Episode 428: Ben Blankenship – 1500m Olympian Moving to the Marathon with Coach Ryan Hall
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Ben Blankenship is a 2016 Olympian in the 1500m where he placed 8th in the finals. He is US 10k Champion from 2018 and a National Club Cross Champion. He is training for his first marathon under the coaching of Ryan Hall.
We chat all about his running history as well as what it is like to now be training as a marathoner.
Photo credit: Jessica Gabriel (@jgabriel16)
What we talked about:
4:00- Ben’s transition into the marathon
6:15- Running the 1500m
13:00- His support in the running community
16:35- Post collegiate running
21:10- The Oregon Track Club
23:45- Training alone
35:40- His relationship with Ryan Hall and the decision to coach with him
40:05- Where he is at in his marathon training
46:40- Getting advice from other marathoners
50:55- What he is looking forward to with the marathon
56:50- End of podcast questions
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Transcript
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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. |
| 0:23.9 | I'm your host Lindsay and I'm so grateful you are here today. |
| 0:28.7 | A lot of episodes, these next three weeks, this week and the next two weeks. |
| 0:33.2 | We're doing the New York City Marathon recap series as well as your regular Friday episodes. |
| 0:40.2 | So you're getting three episodes a week, this week, next week, and the week after. |
| 0:45.3 | Big thank you to Emma Banner, who is my editor. |
| 0:49.4 | She is working very hard to make this happen and thank you to all the guests who are coming |
| 0:54.0 | on the show. |
| 0:55.3 | And today's guest is Ben Blankenship. |
| 0:59.4 | Really excited about this one. |
| 1:01.4 | Ben is known as a Miler, really a 1500 meter guy and he is going to be training for his first |
| 1:07.6 | marathon under the coaching of Ryan Hall. |
| 1:11.1 | So really excited about that. |
| 1:13.9 | Ben is a 2016 Olympian. |
| 1:16.3 | He placed eighth in the finals in Rio. |
| 1:19.0 | He's a US 10K champion from 2018, a national club cross champion. |
| 1:25.2 | And we get into his history and his love of running and what it looks like to become someone |
| 1:32.0 | who is training for a marathon from a 1500 meter background. |
| 1:36.1 | I am really excited to share this episode with you all. |
| 1:40.1 | Friends this episode is sponsored by Inside Tracker, whether you are a big runner, you like |
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