Episode 315: Lauren Paquette – Take a chance on yourself; Training with NAZ Elite
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Lauren Paquette is racing the 5,000m at the Sound Running event this weekend and she joins us on the podcast today. She is one of the newest members of Hoka One One NAZ Elite and we get to learn all about her journey to joining the team in this episode.
Lauren ran for Baylor where she has held several school records and finished 7th in the 1500 at the NCAA Outdoor Track Championships. After college she ran with Asics for a bit and joined a training group, but ultimately ended up training with her husband coaching her for several years before joining NAZ Elite. I LOVE the story of how she pursued joining the team- you’re gonna love it too. She currently holds a 15:10 PR in the 5,000m and a 31:53 10,000m PR. Though she was an 800-1500 meter runner for years, she now focuses on the 5,000m and 10,000m.
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What we talked about:
3:50- Lauren’s recent training
6:25- Her running career in college and post-collegiately leading up to training with NAZ Elite and her journey to join NAZ Elite
19:35- Her husband’s career as a professor and getting tenured
22:05- The decision to leave Memphis and move to Flagstaff while her husband would stay in Memphis
29:15- The transition from being an 800/1500m runner to focusing more on the 5k/10k
34:50- Training with Ben Rosario and Hoka NAZ Elite
39:00- How she felt joining the team with athletes that she had looked up to and changing styles of training
43:40- Living with Steph and Ben Bruce for a couple months
45:00- The word that she uses to describe each of her teammates and what she has learned from the NAZ Elite women
53:05- Thoughts and goals going into the Sound Running 5k this weekend
56:45- Mindset around racing and when the race gets hard
1:00:45- Plan for the Olympic Trials
1:03:00- End of podcast questions
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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 Hein. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm your host Lindsay and I'm so grateful you're here today. |
| 0:25.0 | Today you are listening to episode three, fifteen and I'm talking with Lauren Piquette. |
| 0:30.0 | Lauren recently in January of 2020 joined Hokaaneane in a Z Elite team, but she has a big story before this point. |
| 0:41.0 | She ran for Baylor, graduated in 2009 and held several school records while competing there, finishing seventh place in the 1500 meters at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships. |
| 0:54.0 | Her senior year. She focused on the 800 in the 1500 in college and afterwards she joined a training group and then trained by herself for quite a while. |
| 1:04.0 | We hear all about that story and what led her to joining in a Z Elite. |
| 1:09.0 | She qualified for the Olympic trials in the 5,000 in 2016 and in 2018 she finished fourth at the USATF Championships in the 5,000 and ran an outdoor personal best of 848, |
| 1:21.0 | 65 in the 3,000 at the London anniversary games since joining in a Z Elite in late August last year. |
| 1:29.0 | She won the Sunset Tour in the 5,000 in a new personal best time of 15, 10 and then followed that up with a 31, 53, 10,000 meters at the Hoka distance carnival. |
| 1:43.0 | So Lauren is racing this weekend at the Sound Running event she'll be doing the 5,000. Make sure you have her on your list of people to be watching. |
| 1:54.0 | I loved hearing about Lauren's journey to joining in a Z Elite and her relationship with the team and just her message in this episode that it's never too late to change something if it doesn't feel like it's working and to just go after your dreams. |
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| 3:28.0 | Go to PickyBars.com slash another and use the code another. Okay friends, enjoy my conversation with Lauren Paquette. |
| 3:40.0 | Well today on the podcast we have Lauren Paquette on the show. Welcome to the show Lauren. |
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