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Happy New Year and welcome back to "The Maine Shakeout.” Officially heading into year 3 of "shaking it out." We have chatted with incredible athletes – pros, high school champs, ridiculous ultra runners, race directors of international races, sports experts…all these Maine folks are next level achievers. But most of us, we are normal. We aren’t achieving super human results or breaking records. We are just asking ourselves to get to that next workout, whatever and however it might look like. And today, we are talked to women just like that. Morgan Mazzei and Tracy King are members of the Sweaty Mamas running group in Bangor. And yes, that’s exactly what they are. Moms who run. We talk about the importance of belonging and they let us into why they believe that everyone needs a running group.

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Today, we dove into the cutting-edge world of motion science with the owners of Maine Athletic Health Center. If you're a runner and tired of guesswork in your training or rehab, this is for you—we explored how precise measurements can transform your stride, prevent injuries, and boost performance. Pat and Ethan, owner and operators of Maine Athletic Health Center leave us with the best quote, "Without data, you're just another person with an opinion."

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Today, we are chatted with Anna Connors, arguably the most decorated track athlete to graduate Bangor High School. She is a multiple state champion in the 100m, 200, and 400, she set state records in the 55m and 200m, and competed at New Balance Nationals where she won the Rising Stars 400m. She was named Gatorade Girls Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year in Maine. She now competes at UConn, where she didn’t just quietly join the team. She has already set a school record in the 300m! Anna is an absolute rock star of a human. It's her MaineTality that fuels her to find continued success in the sprinting world. Another phenomenal shakeout where we learned about the sprinting world.

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Meet Glendon, aka Buck, Rand. He is a true ambassador of the sport. A local Brewer/Orrington native, he has spent the majority of his life running. Like most of us do, he found track and cross country on accident. Getting "cut" from that basketball team changed Glendon's life. From the first track practice, running 11 miles in basketball shoes - to creating the local running group SUB5. Glendon is definitely the heart of our local running community. Whether it was representing his "orange wave" pride by setting school records, inspiring his teammates to find that next gear, or creating events like Festival of Champions to foster the future of youth running in our state, Glendon has done it all. He left us inspired to give back to the running community. Cheers to another great episode. As the wise Glendon Rand says, "Let the coaches coach. Let the kids be kids." Keep running fun.

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Today, we are chat with Alyssa Elliot, a rockstar multi-sport athlete at UConn. Alyssa is a Bangor high school graduate, where she was a particularly dominant force in the long and triple jump. She has set school, facility, and conference records. She is a state Champion and hold the title “Performer of the Meet” by winning three individual events. She has gone on to compete in both the Heptathlon and Pentathlon at UConn. She was the 2023 Big East Indoor Pentathlon champion and the 2024 Outdoor Heptathlon champion. Today, we are going to delve into how a high school athlete decides to compete in multi-sport, how that transition occurred, her success at UConn, and her process in overcoming a broken foot last year- another great shakeout!

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In this episode we chat with Bangor High School legend, Daniel McCarthy. He is currently a senior at Georgetown University. The McCarthy family has 3 children, all of whom ran for Bangor High. Dan is a powerhouse runner once in high school and now in college. He provides insight of how to manage running at an elite level through several injuries, he is really a gem. Another great shakeout with one of our favorite Bangor graduates!

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Jennifer Britz is, simply put, a badass. She’s the 2022 world snow shoe champion, multiple ultra trail running podium finisher, MDI XC coach, mom of three — and uses the mountains of Acadia as her training ground. For perspective, she climbs, on average, 750,000 ft per year — just from her trail runs. She also holds the fastest known time (FKT) for the Acadia Round, which is a 35 mile trail run over every peak in Acadia. Jenn will make you want to ditch work, throw on your running shoes, and head for the mountains. Another inspiring shakeout!

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Kelton Cullenberg, a Doctor of Physical Therapy since 2017, is a dedicated leader in Maine’s running community. He founded Steady State Health in 2020, a runner-focused physical therapy and coaching clinic, and launched Find Your Steady State in 2024, a training and data platform for runners and coaches. In 2025, he created the Maine Distance Project to provide post-college athletes with the supportive training environment he wished he’d had. Another great shakeout!