Running In Public
Running In Public
Chacho Valadez
8: The First Mile in Running and Startups with Juan Medina
28 minutes Posted Mar 4, 2022 at 9:30 am.
Highlights from their conversation include:Juan’s background and career journey
How Juan started running
Running trails
Mental health benefits of running
New runner questions
Juan’s favorite thing about running
How running affects work
Physical activity as self-care
Balancing running and founder responsibilities
Misunderstandings about running
When you don’t feel like running
Quick-fire round: younger self book recommendation, dream job as a kid, first job, running is ___, one song repeat, go-to running app, self-accomplishment, favorite self attribute
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Highlights from their conversation include:Juan’s background and career journey (2:46)How Juan started running (5:16)Running trails (9:41)Mental health benefits of running (11:17)New runner questions (12:23)Juan’s favorite thing about running (14:12)How running affects work (15:17)Physical activity as self-care (16:30)Balancing running and founder responsibilities (18:30)Misunderstandings about running (19:25)When you don’t feel like running (22:07)Quick-fire round: younger self book recommendation, dream job as a kid, first job, running is ___, one song repeat, go-to running app, self-accomplishment, favorite self attribute (23:25)Backstage Capital is a VC firm that boasts one of the largest portfolios of underrepresented founders in venture. To learn more about Backstage, visit backstagecapital.com.