11: Nick Willis - Time of Reflection

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Fitness, Running, Sports, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Carrie interviews Olympian Nick Willis! Nick chats about competing in speed golf, traveling with his family and his upcoming visit to Minnesota for the Medtronic TC 1 Mile. Nick also discusses the success of The Miler Method, his six-week online boot camp for runners!

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Nick Willis Nick grew up in New Zealand, and attended the University of Michigan on a full athletic scholarship. While at the University of Michigan, he was a seven-time All-American and set multiple school records. Nick is a two-time Olympic medalist in the 1500m, representing New Zealand. He won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and bronze at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Nick lives in Ann Arbor with his family, where he's an assistant coach at the University of Michigan. He and his wife Sierra founded The Miler Method, a six-week online boot camp to help you run a faster mile!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Tullifson and welcome to the Sea Talley Run podcast.
0:12.1	Today I'm interviewing Nick Willis.
0:14.1	Nick is a four-time Olympian and a two-time medalist for New Zealand.
0:17.8	He's also a husband and father and wants to help you run a faster mile with
0:22.1	the miler method. We have lots to chat about, so let's get after it. All right, Nick,
0:29.7	well, let's talk about this. I mean, four-time Olympian, you have two Olympic medals, a bronze
0:36.3	and a silver.
0:39.9	Your most recent is the bronze from 2016.
0:42.0	You're in New Zealand right now.
0:47.5	So kind of just rewind a little bit and tell us how this past year has been going and, you know, what's on schedule?
0:51.0	Yeah, it's sort of been a fun time of reflection.
0:55.4	I've been back home in New Zealand now for almost three months. I skipped the indoor season. I took three months off after the Olympic Games, so just trying to regain my
1:01.9	fitness, shed off a few extra pounds. But no, it's been a really fun time of reflection. As you said,
1:07.4	it's been quite the long career and a lot of ups and downs and things to celebrate
1:14.3	along the way. So yeah, I've just been sort of dwelling on some of those things myself just
1:18.5	recently. Yeah, so you're in New Zealand right now. You took like 12 weeks off. Did I just read?
1:24.3	Yeah, I took 12 weeks off, got really out of shape and enjoyed a lot of other things,
1:29.0	which I don't normally get to do when I'm focusing on training all of the time. So how out of shape
1:33.7	do you really get, though? Like just for the average runner to know exactly what an elite runner does
1:38.6	when they're out of shape? Put it this way. When it was 50 degrees Fahrenheit outside, I was
1:43.9	sweating really hard when I was going for 20 minute run.
1:47.2	So you put on a little bit of weight?
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