn't: Running the Houston Marathon w/ Ryan Trask](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/55ff98b26fa9) (2026-04-13, 58 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8887345.mp3?modified=1776023835&sid=5128391&source=rss - [119: The Worst Day of My Life: Running a First Marathon That Didn’t Go to Plan w/ Ilana Dunn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/ca8a48ee617a) (2026-04-06, 63 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8883590.mp3?modified=1775469116&sid=5128391&source=rss - [118: Don’t Quit on a Bad Day: A Marathon Journey Through Pain and Persistence w/ Cass Robinson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/9e3b76503ad5) (2026-03-30, 65 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8880290.mp3?modified=1774821645&sid=5128391&source=rss - [26: Mindset and Running w/ Nick Savin (Mini Episode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/69d7e476f6cd) (2026-03-25, 32 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8877529.mp3?modified=1774258701&sid=5128391&source=rss - [117: Why Not Me?: The Road To 45 Marathons w/ Krissy Murphy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/b9a5903f58fb) (2026-03-23, 56 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8877410.mp3?modified=1774215560&sid=5128391&source=rss - [116: Starting Over: From Career-Ending Surgery to a First Marathon w/ Maya Struhar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/01a9b210c08e) (2026-03-16, 48 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8874382.mp3?modified=1773653827&sid=5128391&source=rss - [25: How To Dial In Your Fuel Strategy (Mini Episode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/95bc5d457020) (2026-03-11, 7 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8871362.mp3?modified=1773053607&sid=5128391&source=rss - [115: How Hard Could It Be?: From Spectating London to Running Chicago w/ Holly Kabler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/4af23dd06c34) (2026-03-09, 49 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8871349.mp3?modified=1773051574&sid=5128391&source=rss - [24: How Your First Marathon Changes You (Mini Episode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/61ee3765001c) (2026-03-04, 5 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8868916.mp3?modified=1772559151&sid=5128391&source=rss - [114: From Ballet to the Marathon: Reclaiming Movement at 42 w/ Kristine Owen Wood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/b6d23bc3926a) (2026-03-02, 67 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8868183.mp3?modified=1772447300&sid=5128391&source=rss - [23: How To Nail Weeks 10-15 Of Marathon Training (Mini Episode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/bb81744e2774) (2026-02-25, 6 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8864518.mp3?modified=1771794850&sid=5128391&source=rss - [113: Chicago 2025 and Finding Family with Team to End AIDS w/ Annie Rasmussen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/d33d4eea1f01) (2026-02-23, 63 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8864513.mp3?modified=1771793902&sid=5128391&source=rss - [112: Remission Miles: From Crohn’s Diagnosis to a Cowtown Marathon Finish w/ Norah St Peter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/a88809485f64) (2026-02-16, 62 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8861740.mp3?modified=1771242904&sid=5128391&source=rss - [111: Introducing The First Marathon Buddy Program](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/a4a61de61a8c) (2026-02-09, 8 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8858848.mp3?modified=1770641128&sid=5128391&source=rss - [22: How To Nail Your First 5 Weeks Of Marathon Training (Mini Episode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/50513f92b193) (2026-02-04, 9 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8855596.mp3?modified=1769991327&sid=5128391&source=rss - [110: Running Towards Gratitude: How a Busy Mom Found Her First Marathon w/ Nancy Pauley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/a0ada8ebb7f6) (2026-02-02, 58 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8855500.mp3?modified=1769966474&sid=5128391&source=rss - [21: Introducing the First Marathon Buddy Program! (Mini Episode)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1740805607/074d391ac8b3) (2026-01-28, 8 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8844928.mp3?modified=1769381102&sid=5128391&source=rss Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.