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Episode 310: Emily Sisson – Gearing up for the Track Trials & Gate River Run 15K National Championship Win

Emily Sisson recently took the win at the Gate River Run 15k National Championships in Jacksonville Florida. She ran a time of 48:07 on a windy day – the 5th fastest time run by a woman on that course. She also won the equalizer race coming in ahead of the men’s champion as well. This was her third national title.

Emily went to the University of Wisconsin and later transferred to Providence College where Ray Traecy became her coach and still coaches her 10 years later during her Professional career. Emily is sponsored by New Balance and she represented the United States on a Worlds team in 2017 and debuted the marathon in London in 2019 in a time of 2:23, placing 6th.

Though the Olympic marathon trials did not go as planned for Emily in February 2020, she finished off the year at the Valencia Half Marathon with a big PR and just one second off the American Record held by Molly Huddle in a time of 67:24. Most recently she won the Sound Running Invite 5K in a time of 14:55 which was a PR for her, as well as took that 15K National Title in Jacksonville.

Emily is gearing up for the 10K for the track trials and is one to be watching in that race! She placed 10th in the 10K track trials in 2016 and has made huge progress in her career since then.

Make sure you tune in today to instagram- I will be going live with Emily at 4pm EST to do a little fun catch up + some rapid fire fun.

What we talked about:

4:00- Catching up on recent races

7:05- Her training after the cancellation of races after the marathon trials

8:35- Recapping the USATF 15k championships

12:35- Working with Ray Traecy as her coach

15:15- Transferring from Wisconsin after her freshman year and why she chose Providence College

17:45- The decision to start training for the marathon

25:55- The difference in mentality between training for track races vs. training and racing the marathon and her recent 5k race

27:55- The value in training for the 5k, 10k and marathon races all at once

30:00- Working on her running form

32:50- Recapping her race at the Olympic marathon trials and the emotions after dropping out