S6E77 - Beyond Pace: Taking Each Other Home with Nikkia Young

Welcome to season 6 of the Runner’s Round Table. This is the Beyond Pace season and features stories that capture each guest’s favorite running memory. In this episode Stephanie speaks with Nikkia Young (@nikkiaryoung) about the power of the little things, anchoring the feelings that make running possible, switching things up as a runner, and the half marathon memory that was all care and compassion toward a fellow runner. Please support this podcast with a rating, review, or a share. Until next time, don’t forget to run happy, run strong, and run true to you. To watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iWR4FmCYxJ0 About Stephanie Diaz: Stephanie is an RRCA (Road Runner’s Club of America) and McMillan Running certified running coach with over 10 years of running experience. Additionally, Stephanie is a yoga teacher with advanced certifications in yoga for athletes, Yoga For All, and Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra. Stephanie believes that to be a runner is to believe in your possibility as a human through movement. Her favorite running distance is the half marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers). https://instagram.com/thecookierunner/ https://thecookierunner.net About Nikkia Young: Nikkia lives in Richmond,Va. where she is part of a supportive running community. She coaches new walkers and runners in 5k, 8k, 10k and half marathon distances. She is the President of the Richmond Road Runners Club where she is also a race director. Nikkia serves as an ambassador for amazing companies such as SaltStick, and Fitness Protection Program and serves as the mentorship coordinator for GameChangers. To date, she has completed 31 half marathons and 5 full marathons. When she is not training for her next road race she is a FinOps product manager by trade, board chair for her local Girls on the Run council and an active volunteer for her beloved sorority Alpha Sigma Alpha! https://instagram.com/nikkiaryoung