Mile After Mile Podcast

Jay Ell Alexander joins the Mile after Mile Podcast today to talk about running, her personal running journey and all the way to the present. Jay Ell Alexander owns her own PR Firm, she is a new mom and she is the owner of Black Girls Run! Her start in running started with a chat with her doctor to make some lifestyle changes to lower her blood pressure.  She jumped right into a 10k. Her favorite distance is a half marathon and she tells us why. She also chat about Ragnar and even Ragnar Trail. She shares the origin of how Black Girls Run! Began as a blog and a simple call out to meet up at a run at the very famous Peachtree July 4th event in Atlanta and grew organically into a nationwide to 250,000 members, 190 ambassadors and 74 groups.  We dive deep into the value of running clubs. Jay Ell Alexander says, “The pavement brings us together.”  Jay Ell Alexander shares how BGR is structured and some of the great things they do with local events, a national conference, a signature national race which in 2019 wa