Christine Anderson and I met because she created my favorite running fuel, Organic Pure Fuel. During this episode, sponsored by Anderson's Maple Syrup, Previnex, BITCHSTIX, and Cure Hydration (pinch me), we talk about:
- Her temperature limit for running outside
- How I found Christine's product, Pure Fuel
- Growing up on a “sugar bush” in rural Wisconsin
- Her family’s syrup business, Anderson’s Maple Syrup and how it’s nearly 100 years old
- How she was an elementary school teacher for 25 years
- The El Fernando Siesta Running Club (an entirely made up club with Christine and two of her college friends)
- Running through McDonald’s (not the drive thru)
- The device she would use to track her mileage in college
- How her best friend, Elyse, got her into marathons
- When that same friend, Elyse, ran the LA Marathon with active leukemia that had just come back after nearly five years
- Life after losing her friend, Elyse, and saying “yes” to adventures she’d been considering like traveling with a band for a year playing the piano
- Her time in Tokyo, Japan and running for mental health
- Signing up for her first marathon with Team in Training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at the Twin Cities Marathon
- Why she stays until the last finisher for every marathon
- How her hope and dream before she dies is to run a marathon in all 50 states
- Race stories from her 39 marathons: South Dakota, Alaska
- Joining the family business, Anderson’s Maple Syrup, and launching Organic Pure Fuel, maple syrup in a pouch for athletes
- How she wants to love trail running but she’s a “chicken about falling”
- The best post race experience she’s had at the Houston Marathon
- How her parents are still living at age 96 and 90 and her dad still likes to work
This is a SandyBoy Productions Podcast.
Sponsor Details:
- Previnex - ALLY15 for 15% off your first order
- Organic Pure Fuel - FUEL20 for 20% off on their website
- BITCHSTIX -ALLYB for 20% off your order
- Cure Hydration - ALLYB for 20% off your first order
