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Episode 325: Lauren Hurley – Happiness on the other side of triathlon and a fresh start with running postpartum

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:04:46 +0000

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

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Episode 322: Nell Rojas on Racing the 10,000m at the Olympic Trials, 9th at the Olympic Marathon Trials, and more

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:35:35 +0000

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

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Episode 317: Makena Morley- 10k Olympic Trials Training, 31:25 10k PR at the Sound Running Track Meet

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 28 May 2021 12:15:58 +0000

Makena Morley recently ran her 10k PR in 31:25 which was a one minute PR and just off the Olympic standard by 0.20 seconds! With that time she did qualify for the Olympic Trials so she will be competing there!

She was a 7 time All-American at Colorado and while she was there she ran the 10k school record which was 32:28. She was 2nd to Sara Hall at the 2019 USATF 10 mile championships, only 6 seconds behind her. She also recently ran at the Gate River Run in Jacksonville where she was 4th.

Makena runs for Asics and has a huge career ahead of her. Add her to your list of people to cheer for in the 10k at the trials in June!

What we talked about:

5:05- How Makena got into distance running

6:45- Her upbringing and growing up in Maui, Hawaii

10:35- Getting COVID and her recovery from it

15:00- Running at an elite level with asthma

20:20- Going into the Sound Running 10k race with the confidence to run the Olympic Standard

23:50- Her decision to run for Asics

27:20- Plans to run the marathon eventually

29:35- When she realized she had potential to run at a higher level in college and professionally

31:30- Starting at the University of Montana and transferring to the University of Colorado

34:20- Graduating from Colorado and signing pro with Asics

36:10- Her boyfriend and his running career

32:20- Her race at the Sound Running 10k

41:20- Plans for the Olympic Trials

46:30- Her strengths in racing

48:25- Her mentality to stay strong when the race gets hard

51:10- Training with Grayson Murphy

55:50- End of podcast questions

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Episode 315: Lauren Paquette – Take a chance on yourself; Training with NAZ Elite

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 14 May 2021 11:13:55 +0000

Lauren Paquette is racing the 5,000m at the Sound Running event this weekend and she joins us on the podcast today. She is one of the newest members of Hoka One One NAZ Elite and we get to learn all about her journey to joining the team in this episode.

Lauren ran for Baylor where she has held several school records and finished 7th in the 1500 at the NCAA Outdoor Track Championships. After college she ran with Asics for a bit and joined a training group, but ultimately ended up training with her husband coaching her for several years before joining NAZ Elite. I LOVE the story of how she pursued joining the team- you’re gonna love it too. She currently holds a 15:10 PR in the 5,000m and a 31:53 10,000m PR. Though she was an 800-1500 meter runner for years, she now focuses on the 5,000m and 10,000m.

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What we talked about:

3:50- Lauren’s recent training

6:25- Her running career in college and post-collegiately leading up to training with NAZ Elite and her journey to join NAZ Elite

19:35- Her husband’s career as a professor and getting tenured

22:05- The decision to leave Memphis and move to Flagstaff while her husband would stay in Memphis

29:15- The transition from being an 800/1500m runner to focusing more on the 5k/10k

34:50- Training with Ben Rosario and Hoka NAZ Elite

39:00- How she felt joining the team with athletes that she had looked up to and changing styles of training

43:40- Living with Steph and Ben Bruce for a couple months

45:00- The word that she uses to describe each of her teammates and what she has learned from the NAZ Elite women

53:05- Thoughts and goals going into the Sound Running 5k this weekend

56:45- Mindset around racing and when the race gets hard

1:00:45- Plan for the Olympic Trials

1:03:00- End of podcast questions

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Episode 313: Johnny Gregorek – Training for the trials, Blue Jean Miles & Seinfeld. A well rounded conversation with Johnny Gregorek.

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:46:16 +0000

Johnny Gregorek caught the eyes of the running community when he ran the World Record for the mile in blue jeans (4:06) to honor his Brother Pat and raise funds (over $50K) for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

He is a 1500 meter runner, sponsored by Asics looking to make the Olympic team this year. He made the 2017 World Championships team in the 1500, where he placed 10th in a time of 3:37.56. He finished 6th in the Olympic Trials in 2016 – 5 years later he’s definitely one to be watching at the trials this summer!

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I realize there is a tiny crackle on my end of the mic oh this episode- SO SORRY, I hope it’s not too big of a distraction.

What we talked about:

2:30- Johnny’s recent training and racing

3:45- The decision to take a 5th year at the University of Oregon

5:35- His relationship with his sponsor, Asics

6:20- How he met his wife

6:55- The recent races that he has done

12:45- Making the world championships in 2017 and the mindset shift that came with it

16:00- Message to the young professional runner that is just getting started

20:15- Thoughts on professional runners sharing their training versus keeping it personal

22:40- Where his mental edge and competitiveness comes from

28:10- What he benefited from the Olympics being delayed a year

29:20- The strength training routine that he does

30:15- His final pre meet workout before a race

31:50- The training group that he is in

32:30- Living in New York and his wife’s work

36:25- Working with Coach Gags

39:05- The Blue Jean Mile that he did this past summer and honoring his brother through that

49:45- End of podcast questions

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

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:41:27 +0000

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

45:10- Highlights of her career so far

48:55- Training with her husband, Shane

55:30- Favorite part about running for New Balance

57:40- End of podcast questions

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Episode 239: Ashley Higginson

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 12:28:43 +0000

Ashley Higginson is a full time lawyer and qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials in her first marathon this past fall. Prior to this season of life- she competed professionally as a 3,000 meter steeple chaser running in both the 2012 and the 2016 Olympic Trials.

A little bit about Ashley’s backstory – she went to Princeton University where she was a 7 time Ivy League Outdoor Champion (5k, 3k, and 3k steeple). Her junior year at Princeton, she was 3rd place at the NCAA Outdoor Track National Championships in the 3k steeple. She graduated as a two-time All-American in the steeplechase.

Ashley trained with the New Jersey-New York Track Club to train for the 2012 Olympic Trials and ended up training with them for five years. During this time she was also in law school at Rutgers University. She went on the get 4th at the 2012 Olympic Trials in the 3k steeple, missing the team by just over 2 seconds. In 2013, Ashley made the World Championships team by getting 2nd at the USATF outdoor national championships in the steeplechase.

In 2016, Ashley finished 9th at Olympic Trials with all her hopes on making the 2016 team. She retired from professional running soon after to pursue her career as a lawyer.

In this episode Ashley and I talk about those life transitions, deciding to go Pro and then deciding to move on from it as well as what it was like to be coached by the legendary Frank Gagliano. There is much about Ashley’s story we can relate to even if most of us will never compete at the level she did!

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Episode 221: Alison Wade

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:47:04 +0000

Alison Wade is the writer and brains behind the Fast Women newsletter. She is the mother of two and has been involved in the running industry for over two decades. Alison worked for the NYRR where she founded fast-women.com and served as editor of fast-women.com and mensracing.com for the sites’ first five years.

She has been a freelance writer for several years and currently still writes for Runner’s World. She ran in college and spent time coaching at various Division III and Division I colleges, as well as two high schools.

Alison works tirelessly to make Fast Women an accurate, interesting and fun source of news for Women’s Running. I will say that she is checking all of those boxes and I am so thankful for her work.

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Episode 200: Katy Jermann

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 12:14:11 +0000

Katy Jermann debuted the marathon in 2:33:41 in January and is running her second marathon at the TCS NYC Marathon this fall! Someone to be watching for sure if she’s not already on your radar. Katy runs for Team USA Minnesota and also has a half marathon PR of 1:10:27. She does a lot of her training miles with her also super speedy husband who happens to be a 2:13 marathoner himself, also running for Team USA Minnesota.

Both Katy and her husband have jobs outside of running- she is a reading specialist and in this episode talks about how having a mutli-facueted live is a big part of her running success. Katy ran for Iowa State and also shares with us what she learned throughout her college running career and the transition to becoming pro. This is a fun conversation and I am so excited to share Katy’s story with you all!

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