Episode 293: Keira D’Amato – 2:22:56, 7th fastest all time American Marathon and 2nd at The Marathon Project
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Keira D’Amato placed second at The Marathon Project this weekend in a time of 2:22:56, putting her as the 7th fastest Female American marathoner of all time. She has been on fire this year running an American Record in the road 10 mile in 51:23, a 15:04 5K and a 68:57 half at the Michigan Pro Half.
Keira ran for American University with coach Matt Centrowitz Senior and was 6th at the NCAA Division 1 Cross Country Championships in 2005. Post collegiately she trained with D.C. Elite for a short time and then took a big break from competitive running. She has had a really impressive marathon progression since running her first marathon in 3:47. This winter, Keira placed 15th at the Olympic Trials in a personal best time of 2:34:24. She is also the mother of two and a full time realtor.
Keira has been a previous guest on the podcast, so make sure to go check out those interviews on episode 216 and episode 244.
I am so excited for Keira and I hope that you enjoy my conversation with her!
What we talked about:
5:55- Reflecting on her Olympic Trials race
6:55- Thoughts going into The Marathon Project
11:30- The goals and plans after the Olympic Trials and some of the training that she focused on for this race
13:30- Seeing Kellyn and Sara take off and the motivation that gave her
15:05- Focusing on having fun in the race
18:50- The perfect pacing that Nick Willis and Ben Bruce did during the race
25:40- How she felt throughout the race
27:15- Goals to go after the American Record in the future
28:55- Goals for the Olympic Trials in the track
32:30- The confidence that the races this summer gave her
33:35- Her current situation with finding sponsorships
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Heide. |
| 0:22.7 | I'm your host Lindsay and I'm so grateful you're here with us today. |
| 0:26.2 | I am just so excited about the marathon project this past weekend that I've got a couple |
| 0:30.2 | more post-race interviews here for you. |
| 0:33.2 | Today you're listening to episode 293 and I'm talking with Kira Demado. |
| 0:38.2 | Kira finished second at the marathon project in a time of 222.56 which was a massive PR |
| 0:45.2 | for her and she has been on fire this year on fire. |
| 0:49.8 | If you've been following running news at all you'll know that because she keeps popping |
| 0:54.4 | up everywhere she shattered the women's American record in the 10 mile road race finishing |
| 1:00.2 | that in 51 minutes and 23 seconds. |
| 1:03.5 | She's run a 15045K and she also ran a 6857 half this year so Kira is one to be watching. |
| 1:12.1 | She has been one to be watching and what you'll hear in this interview is she is putting |
| 1:17.7 | down times that she knows. |
| 1:19.8 | She's known she's had to enter this whole time. |
| 1:22.3 | She talks about that in this episode and it's really exciting to hear. |
| 1:26.2 | Kira finished 15th at the Olympic trials this past year and while that is an impressive |
| 1:32.0 | place in her time of 234 was super impressive you'll find out that she knew she had a lot |
| 1:38.8 | more in her and so we get to hear about that in this episode. |
| 1:42.2 | It's so exciting. |
| 1:44.0 | If you haven't been following Kira's story at all there's so much more to it than this |
| 1:49.1 | that I won't get into in this intro but make sure you go listen to my first episode |
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