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Another Mother Runner Podcast — Episodes
Coach Liz is a frequent co-host and contributor to the Another Mother Runner podcast. The episodes below reflect the full range of her thinking: performance, psychology, identity, and what it means to keep showing up.
Coach Liz on Ironman Florida
After nine years away from the full Ironman distance, Coach Liz returned to race Ironman Florida — and came back with a story worth hearing. She shares the building blocks of her preparation, how curiosity drove her training, and her novel approach to race day execution. An honest, behind-the-curtain look at what it actually takes to show up at a start line after a long time away — and what a coach learns about herself by becoming the athlete again.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/coach-lizs-recent-ironman-triathlon/
Coach Liz’s Triathlon Triumphs: Summer Edition
A candid reflection on Coach Liz’s local sprint triathlon season — five races, four overall wins, and one powerful lesson about not minimizing your own accomplishments. A reminder that whether it’s a local sprint or a world championship, showing up and giving your best is worth celebrating — especially as we get older and the culture tells us to expect less.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/coach-lizs-triathlon-triumphs-summer-edition/
Return to Running Post Injury
One of the most common and most mishandled transitions in endurance sport — coming back after injury. Coach Liz breaks down how to approach the return with patience and intention rather than urgency, and why athletes who rush this phase almost always pay for it later. Practical, honest, and grounded in years of coaching athletes through exactly this challenge.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/return-to-training-racing-post-injury/
Importance of Recovery
Recovery isn’t the absence of training — it’s where adaptation actually happens. Coach Liz makes the case for treating easy days and rest with the same intentionality as hard workouts, and explains why so many athletes are unknowingly working against themselves. If you’ve ever felt guilty for taking a rest day, this episode will change how you think about what recovery is actually doing for your fitness.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/the-importance-of-recovery-for-runners/
New Year New Fitness Focus
Coach Liz offers a refreshing perspective on how to approach a new training year — not with resolutions, but with clarity about what actually matters and why. Less noise, more intention. If you start every January with big plans that fade by February, this conversation is for you.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/new-year-new-fitness-focus/
Try a New Sport
Coach Liz explores the unexpected benefits of stepping outside your primary sport — not as a distraction from your goals, but as a way of developing athleticism, perspective, and the beginner’s mind that makes you better at everything. A conversation about curiosity, cross-training, and the surprising things you learn about yourself when you’re not the most experienced person in the room.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/try-a-new-sport/
Deep Water Running
An underutilized tool in the endurance athlete’s toolkit. Coach Liz shares how to do deep water running effectively and why it’s worth taking seriously as a training and recovery modality. Practical guidance for athletes navigating injury or looking for a genuinely effective low-impact training option.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/deep-water-running-and-its-amazing-results/
Simple Mental Strategies to Improve Running
The mental side of performance is often the last thing athletes address — and the first thing that breaks down on race day. Coach Liz offers accessible, practical strategies for building mental toughness grounded in how the mind actually works under pressure. No abstract platitudes. These are tools you can use in your next hard workout.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/simple-mental-strategies-to-improve-your-running/
Advice for Back of the Pack Runners
A thoughtful, warm conversation about what it means to be a back-of-the-pack runner and why that experience is filled with its own kind of courage and insight. Coach Liz brings her signature perspective on why everyone is an athlete. If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong at a start line, this episode is for you.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/advice-for-back-of-the-pack-runners/
Perfectionism and Runners
Perfectionism is one of the most common — and most costly — habits in endurance sport. Coach Liz and a sports psychologist explore how the drive for perfection quietly undermines performance, and what a healthier relationship with your own standards actually looks like. A conversation that will make you think differently about effort, failure, and what it means to do your best.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/a-sport-psychologist-on-perfectionism-runners/
Moms With Many Kids
How do athletes with large families find the time, the energy, and the mental space to pursue their own goals? Coach Liz joins a conversation about the logistics and the deeper question — what does it mean to prioritize yourself when others depend on you? Honest, funny, and deeply relatable for any athlete training inside a full family life.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/moms-with-many-kids/
Articles & Writings — Another Mother Runner
Coach Liz Talks Ironman World Championship
A Q&A following Coach Liz’s return to Kona — one of the most iconic events in endurance sport. She reflects on the preparation, the experience, and what the race taught her about showing up fully after a long journey to get there. Candid and thoughtful. A rare look at what competing at a world championship actually feels like from the inside.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/qa-with-coach-liz-waterstraat-about-her-recent-ironman-triathlon/
The Beauty of Imperfectionism
One of Coach Liz’s most resonant pieces — a meditation on letting go of the perfect race, the perfect season, the perfect version of yourself as an athlete. Written with warmth and hard-won perspective from years of competing and coaching. If perfectionism has ever cost you joy in this sport, this is required reading.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/the-beauty-of-imperfectionism/
Making Butterflies Work For You
Pre-race nerves aren’t a problem to be solved — they’re energy to be redirected. Coach Liz shares how to reframe anxiety as readiness and use the physiological state of nervousness to actually perform better on race day. Practical and psychologically grounded. A short read that changes how you think about the start line.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/making-butterflies-work-for-you/
Advice and Insight on Training and Racing in Extreme Heat
Heat is one of the most misunderstood variables in endurance performance. Coach Liz shares what athletes need to know about training, racing, and pacing in extreme temperatures — and the mistakes most likely to derail an otherwise well-prepared athlete. Evidence-informed and experience-backed. Essential reading before any summer race.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/advice-and-insight-for-racing-in-extreme-heat/
13 Questions Every Runner Should Ask Themselves
A thoughtful self-assessment that goes well beyond pace and mileage. Coach Liz poses the questions most runners never stop to ask — about motivation, identity, goals, and the relationship between sport and the rest of their lives. The kind of reflection that makes you a more intentional athlete. Worth revisiting at the start of every season.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/13-questions-every-runner-should-ask-themself-part-2/
Unplanting
One of Coach Liz’s most personal and philosophically rich pieces — about releasing what no longer serves you in sport and in life. A meditation on change, growth, and the courage it takes to let go of the version of yourself you’ve outgrown. Beautifully written. The kind of piece you return to.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/unplanting/
Marathon Tips
Ten pieces of marathon wisdom from a coach who has prepared athletes for races at every level — from first-timers to Boston qualifiers. Practical, specific, and grounded in what actually makes a difference on race day. Save this one for the 8 weeks before your next race.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/10-marathon-tips-from-a-running-coach/
The Beauty of Imperfectionism / Taking Time To Breathe
A quiet, necessary reminder about the cost of constant motion — in training and in life. Coach Liz makes the case for building recovery and stillness into your schedule not as a luxury but as a non-negotiable part of sustainable performance. Short and worth reading slowly.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/timetobreathe/
Athletic Dreams
A personal and expansive piece about what it means to have athletic ambitions as an adult — the dreams we carry, the ones we let go, and the ones that quietly reshape who we are. One of her most human pieces. Recommended for any athlete who has ever felt the gap between who they are and who they want to become.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/athletic-dreams/
Miles of Books — 2025
A monthly series in which Coach Liz and the Another Mother Runner team discuss books at the intersection of performance, mindset, and what it means to live well.
April 2025 — Debut Episode
The inaugural episode sets the tone for the series — a conversation about why books matter to athletes, how reading shapes coaching, and what it means to approach performance with a learning mindset. An introduction to one of the most intellectually nourishing series in the endurance space.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/miles-of-books-debut-episode/
May 2025 — Wild Courage & Big Potential
A discussion of two books exploring the relationship between courage, possibility, and what gets in the way of both. Coach Liz connects the themes to endurance sport and the mental architecture of athletic growth. For athletes who want to think bigger about what they’re capable of.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/miles-of-books-wild-courage-big-potential/
June 2025 — A More Beautiful Question
Built around Warren Berger’s book on the power of inquiry, this episode explores how asking better questions changes outcomes — in sport, in coaching, and in life. A natural fit for a coach whose entire philosophy is built on curiosity.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/how-to-fall-in-love-with-questions-a-more-beautiful-question/
July 2025 — Tiny Experiments & Tiny Habits
Two books about the science and practice of small changes that compound into meaningful results. Coach Liz draws direct lines between behavioral research and the daily decisions that determine whether athletes actually reach their goals. The framework for building consistency that doesn’t rely on willpower.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/tiny-experiments-tiny-habits/
August 2025 — Inner Excellence & The Art of Learning
Two of the most acclaimed books on elite performance and mastery. Coach Liz explores how the principles of mental performance and deep skill development apply to endurance athletes at every level. Essential reading for any athlete serious about the inner game of sport.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/inner-excellence-the-art-of-learning/
September 2025 — The Book of Alchemy & Find Your Unicorn Space
A pairing that explores creativity, identity, and reclaiming the parts of yourself that get lost in the grind of performance. Coach Liz connects these ideas to the athlete who trains so hard they forget why they started. A meaningful conversation for anyone who has ever felt the joy draining out of a sport they once loved.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/the-book-of-alchemy-find-your-unicorn-space/
October 2025 — Legacy & Will It Make the Boat Go Faster?
Will It Make the Boat Go Faster? is one of Coach Liz’s most-referenced books — a framework for ruthless clarity about what actually matters. This episode explores legacy, decision-making under pressure, and the one question every athlete should ask before every training choice. If you only listen to one Miles of Books episode, make it this one.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/legacy-will-it-make-the-boat-go-faster/
November 2025 — The Joy of Solitude & An Oasis in Time
A timely conversation about stillness, solitude, and the lost art of being alone with your thoughts — which endurance athletes do more than almost anyone. Coach Liz reflects on what long training hours have taught her about the value of quiet. Unexpectedly profound.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/the-joy-of-solitude-an-oasis-in-time/
December 2025 — The Compass Within & The Alchemist
A fitting close to the inaugural year of Miles of Books — two works about inner direction, purpose, and the journey of becoming who you are meant to be. Coach Liz reflects on a year of reading and what it has clarified about coaching, competing, and living well.
Listen / Read → https://anothermotherrunner.com/the-compass-within-the-alchemist/
Outside Podcast Appearances
Active Mom Podcast — Training, Parenting & More
Coach Liz joins Dr. Carrie Pagliano for a wide-ranging conversation about coaching female athletes across life stages — from pregnancy and postpartum return to sport, to fueling, strength training, and raising young female athletes with healthy relationships to their bodies. A must-listen for any active woman navigating performance alongside the demands of motherhood.
Listen / Read → https://carriepagliano.com/elizabeth-waterstraat-multisport-mastery/
The Endurance Coachpreneur — A Lifetime in Coaching & Sport
A deep dive into Coach Liz’s journey through 25+ years in endurance sport — as a competitor, a coach, and a business builder. In this conversation with Coach Michelle Lake, Liz shares what she has learned about the long game of athletic development, the evolution of her coaching philosophy, and what it means to build something that lasts. For coaches and athletes alike, this is a rare and honest conversation about what a life in this sport actually looks like from the inside.
Listen / Read → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-70-a-lifetime-in-coaching-and-sport-with/id1721332635?i=1000704584396
