Episode 355: Chari Hawkins – Team USA Heptathlete on Mental and Physical Training
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Chari Hawkins is a heptathlete for Team USA. In the heptathlon, there are 7 events in the competition: hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m run, long jump, javelin, and the 800m. Chari explains all of that in this conversation as well as how she got into the heptathlon. She went to Utah State University, she is a 2x USA Bronze medalist, and she competed in Doha for the 2019 World Championships.
In this episode, she shares about mental health, anxiety, and how she has worked really hard to overcome race day anxiety.
What we talked about:
4:15- Introduction to Chari
5:30- The coach that Chari works with
8:30- How she got into the heptathlon
10:45- How the heptathlon works
15:25- The performance anxiety that she has dealt with and how she has overcome it
30:15- Competing at the 2019 World Championships for Team USA
38:15- Sponsorships in heptathlon and how that lead her to grow her social media following
46:50- Processing not making the Olympic team and where she is at now
52:40- End of podcast questions
Show notes:
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:18.1 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hein. |
| 0:22.9 | I'm your host Lindsay and I'm so grateful you're here today. |
| 0:26.8 | Hey, I have 14 week half marathon training plans and 18 week marathon training plans on my website. |
| 0:33.6 | Lindsay Hein.com, there is a beginner, beginner intermediate, |
| 0:39.6 | intermediate and advanced half marathon plans. |
| 0:42.9 | You've got four options and then for the marathon we have beginner, intermediate and advanced. |
| 0:48.7 | When you go to Lindsay Hein.com it'll tell you what mileage you need to be at before you get started on these training plans. |
| 0:55.0 | They are very detailed and comprehensive. |
| 0:57.6 | There are videos with pre-run and post-run strength and stretching routines as well as a strength routine. |
| 1:05.2 | I recommend you do twice a week. |
| 1:06.9 | It's the bare minimum that I think everybody should do. |
| 1:09.8 | And then each plan also has a pace chart so that if you have a goal time, say your goal time is to break four hours and the marathon, |
| 1:17.9 | it will give you paces for what you should be hitting your tempo runs and mile repeats and easy runs and marathon pace runs at. |
| 1:25.9 | I always tell people though run those based on efforts. |
| 1:28.9 | Don't try to be glued to a pace run based on effort and you will eventually get to that goal. |
| 1:34.9 | You can grab a plan at Lindsay Hein.com. |
| 1:38.9 | Half marathon plans are $35, the marathon plans are $45 and I believe they are worth every penny. |
| 1:47.9 | Alright listen, today you're listening to episode 355 and my guest is Shari Hawkins. |
| 1:53.9 | She is a Heptaklet. |
| 1:55.9 | Really excited to have an athlete that is a runner in the world of track and field but doing all kinds of other events as well. |
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