Episode 280: Leah Falland (O’Connor) – The On Athletics Club: A Fresh New Start
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2020
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Leah Falland (O’Connor) just joined the brand new On Running team (The On Athletics Club) coached by Dathan Ritzenhein out in Boulder, CO.
Leah ran track and cross-country at Michigan State University and during her time there she won two NCAA titles, was the captain on the 2014 NCAA cross-country national championship team and won over a dozen big ten championship titles.
She went pro right out of college in 2015, running for addidas. The summer of the 2016 Olympic Trials she had a partial tear in her plantar fascia and missed make the team in Steeple Chase. (She was a huge favorite to make that team!) After overcoming a long string of injuries- Leah wrote an article that most of us runners who have ever been injured can find some comfort in – Hey Struggling Runner.
Leah is healthy now- she just got married and she is moving out to Boulder and excited to train with the team. She’s been working with Dathan Ritzenhein as a coach for a couple of years now and credits much of her successes in her path to recovery from injuries and training again to his mentorship and guidance.
Photo Cred: Dave Albo
What we talked about:
5:20- Update on Leah’s move to Boulder, Colorado and what she is currently up to
13:15- Her recent signing with On and On Athletic Club in Boulder, Colorado
15:35- Her experience on Gazelle Elite in Michigan
17:10- How her and her husband, Louis Falland, met
18:50- The journey of coming out of college with a big sponsorship and pressure and going through injuries and low periods
28:35- How she handled getting injured and not blaming herself for it
32:15- Her current mindset on her last few years of running
37:30- Her experience at the 2016 Olympic Trials and her emotions after
39:55- If she will go back to focusing on the steeplechase as her main event
41:35- Her progression from starting as a sprinter to becoming a distance runner
42:30- Her high school running success
43:45- Her childhood growing up on a farm and with 5 siblings
47:45- How having so many siblings shaped her as a person today
52:00- Sharing about her recent wedding
1:02:50- How Dathan has helped her running career and what he brings as a coach
1:08:35- End of podcast questions
Show Notes:
Leahs’ Article – Hey Struggling Runner
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hein. I am your host Lindsay. |
| 0:29.0 | Thank you so much for being here today. Guess what? I started a parenting podcast. Did you know? |
| 0:35.0 | Are you a parent? You should come listen. It is called Why is Everyone Yelling? |
| 0:42.0 | Same format as this show talking with everyday parents as well as experts on certain topics and I am having a lot of fun over there. |
| 0:50.0 | So make sure you plug that into your podcast app and check it out. |
| 0:56.0 | Today's episode is episode 280 and I am talking with Leah Fallon. Some of you might know her as Leah O'Connor. |
| 1:05.0 | She recently joined the on running team and she is going to be training out in Boulder, Colorado. |
| 1:11.0 | Leah attended a college at Michigan State and went pro in 2015. |
| 1:18.0 | She is a steeple chaser and went through a very long cycle of injuries and actually went viral with one of her posts called Dear Struggling Runner. |
| 1:30.0 | If you haven't read that post and you have been someone who has dealt with injury about definitely you're going to want to read that. |
| 1:37.0 | In 2016 she ruptured her planner Fasha which happened actually right before the Olympic trials in 2016. |
| 1:46.0 | She was definitely one to be watching to make the team and steeple chase that year. |
| 1:52.0 | So it was a huge disappointment that she didn't make the team in 2016. |
| 1:56.0 | So we talk about coming through the other side of that, what walking through that looked like and the hope she has and the excitement that's happening now as she is healthy and training. |
| 2:06.0 | Training with on running that new group and has so much to look forward to. |
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