"Your Story, Your Why" - Julie Weiss - Episode 11

Podcast: Marathon Running Podcast by Marathon Journal · Marathon Journal (Letty Lundquist, Ryan Lundquist)

Opublikowano: 2026-08-20

What happens when a single moment of decision on a family vacation transforms into a million-dollar global movement? In this episode of Your Story, Your Why, we sit down with Julie Weiss—author, runner, and widely known as the "Marathon Goddess". Struggling with midlife depression at age 37, Julie went for a barefoot run along the beaches of Kauai, pledging to turn her life around through movement. After joining the LA Roadrunners and overcoming early race-day mistakes, tragedy struck when her father passed away from pancreatic cancer just 35 days after his diagnosis. Channeling her grief into purpose, Julie se...