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Colour Your Trail

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we have the true pleasure of sitting down with Jessyca Isidoro, Co-Founder of Colour Your Trail. Together, we explore the crucial topic of making the outdoors inclusive and safe for marginalized communities. Jessyca shares her deep love of nature, her impressive at…

Working for the Run: How Does an Ultra Runner Do Her Job?

For her first season hosting Working, Slate’s own Shannon Palus is delving into the world of running, talking to professional athletes and people who do all manner of things to help people run. This week, Shannon talks to Mirna Valerio, professional ultra runner, speaker and author of the book A Be…

Runner, Speaker, & Antiracism Mirna Valerio | How to Overcome Stereotypes

Mirna Valerio is a native of Brooklyn, NY, a former educator, cross-country coach, ultrarunner, obstacle course enthusiast, and author of the recently published memoir A Beautiful Work in Progress. Although she began running in high school, she recommitted to the sport after a health scare in 2008.…

Mirna Valerio (The Mirnavator) — Ultra Running, Vermont Life & Breaking Barriers | So New England #79

Mirna Valerio — known as The Mirnavator — joins So New England to share her remarkable journey from Brooklyn teacher to globally recognized ultrarunner and outdoor advocate. After a health scare in 2008, Mirna rediscovered running and began documenting her experiences as a fat Black woman in endura…

'Social media can be an amazing tool:' How these Vermonters built unique communities online

Some movie stars or celebrity chefs have massive followings on Instagram or YouTube. Others gain followers by posting addictive content. But some people simply post about what they love, and build a community from there. Today on Vermont Edition, three Vermonter content creators showcase their pass…

Episode 49: The Door Has Conditions: Racism, the WNBA, and Who Feels Safe on Our Trails

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This one's a deeper episode, and I'm not dancing around it. A few seconds of a basketball play turned into a suspension, death threats, and racial slurs aimed at Alyssa Thomas... and it says everything about how black women get treated in the spaces they built. I'm connecting what just happened in …

Miles Beyond the Stereotype: Redefining Fitness with Mirna Valerio

What if everything you’ve been taught about what “fit” looks like is wrong? Ultramarathoner Mirna Valerio is challenging the stereotypes around fitness, body size and who gets to call themselves an athlete. She joins Dina to reveal what it really means to be healthy, why movement shouldn’t be punis…

Episode 42: Breaking the Mold

An interview with Mirna Valerio, who at 245 pounds doesn’t necessarily conform to the conventional idea of what a runner should look like. But the body she has is capable of carrying her over epic distances. (2:05) An update on Nike’s Breaking2 project—the quest to help three of the world’s best at…

Ep. 42 - "Resilience" with Mirna Valerio

On this episode of Wholehearted Voice Pedagogy, I have the incredible pleasure of reconnecting with Mirna Valerio, who is a former educator, ultramarathoner, cyclist, skier, DEI professional, and author of a wonderful memoir entitled A Beautiful Work in Progress. We talk about the foundational elem…