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The Michael Knowles Show

Competing Pregnant & Choosing Life over Olympic Dreams | Lindsay Flach

The Michael Knowles Show

The Michael Knowles Show

News Commentary, News

4.828.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Lindsay Flach, three-time Olympic trial heptathlete who competed 18 weeks pregnant this year, joins the show to discuss her journey and choosing life over her Olympic career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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When I was in high school, I struggled to run the mile in gym class. I think I made it every time,

0:44.4

but barely. I ran a competitive 15-minute mile, sometimes 16 or 17 minutes. Lindsay Flock

0:52.1

just competed in the Hepatathlon, the Olympic trials. That obviously impressive enough,

1:00.5

shocking. She did it well 18 weeks pregnant. So I now, I feel that I have absolutely no way

1:09.2

to relate in any way to this sort of accomplishment, but there are many aspects of the story that

1:13.9

are so impressive, the athletic aspect, the political aspect. It's just, at a time when there's so

1:19.6

many unpleasant stories coming out of the news and especially out of the Olympics, I was just

1:25.4

elated. And so I'm very pleased to be joined by Lindsay Flock. Lindsay, thank you for being here.

1:31.2

Thank you for having me. So is the secret, what I have done better in high school had I been

1:35.9

pregnant? Is that the, does that make it, it makes it easier to run or no?

1:41.3

I would not say that. This is a really stunning feat. I mean, I'm real, I just had my first,

1:48.8

well, I didn't have my son, but my wife just had our first son. And at various parts of that

1:54.4

pregnancy, you can barely get out of bed. One feels sick, it's kind of hard to move around.

1:59.0

And you did one of the most difficult athletic events that you can possibly do. Can you just take

2:04.8

us through a little bit of that process? I mean, presumably you did not plan your pregnancy to

2:09.9

coincide with the Olympic trials. Congratulations, Lisa, on your son. This is actually my first.

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