The Mother Runners Podcast with Whitney Heins

ALLY BRETTNACHER: Running's Role: From Punishment to Pride

April 20, 2026·59 min
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Send us Fan Mail Remember how running was a form of punishment as a kid? Talking during gym class? Run. Not listening when the soccer coach is talking? Run. That is honestly how I got into running. Because I would end up running all of soccer practice, I figured I might as well do the sport my dad wanted me to do anyway. Running was once a form of punishment for Ally Brettnacher, too. And then that evolved into punishing her body for unhealthy choices or the way she felt about it as a ...

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