711. Motherhood Mondays with Laurie & Elly Henes
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2024
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
"Use all of your resources. If people are willing to help, let them help."
What's it like when you're one of the best coaches in the NCAA, and your daughter joins the team? And what's it like to be a high school senior vetting potential college running programs — and to have to decide whether or not to be a part of the program your mom is leading? In this Motherhood Mondays conversation, we're hearing all about the mom-daughter-coach-athlete dynamic, courtesy of NC State Head Women's Cross-Country Coach Laurie Henes and daughter and NC State alum Elly Henes. Laurie talks about how she approached coaching Elly, and Elly talks about the perks and challenges of being coached by her mom. Today, Elly is a professional adidas-sponsored runner who lives in Flagstaff, AZ, is coached by Mike Smith, and trains with Rachel Schneider Smith and Nikki Hiltz.
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| 0:00.0 | Motherhood Mondays on the Alley on the Run show is brought to you by Adidas. |
| 0:04.8 | Go to Adidas.com slash Oddie Club to access member benefits including a 15% off voucher and free shipping. |
| 0:12.8 | Welcome to Motherhood Mondays. |
| 0:19.9 | This is the series where I talk oh so candidly with some of the running moms of the world. |
| 0:26.1 | I love this series. |
| 0:27.6 | I love hearing the experiences of different moms on the run, whether it's professional |
| 0:32.2 | athletes or the everyday runner. |
| 0:35.0 | Today we are in for such a treat. |
| 0:38.0 | Today we have the dynamic mother-daughter duo of Lori and Ellie Henness. |
| 0:43.0 | Lori is the head women's cross country coach at North Carolina State, the Wolf Pack. |
| 0:48.0 | She's an award winning coach with dozens of accolades to her name and she leads an award-winning team |
| 0:54.4 | that has a roster chock full of all Americans, national champions, and of course |
| 1:00.0 | NCAA Division 1 cross-country champions. |
| 1:04.0 | Among those impressive alums on that roster, |
| 1:07.0 | Lori's daughter, Ellie Henness. |
| 1:10.0 | In this episode, you'll hear about Ellie's decision |
| 1:12.0 | about whether or not to attend |
| 1:13.9 | the school where her mom is a coach. She talks about what went into that decision and |
| 1:18.4 | we hear about the mom-daughter relationship, the coach-athlete relationship, and the perks and challenges of each. |
| 1:25.0 | Ellie is currently an Adidas sponsored professional runner living in Flagstaff Arizona |
| 1:30.0 | where she trains under coach Mike Smith and alongside teammates including Rachel Schneider |
| 1:35.6 | Smith and Nicky Hilts. That should tell you everything you need to know. Good people surrounding |
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