Episode 25 | YiOu Wang

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Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2018

⏱️ 101 minutes

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"I think that if you maintain good relationships with people, if you act in a way that is helpful to others, that is kind, that is giving, and you just hold yourself to a high standard, then opportunities will appear before you—and [when they do], just say yes."Super excited to welcome YiOu Wang to the podcast this week! YiOu is the reigning U.S. 50K trail champion, two-time winner of the Lake Sonoma 50, and an Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier with a personal best of 2:38:46, in addition to being an Under Armour and Camlebak-sponsored athlete. Full disclosure: I coach YiOu—we've been working together for the past 2-1/2 years—and this episode marks the first time I've interviewed one of my own athletes for the podcast.We covered a lot of ground in this 90-minute conversation, including YiOu's recent year-long trip around the world—she and her husband were working as teachers—where she visited (and ran in!) numerous countries, experienced many different cultures, and stuck to a training schedule despite being in a new place every few days. We also talked about immigrating to the U.S. as a young child, "almost failing P.E. because I couldn't run the mile," what inspired her to take up running in college, chopping nearly an hour off of her marathon personal best over the course of seven years, transitioning to (and training for) trail and ultra running, where her competitiveness comes from, and much, much more.Music and editing for this episode of the morning shakeout podcast by John Isaac at BaresRecords.comComplete show notes here: https://www.themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-25-with-yiou-wang/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	And I think that if you maintain good relationships with people, if you act in a way that is helpful to others, that is kind, that is giving, that you just hold yourself to a high standard,
0:15.0	then opportunities will appear before you
0:19.0	and just say yes.
0:22.0	Hey, what's up everybody?
0:24.0	This is your host Mario Freoli and we are trying something a little different this week.
0:29.0	Adding a little intro to the show and I would love to know what you think about it.
0:32.0	So hit me up on
0:32.9	Twitter at Mario Freoli and share your thoughts with me. My guest this week is
0:37.3	Eo Wang, Eo is a two-time Lake Sonoma 50 mile champion she is the reigning US
0:42.3	50K champion she She is the reigning US 50k champion. She's a
0:43.9	238 marathoner Olympic Trials qualifier and an under armor and
0:47.9	Camelback sponsored athlete. She also happens to be one of my own
0:51.7	athletes. I've been coaching her for two plus years now and we
0:54.7	recently sat down for a fairly long time. 90 minutes, longest podcast I've recorded
1:00.1	to date and we've covered all kinds of stuff from how she got into running, how she got into
1:05.8	competitive marathoning and eventually trail running. We talked about her recent trip around the world,
1:10.8	all the different places that she visited, got to run, the
1:13.6	cultures that she experienced, and it was just a really great chat and I think you'll
1:17.1	enjoy it. So without further ado, please enjoy my conversation with EEO Wang.
1:22.8	All right, well, traveler EEO Wang, you're a tough woman to pin down between destinations.
1:35.1	I think you're off to the airport here in a few hours,
1:38.3	but thanks for having me and welcome to the morning
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