275: Emily Sisson - Mission Accomplished!

C Tolle Run

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Running, Sports

4.7 • 556 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Carrie chats with Emily Sisson after setting the American Record in the Half Marathon! They break down the race in detail, as well as chat about being a versatile runner, the ups and downs of the sport, being so close to achieving goals and coming up short, what it is like to enter a race with a lot of unknowns, what it’s like to achieve your goals, and much more!

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0:00.0	A-CTR family, you want to look good, run Gooder? Well, you know that my favorite shades are the
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0:22.6	slash Carrie 15 and you'll receive 15% off your final sale. Let's go have some fun with Gooder.
0:32.1	Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Tullifson and welcome to the C-Tolly Run podcast.
0:39.7	Today I bring back Emily Sisson.
0:41.7	We've had her on the show a few times, but today is the first time I get to announce that she is not only an Olympian and national champion, but she is an American record holder.
0:56.8	Emily started her national winning ways in Indianapolis back in 2007 when she won the USATF 5,000 meter championship as a junior. This past weekend,
1:04.3	she not only won another national championships in the half marathon, but she set the American
1:09.4	record running 107-11. In this episode, we dig into how she ran it.
1:15.3	How she can run track, cross country, the roads at any distance. We hear her ups and down in sport,
1:23.1	whether it's an injury, COVID, being so close to achieving goals and coming up short, achieving them,
1:30.8	what it's like entering a race with a lot of unknowns, having pacers, getting drug tested,
1:36.7	having your husband be such a big part of why you're running so well.
1:40.9	This episode was really fun for me because it was just easy. It was light. It was just
1:45.2	us too having a conversation. And she's fired up. She's excited about the future. And I love that.
1:51.2	So let's get after it.
1:55.9	All right, Emily, so fun to talk to you. This is like 48 hours after you set the American record in the
2:02.4	half marathon. So congratulations. Thank you. Thanks for having me on again. Yes, I know. We've had
2:08.2	you on a few times, but this is the first time that you can never say that you have an AR next to your
2:13.5	name. And also, we were laughing because we had to push this off because you've already been
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