Marathon Handbook Podcast
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For Better Or For Worse
by Marathon Handbook
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Meet the Hosts:
Alexis D’Souza: Beginning runner, Gilmore Girls fanatic, real estate agent. 5k PB: TBD.
“Alex catfished me into this whole running thing - 100 mile weeks was never part of the deal. But my siblings are into it, and my friends are racing marathons; so I’ve finally decided to see what this fuss is all about. It can’t be that hard, right?”
Alex Cyr: Running nerd, writer and journalist, 63-minute half-marathoner.