Episode 169 | Fred Huxham

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Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 114 minutes

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“If you get me talking about things that happened in college or I think about races in college I can just spiral in my own head and get frustrated and kind of disappointed with myself in the way things turned out. It’s definitely in the back of my mind. I would like to prove to myself that I do belong, whether it be at the NCAA level or the professional level, I just believe inherently that I am talented enough to do it. I just have to be patient and let it kind of come to me rather than go searching for it…I think Peachtree, although it’s just one result and doesn’t mean all that much in the grand scheme of the running world, it has meant a lot for me and validating what I’ve been doing for the last year and half, two years.” This is Fred Huxham’s first podcast and I am super excited to introduce him to you. Fred, who is 25 years old, just placed second at the Peachtree Road Race on July 4 in 28:45. That race was the 10K national championships and he finished just two seconds behind Sam Chelanga and a few places ahead of Galen Rupp, Jake Riley, and Abdi Abdirahman, the three men who will represent the United States at the Olympic Marathon in Tokyo. In this conversation, we talked about Peachtree, how it went down, and what that performance means to Fred at this point of his career. He told me how he ended up in New Hampshire, training with Ben True and Dan Curts, and what the next few months look like for him from a competitive standpoint. We talked about his high school career at Redwood in California and his relationship with coaches Laura and Jake Schmitt—both of whom I’ve had on this podcast, so check out those episodes if you haven’t already. Fred described the process of overcoming periods of frustration and disappointment during his collegiate career, explained why he’s got a chip on his shoulder, how he uses that to his advantage, and a lot more.Complete show notes: https://themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-169-with-fred-huxham/Sign up here to get the morning shakeout email newsletter delivered to your inbox every Tuesday morning: www.themorningshakeout.com/subscribe/Support the morning shakeout on Patreon: www.patreon.com/themorningshakeout

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0:00.0	If you get me talking about like things that happened in college or I think about like races
0:12.5	in college, it definitely like I can just like spiral in my own head and get frustrated
0:18.6	and kind of like disappointed with myself in the way things turned out.
0:22.6	And so it's definitely in the back of my mind.
0:26.8	I would like to prove to myself that like I do belong, whether it be at like the NCAA
0:34.1	level or the professional level, like I just believe inherently that like I am talented
0:40.4	enough to do it, I just have to be patient and like let it kind of come to me rather
0:47.0	than like go searching for it.
0:49.6	I think Pete's tree, although it's just one result and it really doesn't mean all that
0:55.3	much in like the grand scheme of the running world, it has meant a lot for me and validating
1:04.8	what I've been doing for the last year and a half, two years.
1:30.7	Hey, what's up everyone.
1:32.2	Thank you so much for tuning in to the Morning Shakeout podcast.
1:35.2	That was Fred Huxam that you just heard from a few seconds ago and I'm your host Mario
1:39.4	Freyoli.
1:40.6	Every week on this show, I glean insight and inspiration from athletes, coaches and personalities
1:45.2	in the sport of running through long form conversations that are a bit different from
1:49.3	the ones that you'll hear elsewhere.
1:51.6	In addition to the podcast, I publish a weekly newsletter.
1:54.2	It's also called The Morning Shakeout where you'll get my take on what's happening in the
1:57.8	world of running along with the roundup of things that I've been thinking about reading
2:01.2	and listening to lately.
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