357. Shelby Houlihan & Karissa Schweizer, Bowerman Track Club Teammates

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Ali Feller

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🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

“We get on the line and yeah, we’re competitive with each other, but as soon as we cross that line, we’re each other’s biggest fans.”

Shelby Houlihan and Karissa Schweizer are two of the fastest women on the planet right now. They run for Nike's Bowerman Track Club, and seem to have found the perfect balance of being both great friends and teammates and fierce competitors. On this episode, Shelby and Karissa — a treat to get to talk to them together! — talk about their relationship, how they first met, and what each of their respective "first runs with the Bowerman team" were like. They talk about what it's like knowing your toughest competition is right by your side — or right on your heels — at practice and on race day. And, of course, they talk about gearing up for this year's Olympic Track & Field Trials, where Shelby will compete in the 1500 and Karissa in the 5K. They talk about their biggest dreams (bringing home gold), their greatest fears, and the time they secretly went skydiving. Come for the friendship. Stay for the spontaneous ukulele concert.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How was your run today? (3:20)
The ways in which Shelby and Karissa are most similar, and which ways they’re totally different (5:20)
How Karissa and Shelby met (14:00)
Recapping Karissa’s win at last year’s 3000m National Record BU Last Chance Invitational (25:30)
On bonding (26:55)
What Shelby and Karissa were like when they were younger (28:00)
What the Bowerman Track Club women do off the track (36:15)
A ukulele concert, courtesy of Shelby! (45:30)
What the vibe is like at a Bowerman Track Club practice (48:00)
Looking forward to the Olympic Track & Field Trials (54:30)

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Gabriela DeBues-Stafford on Episode 353 of the Ali on the Run Show

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks.
0:04.1	Go to ontherun.aftershocks.com to say 15% on all wireless headphones.
0:10.2	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:16.4	I'm your host Allie Feller and every week I talk with people who are doing cool things on the run and beyond.
0:22.7	We all share that love for running and that's what brings us all together.
0:26.5	But of course there is more to life than what happens on the run itself.
0:30.8	And this show is about the in-between.
0:33.4	The water stops the bathroom breaks, the moments and decisions that have shaped who we are today
0:38.4	and how getting sweaty factors in.
0:40.6	And are you ready to have some fun today?
0:43.4	That's what's on top.
0:44.6	Two of the fastest women on the planet are here today.
0:48.4	Bowerman Track Club teammates Shelby Hula-Han and Carissa Schweitzer.
0:52.8	Carissa and Shelby are icons in the running world.
0:56.2	Both are gearing up to compete at the Olympic Track and Field Trials this summer.
1:00.1	Shelby will be competing in the 1500 and Carissa in the 5000.
1:04.4	Both of them want to compete at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and both want to bring home a gold medal.
1:10.4	And they are pushing each other every step of the way.
1:13.5	Shelby and Carissa are teammates and fierce competitors and that's what this episode is all about.
1:18.7	About what it's like knowing your toughest competition is right by your side or right on your heels
1:24.8	both at practice and on race day.
1:27.0	So we talk about that and we laugh a lot.
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