734. Emily Mackay’s 2024 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials Recap

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Ali Feller

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🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

"That’s always my goal: to win. And I always think I can. I have the belief."

Emily Mackay is a World Indoor Championships bronze medalist. She's a 3:55.90 1500m runner. And she's going to the Olympics! Emily just raced the 1500m at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials, where she finished second, ran a huge personal best, and earned her spot on Team USA for this summer's Olympic Games in Paris. In this episode, the New Balance Boston athlete returns to the Ali on the Run Show to talk about how the rounds played out, how she finished so strong in that final, and what life has been like since.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How Emily is feeling on the Trials, what it’s like being a 3:55 1500m runner, and how making the Olympic team compares to making the World Indoor team (1:40)
What it was like rewatching the 1500m Final (9:55)
On running 3:55 to make Team USA (15:10)
The race plan, and how Emily stays calm when the plan doesn’t go accordingly (21:40)
What happened after the Final (30:40)
How Emily was feeling heading into the rounds (33:45)
All about that Semi-Final (37:10)
Emily breaks down the day of the 1500m Final (42:00)
What’s next for Emily (1:04:00)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host
0:07.2	Ali feller and every week I talk with people who are doing
0:10.4	exciting things on the run and beyond. From professional athletes and
0:14.7	celebrity runners to the everyday amateur and back of the pack runner, we are here
0:19.8	to celebrate everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the run.
0:24.6	Whether you are running towards something big or away from something that's been holding
0:28.4	you back, I am here to help you pick up the pace.
0:32.2	Today in U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials
0:34.6	Recaps, Girl on Fire, Emily Mackay. Emily runs with the New Balance
0:40.1	Boston team and earlier this year she became the World Indoor Championship's bronze
0:45.0	medalist in the 1500 meters. Now, Emily upgrades that bronze to a silver and
0:51.5	will again represent team USA this time at the Olympics.
0:57.2	Emily finished second in the 1500 meters at the track and field trials running a wildly impressive 355.90.
1:07.0	She is here today to talk about how the rounds played out, how she finished so strong in that
1:12.0	final, and what life has been like since. how she finished so strong in that final
1:12.8	and what life has been like since.
1:14.8	Please join me in welcoming Emily Mackay
1:17.5	back to the Alley on the Run Show. All right, she's back and this time as an Olympian Emily Mackay, not just an Olympian, a 355, 1500 meter runner.
1:40.1	How does it all feel?
1:41.5	Wow, it like still hasn't fully sunk in yet, so that's really crazy to hear.
1:46.8	Every time I hear it, it's just like, ah, I can't believe it. It makes it feel a little bit more real.
1:51.8	But yeah, thanks for having me back on I'm super
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