Episode 439: Elly Henes – Transition to Pro Running – 14:52 5k & Being Coached by Mike Smith in Flagstaff
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
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4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Elly Henes is a professional runner for Adidas. She lives in Flagstaff and is coached by Mike Smith. Elly ran for NC State where she was an NCAA champion in the 5k. She won that title in 2021. This was exactly 30 years after her mom became NCAA Champion in 5k at NC State as well. She was coached by her mom at NC State.
She is a 10 time All-American and 6 time ACC Champion. She placed 6th at the 2020 Olympic Trials coming right off of her NCAA title!
Elly has a PR of 14:52 in the 5k which she ran in Berlin last year.
Last week, we released a re-run episode with Elly’s mom, Coach Laurie Henes, who is the cross country head coach at NC State. They just won their second national title in cross country at NC State.
What we talked about:
5:35- Growing up in Raleigh and then going to NC State
11:35- Being coached by Mike Smith
13:05- Her collegiate running career
15:35- Winning the NCAA title in the 5k 30 years after her mom did
19:00- Her mental health in and out of the sport
41:40- Elly’s training partners and choosing to be coached by Mike Smith
49:35- Placing 6th at the Olympic Trials
51:20- Managing expectations as a professional runner
56:00- Breaking 15 minutes in the 5k
58:15- End of podcast questions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:02.7 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:18.7 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hein. |
| 0:24.4 | I'm your host Lindsay. |
| 0:25.9 | Thank you for being here today. Happy New Year. |
| 0:29.6 | Happy 2023. |
| 0:32.4 | I am excited about this episode today with Ellie Hinnis. |
| 0:36.4 | She is a professional runner for Adidas living in Flagstaff and really cool. |
| 0:42.2 | Last week we did a rerun episode with her mom, Laurie, coach Laurie Hinnis, |
| 0:47.6 | who is the coach at NC State. |
| 0:49.2 | They just won their second national title in Cross Country at NC State. |
| 0:54.1 | Really, really big deal and I have always loved listening to |
| 0:58.6 | Laurie talk about their team culture. |
| 1:01.3 | And Ellie runs professionally now, but she was on the NC State team. |
| 1:05.9 | She ran for her mom and I think that is just a really unique situation. |
| 1:11.9 | She is an NCAA champion in the 5K. |
| 1:14.6 | She did that in 2021, just a really cool thing because it was exactly 30 years after her mom |
| 1:22.7 | became the NCAA 5K champion at NC State as well. |
| 1:26.8 | So, so so cool. |
| 1:28.5 | She's a 10 time All-American, 6 time ACC champion. |
| 1:32.4 | And after she won the NCAA title in the 5K, |
| 1:37.3 | she went on to place 6 at the Olympic trials. |
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