Sara, who is coached by her husband Brent shares with us what her training is looking like now, one year post partum. We get to hear about how they are changing things up a bit and of course I wanted to know if she’ll ever throw down for the marathon. (She went on an 19 mile long run the other day so I had to ask.)  We also talk a lot about family life in this episode. She became a Mom at a very young age, while still attending the University of Colorado, really defying the odds still graduating in just four years. Her kids now range from ages 1-14 so I was super curious about parenting through so many different stages at the same time. One thing I think Sara and I both want to leave you all with is that if you are parent to drop the  guilt and that you can still pursue your own dreams while being a damn good Mom.

Enjoy my conversation with Sara!

Photo Cred: Dave Lane

What we talked about:

3:10- What Sara Vaughn is up to and what her running has looked like post-partum

7:55- Having a baby in college while competing for the University of Colorado

11:55- What her plans were for when she graduated college

18:20- How her and her husband Brent Vaughn met

19:35- What helped her relationship with her husband work while having a child so young

22:00- What her husband does for work

22:55- Her kids and how she juggles childcare with work and training and the importance of outsourcing help from others

31:55- How her parenting style has changed with each kid

33:55- What makes her running career sustainable while working full time and having 4 kids

35:45- Her kid’s thoughts on her career and their involvement in coming to races

41:50- What a typical daily routine looks like for her

46:45- Her current goals with the Olympics being postponed

49:30- Potential plans of running a marathon

52:30- How Brent pulls training ideas from all of the different coaches that they have had including Jerry Schumacher and Mark Wetmore

58:50- The 9 day training cycle that she follows

1:03:45- Her current mindset around sponsorships

1:10:00- What currently inspires her to keep training and chasing running goals

1:13:50- Advice to moms that are recently postpartum

1:15:40- End of podcast questions

Show Notes:

The Great Alone

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Aisha and her husband William Leer are both sponsored by Under Armour and I was really intrigued by what that relationship looks like as it’s a brand we don’t see a ton of track and field athletes sponsored by. I LOVE what she had to say about running for UA.

Aisha is a Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist, a World Finalist, Olympian and Jamaican record holder. She has been transitioning to focusing on being a 1500 meter runner and she shares with us how she feels about this time off for racing and what she’s looking forward to once races are happening again.

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Laura raced fiercely and bravely in February at the trials and laid it all out there. It was so fun to see her race with so much confidence and if you weren’t a fan before I don’t see how you won’t be after hearing this conversation. On top of being an insanely talented and driven runner, she is really fun!

Laura lives in Boulder, Co and trains with Joe Bosshard’s group. In this conversation we get to hear about what it’s like to be the only marathoner in that group and why she chose to train with them. We also get to hear about how different her training is now compared to what she used to do and what the trials race meant to her. Laura and I also might just get into a little “Love is Blind” talk as well at the end of the conversation, because a girl just can’t help herself when she finds out the person she is interviewing is invested in trash TV like she is.

Enjoy my conversation with Laura!

Show Notes: 

One World Running

Screwball Peanut Butter Whiskey

Sweet Potato Enchilada Recipe

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Lindsay is one to be watching at the Olympic Marathon Trials in two weeks in Atlanta! She has a marathon PR of 2:28 and is ready for the hills in Atlanta. She is a true marathoner and favors that distance most.

She ran for the Washington Huskies in college and earned Division 1 All American Honors. Post college she ran with a team in Washington D.C. for Mizzuno and then ran for Nike for a bit. She moved around quite a bit before she landed in Boulder and recently signed with Asics.

You’re going to want to follow Lindsay if you aren’t already and you will hear in this episode that she was such a joy to talk with! Full of energy and optimism and I left the conversation feeling so refreshed and excited for her career!

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