72: Shelby Houlihan - Believe You Can
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🗓️ 31 May 2018
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Summary
Carrie interviews Olympian Shelby Houlihan! Shelby talks about breaking 4 minutes in the 1500m at the Prefontaine Classic, training at altitude, traveling, and French Bread Friday.
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Shelby Houlihan
Shelby grew up in Sioux City, Iowa and went to Arizona State University where she was a national champion in the 1500m and a 12-time All-American. After graduation, she began running for Nike and the Bowerman Track Club in 2015. She was a 2016 Olympian in the 5000m, finishing 11th in the final and claiming the title of first American. Shelby is a 5-time National Champion and was part of the 2017 World Championship team and the 2018 indoor team.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Tullifson and welcome to the C-Talley Run podcast. |
| 0:11.3 | Today I'm interviewing Shelby Hulahan. |
| 0:13.7 | Shelby is a 2016 U.S. Olympian, runs for the Nike Barman Track Club, and just recently broke |
| 0:20.0 | four minutes in the 1,500 meters. |
| 0:22.4 | In this episode, we talk about her big win at the Prefontein Classic, |
| 0:26.2 | her family, the Bowerman Track Club ladies, and French Bread Friday. |
| 0:30.7 | Let's get after it. |
| 0:34.9 | Well, thanks Shelby so much for agreeing to do this podcast so quickly after your amazing run this |
| 0:41.0 | weekend at Prefonte. |
| 0:42.6 | Yeah, thank you for having me. |
| 0:43.9 | I'm excited. |
| 0:44.6 | I am so thrilled. |
| 0:45.8 | I have been wanting to have you on my show for so long, but I just was kind of waiting |
| 0:49.4 | until the track season came around. |
| 0:51.1 | After indoors, you had an amazing season season and then outdoors, and I just, |
| 0:54.8 | I couldn't take it anymore. So I had to call or I texted Gwen right away. I'm like, Gwen, can |
| 1:00.2 | you get this girl on my show? And sure enough, she contacted you and you were so willing. So how has it |
| 1:06.2 | been since Saturday? I mean, this is just right around the corner from it. Yeah, it's been kind of a whirlwind. |
| 1:13.3 | I mean, I had to drive back to Portland right after and kind of, I got a low-key night, |
| 1:20.5 | which was really nice back at home. And then the next day, we flew back to Mammoth Lakes. |
| 1:27.4 | So that's where I am right now and back to training. |
| 1:30.3 | Oh my gosh. |
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