We are happy to welcome Sarah Lesko to the Suite Run Podcast! Sarah is the Executive Director and Board President of Bras for Girls and lives by Lake Union in Seattle, WA. She is committed to making sports and body movement accessible and welcoming for all; she believes in the power of sports to improve health, happiness, and equity.

After a collegiate running career at Yale, Sarah became a family doctor, practicing in the Community Health Center setting. Feeling the frustrations of the limitations of allopathic medicine, she returned to get her Masters in Public Health to be able to focus on community-based needs. In 2015 Sarah took a hiatus from practicing medicine to work with Oiselle, the women’s athletic apparel brand based in Seattle, WA. In 2017, Sarah helped start the Bras for Girls program and shepherded its growth as well as its transition to an independent non-profit in 2021. Sarah is honored to serve Bras for Girls to help ensure that every girl has access to a well-fitting sports bra.


Sarah also coached middle school track and cross-country and witnessed first-hand how a sports bra can change a girl’s trajectory. Small supportive interventions have a big impact. She loves connecting with runners and sports enthusiasts everywhere she travels! 

In this conversation we talk about all of the above and then we chat about the lush green city of Seattle. Sarah guides us on where to RUN, dine out, cool races to experience, plus special adventures that you have to check out in and around Seattle.


Take us on your next run and enjoy the conversation!



Sarah's recommendations for Seattle:

RUN

1. Run around Lake Union (10k)
2. Burke-Gillman trail goes as far as you need to go.
3. Snoqualmie Valley Trail
4. Take a ferry over to an island in Puget Sound and run

EAT AND DRINK


1. Mas Cafe (Amazing breakfast burritos, mochas etc. Near Gasworks Park).
2. Armistis Coffee
3. Duke's Chowder House (Best chowder and oysters and watch the sea planes land).
4. M Bar (On a rooftop -  Mediterranean food)
5. Hello Robin cookies (they also do ice cream sandwiches!)

Stay

1. Air BnB (rent a backyard cottage)

Races

1. Bainbridge Island race - take the ferry over to the island (Starting line is leaving the loading dock. Half marathon - half on road, half on trail)
2. Crystal Mountain race (2.3 mile straight up hill race. Take the gondola down after the race).


Places of Interest

1. Rent hot tub boats around the lake.
2. Taking a float plane up to Victoria, BC (have your passport).


Running Store

1. Super Jock n Jill

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Where to find Sarah Lesko:

Bras for Girls website

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