Alison Wade covers competitive, elite women’s running through the ever-popular, weekly newsletter, Fast Women. Alison has worked in the running industry in various capacities for over two decades–from covering women’s running at New York Road Runner’s to coaching for various universities and high schools. Alison’s newsletter and twitter feed, focused solely on the women’s side of the sport, are staples in any running fan’s inbox–a unique and exciting feat in sports media. Aside from her coverage of women’s running, Alison is the mother of two kids and writes for Runner’s World.

Over the past year or so, it’s been easy to perceive a shift in running media. There seems to be more of a social justice lens; more of a focus on how running can illuminate larger issues in society. I wonder: is this shift only a short-term fad? Or, could it represent a new normal? Alison talks about this social justice lens, her hopes for the future of women’s running coverage, and much more.

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Also discussed in this episode:

• June 8th Fast Women newsletter
• Alison’s writing for Runner’s World
• Alison Désir
• “Ahmaud Arbery and Whiteness in the Running World,” by Alison Désir
• Lindsay Crouse’s post on not seeing herself in sports media
• Running Tide by Joan Benoit
• American Women’s Track and Field: a History
• First Lady’s of Running
• The Silence of Great Distance: Women Running Long
• “Don’t Run for Ahmaud Arbery Just Once,” by Faith Briggs

Follow Alison’s coverage of women’s running:

• Twitter: @fast_women
• Instagram: @fastwomen
• Facebook: @fastwomenorg

Follow Social Sport:

• Instagram: @socialsportpod
• Facebook: @socialsportpod
• Twitter: @emmamzimm

Quote: “𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬.”