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In this episode, Stephanie Dunlap interviews mother-daughter duo Sharon and Cia Galatas about their experience running the Napa Valley Marathon after training in snowy Vermont.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Run Strong Run Podcast, I sit down with Sharon and Cia Galatas — a mother-daughter duo who flew from New England to California to run the full marathon at the Napa Valley Marathon. What started as signing up for the half turned into a bold decision: “If we’re flying across the country… we might as well run the full.” From snowy winter training runs in Vermont and New Hampshire to navigating race-day nerves, pacing strategy, walk-run intervals, and the i...

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Host: Stephanie Dunlap

Guests: Sharon Galatas, Cia Galatas

Topics covered

• mother-daughter relationship
• marathon training
• race day experience
• pacing strategy
• running journey

Keywords

• pacing
• marathon
• running
• mother-daughter
• training
• Napa Valley
• race day

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Places: Vermont, California, Napa Valley

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