Episode 330: Morgan McDonald – Fresh off the 5,000m at the Tokyo Olympics for Australia, Team OAC

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 04:00:47 +0000

Morgan McDonald ran the 5000m at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics. He is originally from Australia but now lives in Boulder and trains with the On Athletics Club where he is coached by Dathan Ritzenhein. He was a 4-time NCAA Champion for the University of Wisconsin. Morgan also competed in the 2017 and 2019 World Championships for Australia.

In this episode, we get to hear about his experience in Tokyo, training with the On Athletics Club, deciding to run for the University of Wisconsin, and more!

Photo credit: Joe Hale (@jkh_photo)

What we talked about:

3:35- Morgan’s post Olympic thoughts

8:45- The Olympic experience and cheering on teammates

12:15- Deciding to come to the United States to run for the University of Wisconsin

14:45- His belief in himself to make an Olympic team before his results showed that he could

19:20- Morgan’s mindset on the starting line

21:15- Changes to be made to be better prepared for the next Olympic cycle

24:00- Deciding to train with Team Boss and the decision to switch to the On Athletics Club

28:45- Living with his training partners

36:05- Training with the On Athletics Club

43:25- Transitioning to professional running after having such a successful collegiate career

47:50- What’s next for Morgan

49:10- Living far away from family in Australia

51:50- End of podcast questions

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Episode 209: Sinead Diver

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 03:00:16 +0000

Sinead Diver just placed 5th at the TCS NYC Marathon. She was the first non-African to cross the finish line in a time of 2:26:23. Sinead has been taking the marathon by storm since her debut go at it in 2014 when she ran the Melbourne marathon in 2:34:15 peaking out at only around 55 miles per week. In 2018 she had a breakthrough race when she ran a time of 2:25:17 at the Melbourne marathon. Then this past spring she placed 7th at the London marathon finishing in a blazing fast time of 2:24:11.

Sinead works full time as an IT consultant and is the Mother of two boys. She started running after the birth of her first son at the age of 33. A friend noticed she had some speed in her, so she gradually started entering races and realizing her potential in the sport. Sinead says her strength lies in the marathon and it’s so exciting to see her excel in the sport. Her message that I hard loud and clear today is to not let other set limitations on you – whether that’s because of your age, gender or experience. I just love that message so much.

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