Colleen Little, PT, DPT, OCS, On Lessons Learned From Working With The Bowerman Track Club, Tokyo Olympics, & Project Eclipse!

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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LIKE | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE (: In episode fifty-five of The Running Effect, I speak with Colleen Little PT, DPT, OCS. Colleen is a full-time physical therapist for Nike working closely with the renowned Bowerman Track Club. Before becoming a PT, Colleen was an accomplished soccer player at the University of Portland where she was a 2xNCAA champion (2002 & 2005). After she graduated college she started running and has actually won two marathons in her career. In this episode we dive deep into Colleen's incredible soccer career where she won two NCAA titles and the lessons she learned from her legendary Coach, Clive Charles. We then dive into her time at the Bowerman Track Club, helping Shalane Flanagan come back from knee surgery, the Olympics, fixing Grant Fisher's calf right before his 5k prelim, Project Eclipse, and so much more! Many people see the results of the Bowerman Track Club, but don't see the people behind their success. One of the main people behind their success who gets little recognition is Colleen. Colleen works day in and day out to make sure these athletes are healthy to maximize their potential! Colleen was also a vital part of "Project Eclipse". This project was for US distance legend Shalane Flanagan to run all six World Marathon Majors within 42 days. Colleen was there every single day helping with whatever Shalane needed. Shalane ended up finishing this momentous challenge and attributes a lot of her success to Colleen's care and guidance. Anyone that has spoken to Colleen will know she's more than just a world class PT, but also a world class human. I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with her and hope you do as well! If you want to help us out please like, subscribe, and share. You can also give us a five star review on Spotify! S H O W N O T E S Colleen's Instagram: https://instagram.com/colleen0205?utm_medium=copy_link Colleen's BTC Profile: https://www.bowermantc.com/colleen-little-staff-bio A Great Article on Project Eclipse: https://www.outsideonline.com/health/running/shalane-flanagan-abbott-world-marathon-majors/ Half Step Pod: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qHOkPa2AzI0exXCaCgrec?si=MCl3UeUESyu3mhF-WROeww&utm_source=copy-link My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therunningeffect/?hl=en

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0:00.0	Welcome to this week's episode of the Running Effect with Dominic Schleader.
0:08.4	I'm your host Dominic.
0:09.5	And before we get into today's episode, just a little side note.
0:12.9	If you guys have enjoyed any of the previous podcast that we have released, it would really
0:18.0	help us out a lot if you gave us a five-star review on Spotify. That way,
0:22.2	people who haven't discovered the show can discover it more easily. And a special thanks to all
0:26.9	of you who have already rated us five stars on Spotify. I really appreciate it. In today's
0:32.3	episode of the Running Effect in episode 55, I have the great privilege of speaking with Colleen
0:37.3	little. Colleen Little.
0:38.2	Colleen is a full-time physical therapist for Nike working closely with the renowned
0:42.3	Bowerman Track Club. Before becoming a PT, Colleen was actually a very accomplished soccer player
0:47.8	at the University of Portland, where she was a two-time NCAA champion once in 2002 and then
0:53.3	again in 2005. After Colleen graduated,
0:56.9	she actually started running her running career and has actually won two marathons in her
1:01.7	career once in 2009 and then again in 2012. In this episode, we dive deep into Colleen's
1:08.0	incredible soccer career where she won two NCAA titles, as I just
1:11.5	mentioned a minute ago, and the lesson she learned from her legendary coach, Coach Clive Charles.
1:17.0	We then dive deep into her time at the Byrman Track Club, helping Shalane Flanagan come back from
1:22.0	knee surgery, the Olympics, including fixing Grant Fisher's calf right before his 5K prelim,
1:27.4	which is a really fun and exciting story.
1:30.3	This past fall's project eclipse and so, so much more. I think a lot of people see the results of the Bowerman track club, but don't see the people behind their success.
1:39.3	One of the main people behind their success who gets little recognition is Colleen.
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