Finish Line Moments on KSVY

Finish Line Moments with Gretchen, live from KSVY in Sonoma Valley. Your weekly front-row seat to moments that matter, the risks taken, the challenges faced, and the times to go for it. Gretchen is a seasoned runner of more than 200 races, and advocates for athletes and the endurance community. Finish Line Moments brings you conversations with athletes, race insiders with behind the scenes insights, recaps and moments that motivate whether you run or cheer from the sidelines. Reminding us that heart, humor and grit lead to our Finish Line Moments

Finish Line Moments on KSVY is a health podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 67 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Finish Line Moments: Every Start Line, Every Finish Line | Urszula “Ula” Musik

  Aug 19, 202653 min

  50 marathons. Seven continents. Seven World Marathon Majors. And Urszula “Ula” Musik still gets nervous at every start line - and cries at every finish. Ula only began running in 2017, completing her first marathon a year later. In 2025, she became the first Polish woman to complete both seven marathons on seven continents and all seven World Marathon Majors in the same year. Ula shares what it was really like to run a marathon in Antarctica, what it takes to keep showing up for enormous goals from logistics to recovery, and why every race she runs is dedicated to someone in her community, family or circle of friends. We talk about her deep pride in her Polish heritage, her leadership as President of Polska Running Team, her work as a registered nurse and the community that has become inseparable from her running. And through it all, there is something wonderfully human about Ula's relationship with the sport: after 50 marathons, she hasn't become immune to the experience. The start line still makes her nervous. The people she carries with her still matter. And the finish line still brings her to tears.

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  Finish Line Moments: Run Forever, Live Fully with Amby Burfoot

  Aug 12, 202656 min

  Few people have experienced and helped shape the modern history of running quite like Amby Burfoot.The 1968 Boston Marathon champion went on to spend more than three decades at Runner’s World , including 20 years as executive editor, becoming one of the sport’s most influential writers, storytellers and advocates. Through his own running and the stories he chose to tell, Amby helped open doors and expand the idea of who gets to be a runner.And just days before his 80th birthday, he’s still running and still looking forward.In this lively, wide-ranging conversation, Amby takes us from being the last kid picked for his JV basketball team to discovering running under the extraordinary mentorship of Boston champion John J. Kelley; from winning Boston while still at Wesleyan (with roommate Bill Rodgers) to finding his dream career at Runner’s World ; and into the stories of pioneering women including Bobbi Gibb and Joan Benoit Samuelson, whose contributions to the sport he has worked to preserve and celebrate.Then we turn toward the miles Amby is running now and why they may tell us as much about him as the ones he ran at 21.Amby shares what he’s learning from a community of runners still chasing marathons in their 70s and 80s, his upcoming attempt to complete a marathon in eight consecutive decades of life and a remarkable 64-year Thanksgiving Day running tradition.His message is wonderfully simple: movement is medicine . Movement is health . The goal isn’t merely to add more years to our lives, but to put as much life as possible into the years we have.This is running history, yes. But more than that, it’s a joyful conversation about finding something you love, sharing it with others and staying with it for a lifetime.

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  Finish Line Moments: Meb Keflezighi | Run to Win

  Aug 5, 202653 min

  One of the greatest distance runners in American history joins Finish Line Moments and somehow, the conversation feels less about running than it does about living well.In this episode, four-time Olympian, Olympic silver medalist, Boston Marathon champion, New York City Marathon champion, and Runner's World's "Most Influential Person in Running," Meb Keflezighi, shares the remarkable journey that began with his family's immigration from Eritrea and ultimately led to the biggest stages in our sport.Together, we explore the people who shaped him, the lessons hidden inside 26 professional marathons, and the philosophy that has guided his entire life: Run to Win - not by finishing first, but by getting the very best out of yourself.Along the way, Meb opens up about discovering running in middle school, the importance of academics and preparation, Coach Bob Larsen's influence, coming back from setbacks, why every marathon challenged him mentally and how learning to adapt became one of his greatest strengths. One insight that especially stood out: experience means very little until you reach the finish line.What struck me most wasn't just Meb's incredible résumé, it was his generosity. His willingness to reflect, laugh, tell stories and share lessons that apply just as much to life as they do to running made this one of my favorite conversations to date.And the best news? We only scratched the surface.We never even made it to Rio, his final races and some of the earlier lessons (hello breathe right strip), or many of the stories about family, fatherhood and life after elite competition. Thankfully, Meb has already agreed to come back, so consider this the beginning of a conversation rather than the end.Whether you're training for your first 5K, your next professional marathon or simply navigating your own next challenge, this episode is filled with reminders about perseverance, preparation, gratitude and showing up as the very best version of yourself.Because in Meb's words, that's what it truly means to Run to Win.

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  Finish Line Moments: Why Napa to Sonoma Keeps Getting Better - 2026 Race Recap

  Aug 3, 202655 min

  In this special race recap episode of Finish Line Moments, we celebrate a weekend that showcases the very best of two incredible communities. The journey begins beneath colorful hot air balloons rising over Napa's vineyards and winds through wine country before finishing with an unforgettable celebration in the heart of Sonoma Plaza. It's an experience that runners tell us somehow gets even better every year.Along the way, you'll meet three remarkable guests whose stories capture the spirit of the weekend.Ana Vergara shares the emotional journey from a lymphoma diagnosis to completing her very first half marathon less than 24 hours after learning she was officially in remission.Pat Evans, the 2026 men's champion, takes us inside his winning race and explains why Napa to Sonoma continues to be one of his favorite events.Carly Marasco shares how Team Fox and the Michael J. Fox Foundation transformed running into purpose, helping her raise more than $115,000 for Parkinson's research while creating a family tradition centered around hope, action and community.We also celebrate Sonoma County's own Jared Pacheco, whose hometown third-place finish thrilled the local crowd, and reflect on one of the weekend's most inspiring moments when Dariy Demko crossed the 5k finish line for the first time since being paralyzed from the neck down in a rock climbing accident two years ago, surrounded by cheers from Team Fox, volunteers, family and fellow participants.With more than 6,000 runners, 600 volunteers, participants from 45 states, welcoming local businesses, world-class wineries and countless moments of encouragement along the course, Napa to Sonoma is more than a race - it's a reminder of what can happen when two communities come together to create an unforgettable experience.

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  Finish Line Moments: Seven Stars, Bigger Story – Mary Tawney Suarez

  Jul 20, 202654 min

  In this episode of Finish Line Moments, Mary shares the highs, heartbreaks, and hard-earned lessons that shaped her path, from navigating epilepsy, Crohn's disease, degenerative disc disease and high blood pressure to the disappointment of a Tokyo Marathon DNF and the decision to return one year later to finish what she started.Mary also opens up about why Team Abbott became so much more than a race team, how the community transformed her journey and what she's learned about advocating for herself, adapting when life changes the rules, and choosing possibility over limitation.This isn't a conversation filled with clichés, it's filled with perspective. Throughout the episode, Mary drops one memorable insight after another, the kind of quotes you'll want to pause, replay and maybe even write down. It's an honest, energetic conversation about courage, community, motherhood, chronic illness and discovering that our greatest finish line moments often happen long before - or long after - we cross the finish line.This conversation isn't really about seven stars. It's about remembering that sometimes our greatest finish line moments aren't found at the end of a race, they're found every time we choose to begin again.

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