Episode 35 | Kim Conley

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Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

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🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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“Not to sound cheesy, but anything is possible. I think that when you set your mind to something, and make a plan on how to get there, then you just chip away at what the next step of the plan is and you keep working up to the next step on the staircase basically—and it’s amazing how far you can go.”Really enjoyed sitting down with two-time U.S. Olympian Kim Conley this past weekend after she finished fourth at the NYRR Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K, a race which doubled as the U.S. 5K road championships for 2018.The 32-year-old Conley, who has been battling a series of injuries since early 2017, is finally healthy again and setting her sights on returning to the track in 2019. Based in Sacramento, where she lives and trains with her husband and coach, Drew Wartenburg, Conley ran collegiately at nearby U.C. Davis, where she graduated in 2009 with modest personal bests of 16:17 for 5000m and 4:22 in the 1500. Despite not being fast enough to land a sponsorship deal after college, Conley knew that she still had some unfinished business in the sport, so she decided to stick with it. It’s a decision that has certainly paid off: Conley has made the last two Olympic teams in the 5000m, captured national titles in the 10,000m and half marathon, and improved her personal bests to 15:08 and 4:07, respectively.We covered a wide range of topics in this conversation, including: what Conley has taken away from her most recent injury experience; her marathon debut in 2016 and what she learned from that race (and why she’s going to stay focused on the track through 2020); the state—and strength—of American women’s distance running right now; her own progression in the sport, from good but not great high school and college runner to two-time Olympian and national champion; her new upcoming biography, Underdog, which comes out next spring; the shutting down of NorCal Distance, her current training situation in Sacramento, and what’s it like to be coached by her husband, Drew Wartenburg; what other runners can take away from her story; and much, much more.Music and editing for this episode of the morning shakeout podcast by John Summerford at BaresRecords.comComplete show notes: https://www.themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-35-with-kim-conley/ ‎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	Not to sound cheesy, but it's like anything is possible, you know, I think that when you set your mind to something and then and make a plan on how to get there, then you just like, you just chip away at what the next step of the plan is and you keep working up to you
0:14.8	know the next step on the staircase basically and it's amazing how far you can go.
0:20.4	That's Kim Conley and this is episode 35 of the Morning Shake Out Podcast.
0:25.0	Hey, what's up everybody. I'm your host Mario Freoli and this week
0:37.1	we've got two-time Olympian Kim Conley joining me on the podcast. Kim and I caught up
0:40.9	this past weekend in New York after she finished fourth at the
0:44.1	Dash to the finish line 5K which doubled as the US 5K Road Championships for
0:49.4	2018. A quick apology before we get into this conversation. There's a little bit of background noise. We recorded the episode in a busy and noisy hotel lobby, so that is what you are hearing, but the quality is pretty good, so it shouldn't be a a problem but just so you know ahead of time there is a little bit of buzz
1:06.8	We covered a lot of ground here we got into Kim's recent return to racing after dealing with some injury trouble and what she's taken away from that experience.
1:14.4	We looked back at her marathon debut in 2016 and what she learned from that race and on that note
1:20.3	why she's going to stay focused on the track through the 2020
1:23.4	Olympic cycle. We got into the state and strength of American Women's
1:27.0	distance running right now as well as Kim's own progression in the sport
1:30.0	from a good but not great high school and college runner to a two-time olympian and professional
1:34.7	athlete.
1:35.7	We discussed her new upcoming biography.
1:37.7	It's called Underdog.
1:38.7	Comes out next spring.
1:39.7	We got into her training situation in Sacramento and what's like to be coached by her husband, Drew
1:44.2	Wardenburg. And finally, what other runners can take away from her story? There's a lot here and
1:49.7	much more than what I just described. So please sit back, relax, and enjoy my conversation with
1:56.4	two-time Olympian Kim Connolly. I can't tell me we're here in a noisy hotel lobby in New York City. He just ran the New York
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