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Episode 324: Courtney Frerichs – American Record Holder & World Silver Medalist Makes her Second Olympic Team

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 05:00:54 +0000

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

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Episode 318: Amy Cragg; 2x Olympian, 2017 World Championships Bronze Medalist & New Puma Running Coach

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:04:15 +0000

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

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Episode 282: Sinclaire Johnson- 2019 1500M NCAA Champion joins the Bowerman Track Club

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:30:23 +0000

Sinclaire Johnson recently joined the Bowerman Track Club to pursue her Pro running career! She is originally from Florida and went on to run at Oklahoma State University. Making huge improvements each year during her time at Oklahoma, she took the 2019 NCAA title in the 1500m in 4:05.98, coming in to beat the reigning champion Jess Hull. (Fun fact- Jess will also be a guest on the podcast soon!)

In 2019, she gave up her last year of eligibility at Oklahoma to turn pro when she signed with Nike and that summer she competed in the USA championships in the 1500 placing 4th in a stacked field alongside Jenny Simpson, Nikki Hiltz, Kate Grace, Shelby Houlihan and more… just missing making the Worlds team by one place. It’s going to be fun to watch Sinclaire get in the mix with these women more in the coming years, especially as she begins her journey training with the Bowerman Track Club!

In this episode we talk about why she decided to go Pro with one year left of eligibility, what she’s most excited about with training with the Bowerman Track Club, having Shalane Flanagan as a new coach alongside Jerry Shumacher and so much more!

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What we talked about:

3:15- Why she decided to train with Bowerman Track Club and her recent move

11:40- Signing with Nike after winning NCAAs and deciding to leave collegiate running before her eligibility was up

16:00- Sinclaire’s mindset going into the 2019 NCAA Championships

17:45- What changed in her training and mindset from 2018 to 2019 and how she had the big improvements in her performances

22:40- Athletes that have inspired her throughout her career

26:00- Recapping the 2019 USA Championships where she finished 4th

33:35- What her life currently looks like having just moved to Portland

35:25- What it feels like to join a group with world class athletes

37:30- What her current workouts and training plan looks like

48:45-Being coached by Shalane Flanagan

55:40- End of podcast questions

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Daring Greatly – Brene Brown

Emily in Paris

Brene Brown’s Podcast with Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington

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Episode 264: Lopez Lomong

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:43:22 +0000

Lopez Lomong is a 2X Olympian and just ran a new 5K PR at the age of 35 at a Bowerman Track Club Intersquad meet. His story to where he is today is a story of faith, hope, courage and tenacity.

He is from South Sudan and at the age of 6 was taken by soldiers from his family at a church service where he was held captive until he escaped with three older boys. He then went to live in a refugee camp for 10 years before coming to the United States. There is so much to unpack with his story and he shares about it in this podcast episode but in much more detail in his book “Running for My Life” which you should all go pick up today!

Lopez has been a dream guest for the show for a long time. He has such an amazing life story and I can’t wait to share it with you all here today!

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Episode 251: Emily Infeld & Elise Cranny

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 22 May 2020 11:57:56 +0000

Emily Infeld and Elise Cranny of the Bowerman Track Club join me today on the show! This is the last of the Fun Friday series I’ve been doing over quarantine. I knew it would be a good one to cap the series off with. Big thanks to Koala Clip for supporting this 6 part series!

Emily is a 2015 World 10k Bronze Medalist, a 2016 Olympian in the 10k and a 2018 US XC Champion. You can hear more from her in episode 21 and episode 147 of this podcast!

Elise is one of the newest members of the Bowerman Track Club- she was a 12 time All-American at Stanford and was runner up at the NCAA championships 4 times.

One fun thing to note is that Elise and Emily were both coached by Coach Chris Miltenberg in college so it was fun to hear them talk about that and then of course being coached by Jerry Schumacher now.

This conversation is super casual and laid back and along with how they are handling training during quarantine, we also get to hear what they’ve been up to outside of running and how they are feeling about the coming year. We also have some fun listener questions at the end and get to hear who on the Bowerman team they think would make the best Bachelor contestant.

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Episode 238: Vanessa Fraser

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 18:45:45 +0000

Vanessa Fraser runs with the Bowerman Track Club and recently made headlines when she came one second from Shalane Flanagan’s indoor 5K record at the BU Invitational in a time of 14:48.

She joined Bowerman in the summer of 2018. In her first full year as a professional, she represented the US at the World Cross Country Championships and at the Team Europe vs Team USA Match. She also set personal bests at 3000m and 5000m.

It’s safe to say 2020 was off to a great start and she is just getting started in her Pro career!

Vanessa got into running through Girls on the Run when she was in elementary school and went on to run for Stanford – she helped the Stanford team to two runner-up finishes in the DMR and capped college career by contributing to Stanford’s third place finish at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships and by setting the school record for 5,000m in Huesden, Belgium (15:09).

Note- Vanessa an I recorded this interview about 4 weeks ago, so it was before everything got canceled and at the time the Olympic trials and the Olympics had not yet been postponed.

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Episode 235: Karissa Schweizer

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:55:59 +0000

Karissa Schweizer is on fire! She just broke the American Record in the 3K at the BU Last Chance Invitational. She ran a time of 8:25.70 – followed by her teammates Shelby Houlihan and Colleen Quigley who also broke there record Karissa got there first though and now she is an American Record Holder!

Karissa runs for Nike with the Bowerman Track Club under Coach Jerrry Schumacher. This is her second year with the team and 2020 is off to a great start, along with grabbing that 3K American Record, she has also run a mile PR (4:24). Was 2nd in the 3k and 3rd in the 1500 at USA indoors.

Before joining the Bowerman team, she ran for The University of Missouri where she was a 6- Time NCAA Champion – walking away from the school as the most decorated female athlete of all time.

Karissa brings a lot of positive energy to this conversation and you’l hear that when you listen! My biggest takeaway- Anything can happen!!

Photo Cred: Talbot Cox

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Episode 133: Shelby Houlihan Bonus

Lindsey Hein — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:17:08 +0000

Shelby Houlihan just broke the American Record by four seconds in the 5K in a time of 14:34 in Heudsen; which gave her a personal record by 26 seconds. In this episode she tells us the progression of how the goal to break the American Record went down. Her coach, Jerry Schumacher has known her potential and the process has been nothing short of a well thought out methodical progression. She was paced by teammate Shalane Flanagan and 1500 Meter competitor for New Balance, Corey Mcgee. She’s been running so fast this year and has shownthat she’s the real deal with her competitive nature and insane kick.

Shelby runs for Nike with the Bowerman Track Club and I love interviewing the crew over there; Shelby is no stranger to this podcast- check out her other episodes (Episode 50 and 108). Shelby is just as fierce and excited about her dreams as she was in the first two episodes we recorded. She’s a 2016 Olympian and has dreams of making the American 5K scene more competitive on a World Level.

And guys- no she’s not changing her IG or twitter handles and spills that she even plans to possibly race an 800 this fall! Look out for her to put down some more fast times in the coming months when she’ll compete in the Diamond League final in Brussels and the Continental Cup in the Czech Republic. My bet is she grabs herself another American Record; in the 1500 this time.

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The Power of Now – Eckart Tolle

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Episode 132: Gwen Jorgensen

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:50:27 +0000

Olympic Gold Medalist Gwen Jorgensen joins me today! Gwen is a triathlete turned long distance runner who has always had a deep love for running. Gwen is not only a 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist in triathlon, she’s also a 2014 and 2015 World Champion. She was recruited to compete in triathlon by USA Triathlon after college where she both swam and ran for the University of Wisconsin.

Gwen now runs for Nike with the Bowerman Track Club and is married to an amazingly supportive husband Patrick and together they are raising the most adorable little boy who is about to turn one; Stanley. We get to talk about post partum fitness and what that training looks like in this episode as well as the transition from Triathlon to running. I know you’re going to find Gwen to be so kind and fun and relatable even though she competes at such a high level.

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Shoe Dog – Phil Knight

Open: An Autobiography – Andre Agassi

Jackie Robinson: A Biography – Arnold Rampersad

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Episode 119: Evan Jager

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 11 May 2018 10:54:41 +0000

We’ve got a Bowerman Bro on the show today! Evan Jager is a two-time Olympian (2012 & 2016) and runs for Nike with the Bowerman Track Club. He holds the American Record in the 3,000 Steepchase and trains under coach Jerry Schumacher and Pascal Dobert.

Evan ran for the University of Wisconsin for only one year before turning to Professional running. It was a bold move and we talk about the decision to follow his coach (Jerry Schumacher) and pursue his dreams in Portland. He finished his college degree while training professionally in Portland. Shortly after turning pro, Evan suffered an intense ankle injury that left him not running for 6 months. We talk about navigating that in this episode, along with moving from a 5k runner to the Steeple Chase as his main event. We also talk about successes and other hard times in his career; like when he he won a Silver medal in the 2016 Olympics or when he was on track to break the 8 minute barrier in the Steeple and fell on the last water jump in Paris in 2015 at the Diamond League. Evan proves that when competing at the highest level, having the right mindset ad being your best self in training and come race day are a huge component to success.

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