#125 - Sharada Maddox - on becoming one of the all-time Best African American Female Marathoners

Episode 125 of A Runner’s Life podcast is sponsored by Tracksmith. I am currently training for the Tracksmith amateur mile race on May 12 2022, following the training programme from Nick Wills. You can take part in the training and race. Click the link below to watch the latest training episode on my YouTube channel: Marcus Runs https://youtu.be/RHKe241jmmc In this episode I speak with Sharada Maddox, her first marathon time was 4:01:38 in 2014. She is one of the All-Time Best African American Female Marathoners, after running 2:53:07 at the 2021 London Marathon finishing in 36th place.  We talk about the impact that Marilyn Bevans, the LA jets, the Black Roses has on both her running and life. In modern life in the word failure gets a bad reputation, in this part of the conversation Sharada discusses a couple of areas where we as runners can reframe failure, and see it as a stepping stone to development. Plus we spoke about so much more in this conversation which definitely needs a part two! You can follow her on journey on instagram @sharadamaddox ————————————————————— Thank you to my patreons your help pays for editing, equipment and much more. If you value the content I deliver, please consider becoming a supporter of my podcast by donating via my patreon page. This helps me provide quality content. https://www.patreon.com/ARunnersLife If there’s any guests or stories you want me to cover in the future do reach out to me via my email: [email protected]