Mark Hill is my dad, so we met nearly 40 years ago and I've known him my whole life. 😉 I finally interviewed him for the podcast after we both ran the 2025 Marine Corps Marathon.

During this episode, sponsored by Previnex and Foot Levelers, we talk about:

• Shoutout to my mom for getting both me and my dad into running
• The dilemmas of racing pre-cell phone and nearly missing my sister’s First Communion
• The Marine Corps Marathon
• The other marathon’s he’s done - five of them we did together
• How reading the book Born to Run caused him to break his foot
• His first Boston Marathon in 2013, the year of the Boston Bombing
• Poop stories (because you can’t interview my dad on a running podcast without covering this topic)
• Some of his best life advice

Sponsor Details:

- Previnex - Use code ALLY15 for 15% off your first order

- Foot Levelers - visit the website to find a provider near you

Details and tickets for our celebration event at Indy Monumental.

This is a very special episode of Finish Lines & Milestones where I recap all the details of my 2025 Marine Corps Marathon experience with Ainsleys Angels and Rob Perez.

You can also read and see pictures on my blog here and other highlights are on my Instagram here.

Gareth Wilford is one of the owners of local run speciality empire, Athletic Annex. He's from South Africa and came to the United States on a running scholarship. So many great stories!

During this episode, sponsored by Foot Levelers and Cure, we talk about:

• His first memory in life is running to the shops in South Africa

• How his entire family are professional race car drivers

• Growing up during the apartheid in South Africa

• How he got the nickname “The Flash”

• His very low resting heart rate he gets from his mom (we’re talking 30s, people!)

• A crazy huge Facebook page he created for a Harry Potter game

• How his childhood best friend, Gordon, made him a better runner

• Getting a scholarship to run in the United States

• Moving to Indianapolis after college to continue pursuing running

• Working the night shift at Target because of his South African visa

• The “very romantic” way he proposed to his wife, Laura

• How he started working for The Running Company and the evolution of the business(es)

• His daughters - Aslan and LuLu and the stories behind their names

• His more recent running journey - London Marathon, Rim to Rim to Rim at the Grand Canyon, Wonderland Trail, New York City

• How he got into photography

• The time he got embarrassed on live TV

• The biggest regret of his running career

  
  

  Sponsor Details:

  - Foot Levelers - Visit FootLevelers.com to find a provider near you and listen to President, Jamie Greenawalt's episode on the I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein podcast

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  Tickets for 11/8 Indy Monumental event

  
  

  This is a SandyBoy Productions podcast.