Ameerah Omar's guest appearances

Ameerah Omar

Urban Sports Insider

Runners of NYC Podcast

Hector Espinal

Lindsay Crouse

Mirna Valerio

Candice Huffine

Peter Walsh

Matt Green

Matt Powers

David Perry

Ben Chan

Emily Abbate

Jess Movold

Sarah Cummings

Alison Desir

Veronica Jackson

Jenny Donnelly

OwlTail

"I saw that there was this lack of representation within this space. Even though I'm going it at a recreational level, I started to see the reactions and responses to people who were finding out that this is something I was actually doing. It is very normal for folks to just think, 'Oh you're in the sprinter category or you're you're more for short, fast distances or jumping' and that's the end of the road. Even my family and friends finding out that I am running these longer distances, my parents were even like, 'Oh my gosh. This is so wild and we're so excited to see you.' My little cousins were looking up to me and saying, 'Oh my God, Ameerah! This is so cool that you're doing this' and asking questions. For me, seeing that beginning to happen made me think there's something that's here. There's this sense of representation that's definitely lacking. Now that I have this opportunity to show up and be in this space, it's super important to stay there and continue moving forward. This is available to any and everybody...There's a lot of self-limiting beliefs but then we also have socioeconomic limitations that are set on certain groups of people. Speaking to this conversation and leaning into just showing up. I'm a huge advocate of just showing up. That's something that I always say. For me personally, it became this super important thing to just keep showing up and taking up space to a certain degree." Ameerah Omar is a self-development coach and meditation teacher but also the mindset coach for Adidas Runners and one of the first members of Girls Run NYC. In this episode, Ameerah shares some advice for how we can all go about getting in the right headspace in such weird times, the importance of a routine and taking inventory of your well-being at the moment. We dive into her upbringing, her introduction to sport and how she went from a multi-sport athlete in college to frequently running marathons. Ameerah shares some insights into her involvement and the mission of Girls Run NYC as one of the city's groups using running as service and helping others. We also continue the discussion of race and running with Ameerah and how she's been grappling with the news of Ahmaud Arbery's death. Ameerah was another guest that was frequently requested from our listeners so we're happy to finally bring you her story. Follow Ameerah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameerah_omar/ Check out Girls Run NYC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlsrunnyc/ ❤️ Please consider supporting our work. We want to continue pushing out the podcast on a bi-weekly basis and bring you quality audio for our guests. we're simply asking for you to set aside a few dollars that might go toward a coffee or dollar slice to support our work. In return, we'll do our best to put together exclusive episodes, interviews and maybe some video for those supporters. The NYC running community is awesome and we'd appreciate the assistance: www.patreon.com/runnersofnyc 👕 MERCH NOW AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.bonfire.com/runners-of-nyc-podcast/

"I saw that there was this lack of representation within this space. Even though I'm going it at a recreational level, I started to see the reactions and responses to people who were finding out that this is something I was actually doing. It is very normal for folks to just think, 'Oh you're in the sprinter category or you're you're more for short, fast distances or jumping' and that's the end of the road. Even my family and friends finding out that I am running these longer distances, my parents were even like, 'Oh my gosh. This is so wild and we're so excited to see you.' My little cousins were looking up to me and saying, 'Oh my God, Ameerah! This is so cool that you're doing this' and asking questions. For me, seeing that beginning to happen made me think there's something that's here. There's this sense of representation that's definitely lacking. Now that I have this opportunity to show up and be in this space, it's super important to stay there and continue moving forward. This is available to any and everybody...There's a lot of self-limiting beliefs but then we also have socioeconomic limitations that are set on certain groups of people. Speaking to this conversation and leaning into just showing up. I'm a huge advocate of just showing up. That's something that I always say. For me personally, it became this super important thing to just keep showing up and taking up space to a certain degree." Ameerah Omar is a self-development coach and meditation teacher but also the mindset coach for Adidas Runners and one of the first members of Girls Run NYC. In this episode, Ameerah shares some advice for how we can all go about getting in the right headspace in such weird times, the importance of a routine and taking inventory of your well-being at the moment. We dive into her upbringing, her introduction to sport and how she went from a multi-sport athlete in college to frequently running marathons. Ameerah shares some insights into her involvement and the mission of Girls Run NYC as one of the city's groups using running as service and helping others. We also continue the discussion of race and running with Ameerah and how she's been grappling with the news of Ahmaud Arbery's death. Ameerah was another guest that was frequently requested from our listeners so we're happy to finally bring you her story. Follow Ameerah on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ameerah_omar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/ameerah_omar/</a> Check out Girls Run NYC on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/girlsrunnyc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/girlsrunnyc/</a> ❤️ Please consider supporting our work. We want to continue pushing out the podcast on a bi-weekly basis and bring you quality audio for our guests. we're simply asking for you to set aside a few dollars that might go toward a coffee or dollar slice to support our work. In return, we'll do our best to put together exclusive episodes, interviews and maybe some video for those supporters. The NYC running community is awesome and we'd appreciate the assistance: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/runnersofnyc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/runnersofnyc</a> 👕 MERCH NOW AVAILABLE HERE: <a href="https://www.bonfire.com/runners-of-nyc-podcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bonfire.com/runners-of-nyc-podcast/</a>

Episode 42 – Ameerah Omar, Adidas Runners NYC & Girls Run NYC

In episode 2 of The Urban Sports Insider podcast, host Marcus Hedgpeth has a conversation with co-captain of women's running collective 'Girls Run NYC', Ameerah Omar. Ameerah is a life-coach, former college track &amp; field athlete, and former fashion industry director who uses running as mediation, and a way to connect with people and herself. In the episode they discuss why 'Girls Run' is such a great launching pad for beginner runners, the difference between women's-only and co-ed running groups, and cross-training for a triathlon. Both Marcus, and Ameerah have been part of the NYC running community for many years and have a unique perspective to share on the topic.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sportimity/message

In episode 2 of The Urban Sports Insider podcast, host Marcus Hedgpeth has a conversation with co-captain of women's running collective 'Girls Run NYC', Ameerah Omar. Ameerah is a life-coach, former college track &amp; field athlete, and former fashion industry director who uses running as mediation, and a way to connect with people and herself. In the episode they discuss why 'Girls Run' is such a great launching pad for beginner runners, the difference between women's-only and co-ed running groups, and cross-training for a triathlon. Both Marcus, and Ameerah have been part of the NYC running community for many years and have a unique perspective to share on the topic. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sportimity/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sportimity/message</a>

2 – Ameerah Omar and Marcus Hedgpeth