Jose De La Cruz, also known as Sparky, is interviewed by Liliana and Randy on this week's That First Mile Podcast. While hiking with 510 Hikers from Oakland, California, Randy and Sparky got to know one another. They would occasionally chat after realizing they had a similar passion for running. Sparky is really good at running, so Randy and Liliana wanted to learn more from him. He offered them advice on motivation, training, and maintaining focus. We hope the discussion is enjoyable.

This week Randy and Liliana go over results from the families first race of the year. Liliana shares about her week and how that affected her training leading to race day. Don't forget to subscribe to join us on our next journey as we train for our next family race.

This week we are taking it back to the Family's very first run. Randy talks to Levi, Izayah, and Jaylynn. This is from a year and half ago. Let's see what they were talking about with Randy. Then we will have those 3 back to see how they are doing now.

Liliana talks about her training setbacks and how she managed the week in today's podcast. We also give a brief overview of the family's current running adventures. Randy and Liliana discuss four Black Americans who are long-distance running pioneers. Theodore "Ted" Corbett, Lisa Elder, Marilyn Bevans, and Aaron Morris.

On this weeks episode of That First Mile Podcast Lili and Randy talk to the Mother and Daughter duo Gaby and Jaylynn. They share the stories about their love for running. Gaby talks about all the half marathons she's run. They both talk about their amazing experience running the SOCAL Ragnar. A 200ish relay race from San Diego to Huntington Beach California.

In this weeks episode we have Katy Schauer join Randy and Liliana on That First Mile Podcast. Katy is a friend of Randy's they met while serving in the Navy. She shares her journey being in the Navy and new fitness goals as she enjoys life as a new grandmother.

On this weeks podcast Liliana and Randy talk to Sandy and Natalia about beginning their running journey. Sandy is Liliana's Aunt and Randy's Sister-in-law. Also, Natalia's Mom. We talk to them about their goals for 2025. We hope you enjoy this weeks podcast as these ladies are an inspiration to us all.

On this weeks episode we talk to family members Paola and her daughter Sophia! They talk with Randy and Liliana about how Sophia watched her Mom complete the Golden Gate Half Marathon and how it motivated her to start running at 8 (soon to be 9)!