On Her Mark

It's time to bet on YOU (yes, you reading this!) Sisters Erin Connor and Katie Wood are on a mission to inspire and equip athletes to build mental strength, confidence, and belief to grow through challenges and train their minds like they do their bodies to become the best teammates, athletes, and humans. Erin, a mental performance mastery coach, and Katie, an author and motivational speaker, are both former athletes, entrepreneurs, and moms (8!) They have experienced first-hand the benefit of training your mind, have seen it with their kids, and now thousands of athletes across the country they have reached with their journal and program Bet on YOU. Today, we discuss why this is so important, how athletes can practice this daily & more.

Coming back to the Head of the Charles Regatta was like a homecoming for Paralympic coxswain Emelie Eldracher. The 2024 silver medalist, MIT grad (undergrad and grad degree), lifelong student and fashion lover is now earning her second masters degree across the pond but has stayed connected to the sport and was racing with her mixed Worlds team. She is combining her passions of science and data with para athletics to advance the sport and create more opportunities. Today we dive into how it all got started and where she hopes to go.

Haymakers For Hope brings fighters together to build community, find purpose, and most importantly, knockout cancer. Co-founder Julie Kelly, a cancer survivor, wanted to raise money and fight cancer in a meaningful way and the endurance events (marathons & triathlons) just weren't doing it for her. Haymakers started in 2011 and has grown immensely since, including the launch of a women's fight night called 'Belles of the Brawl.' 2025 Belle Janella Casella stepped into the ring to honor her son's battle and victory with cancer. She walked away with a win, new passion for boxing & lifelong friendships. We dive into both of their stories, the impact the Haymakers and Belles community have had in their lives, lessons learned & more!

It's a special thing when a mother and daughter share a passion. And even more special when they get to enjoy it together professionally, and personally. The first time Keira Gotrell got on the water she fell in love. Her mom, Myrna, wasn't far behind and quickly understood her daughter's passion. Over a decade later, the women now coach the Hackensack Crew team together, a program that Keira founded in 2018 when she wanted to represent her high school in competition. Today we talk about how they got to where they are, how the sport has changed their lives and relationship with one another, why giving back to the community and so important & more.

Did you stretch tho?! Something you've probably heard Peloton founding instructor Hannah Corbin ask once or twice in a class! Inspired by more than a decade of sweating with millions on the popular app, the dancer and fitness professional was inspired to put something together to help people do the one thing they are likely missing in their routine: stretching. She joins to chat about her new boxed set "Did You Stretch Tho: 52 Stretches to Increase Flexibility, Balance, and Performance," why now was the perfect time to release it, how her definition of 'healthy' has changed, lessons in chasing dreams and more.