Episode 505: Erica Stanley-Dottin – Running Fast into 50; 2:52 in Valencia, Culture Producer with Tracksmith

Today on the podcast, I am joined by Erica Stanley-Dottin! I am so excited to share this one, such a fun and casual conversation to kick off the new year! Erica is an incredible athlete and mother. She has a marathon PR of 2:52 which she ran in Berlin in 2022. She just ran another 2:52 at the Valencia Marathon. She is a part of the Black Roses NYC running group. She was the 25th Black American woman to run a sub three hour marathon. Erica works for Tracksmith in NYC and she calls herself a Culture Producer. In her previous job, she was an event producer and an actual producer, so she is combining all of her passions with this job! We talk all about that in this episode and hear about her role at Tracksmith Erica has also crossed over the 50-year-old mark and of course we talk about that. We talk all about running and aging and all the things with age! We also kick off the episode talking about raising her kids in NYC because I am just so curious about that topic. Friends, enjoy this episode!! What we talked about: 4:50- Raising kids and living in NYC 8:10- Erica’s running story 17:10- Her running group, Black Roses 23:00- Having a healthy mindset with running 33:00- Turning 50 43:25- Breaking 3 hours in the marathon 56:50- Her work at Tracksmith 1:07:00- Thoughts on Boston qualifying times 1:11:00- End of podcast questions Show notes: Running While Black The Autobiography of Miles Davis Erica on Instagram Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows: Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: Lagoon Use the code “Lindsey” for 15% off your order Previnex Use the code “another” for 15% off Donna Marathon Use the code “Lindsey10” for 10% off your race registration