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This week’s episode is with Cole Manley. Cole is a Masters and PhD student at UC Davis studying the history of social movements for racial and economic justice in the United States. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Cole created the Marathon to Justice project, a blog designed to help build communities of politically-active and historically-conscious runners.

Cole was born in SF and spent much of his childhood in Palo Alto before moving to the East Coast for High School.  He made his way back to the Bay as an undergraduate at Stanford.  Cole’s father, John Manley, was a beloved Stanford Professor and Political Scientist, who inspired Cole’s pursuits in social and economic justice.

Some highlights from our conversation:

• His self-supported marathon around Stanford campus in honor of Marathon to Justice and his father, John Manley
  
• How his father’s activism inspired him
  
• The inspiration behind and purpose of his Marathon to Justice Project
  
• How studying the history of protests helps him understand our current racial protests
  
• How the mindset of running relates to social justice
  
• Reckoning with running’s history, culture, and accessibility
  
• His unexpected time living in Iraq
  

Follow Cole’s training on Strava and his Marathon to Justice project here

Find Cole on Instagram @colesmanley

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Music is California by The Spectacular Fantastic.