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Finish Lines and MilestonesAuthor: SandyBoy Productions
Finish Lines and Milestones is a podcast that celebrates the everyday runner. If you run, youre a runner, and every runner has a story. Join host, Ally Brettnacher, every week as she shares these runner stories. Language: en Genres: Fitness, Health & Fitness Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 153: Sally Hed Dahlquist - 178 Marathons
Friday, 27 March, 2026
Sally Hed Dahlquist and I met through previous guest, Christine Anderson of Anderson's Maple Syrup (Pure Fuel). During this episode, sponsored by Amazfit and Relay Active, we talk about:Her 2026 Tokyo Marathon experience and how she got into the raceThe Tokyo Marathon cutoffs and how she planned for them The bathroom situation in Tokyo What it was like growing up with a rare birth defect and a life expectancy of 15How everyone in her family seems to have a small business and how she became a business owner herselfLearning that her health was ok, but that she was out of shape and needed to start exercising Running her first marathon at Twin Cities Becoming the sole owner of and selling a biotechnology companyMeeting her husband on a ski trip she organized PTSD from her childhood illnessLosing her dad to Alzheimer’s while also helping care for a friend with cancerCancelled races and race medalsFinishing her quest to run marathons in all 50 statesSome stories from a few other races she’s doneBuying an RV off of someone she met on Craigslist Running a marathon in Antarctica and her quest to see all of the world’s penguinsHer race spreadsheetPrevious Guests MentionedChristine AndersonSean Conlon Sponsor Details Amazfit - Use ALLYB for 10% off Relay Active - Use MILESTONES for 15% offOther LinksSally's Podcast, Unstoppable Stories That MoveFollow me on Instagram @allytbrett_runsSubscribe to Finish Lines & Milestones weekly newsletterThis is a SandyBoy Productions podcast.











