S1 E5: Behind The Pretty

About the Author: Among her many accomplishments since taking her fate in her own hands, Crystal Hadnott has run over 100 full and half marathons since October 2006 and on several different occasions, she has also run a 202-mile relay race. In addition, she is known to bike in the 150 miles in the MS-150 in support of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Crystal is an accomplished entrepreneur as the owner of Synergy Total Holistic Health & Wellness, a boutique fitness and nutrition company in Houston. As an advocate of health and fitness, she founded “Pavement Princess”, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization designed to combat childhood obesity geared to young girls between the ages of 7-13 years old. As health and wellness expert, she is a highly-sought professional speaker and a renowned media personality.

As a world-wide authority of fitness conditioning and strategic partnerships, she is the respected author of "The Finish Line was Just the Start: A Marathon Runner's Memoir of Relentlessness, Resilience & Renewal". She has also authored a running journal, Running Pretty, which is a compliment to her podcast show and blog site, “Running Pretty.” The highly anticipated coffee table book, "Behind the Pretty" along with her guidebook, "Haditudes: Road-Tested Principles for a High-Performance Business & Life" are set to release in the fall of 2018.

Crystal and her amazing journey has been featured in the best-seller’s People of Memorial Park book, EBONY magazine as well as several other noted magazines and newspapers. In additional, she has seen on CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN’s Headline News as well as heard on multiple radio shows and podcasts.