Dominique Scott | Adidas Pro Runner Talks Growing Up in South Africa, NCAA Career, the Post-Olympic Blues, Overtraining, Goals & More!
Convos Over Cold Brew with Emma Abrahamson
Emma Abrahamson
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Welcome to Convos Over Cold Brew with Emma Abrahamson. In this episode Emma sits down with Dominique Scott-Efurd, the Boulder-based Adidas professional runner originally from South Africa. We talk about her experience being recruited and having a stellar NCAA career at the University of Arkansas, the post-2016 Rio Olympic blues, overtraining in 2020, her future goals and much more. You can find Emma on Instagram at @emmaabrahamson and on her YouTube Channel. Follow Convos Over Cold Brew Podcast on Instagram at @convosovercoldbrewpod. Follow Dom on Instagram at @domscottrunsa.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, welcome back to Convis Cold Brew with me, your host, Emma Abrahamson. |
| 0:05.0 | Today we're talking to Dominique Scott, who is a professional runner for Adidas and she trains in Boulder, Colorado. |
| 0:12.0 | She is an alumni of the University of Arkansas. |
| 0:15.0 | She represented South Africa at the 2016 Rio Olympics. |
| 0:20.2 | And she is from South Africa. |
| 0:22.3 | And I think she just has a really cool |
| 0:24.0 | unique perspective on being a professional runner and collegiate runner in the United States |
| 0:30.0 | coming from South Africa. |
| 0:31.0 | So we talk all about her experience in college, |
| 0:34.5 | just adjusting to the United States, |
| 0:36.7 | running the Olympics, what life has been like after the Olympics, |
| 0:39.5 | moving to Boulder, a lot of other things, |
| 0:41.8 | and this is just a great episode. I personally learned a lot about |
| 0:44.7 | DOM and yeah, I hope you guys enjoy. The All right, Dom, welcome the podcast. I'm so excited to have you on to start off. |
| 1:10.0 | Thanks for having me. Yeah, to start off, do you want to give a little rundown of who you are and what you're about? |
| 1:15.0 | Yeah, sure. So, hi everyone, my name is Dom Scott or Dominique Scott. |
| 1:21.0 | I am a professional distance runner for Adidas International. |
| 1:26.0 | And I was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1:28.7 | and came over to the States in 2011 |
| 1:31.2 | to run for the Arkansas Razorbacks? |
| 1:34.0 | I have so many questions for you just on like, I don't know, |
| 1:37.0 | your life and your overall running experience, |
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