Mother runner and cookbook author Jenny Rosenstrach is a blur, running here and there as she fixes a family dinner.

The alternate title for this running podcast could be: Countless Parallels between Running and Cooking Dinner for Your Family. Sarah and Dimity welcome Jenny Rosenstrach, the founding editor of a fantabulous website called Dinner: A Love Story and the author of two bestselling books, Dinner: The Playbook and Dinner: A Love Story.  As she does in her books, this mother runner serves up a heaping helping of tips for making family dinners as pleasant—and tasty—as possible. Find out what Operation 30 Days is, and how this adventure helped open up the minds of her two daughters to trying (and sometimes even devouring!) new foods. Great advice abounds in this packed podcast, including the important reminder to not let busy-ness get in the way of running—or cooking.

If Dimity’s promo for the Stride through the Holidays Challenge piqued your interest, here’s how to jump in.