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Strong Core is a podcast for mother-athletes who are figuring out who they are beyond the roles they play. Through honest conversations, we explore what it takes to pursue big goals while staying grounded in who you are at your core.
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Strong Core, Rachel Kippenbrock (@rachelkipp), a mom of three training for three Ironman 70.3 races plus a major summer bike challenge, shares what it really looks like to pursue big athletic goals while raising a family. Rachel talks about 4:30 AM workouts, feeling stretched thin, and the courage it takes to ask for help and set boundaries. This is a conversation about identity shifts, motivation versus habit, grief, growth, and the truth many women need t...
Send us Fan Mail Marjaana Rakai (@tiredmomruns) grew up in northern Finland, training to be an Olympic cross-country skier. Then she hurt her back, moved to Norway, met a Canadian on a ski exchange, and spent the next two decades raising three kids across four continents, with no village or extended family nearby and a husband who traveled the world for work. Triathlon saved her. Literally. In this episode of Strong Core, Iris sits down with Marjaana, Ironman World Championship qualifier, coa...
Send us Fan Mail Pro triathlete Meg Dirito (@dirito21) is a mom, ER vet, and pro triathlete, and she refuses to choose just one identity. In this episode, she shares what it looks like to hold all of it, the structure, the chaos, the discipline, and the grace. From losing herself in early motherhood to rebuilding a life that includes everything she loves, this conversation is about doing hard things without letting go of who you are. If this conversation resonated, follow Strong C...
Send us Fan Mail Kerry Blackmer (@kl_blackmer) is a five-time full Ironman finisher and a mom. In this episode, she opens up about what it really takes to keep showing up — through injury, motherhood, and everything in between. She started running marathons at 22 because someone told her she couldn't. She came to triathlon through friendship, trained through pregnancy, and never really stopped. Then one afternoon at her daughter's elementary school, racing a group of kids, her hamstring snapp...
Send us Fan Mail Carly (@coach.carly on Instagram) has been coaching Ironman athletes for 12 years. She had the data, the experience, and the athletes who proved it was possible. Then she had her own babies, got cleared at six weeks, and thought: That is absolutely not happening. Everything she knew got tested in a way no coaching certification prepares you for. What she discovered confirmed what she'd been seeing for years. The moms juggling the most, the least sleep, the tightest windows, t...
Send us Fan Mail She didn’t start as an elite athlete. She started as a mom, rebuilding her identity. In this episode, Caitlin (@caitlin.thompson.tri) shares how losing one path led her to discover something deeper, a fire she couldn’t ignore. What began as a weight loss journey turned into a relentless pursuit of what she’s truly capable of. We talk about the moment everything shifted, from simply wanting to finish to choosing to compete, and what it takes mentally to stay in the race when t...
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