Episode 191 | Luis Grijalva

the morning shakeout podcast

Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

This is the first podcast Luis Grijalva has ever been on and he’s got a great story to tell. Luis is a 22-year-old Olympian for Guatemala and finished 12th in the 5000m final in Tokyo, running a personal best of 13:10.09. He now runs professionally for HOKA and recently graduated from Northern Arizona University, where he was a multiple time All-American.

In this conversation, Luis tells his story of coming to the U.S. as a baby, growing up in Fairfield, California, and how getting into running at the age of 14 changed the course of his life. He told me about his experience qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, navigating the challenges of traveling outside the country as a DACA beneficiary, and what it meant for him to represent not only his home country, but over half a million other Dreamers on the world’s biggest stage. We also discussed his relationship with coach Mike Smith, where he he draws his confidence from, and a lot more.

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0:00.0	I just remember in a way running kind of changed my life because I always felt like I could
0:11.8	have gone into the other direction where I, you know, maybe wouldn't have got a scholarship
0:16.0	to any of you, maybe would have got a college degree or gone to the Olympics, all these things.
0:20.9	But yeah, I don't know what I would be doing if I wasn't running and it just crays
0:24.9	how at the age of 14, making the decision to go run, can change my entire life in so many ways.
0:31.0	Hey, what's up everyone? That was Luis Grihalva that you just heard from. I'm your host, Mario
0:58.0	Freyoli and you are listening to The Morning Shakeout Podcast. Every week on this show, I
1:03.3	glean insight and inspiration from athletes, coaches and other personalities to help show you what's
1:08.5	possible through the lens of running. I also put out a weekly newsletter conveniently called The Morning
1:14.0	Shakeout, which comes out on Tuesday mornings and features and eclectic and interesting roundup of
1:19.0	things that I've been thinking about reading and listening to lately. You can sign up to receive it
1:23.8	at The Morning Shakeout.com slash subscribe and your first issue will arrive next week.
1:30.4	Okay, Luis Grihalva. I'm super excited to share this one with you as this was the first
1:35.7	podcast that Luis has ever done and he's got a great story to tell. Luis is a 22-year-old Olympian
1:42.4	for Guatemala and finished 12th in the 5,000-meter final in Tokyo running a personal best of 1310.09.
1:50.4	He now runs professionally for Hoka and recently graduated from Northern Arizona University
1:55.5	where he was a multiple-time All-American. In this conversation, Luis tells his story of coming to
2:01.2	the US as a baby growing up in Fairfield, California and how getting into running at the age of 14
2:07.7	changed the course of his life. He told me about his experience qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics,
2:13.2	navigating the challenges of traveling outside the country as a DACA beneficiary and what it meant
2:18.7	for him to represent not only his home country but over half a million other dreamers on the world's
2:24.0	biggest stage. We also discussed his relationship with Coach Mike Smith where he draws his confidence from
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