What does it look like to keep going when life keeps giving you reasons to stop?

In Episode 3 of Hear Every Mile, Laura Thornton sits down with LiAnn Anderson—mom of four, marathon runner, and a woman whose miles have carried her through divorce, grief, a traumatic birth, serious health challenges, and a life-changing car accident.

For LiAnn, running became more than exercise. It became a lifeline.

Now, as she prepares to take on the Sydney Marathon, LiAnn shares the people, words, memories, and even songs she carries with her when the miles get hard.

They talk about being separated from her newborn son for nearly a month, why her children are at the heart of her running, carrying her late father Jim’s dog tags across finish lines, meeting her husband Mike on Strava, and the daughter who paces her, sings at stoplights, and gives her someone to chase.

And because every runner has their rituals, there’s also chocolate milk, pickles, Pop-Tarts, steak—and the song that has become part of LiAnn’s story: “Unstoppable.”

Through everything, one message has stayed with her. It’s written on her Road ID, and it’s how she tries to live:

Keep going.

This is a conversation about far more than finishing marathons. It’s about the voices we carry, the people who help us forward, and what it means to discover that you can keep moving even after life changes the course.

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