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| Saucy Sisters have appetite for radio, running |
Add two more local celebrities to the list of local runners - the Saucy Sisters.
Their real names are Barbara Nowak and Beverly Wichman and the two host a radio show on
Saturday called Taste of Nashville on WAMB (1160-AM). The Saucy Sisters are restaurant
reviewers, siblings, best friends and frequent dining partners. They’re also avid runners.
"We run because we can eat more that’s our main motivation in running", said Wichman, half-joking.
"It maintains your metabolism and your sense of well-being.
We’ve done aerobics, we’ve tried walking, and other types of exercise, but you just don’t
get the same satisfaction mentally or physically that you get from running."
Periodically they’ll venture out to local races, like last year’s New Year’s Eve
Champagne Run. "We were under the illusion that we might actually win a bottle of
champagne," Nowak said. The two sisters have followed each other around the country
from their childhood in New Jersey to Washington, to Houston, to Los Angeles and
finally to Nashville.
Running has become another way of spending time together while
offsetting their love for food, restaurants and cooking. "I started running about 18
years ago, when I was living in Houston," Wichman said. "The first time I went out to the
track, I couldn’t even go one lap.Little by little, progress was made. I’ll never forget
the first time I ran a mile, I cried absolutely cried," she said. Wichman had progressed
to the point that in 1988 she ran her first marathon in Los Angeles. Upon reaching the
finish line, her reaction was the same she cried. A few years later, Nowak finished her
first marathon in New York and yes, the waterworks were flowing again.
"It’s the most challenging physical thing that I have ever done and I’m so proud of it,"
said Nowak, author of the book Cook It Right! and who also hosts a cooking segment on the
Home and Garden Television network’s Today at Home show. Thanks to the Saucy Sisters,
running has entered the radio talk show airwaves. Taste of Nashville started out
three years ago with its main focus on food. Now, it’s so much more, covering subjects
from baseball and bottled water to arts and, yes, running.
Last Saturday, Tim Murphy of
Elite Racing, Inc. was a guest on their program. Murphy is working with the Nashville
Sports Council to bring some 20,000 to downtown Nashville for the Music City Marathon next
April.The sisters were able to pry a little bit of confidential information from Murphy about
the marathon course. I will tell you that it looks like the marathon will start in Centennial
Park and end in the new arena, he said. Then, Murphy turned the tables and asked if they would
be joining the marathon field next year. "We’ve actually been talking about it," Wichman said.
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