Erica and Laura are back with another chaotic episode of running, real life, and zero filter. This week: Erica's college-age son came home for the summer — and surprise, he moved apartments without telling anyone. Plus: Allyson Felix's comeback attempt, a spirited trail running debate, a jump rope progress report (spoiler: not great), the great underwear-while-running inbox explosion, and two listener Q&As about fueling through injury and running as a newly single mom. Oh, and beans. So many beans.

• 0:00 — Kai's Secret Move — Erica picks up her son from college only to discover he secretly moved apartments seven months ago and never mentioned it.
• 10:42 — Allyson Felix & the Pro Running Scene
• 16:30 — Olympics, Ilona Maher & the Village Condoms - Ilona Maher's viral post clarifying the real reason 1,000 Olympic condoms went "missing."
• 20:00 — Trail Running Debate — Laura announces a Presidential Traverse hike; Erica makes her definitive case against trail running (spiders, snakes, slow pace, and the bear analogy all make appearances).
• 29:34 — Jump Rope Update & Underwear Fallout — Laura's jump rope journey (pelvic floor included), plus the ongoing inbox explosion from the thong-vs-no-underwear running debate.
• 36:46 — Running Gear, Chafing & the Utah Girlies — Marathon chafing confessions, Body Glide strategies
• 43:03 — Listener Q&A: Fueling While Injured & Bean Talk — "How do you fuel when you can't run?"
• 49:49 — Listener Q&A: Running as a Newly Single Mom — Heartfelt advice for a listener whose mileage has dropped since becoming a single parent. Erica shares her own experience post-divorce, plus practical tips on treadmills, babysitter hacks, and strength training.
• 55:04 — Would Erica & Laura Run a Marathon Together? — A listener asks.

We are talking summer goals, schedule arguing, twerking next to snow mounds, stroller running, and updates on our journaling.

We are over here working on our core and prepping for an Ilona Maher summer. There's talk of Chicago bachelorettes, pole dancing, the Napa Valley Marathon, and we ended with a handful of listener questions which resulted in a debate about underwear.

App we are all getting ripped on: forRunners (the icon is a little purple runner)

A long one! This episode was recorded in two parts. The first 25 minutes was when Erica and Laura met for the first time (!!) in Boston right before they went on stage for the ASICS Running Game Show. Then we continued with the weekend, one of us ran the Boston Marathon, and then we recorded a recap hour on Tuesday after the race.

Ep. 4. What are you all doing for safety while running in the dark? Hopefully not spraying pepper spray in your eyes like Laura. Today, Erica and Laura woke up at the ass crack of dawn to whisper-talk to one another before our families were awake. Which means Laura couldn't deep cackle and at times you can barely hear Erica's sarcasm. We got it done though. Volunteer work: Complete!

Ah, yes. Turning 40. What a milestone! We chat about what this age means to us (mortality! death!) and why we need to roll around in grass for a little bit. Erica fills us in on a special trip she's making next week to (gasp) meet Laura for the first time in person and then Laura rambles for what feels like an eternity about how she just wants to meet mom friends she can be weird with.

Book club: Mind Your Body by Nicole Sachs
https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book

Ep. 2 We start off strong with personal experiences with dry needling and MRI's and what it actually feels like for a patient on a high fiber diet. Laura recaps her trip to LA from a couple weeks ago where she went on a brand trip with 150 other creators (yikes) and then performed the first Running Game Show of the year with asics (yay). With talk of puking kids and Erica's hatred of St. Paddy's Day decor, this episode has it all (or nothing at all, depending on what you're looking for).

Episode 1. Friends! We might take a little while to get into a rhythm and smooth out the technology blunders but we are already having so much fun learning about one another's running past and laughing about what make our husbands so...special. Each week will be a chit chat gab session where Laura cackles into the microphone and then has to edit it after so it's not so loud. We hope you stick with us!