Hello and welcome to another episode of the Choose Strong podcast.

I'm your host, Salome McCrae.

Thank you for joining me today.

I'm thrilled to announce our very first guest on the show, Shalane, Grace Flanagan.

I say her entire name because I love knowing the meaning of a person's name and Shalane means one who leads

and I love that it's followed up by her middle name, Grace. Shalane has chosen strength in her

life again and again identifying her passion and great love for Runny and never veering from it.

Her gift and consistent hard work is vastly seen in her list of accomplishments

and the records that she's been setting for almost 20 years. She's an Olympian, multiple American record

holder, and recently ran all six major marathons in a seven-week span clocking in at 243 or faster.

I could easily spend the next 10 minutes talking about her incredible accomplishments.

But the interview is why you're here.

So let's go ahead and dive into it.

I do want to encourage you, though, as you listen to this interview.

This is one of my favorite things about her

and really why I wanted her on in the first place.

Shalane is definitely a woman of class.

And I love that she is always looking to elevate others.

I love that she is constantly showing her gratitude towards those who support her and always

looking for ways to help others in their journey.

Yes, she's also a coach.

She's also going to talk a little bit about one of her goals for this year, which actually

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