Active Towns

In this episode, I reconnect with Nicole DeBoom, a former professional triathlete, Ironman Triathlon champion, founder of Skirt Sports and the non-profit Running Start, and host of the fabulous Run This World Podcast.

Nicole is truly a force of nature, and she is clearly passionate about empowering people, especially women live the best lives possible.

As a former accomplished professional athlete in the sport of triathlon, she knows what it takes to work hard to achieve one's goals, she took that drive and applied it to an entrepreneurial vision, athletic apparel that actually inspires and empowers women, and thus Skirt Sports was born.

She also launched a non-profit Running Start to help coach women through significant life barriers to healthier more active lives.

And three years ago she launched her wonderful Podcast Run This World - And here's the link to Her Podcast Patreon Page

Not surprisingly Nicole is an inspiring public speaker

Additional and Helpful Links:

Active Towns video profile of Nicole

Kara Burns

Dress for Success Denver program

Kerry Gilmartin, Bamboobies 

Katherine Switzer - 1967 Boston Marathon

Molly Barker - Girls on the Run

Holly Bennett Active Towns Podcast episode

Jill Angie, Not Your Average Runner

Mirna Valerio 

Williams sisters circa 2003/2004

Colleen Cannon, Women’s Quest

Heather Fuhr 

Tim DeBoom Ironman Hall of Fame

Longevity: Blue Zones, Dan Buettner

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Credits:
All video and audio production by John Simmerman

Music:
Clear Sky by Jeppe Sorensen via AudioBlocks.com

Resources used during the production of this episode:
- My awesome recording platform is Ecamm
- Adobe Creative Cloud Suite

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Background:
Hi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.

I’m a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.

In 2012 I launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places.

Since that time, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be, in order to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."

My Active Towns suite of channels feature my original video and audio content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them.

Thanks for tuning in; I hope you have found this content helpful.

Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2020

Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc. is a nonprofit 501c3 organization (EIN 45-3802508) dedicated to helping communities create a Culture of Activity. To donate, click here.
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What is Active Towns?

Conversations about Creating a Culture of Activity: Profiling the people, places, programs, and policies that help to promote a culture of activity within our communities.