45. RUNNERS & CHEERERS: Marathon Life with Shalane Flanagan

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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1. How a marathon is an analogy for life: the danger of comparison, the ride of emotions and self-doubt, that love is fuel, and that the world needs both runners and cheerers. 2. The question Abby kept asking herself throughout the race—and why she’s still wearing her marathon medal while doing the dishes and running errands. 3. Why race day was so profound to Glennon— even though she is strongly committed to NOT running—and how she experienced her first sports injury while cheering. 4. A special visit by the kids’ middle school cross-country coach, Coach Loux, who became Abby’s marathon coach—and what she said at the 24-mile mark that shifted everything for Abby. 5. A conversation with marathon champion Shalane Flanagan about the bond and joy of running—and how she played a magical part of Abby’s marathon day. About Shalane Flanagan: Dedicated to giving back to the sport she loves, Shalane Flanagan is now an elite coach to the Bowerman Track Club, global spokesperson, and a mom, after retiring as one of America’s most decorated distance runners. Flanagan’s accolades include four-time Olympian, Olympic silver medalist, 2017 TCS New York City Marathon champion, World Cross Country Bronze medalist, and multiple American record holder. She is the third fastest American marathoner in history, with a time of 2:21.14. Shalane is the fastest American woman to run the Boston Marathon, 2:22.02. Along with her coauthor, Elyse Kopecky, she is the 3-time New York Times bestselling author of Run Fast. Eat Slow. and Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow. and Rise & Run, which became an instant bestseller. Shalane attributes her long career and incredible success to her nutrient-dense diet. Shalane has left the track behind, but you’ll still find her logging high mileage on trail run adventures with friends! Recipes from all three of her cookbooks fuel these strenuous miles. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, everybody here we are. Welcome back. Welcome back to we can't do hard things.
0:18.6	Let's get this. Okay, so today before we jump into our very exciting pod, which I'm really
0:27.3	psyched about, we want to tell you that Abby, sister, Amanda and I are very excited because
0:34.1	we're going to hang out with you tonight at our live journal event to celebrate this week's
0:39.7	launch of Get Untamed, the journal. It's our first live event together ever. I mean, except
0:45.4	for like the rest of our lives that was filmed together live. It's the first live event,
0:50.9	the three of us will be doing together. Where there's other people watching us. Yeah, yeah,
0:55.8	so if you want to come, there's still time to register until 5 p.m. Eastern. There's literally
1:01.8	thousands and thousands and thousands of people that are going to be there. Yeah, I think that
1:05.6	over 10,000 things are amazing. Yeah, so it's going to be really fun. It'll be just like this,
1:12.3	except with all of us together. So join us tonight live and in real time at 8 p.m. Eastern 5 p.m.
1:18.6	Pacific. And again, you can still sign up before 5 p.m. Eastern at Get Untamed Journal.com slash
1:26.7	event. So we'll see you tonight. But now let's start the show. Why don't you tell us? Yeah,
1:34.4	I just wanted to say that. I feel nervous about what we're about to talk about. Okay. What I would
1:39.8	like to tell everyone, because you can't see my sweet wife who's sitting next to you in the couch,
1:44.1	is that why don't you explain to everyone why you've been wearing that huge golden metal around
1:50.5	your neck all day long in our house while we've been doing laundry. Well, because I earned it.
1:57.2	You earned it. And how did you earn it? I completed the New York City marathon.
2:03.7	Yes. And so the reason why I'm actually wearing this is because I feel like I'm only going to get
2:08.5	about a week's worth of goodwill from my wife and family. And so I want to try to prolong that
2:15.4	goodwill for as long as possible. Yeah. So yes, I wear this around. I also did this after
2:22.2	the World Cup in the Olympics. You did. Yeah, because I just wanted people to not forget.
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