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638. Run Your Way with Molly "Your Running BFF" Hernandez

Published: May 5, 2023, 9 a.m.

"It took a lot of work, realizing that the running community is made up of so many different people, so many different paces, so many different body types. And just accepting that \u2014\xa0accepting that you don\u2019t have to run a certain pace or look a certain way to be considered a runner... I finally accepted that truth."

Molly Hernandez grew up in Texas with big dreams of being a Disney Channel star. Running? A big "no thank you." Fast-forward to today, and Molly is a 10-time marathoner, two-time ultramarathoner, freelance copywriter, and content creator living in Austin, TX. She's best known on the internet as "Your Running BFF," and she's on a mission to make runners \u2014\xa0especially new runners \u2014 feel less alone and less overwhelmed. In this conversation, Molly talks about going from non-runner to marathoner in the span of six months, and how her relationship with running has grown and evolved since then.

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What you\u2019ll get on this episode:

  • How Molly is feeling after running the Oklahoma City Marathon last weekend (2:50)
  • All about Young Molly and her Disney Channel dreams (4:45)
  • How, when, and why running entered Molly\u2019s life (7:25)
  • Why Molly decided to run her first marathon, and what that training was like (10:25)
  • The moment Molly finally decided to call herself a runner (15:10)
  • A marathoner in the making! All about Molly\u2019s first 26.2-mile race, and her decision to run more marathons (17:20)
  • On running the Oklahoma City Half Marathon last weekend, and how Molly plans her racing schedule (21:20)
  • How Molly became \u201cYour Running BFF\u201d (26:05)
  • How becoming a content creator has changed Molly\u2019s relationship with running (33:20)
  • On becoming an ultra runner (36:40)
  • On time, pace, and the numbers on the watch \u2014 and mid-race hallucinations (40:30)
  • What\u2019s next? (46:45)
  • Molly\u2019s advice to anyone struggling on the run right now (51:35)

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