What didn’t Keira D’Amato and I talk about!? From our most hated fruit to losing weight postpartum and mom guilt—we cover a lot. Truthfully, I could talk to Keira for hours—she is fun and a wealth of valuable insights for mother runners.
This interview supplements Keira’s amazing new book called Don’t Call it a Comeback: What Happened When I Stopped Chasing PRs, and Started Chasing Happiness.
She shares how she was able to take that literal first step when she felt isolated and directionless as a newer mom. Six years later, that first step would lead her to setting the American record in the marathon. Keira is open, honest, and vulnerable.
Some other topics we take on:
-Imposter syndrome as a runner
-How to make running “stick”
-Changes she’s made as a master’s runner
-How she overcome mom guilt
-Her toolkit to battle negative self-talk
-Her favorite snacks
Keira is not just amazing because she’s so fast. She is just an amazing human with a beautiful perspective on all things (good, bad, and hard).
I hope you enjoy my talk with Keira!
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More about Keira D’Amato:
Keira D'Amato is a four-time USATF National Champion: the 2021 women’s half-marathon (1:07:55), the 2022 women’s 6k (17:52), the 2022 20k (1:04:29), and the 2024 20k (1:06:25). In 2022, she broke a sixteen-year American record in the marathon by running 2:19:12. She holds the world best time in the women’s-only 10-mile, and finished 8th at the World Championship Marathon in 2022. She is the proud owner of Potomac River Run & Walk, a specialty running store in Richmond, Virginia. She now lives in Park City with her family.
-IG: @keiradamato
Whitney Heins is a mom of 2, a lifelong runner, a VDOT-certified running coach for moms who run, and founder of the resource, themotherrunners.com. When training for her first marathon as a mom, she found a dearth of information related to running and motherhood. She also felt extremely isolated as a new mom. As a former TV journalist and a freelance writer she decided to use her skills to fill the void with an online resource and community, called The Mother Runners. Whitney also recognized a need for run coaches who understood the demands of motherhood, so she also became a running coach—unearthing a passion for helping moms reap the rewards and empowerment of running. Coming out of a long injury cycle, she ran a 2:54 marathon and 1:20 half marathon in her 40s. She lives in Knoxville, TN with her husband, two kids, and three dogs.
- www.themotherrunners.com
- Instagram: @themotherrunners
- YouTube: The Mother Runners
- whitney@themotherrunners.com
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