Episode 189 | Kate Grace

the morning shakeout podcast

Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Kate Grace is a lot of things, not least of which is 2016 Olympian in the 800m and one of the top middle-distance runners in the U.S. for much of the past ten years. At the age of 33 she’s running faster than ever and isn’t showing signs of slowing down anytime soon. But there’s so much more to Kate than just her speed: I’ve always respected her for her individuality and outlook on the sport, I appreciate her attitude and longevity as an athlete, and I’m inspired by her confidence but also the fact that she doesn’t try to take herself too seriously.

In this episode, we talk about all of those things and then some, including how she keeps her emotions in check, why she thinks American women have been running so fast in the middle distances the past few years, and a lot more.

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0:00.0	I think Cure is an underappreciated tool in terms of dealing with doubts, because definitely
0:11.1	I have doubts, but I just laugh at them.
0:14.9	For example, last year when I was going to join this group, or if I'm about to go into
0:21.4	a race, I don't feel totally sad or whatever, like the ability to laugh at yourself is just
0:27.0	so key, and I think there's probably a humility in that as well, and like, again, if you're
0:33.7	going to go into it, maybe like an acceptance of what is, you probably could get like some
0:37.9	a little bit more heady in terms of explaining why, but like, if you take the why out of it,
0:42.8	just laughing at the doubt is probably my, is like maybe my number one tactic, which,
0:48.5	and again, I think what that is also is just like not taking yourself so seriously that
0:53.9	you're going to like, freak out and get in your own way, you know?
0:59.9	Hey, that was Kate Grace, I'm your host, Mario Freyoli, and you are listening to the
1:22.1	Morning Shakeout Podcast.
1:24.6	Every week on this show, I glean insight and inspiration from athletes, coaches, and other
1:28.7	personalities to help show you what's possible through the lens of running.
1:33.2	I also put out a weekly newsletter, conveniently called The Morning Shakeout, which comes out
1:38.1	on Tuesday mornings and features an eclectic and interesting roundup of things that I've
1:42.5	been thinking about reading and listening to lately.
1:45.4	You can sign up to receive it at themorningshakeout.com slash subscribe, and your first issue will
1:50.5	arrive next week.
1:52.5	Okay, my guest for this one is Kate Grace.
1:56.3	She's a lot of things, not least of which is a 2016 Olympian in the 800 meters and one
2:01.4	of the top middle distance runners in the US for much of the past 10 years.
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