723. Emily Mackay, 2024 World Indoor Championships 1500m Bronze Medalist
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
"I feel the most confident I've ever been."
Emily Mackay is having a heck of a year on the run! The Team New Balance Boston athlete earned a bronze medal at World Indoor Championships in the 1500m earlier this year, and has kicked off her outdoor season with strong performances including a personal best at the Prefontaine Classic, where she ran 3:59.76. In this conversation, Emily reflects back on her early running days, and shares why she dreamed of going pro with the NB Boston team (including teammates Elle Purrier St. Pierre and Heather MacLean) and coach Mark Coogan. She talks about the confidence it took to make that major move with 400m to go at World Indoor Championships, and about why that race was both a confidence-booster and a big learning experience. And, with the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials looming, Emily — who is absolutely one to watch in the 1500 — talks about the pressure to perform in an Olympic year.
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What you'll get on this episode:
- What Emily's watching right now (3:00)
- What a day in the life of a professional middle-distance runner is like (6:10)
- All about Emily's 1500m personal best at the Prefontaine Classic (10:30)
- The confidence it took to make a major move at World Indoor Championships with 400m to go (15:00)
- Was that a breakthrough race for Emily? (18:40)
- The pressure to perform in an Olympic year (27:30)
- What it's like when your teammates are your competitors on race day, and how Emily ended up on Team NB Boston (31:10)
- How — and why — Emily became a runner (39:35)
- What training looks like right now, with the Trials on the horizon (42:05)
- What will it take to make the U.S. women's 1500m Olympic team? (46:25)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Alley on the Run show. I'm your host |
| 0:07.1 | Ali feller and every week I talk with people who are doing |
| 0:10.1 | exciting things on the run and beyond. |
| 0:13.2 | From professional athletes and celebrity runners to the everyday, amateur, and back of the |
| 0:18.2 | pack runner, we are here to celebrate everyone and |
| 0:25.0 | everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the run. |
| 0:24.0 | Whether you are running towards something big or away from something that's been holding you back, |
| 0:28.0 | I am here to hold your hand and help you pick up the pace. |
| 0:32.0 | My guest today is Emily Mackay. |
| 0:35.0 | Emily runs professionally with Team New Balance Boston, |
| 0:38.0 | where she is coached by Mark Coogan and trains alongside Olympians |
| 0:41.0 | and Ali on the Run show favorites including |
| 0:43.6 | Ellie Prairie or St. Pierre and Heather McLean. Emily is having a heck of a year on |
| 0:49.0 | the run. She earned a bronze medal in the 1500 meters at the World Indoor Championships this winter. |
| 0:55.2 | You may remember watching her make that massive move with 400 meters to go, |
| 0:59.2 | breaking the race open, and running for her life out there. |
| 1:03.4 | It was so awesome and thrilling to watch. |
| 1:05.6 | And in this conversation, Emily talks about that race |
| 1:08.3 | being both a confidence booster and a big learning day for her. Now Emily is fresh off a 1500 meter personal best at the Pre-Fontaine Classic |
| 1:18.0 | where she ran 35976. |
| 1:20.0 | It was her second time breaking four minutes in the 1500 which we know is no small feet |
| 1:26.7 | We talk a lot in this conversation about Emily's approach to training and racing |
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