Listen "#26 "Steamboat Sally” - Beth McDaniel. D-II Runner. “More Than Running!”"
Episode Synopsis
Special Veteran Spotlight!Dr. Scott McNeal (Dr. M.) talks with Elizabeth (Beth) McDaniel (Luckell), former DII All-American cross-country and track and field student-athlete. Beth is a wife, mother of two and member of the workforce. New identity markers for sure.Beth reflects on her early athletic endeavors and her sudden attraction to running thanks, in part, to a less than stellar moment at marching band practice. After a rather “cocky” arrival to college, Beth recalls the first workouts that change her attitude.A love for travel and missions makes a call during the college years. Beth reflects on one adventure where she and another friend travel the back roads of Ethiopia in search of…well...something. The kind of trip that Beth says she will never allow her daughter to make…RIGHT!Finally, Beth reflects on motherhood and career, and the discipline it still takes to show up holistically to all these post-college “adult” identity roles – discipline she learns from both her growing faith and her continual love of sport.*Listen for the abrupt and delightful presence of Master Theodore who simply wants some mic-time.Press on... Website: WPDSports.org Email: [email protected] Instagram: @wpd_sports_press_on
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