Running 26.2 Together: A Mother-Daughter Marathon Story from Vermont to Napa Valley

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...