698. Makenna Myler's 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Recap

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Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

"Going into this race, I was like, 'Top 10, that sounds like a really good goal. I can do that. Top 10.' And then when that race started, I was like, 'Holy crap, Top 10 is going to be so hard. This is the most talented group of women I have ever been surrounded by.' Everywhere I looked, I was like, 'You're amazing, you're amazing, you're incredible…' I felt honored to be among those women. I just look up to all these women around me."

"Have kids and dreams." It's Makenna Myler's mantra (surely you've seen her post-race video that quickly went viral), and it's exactly what she's doing. The mom of two (10 months and 3 years old) just finished seventh at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon, where she ran a personal best time of 2:26:14. Makenna went into the Trials hoping for a Top 10 finish, and wanting "to be a factor." In this episode, she talks about how she made it happen, about being coached by Ryan Hall, about doing workouts alongside Sara Hall, and about what it was like pumping with fellow Trials-running moms before the race.

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What you'll get on this episode:

How Makenna processes her races (2:45)
What it was like nursing and pumping during race weekend (5:00)
All about Makenna's viral "Have kids and dreams" video (10:00)
On imposter syndrome, being coached by Ryan Hall, and training with Sara Hall (13:10)
What the start of the race was like, and the race plan Ryan gave Makenna beforehand (23:55)
The last 10K (29:15)
What Makenna and Ryan talked about after the race (45:30)
Where Makenna plans to run next (51:00)
Why Makenna shaved her head in high school (55:30)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ali on the Run Show. I'm your host Ali Feller and the U.S. Olympic
0:09.4	Team Trials Marathon Recaps continue. I am loving hearing from so many of the
0:15.0	athletes who competed at the trials and I just know that you are going to love
0:19.3	today's conversation with my guest McKenna Myler. You might remember a few years ago McKenna went
0:25.9	viral for running a mile in five minutes and 25 seconds at nine months pregnant.
0:32.3	Since then she has gone on to have at nine months pregnant.
0:33.0	Since then, she has gone on to have two kids
0:36.0	who are now almost one year old and three years old.
0:40.0	And no big deal.
0:42.0	McKenna just ran the Olympic marathon trials. She finished in seventh
0:46.4	place, ran a personal best by more than five minutes, finishing in two hours,
0:51.5	26 minutes and 14 seconds.
0:54.4	McKenna had the day that dreams are made of.
0:58.0	In this episode, she talks all about it.
1:00.0	She talks about being coached by Ryan Hall
1:02.2	and doing some of her big training runs alongside
1:04.7	Sarah Hall and what that was like. And yes, we talk about whether or not people tell her they look
1:09.5	alike because you see it, right? That McKenna-Mler and Sarah Hall are kind of twins.
1:13.7	Cool. They're both sponsored by A6, they're both moms, and they finish quite close to each
1:19.2	other at the trial. So lots to talk about. McKenna's awesome. There's a lot to love about McKenna.
1:24.0	She's fun, she's kind, she's an awesome mom.
1:27.0	And what I love is that she is showing moms
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