Episode 3: Shalane Flanagan on Morning Routines, Unfinished Business and Writing a NYT Best-Seller

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Born in the coastal town of Marblehead north of Boston, Massachusetts, Shalane showed an early aptitude for distance running.

A three-time All-State cross country athlete, she also finished first in the state in the mile and her 4:46 performance won the National Scholastic Indoor championships. Her two-mile performance still stands as a Massachusetts record.

Flash forward to to 2004 when Shalane turned professional and her achievements kept piling up. A two-time national champion in the 5,000m, she won the short course cross country championships in 2004 and 2005.

Today, Shalane is one of the most dominant female distance runners on the planet, boasting achievements like:

2008 Bronze Medalist in the Olympic 10,000m
Multiple American Record holder
2nd fastest American female marathoner of all time with a 2:21:14 personal best
2012 Olympic Trials marathon winner and 10th overall at the 2012 London Olympics
6th overall at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the marathon

But Shalane isn't just a runner. She's now a New York Times best-selling author with her coauthor Elyse Kopecky of Run Fast, Eat Slow: Nourishing Recipes for Athletes.

This was one of the easier interviews I've ever done because Shalane is so easy-going and relaxed. I had a blast talking to her about a wide range of subjects:

Does Shalane have a Boston accent after a few glasses of wine?
Her favorite type of wine
Go-to runs in the Boston area
What does running 120 miles a week feel like?
A snapshot of her strength training program
Why she now loves fat - after avoiding it for years
Her favorite race
What's next for Shalane (this might be surprising)

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is episode number three with three-time Olympian and 10,000-meter Olympic bronze medalist American record holder
0:07.8	Bronze medalist at the 2011 World Cross Country Championships
0:16.9	second-place finisher at the 2010 New York City Marathon, and New York Times best-selling author, Shilane Flanagan. again. I am almost out of breath after all that. As you heard, my guest today is a rock star.
0:42.0	Micheline Flanagan is one of the best American My guest today is a rock star.
0:42.5	Ms. Chelaine Flanagan is one of the best American distance runners to have ever lived
0:46.8	and she's also one of the fastest in the world.
0:49.2	A bronze medalist at the 2008 Olympics and the 10,000 meters.
0:53.0	She's also set the American 10K record on the track that same year
0:57.0	and currently holds the 10K and 15K American Road Records.
1:02.0	Her personal best time of 221 15K American Road Records.
1:03.0	Her personal best time of 221.14 is the second fastest time in the marathon by an American woman
1:10.1	ever.
1:11.1	She Lane was also the first American across the line at the 2016 Rio Olympics in six place overall,
1:18.0	leading the strongest American field in the women's marathon ever put together,
1:22.0	with all three runners finishing in the top 10.
1:25.4	But she's not just a runner.
1:26.8	She's also co-author of Run Fast Eat Slow with Elise Kopecky, which was a New York Times bestseller on not one, but two lists,
1:35.6	sports and fitness and food and diet. Please enjoy my conversation with Chelanigan. All right, Chelan, thanks so much for being here.
1:44.0	Thank you, Jason.
1:45.0	So we were practically neighbors growing up.
1:48.0	I actually went to Lexington High School
1:50.0	and you grew up in Marblehead,
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