838. Meghan Howard, On Running the Berlin Marathon with Harry Styles

"I will forever tell this story until the day that I die!"

Meghan Howard is an 11-time marathoner and educator who lives outside Toronto. She started running in 2019 and had a speedy — literally — rise to running success. Last year, she broke three hours in the marathon for the first time at the Chicago Marathon. Most recently, Meghan ran the Berlin Marathon — alongside Harry Styles! In this conversation, Meghan talks about how she and Harry met at the start, and how they ended up running the first 17K of the race together. 

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In this episode:

• How Meghan is feeling post-Berlin (2:00)
• What's making Meghan happy today, and all about her work as an educator (4:40)
• What Meghan was like as a kid, and how she found running (12:50)
• How Meghan found her confidence through running (24:00)
• How Meghan deals with "failures" on the run (27:15)
• Meghan reflects on her training for the 2025 Berlin Marathon (35:20)
• On running through grief, and how Meghan leaned into her training after the loss of her father (38:20)
• How Meghan reflects on her race at the Berlin Marathon (43:00)
• On running the Berlin Marathon WITH HARRY STYLES! (53:45)

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