108: Julia Lucas - Embracing the Wild Side of Running
C Tolle Run
C Tolle Run
4.7 • 557 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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In our "Where Are They Now?" series, Carrie connects with Julia Lucas! They discuss what happened at the 2012 Olympic Trials (and what she's learned from it), her recovery from running into a burning building to help others, and her latest adventure of becoming an author.
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| 0:50.2 | Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Tullifson and welcome to the C-Tolly Run podcast. Today I'm interviewing Julia Lucas. Julie graduated from NC State. She's an amazing runner, a coach, a writer, and an artist. Many of you know Julia from her courageous running that she did while competing professionally in the mid to long distances on the track. |
| 1:14.1 | She has so much talent, but had many injuries that interrupted her flow while she was competing. |
| 1:20.1 | Finally, after years of being sidelined, the year of 2012 was her year. |
| 1:25.5 | She told the line at the U.S. Olympic trials 5,000 meters as the one to beat. |
| 1:30.5 | When the gun went off, she wanted to run hard and run to win. She did just that, but found |
| 1:36.8 | herself in a bit of trouble nearing the finish, and walked away finishing fourth, less than |
| 1:41.8 | one hundredth of a second away from becoming a U.S. Olympian. |
| 1:45.6 | In this episode, we talk about that moment in her life and what she's learned from it. |
| 1:50.1 | We talk about running into a burning building to help others and how she recovered from doing that. |
| 1:56.0 | We also chat about her exciting new chapter in writing and how becoming an author will be added to her long |
| 2:01.4 | list of accomplishments. So let's get after it. Thanks, Julia, for coming on our show. You know what? |
| 2:10.1 | We're doing. Where are they now? And I was like one of the first people I thought of was you, |
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