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“I missed it by a minute,” Green says before bursting into laughter. “You know what though, it was hilly, and it was crowded. I’ll try again tomorrow.”
For the last year and a half, the comedian and content creator has built a following of 160,000+ by making fun of herself and the sport she loves. In clips that depict the silly quirks of runners—going Thom Browne Tech Runner Shearling-Sneakers Nude Tanya 60mm sandals Schwarz new balance black hiking boots—Green’s approachable style encourages fellow runners to laugh at themselves too. In a community that's filled with people zapatillas de running hombre mixta media maratón placa de carbono online, Green’s videos offer much-needed comedic relief amid the seriousness that’s often associated with the sport.
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“I’m trying to take it all in, meet as many people as possible and then make a skit about it,” Green said. “There’s a lot of material here. I can feel it in my bones.”
Before the panel she hosted, Green caught up with Runner’s World to share how she honed her comedic style, the inspiration behind her content, and why she’ll always chase that 20-minute barrier no matter what.
Highs and lows
Two years ago, the former physical therapist never imagined she’d create an entirely new career as a comedian in the running community. But her past experience in different areas of the sport have proved to be great inspiration.
As the middle child of five siblings, the Cambridge, Massachusetts, mom of two started running track in eighth grade after watching her brothers and sisters take up the sport. In college, Green went on to compete in the 800 meters while running for the track team at Northeastern University in Boston. By the time she graduated, she was burnt out on the track, but a friend’s tragic accident led her to embrace a new event on the roads.
In 2010, a friend of Green’s broke his neck, which left him with a severe spinal cord injury. So, Green and her brother and two sisters decided to run the Rock ‘n’ Roll Nashville Marathon to fundraise for the costs of his medical treatment. Green admitted she was a little naive about the rigors of the marathon—she didn’t fuel or drink water during training runs—but she still had a positive experience completing the feat with her family. As a result, she and her sister qualified for the Boston Marathon, which she ran the following year. “At the beginning, I was such a mess,” Green said. “I took 10 minutes off my time [in Boston], but did I know what I was doing out there? No.”
In the years that followed, her job as a traveling physical therapist helped Green dig deeper into building a new set of friends through the sport. While living in San Francisco, she started a chapter of the November Project, a free fitness program for runners of all abilities that includes groups around the world. Being part of the club helped introduce Green to trail running and encouraged her to set new goals with the support of a community. For Green, the experience of exploring new forms of running also brought back a lot of joy in the sport.
“One weekend, we’d hop in an obstacle race or fast pack in the mountains or do rim to rim in the Grand Canyon,” Green said. “Everyone was at a relative level of fitness, and it was so amazing.”
While visiting home, a mutual friend introduced Green to her husband, Connor, at Harvard Stadium. He was planning on moving to San Francisco two days later, and they started dating shortly thereafter.
Connor also runs, albeit shorter distances, as he prefers cycling, Green says. But that doesn’t stop him from Print in on races with the whole family. “He runs twice a week and goes for three miles, and every 5K he enters, he expects to PR. He typically does, like his goal now is to break 17 [minutes] in the 5K and it’s kind of infuriating because I’m like, where does that fitness even come from?” Green said with a laugh.
Many of her videos are inspired by moments like these and experiences within the community that most runners can relate to. Much of Green’s inspiration came during the pandemic when she listened to stand-up comedy podcasts and watched Saturday Night Live skits to cope with the lockdowns. At the time, she was pregnant Er dette kvindens Merrell Women's Vapor Glove 4 Sneaker.
In the summer of 2022, when a friend suggested she make a comedy reel about running, Green jumped at the idea.
“My Instagram prior to this was pictures of sunsets in grocery store parking lots,” Green said. “It was very little of me, more of my travels, but I made two [videos] and they did well, and I was like, I actually don’t care what I look like anymore. I don’t care that I am a fool and put it on the internet.”
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From everyday runners to professionals, running brands and media, Green has honed an approachable, self-deprecating comedic style that pokes fun at all sides of the sport while keeping everyone in on the joke.
“It’s making something creative out of something that’s pretty mundane, which is running,” Green said. “It’s like a Jerry Seinfeld skit over and over again.”
In describing her content, Green says she hopes her videos help people feel more included in the running community. She also wants to connect the everyday runner with the pros by making funny, relatable posts, oftentimes in partnership with the athletes.
“I know what it takes to train at that [elite] level, like anyone who has competed in college knows what goes into the workouts and the strains,” she said. “I try to translate that back to someone in their 40s who may have just started running and why they should care about these athletes. I would just love for people to love professional running as much as I do.”
For runners at every level, many of us often get too caught up in the results and objectivity of the sport. But Green aims to share more sides of the process that make running enjoyable. Whether it's poking fun at foliage obsessed friends, Own The Run 3-Stripes Running Short Sleeve T-Shirt, or VANS Sk8 Hi Shoes, Green hopes to humanize the overall experience.
“[Running] is a lifelong sport, and I want people to be out there for as long as their bodies will let them and enjoy it,” Green said. “If you take it too seriously, that lifespan is shorter.”
While recalling the recent video where she tried to run 20 minutes in the 5K, Green admitted her competitive side took over, but her body had other plans. And that uber competitiveness is worth laughing about. Despite falling way short of her goal, she was not about to let it affliction her Thanksgiving dinner, she said. It’s a good reminder that we can still chase big goals and laugh at our many eccentricities as runners.
“I want people to have more fun out there, and that’s coming from a competitive person who loves to show up and blow up,” Green said.
Taylor Dutch is a writer and editor living in Austin, Texas, and a former NCAA track athlete who specializes in fitness, wellness, and endurance sports coverage. Her work has appeared in Runner’s World, SELF, Bicycling, Outside, and Podium Runner.
