# Keeping Track Alysia Montano, Molly Huddle and Roisin McGettigan are three Olympians, from 2 countries, including 2 Moms and 1 current pro coming together to talk about the inspiring figures, important topics and interesting stories in women's sports. We care about the landscape and future of our sport of Track and Field and we want to create more media coverage of women's sports in general. We'll be interviewing inspiring athletes, and discussing topics and news in the track world and beyond. Thanks for… Page: Feed: --- ## Pregnancy, Running And HotTakes _2025-12-12_ Molly Catches up With Grayson Murphy about the twists and turns 2025 has taken and what she's looking ahead to. Check out Grayson's Substack here for more "HotTakes" ( thoughtful discussions really) and her Coaching and Paper company here : stats on our topic of online abuse of women athletes here [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2513983/episodes/18344677-pregnancy-running-and-hottakes.mp3) ## Athlete Moms Who Breastfeed : Setting Records of Human Metabolism _2025-08-26_ We couldn't let National Breastfeeding month go by without a research spotlight, we hear from Dr. Nicole Danos . Dr. Danos talks about the limits of human metabolism being pushed during lactation, how the body may adapt to this, and how this affects an animal's (and woman’s) muscles and tendons. Not much is known in scientific literature about lactation and the complex effects it has on the body.… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2513983/episodes/17728536-athlete-moms-who-breastfeed-setting-records-of-human-metabolism.mp3) ## A woman Built Training Group: Meridia _2025-08-07_ Don't forget to support Meridia at the virtual mile this weekend Aug 9! Register here-I'll race ya! https://www.movemint.cc/events/meridia-mile/register Colleen Quigley updates us on her training and racing and we hear all about her new Woman led training group and how it's breaking the mold and aiming to better serve Track and Field athletes . follow on instagram @teammeridia substack… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2513983/episodes/17631126-a-woman-built-training-group-meridia.mp3) ## Racing Through Breast Cancer _2025-07-30_ Marta Pen Frietas grew up in Portugal not knowing professional running was a valid dream- now she's an NCAA champion, National Champion, and 2 time Olympian. She takes us through her start in the sport (doing many events well-like 400 hurdles!) to her current day as a Brooks Beast where she is navigating a breast cancer diagnosis and first year of treatment. On the fun side we hear about fashion,… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2513983/episodes/17585599-racing-through-breast-cancer.mp3) ## Valery Tobias : Getting Through Tough Transitions _2025-03-17_ Keeping Track speaks with US 800m runner Valery Tobias about her start in the sport, her time on the team at the University of Texas, transitioning to professional Track and on making her first World Champs team ! Tune in to her first round race 11:15 am March 21st on peacock!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2513983/episodes/17390914-valery-tobias-getting-through-tough-transitions.mp3) ## What Is Confidence? With Erika Kemp _2025-03-07_ I talk to Erika Kemp, who 6 weeks ago ran a big PB with her 2:22 runner up finish at the Houston Marathon. We tried to pivot from race talk since it’s been re-hashed on many a pod so for those links check out our episode page at www.keeping-track.com (and sign up for the email list to stay up to date on future episodes show notes and links)! Erika bettered her record as the fastest American-born… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2513983/episodes/17390915-what-is-confidence-with-erika-kemp.mp3) ## Who Is The Female Sports Fan? _2024-11-27_ We're realizing stereotypical sports fandom is actually male sports fandom- but the numbers are in, and they say the ladies are here and they love sports too! In fact Wasserman Collectives newest data set shows that over 70% of women surveyed from 30 countries consider themselves an avid sports fan! With a majority control of discretionary spending, they are an invaluable demographic. How do women… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2513983/episodes/17390941-who-is-the-female-sports-fan.mp3) ## Navigating Athlete Retirement _2024-10-10_ Aisha Praught-Leer is an Olympian, the 2018 Commonwealth Games Steeplechase Champion, and has held Jamaican records from the 1500m to the 5000m....but some of her favorite moments in sport are from the parts you never got to see! Molly and Aisha also get into how she decided to structure her retirement, what she is doing now, the mental transition and it's challenges, what she'd like to see… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2513983/episodes/17390942-navigating-athlete-retirement.mp3) ## Olympic Athletes and Motherhood _2024-08-22_ Alysia and Molly talk about some of the &Mother initiatives and beyond in how to support Mother Athletes at the Olympics and Paralympic Games. "What we want for female athletes is to allow them to be holistically themselves....this is what I tell my daughter. You have an opportunity to be yourself, you have an opportunity to be an upstander and you have the opportunity to leave the world better… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2513983/episodes/17390943-olympic-athletes-and-motherhood.mp3) ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YWTN8BlRfVTd) _2024-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## Media, Health and Women's Sports _2024-07-03_ Dr. Jessica Gall Myrick was a 3 time all American distance runner while at Indiana University and went on to become a social scientist and full professor at Penn State University. We talk about her work studying Media Psychology and health and given her running background we dive into how it relates to women’s sports- which she is equipped to speak on. In 2020 she did a study to see what happens… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2513983/episodes/17390944-media-health-and-women-s-sports.mp3)