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Kate Grace is on the show today! Kate is a 2016 Olympian and she won the USA Olympic Trials in the 800m. She finished 8th at the 2016 Olympics. She went on to qualify for the 2017 World Championships in the 1500m the following year. Kate recently left the Bowerman Track Club and joined Team Boss and is coached by Joe Bosshard. This summer after not making the Olympic team, she went on to set 3 personal bests in 9 days and won her first Diamond League. Her new 800m personal best of 1:57.2 puts her at the 8th fastest American all time  and 7th fastest in the world in 2021.  In this episode, we talk about her experience winning the 2016 Olympic Trials and becoming an Olympian, learning from several different coaches throughout her professional running career, coaching changes, training with Team Boss, and so much more! What we talked about: 5:45- Kate’s summer of racing 8:30- Mindset going into the Olympic Trials being the reigning champion in the 800m 11:30- Reflecting on the 2016 Olympic Trials race 15:05- Making the final at the 2016 Olympics 17:25- Cheering on your competitors 18:55- Deciding to go back to racing the 800m and transitioning to training with Team Boss 25:20- Being a late bloomer in her running career 26:35- Believing in herself even when her career wasn’t going how she wanted 36:30- Transitioning to different coaches and training groups 44:30- Training with Team Boss 48:20- Trusting your body when you feel an injury coming on 52:05- Recapping her last few races and running three personal bests 56:45- Balancing the low of not making the Olympic team and the high of her recent race results 1:01:45- Not defining your career by the Olympics 1:04:30- End of podcast questions Show notes: When Breath Becomes Air The Year of Magical Thinking Kate on Instagram Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast Sponsors: Athletic Brewing Company Use code “AnotherAthletic15” for 15% off Nutrafol Use code “Another” for $15 off Previnex Use code “another” for 15% off your order The post Episode 327: Kate Grace – 2016 Olympian races to her first Diamond League victory & 3 personal bests in 9 days appeared first on Lindsey Hein.

Abdi Abdirahman is a Somolian born runner and is a five time Olympian competing for the United States in the 10,000m and marathon. He made his 5th Olympic team at the 2020 Olympic marathon trials at the age of 43. In 2016, he was third at the New York City Marathon. He has a new book coming out called Abdi’s World: The Black Cactus on Life, Running, and Fun. I loved reading this book and learning more about his life and running career! In this episode, we talk about Abdi’s running career and making his 5th Olympic team, training with some of the legends in the sport, finishing 3rd at the 2016 New York City Marathon, and so much more! What we talked about: 4:55- What this past year has been like for Abdi 6:30- What it means to Abdi to qualify for his 5th Olympics 10:15- His thoughts going into the 2020 Olympic Trials in the marathon 12:55- Not making the Olympic team in 2016 15:40- Finishing 3rd place at the New York City Marathon in 2016 17:10- Abdi’s early running career 20:50- Abdi’s relationship with his coach 22:15- Training with some of the legends in the sport 30:20- The big changes that Abdi has seen in the sport throughout his career 33:20- Favorite marathon course that he has run on 34:30- Living in Arizona 37:45- Training in Ethiopia with Mo Farah 40:55- First time going back to Somalia 42:10- Transitioning to the marathon after running the 10,000m 45:55- The foundation that Abdi is starting 47:45- Message to younger athletes 49:30- Final thoughts going into the Olympic marathon 50:25- End of podcast questions Show notes: Abdi’s World: The Black Cactus on Life, Running, and Fun Abdi on Instagram Becoming by Michelle Obama Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast Sponsors: Goodr Use code “another15”  Whoop Use code “another” for 15% off your order Beam Use code “another” for 15% off your order The post Episode 326: Abdi Abdirahman – 5x Olympian racing the Olympic marathon in Tokyo appeared first on Lindsey Hein.

Lauren recently competed in the Olympic Trials in the 10,000m. She qualified for that race less than a year postpartum at the Portland Track Festival.  Lauren was a professional triathlete for a long time after starting to compete in triathlon while in college. She has done 11 70.3 half Ironmans. In this episode, we talk about what it was like to be a professional triathlete and why she is so much happier now. We talk a lot about what it meant to qualify for the Olympic Trials and the experience of switching over to running from triathlon. Since the trials, she has gone on to place 7th at the USATF 10k Road Championships at the Peachtree 10k in Atlanta. Lauren also coaches with her husband through their business Blacksheep Endurance Project.  What we talked about: 3:55- Qualifying for the Olympic Trials 7:00- Coming from triathlons to racing on the track 9:50- Working with her coach, Tom Schwartz, and finding a life balance 12:55- Goals for her running career 14:55- Training for the Olympic Trials 18:05- Her mindset as a professional triathlete versus runner 27:20- Her biggest strength as a triathlete and doing triathlon in college 30:50- How she met her husband and having a baby right after retiring from triathlon 39:25- Postpartum depression and anxiety and how she got help for that 43:25- The pressure that she felt as a professional triathlete 48:50- End of podcast questions Show notes: The Rules of Marriage by Terry Real Blacksheep Endurance Project on Instagram Lauren on Instagram Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast Sponsors: Zocdoc Athletic Brewing Company Use code “AnotherAthletic15” for 15% off Nutrafol Use code “Another” for $15 off The post Episode 325: Lauren Hurley – Happiness on the other side of triathlon and a fresh start with running postpartum appeared first on Lindsey Hein.

Courtney Frerichs just made her second Olympic Team as a steeplechaser for Team USA! Courtney trains with the Bowerman Track Club and is a 2017 World Championships Silver Medalist, 2016 Olympian, and the American Record holder in the steeplechase! In this episode, we talk about her experience at the Olympic Trials and making her second Olympic team, improving her times in the 1500m and 5000m in 2020 and how that improved her confidence, being coached by Shalane Flanagan, and more. If you want to hear more from Courtney and learn more about her running career, she was also on Episode 50 & Episode 86. Episode 86 was after she won the silver medal after the 2017 World Championships so we recapped that race in that episode!  Photo credit: Courtney White What we talked about: 3:25- The difference between the 2016 Olympic trials and 2020 Olympic trials for her and the pressure that she felt this time around 6:40- Falling in the prelims at the Olympic Trials 10:30- Seeing the US women’s steeplechase progress 12:05- Balancing being ready for the Olympic Trials but still leaving room to peak at the Olympics 14:30- The Bowerman Track Club’s performances at the Olympic Trials 22:10- Improving her 5k and 1500m times during 2020 and how that changed her confidence 28:25- The injury that she dealt with in the buildup to the Olympic Trials 30:50- The struggles with confidence that she has faced in her running career and how she has worked on that 38:55- Having Shalane Flanagan as one of her coaches 40:50- Her feelings after making her second Olympic team 49:10- Comments on Shelby Houlihan’s ban 56:55- Working on getting her master’s degree Show notes: Courtney on Instagram Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast Sponsors: Previnex Use code “another” for 15% off your order Lily Trotters Use code “another” for 25% off your order Whoop Code “another” for 15% off The post Episode 324: Courtney Frerichs – American Record Holder & World Silver Medalist Makes her Second Olympic Team appeared first on Lindsey Hein.

Tyler Green is on the show today! Tyler just placed second at the Western States Endurance Run. In this episode, he shares all about that experience and he also talks about all the things that he did leading up to the race that he believes helped him both physically and mentally have a strong race and a big breakthrough. In 2019, he was 14th at Western States, so this year was a big breakthrough! Tyler has run the fastest known time (FKT) on the Lost Coast Trail, Wonderland Trail, Timberline Trail, Loowit Trail and more! Tyler has also won the Black Canyon 100, Cascade Crest 100, and Bandera 100k. He was 2nd at the Javelina Jundred in 2019 and 3rd at the Sean O’Brien 100k in 2018. Tyler is a middle school health teacher and lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Rachel Drake who is also a talented ultra runner!  What we talked about: 4:40- Recapping his second place finish at Western States 6:55- How he got into trail and ultra running 7:45- Living in Nepal and Libya after college 10:35- Being a health teacher at a middle school 15:05- Recapping the last few years of races 22:00- Favorite trail to run 22:45- Growing up on Mt. Tabor, a volcano in Oregon 24:40- Changes that Tyler made in training between 2019 to now that lead to his success at Western States 28:30- Where his strengths are in racing 30:55- How he and his wife, Rachel Drake, met 35:05- Balancing finding joy in competing and being competitive 36:45- Mindset during the Western States race 41:25- Running with his teammate during the Western States race 46:00- Thoughts on the women’s performances at Western States 50:35- Lessons learned from Western States 52:30- His coach and the mindset that he helped Tyler have 53:35- Different running tactics that he implemented into his training 55:25- What’s next for Tyler 56:35- Tyler’s nutrition during an ultra race 58:50- End of podcast questions Show notes: Instagram Tyler’s Website Brian Doyle books Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast Sponsors: Previnex Use code “another” for 15% off your order Lily Trotters Use code “another” for 25% off your order Whoop Code “another” for 15% off The post Episode 323: Tyler Green – 2nd Place at Western States appeared first on Lindsey Hein.

Nell Rojas is competing in the 10,000m for the Olympic Trials tomorrow! Nell is a marathoner and she finished 9th at the Olympic Trials Marathon in 2020 and ran a 2:30:29 there. She won the Grandma’s Marathon in 2019 where she ran 2:28:06. She debuted the marathon at CIM in 2:31:23 while she was training for an Ironman! Nell is the Bolder Boulder 10k Champion from 2019 after her dad won that race 40 years before. She grew up loving that race and always had the dream of winning that race! You’ll get to hear about that in this episode! Most recently, she ran a 32:11 to qualify for the Olympic Trials in the 10k coming off of a year of a few injuries. She is feeling confident and ready to get out there to compete so I am excited to see what she does at the trials! What we talked about: 6:00- Qualifying for the Olympic Trials in the 10k 6:55- The injury that she had after the Olympic Trials marathon race 9:15- Mindset going into the Olympic Trials marathon and recapping her race there 17:40- How she feels going into the Olympic Trials 10k 30:05- Change in training switching from the marathon to the track 33:00- Racing with fearlessness 34:55- Debuting at the marathon at CIM while training for an Ironman 36:05- Training for triathlon after college 37:10- Competing in obstacle course racing 44:00- Her first few marathons 44:50- Winning the Bolder Boulder 10k 50:35- Last workouts going into the Olympic Trials 54:05- End of podcast questions Show notes: Nell on Instagram Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast Sponsors: Athletic Brewing Company Code “ANOTHERATHLETIC15” for 15% off Goodr Use code “another15” for 15% off your order BEAM Use code “another” for 15% off your order The post Episode 322: Nell Rojas on Racing the 10,000m at the Olympic Trials, 9th at the Olympic Marathon Trials, and more appeared first on Lindsey Hein.

Today on the podcast is Kyra Condie! Kyra will be competing for Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics in climbing. She is a pro climber and started climbing at age 11. Early on, she found out that she has idiopathic scoliosis so she had to have some pretty major surgeries as a young child. She had a spinal fusion to correct her more than 70 degree curvature and it took several months to recover. After recovering from that surgery, she started competing in climbing and she won her first major competition after that surgery. Since then, she has qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games and she has become a bouldering world cup finalist and is a regular at pro competitions around the US. She shares in this episode what it is like to climb as a professional. In this episode, Kyra also explains what the climbing competition will look like at the Olympic games. So excited to cheer Kyra on at the Olympics this summer! What we talked about: 5:25- How Kyra got into climbing 7:10- Getting surgery for scoliosis and the recovery from that 9:20- Her family & the lessons her family has taught her 11:30- Details on what sport climbing is and how you compete 14:05- How they pick the Olympic team for sport climbing 15:50- Climbing outdoors vs. climbing on an indoor rock climbing wall 18:05- How you score points in sport climbing 18:50- What Kyra’s training cycles look like  20:50- Who coached her growing up 22:05- What a typical day looks like for Kyra with training 23:15- What her strength training looks like 25:30- Finding out that sport climbing would be in the 2020 Olympics 28:55- How hard work was instilled in her 30:20- Her deep water solo climbing adventure 32:50- Managing her fear in climbing 33:50- Thoughts heading into the Olympics 34:45- Advice for new climbers 37:40- Historic Olympic moments that motivated her 39:00- Favorite things to cook 40:20- End of podcast questions Show notes: Disclosure documentary Kyra on Instagram Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast Sponsors: Half Marathon And Marathon Training Plan Zoc Doc The post Episode 321: Kyra Condie – Olympic Climber Shares her Journey to Tokyo appeared first on Lindsey Hein.

Josette Norris is on the podcast today! Josette is sponsored by Reebok and is a part of the Reebok Boston Track Club. She is about to compete in the 5,000m at the Olympics Trials. Josette has been having a breakthrough spring season. She got her Olympic Trials Qualifier back in February when she ran a 15:19 5,000m. Then she had her first professional win in the 1500m at the Drake Relays. Recently, at the Sound Running Track Meet in May she ran a 14:51 for the 5,000m and took 2nd in that race. Most recently she won a 1500m in a 4:06.  In this episode, Josette shares about getting to where she is now and what the transition from a high school to a collegiate to a professional runner looked like. This really inspired me to keep working hard and continuing to pursue things that I am passionate about! I am so excited to see what she does at the trials! Photo credit: Kevin Morris What we talked about: 4:05- Final preparations before the Olympic Trials 7:30- What it feels like to now be on everyone’s radar after she’s had a breakout season 9:55- How the extra year of the Olympic being delayed has positively impacted Josette 11:45- Being coached by Coach Fox at the Reebok Boston Track Club 18:20- Pursuing professional running even after struggling with setbacks in college 26:00- Why Josette transferred from UNC to Georgetown 29:30- Building confidence in herself and sharing her goals during her collegiate career 32:15- Her decision to work with Reebok as her sponsor 35:00- Winning the Drake Relays 38:25- Mindset while stepping on the line with some of the top professional athletes and talking about her 14:51 5k 51:10- What she has learned from her fiancé, Robby Andrews 57:30- How Josette and Robby met 1:01:25- Recapping her season of racing so far before the Olympic Trials 1:06:10- End of podcast questions Show notes: Josette on Instagram The Alchemist Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast Sponsors: Whoop Code “another” for 15% off Previnex Code “another” for 15% off Picky Bars Use code another” for 20% off your order The post Episode 320: Josette Norris- 14:51 at The Track Meet and ready for the 5,000m at the Olympic Trials appeared first on Lindsey Hein.

Sika Henry recently became the first African American female triathlete to get her pro card. She competed in the 2019 Ironman World Championships in Kona and she focuses on the 70.3 distance of triathlon. She has been blogging about her triathlon journey since 2013 so you can go back and read from the time she started the sport until she realized she could possibly get that pro card. Sika was in a traumatic bike accident in 2019 and in this episode she shares about that experience and how she overcame it. Sika is passionate about increasing diversity in the sport of triathlon and in this episode she shares about ways that we can help make that happen and what she is doing to make that happen. This was a really fun conversation and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. What we talked about: 4:05- When she plans to debut as a pro triathlete 6:00- Competing in track and field in high school and college 9:15- Her best and favorite disciplines in triathlon 10:00- Her mental strategy during a triathlon 11:40- How she got connected with Hoka as a sponsor 14:25- Being confident in her goals and sharing them publicly 15:25- Her first triathlon 21:20- Open water swimming 22:15- The rules of drafting on a bike in different triathlons 24:50- The bike crash that she had in 2019 31:35- Her training now that she is in the pro field  32:40- Sika’s coach 36:05- Learning how to train on the bike and sustain long efforts 38:00- Increasing diversity in the sport of triathlon 52:00- Pacing the Hoka One One 100k 55:35- What’s next for Sika 57:50- End of podcast questions Show notes: Finding My Voice by Mike Reilly Sika on Instagram Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast Sponsors: Athletic Brewing Company Code “ANOTHERATHLETIC15” for 15% off Goodr Use code “another15” for 15% off your order BEAM Use code “another” for 15% off your order The post Episode 319: Sika Henry; Hard work and self belief – first African American female triathlete to get pro card appeared first on Lindsey Hein.

Amy Cragg is on the show today! Amy recently announced her retirement from professional running. She is now going to be a coach with Puma and coach alongside her husband Alistair Cragg. This is a new professional team training in the Raleigh area. When I talked with Erin Longin of Puma on Episode 306 we talked about how Puma is getting more involved in the distance running scene and we get to hear more about that in this conversation with Amy. Amy had such an amazing professional running career herself. She placed 9th at the 2016 Olympics in the marathon. That was the year that Amy, Shalane Flanagan and Des Linden all took top 10 at the Olympics. We hear more in this episode about how she really felt about that experience. One of the biggest highlights of her career was when Amy won the bronze medal at the World Championships in 2017. She breaks that race down in this episode. She has a marathon PR of 2:21:42 and she also made the 2012 Olympics in the 10k. Amy trained with the Bowerman Track Club and in this episode she shares with us about what it was like being coached by Jerry Schumacher and training with Shalane Flanagan. I’ve wanted to interview Amy on this podcast for a long time so this was such a fun interview to do! I hope you all enjoy my conversation with Amy. What we talked about: 4:10- Thoughts on her recent retirement from professional running 5:30- Deciding to become a coach for the new professional Puma Running team 8:30- Why they decided on Raleigh for the training location 10:10- The hardest part about being a professional distance runner 12:15- Coaching with her husband, Alistair, and what that will look like 14:00- The goals for the new Puma team 17:15- Thoughts on the Olympic Trials 10k race 18:45- What she learned from being coached by Jerry Schumacher and how he changed the trajectory of her career 22:55- Training with Shalane Flanagan 24:35- Reflecting on the 2016 Olympic Trials in the marathon 26:25- Reflecting on the 2017 World Championships race where she won the bronze medal and the training and mindset leading up to it 32:55- How she worked on her mindset during her career 36:10- Her thoughts after her performance at the Olympics in 2016 37:55- The lifestyle shift that she has had post retirement 41:10- Favorite places to train in the Raleigh area 43:05- What she is most looking forward to about working with Puma and the current athletes that she coaches 45:50- What it was like watching the Olympic marathon trials this year 48:55- End of podcast questions Sponsors: Previnex Use code “another” for 15% off your order Lily Trotters Use code “another” for 25% off your order Picky Bars Use code another” for 20% off your order Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The post Episode 318: Amy Cragg; 2x Olympian, 2017 World Championships Bronze Medalist & New Puma Running Coach appeared first on Lindsey Hein.