272. Shalane Flanagan, 4x Olympian & 2017 New York City Marathon Champion
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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🗓️ 6 November 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
As a runner, to get advice from 4-time Olympian (and silver medalist!) Shalane Flanagan the day before running the New York City Marathon is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But as the host of this show? It was unbelievable to sit down with her LIVE and in-person at the culmination of Project Eclipse, a 6-marathon journey over 42 days in which Shalane taught us all that sport is for life. Bringing back this classic 2021 episode in honor of the New York City Marathon, in which we chat about it all: From how she got started with running (fun fact: her mom once held the world record in the marathon!) and what it was like being a collegiate athlete to the sacrifices she made along the way to make a name for herself. We laugh over stories from her world travels and marathons past (Boston 2018, anyone), and she tells me what it means to her to be the 2017 New York City Marathon champion. We also chat big, hairy, audacious goals, why she decided to go after the back-to-back six world marathon majors this year, and what it's like for to wear the Coach hat with the Bowerman Track Club. Plus: Advice for new runners, how to get out of your own way when anxiety takes over, and fueling and nutrition tips in the wake of the release of her new New York Times bestselling cookbook, Rise and Run.
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| 0:00.0 | I feel like when I'm doing hard things, I actually feel more alive when I'm challenging myself. |
| 0:05.1 | And I just want to, yeah, showcase to young women that sport can be for life and change your life for the better. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm grateful that running came into my life and I went from an extremely shy young girl to, you know, a moderately shy adult now. |
| 0:19.0 | I just felt the need to just do something challenging again. |
| 0:36.8 | What's going on, hurdlers? Emily Abadi here. You are listening to Episode 272 of Hurtle. |
| 0:43.9 | A wellness focus podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts and industry CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments, and everything in between. |
| 0:54.8 | We all go through hurdles in life, and my goal through these discussions is to empower you |
| 0:59.9 | to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride towards your own big |
| 1:05.2 | potential. |
| 1:06.3 | And of course, have some fun along the way. |
| 1:10.4 | For this week's episode, I am bringing back one of my favorite |
| 1:14.2 | all-time conversations with the one, the only, Shalane Flanagan. This episode was originally |
| 1:21.9 | released right after New York City Marathon weekend in 2021. And the takeaways in here are as poignant as ever. |
| 1:32.1 | For those who may need a little refresher, Shalane is a four-time Olympian, a New York City |
| 1:39.3 | marathon champion. She's also a coach for Nike's Barrowman Track Club. And in 2021, she did something that |
| 1:48.7 | was unheard of. She ran all of the six marathon world majors in six weeks. So you'll be hearing |
| 1:56.9 | us talk about that in this conversation, but there is so much more to the meat of it. |
| 2:02.3 | I had the opportunity recently to sit down again with Shalane, and it was reminding me about |
| 2:07.5 | how much I loved this chat and how I needed to bring it back to the top of the feed. |
| 2:12.4 | Oftentimes when people ask me what one of my favorite conversations is that I've had for |
| 2:17.2 | hurdle, this is on the top |
| 2:18.6 | of that list. To everyone that came out during this week of awesomeness here in New York, it was so, |
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