My instagram feed and podcast subscription base is very white. It’s a lot of women that look just like me. And if the last few weeks have taught me anything, is that it starts with education.
Like many people, I find it uncomfortable to talk about race because I’m worried about saying the wrong thing. But what’s worse is saying nothing.
I could tell you that I’ve downloaded books like ‘Me and White Supremacy’, and donated to the Stephen Lawrence charitable trust, but I feel that others have told that story and shared many incredible resources far better than I can. So today I wanted to share non-white runners and podcasts that I’ve added to my own feeds, and hope that you’ll find some new running motivation from these awesome resources. And please share any non-white runners you love following in the comments…
Black Runners & Podcasts to Follow
Runners to Follow on Instagram
Alison Desir
Sashea Lawson aka Sassy Fit Girl
Tashi Skervin -Clarke
Emma Kirk-Odunubi
Susie Chan
Marcus Brown
Natalie Mitchell aka Nat Runs Far
Adrienne Herbert
Aliphine Tuliamuk
Dina Asher Smith
Katarina Johnson Thompson
Marielle Hall
Veronica aka Heels for Hills
Courtney aka Eat Pray Run DC
Cory Wharton-Malcolm aka BitBeefy
Ajay aka License to Run
Mirna Valerio aka The Mirnavator
Alysia Montano
Alison aka alioop_O_o_runs
Kara Forrest
Dame Kelly Holmes
Diverse We Run
Food and Lycra (the post below of theirs shows some great black fitness trainers to follow!)
Matilda Egere- Cooper
Risqat Fabunmi-Alade
Rowan Saunders
Faith Briggs
Manni O
Stephanie aka The Faux Athlete
Delroy Taylor aka Bunny Pacer
Ashlee Simone
Mara aka The Fit Londoner
Rahaf aka Run Like a Hijabi
POC Running & Fitness Podcasts to Follow
This was created by India, a lovely runner I met in Atlanta during the Olympic Trials weekend. She reached out to me and asked me to share her podcast and feed yesterday
The Run Duo podcast by India Cook and Tommy Mitchell
A Runner’s Life by Marcus Brown (he’s also been on my podcast Cook Eat Run, you can listen to our chat here)
300 Pounds and Running by Martinus Evans
Behind the Wheel by Derek Oxley
The Start Line by sisters Dee, Jules and Petrina
Running the Dream Podcast, stories from the Detroit Running Community
Endurance Asia Podcast – from ultra running to adventure races from athletes in the Asia Pacific
Find Meaning on the Run by Alison Desir (sadly she hasn’t uploaded since 2018 but there are some great old episodes to go through in the archives)
Live Life Aggressively by Mike Mahler and Sincere Hogan
Fitness Schmitness by Tanisha Crichlow
The more I started digging online and on instagram, the more awesome runners I found however this is of course by no means an exhaustive list. Please leave a comment with non-white podcasts and runners you love following and I’ll add them to the list (running specific please!) xx
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Thank you!