Podcasts Sports Running Ali on the Run Show 507. Friendship Fest with Silvana Morgan and Yuma Haidara

507. Friendship Fest with Silvana Morgan and Yuma Haidara

Published: April 12, 2022, 9 a.m.

"She\u2019s my person."

Silvana Morgan is a nurse, a runner, and a mom to two daughters. A few years ago, she was running a race when she saw a fellow runner up ahead wearing "a really cute outfit." But when the course split \u2014 half marathoners to the left, other race distances to the right \u2014 Silvana, who is from Brazil and says she's now living her dream with her family in New Hampshire, didn't get a chance to meet that runner and tell her she liked her outfit. That runner, it turned out, was commercial truck driver, marathoner, and outdoor enthusiast Yuma Haidara. Later that day, Yuma posted about her race in New Hampshire's She Runs This Town Facebook group. Silvana saw the post, recognized the woman in the photo as the woman from the race, and a friendship was born. The two \u2014 now best friends \u2014 have been inseparable ever since. This is their friendship story.

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What you\u2019ll get on this episode:

  • How Yuma and Silvana met (4:20)
  • What it was like when Yuma and Silvana met in person for the first time (7:40)
  • On running and racing together, and Silvana\u2019s tips for stroller running (10:25)
  • How Silvana started running (12:45)
  • How Yuma knew her friendship with Silvana was special (15:00)
  • What Silvana\u2019s childhood was like growing up in Brazil (16:30)
  • All about Yuma\u2019s 2021 New York City Marathon race \u2014 in a pair of Oofos sandals (19:20)
  • Silvana\u2019s road to becoming a nurse (27:30)
  • What\u2019s next on the run for Yuma and Silvana? (31:00)
  • All about the Mount Washington Road Race \u2014 where \u201cthere\u2019s only one hill\u201d (39:30)
  • How work is going for Yuma and Silvana (46:00)
  • All about Yuma\u2019s Oofos commercial! (48:50)
  • All about Silvana and Yuma\u2019s matching racing outfits (54:00)
  • Pride (1:00:30)

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