Episode 452: Eric Avila – Pro Runner for Adidas on Burnout and Finding the Love of Running
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2023
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Eric Avila is an Adidas athlete. He is a US National Road Mile Champion. After years of training with the Golden Coast Track Club, he has recently shared that he is now being coached by Ron Warhurst and training with the Very Nice Track Club out of Michigan.
He is a 4-time national champion from Southern Oregon University and 6-time all-American. He also talks about his time at NAU and coming back to school at Southern Oregon.
In this episode, we talk about his road to becoming a professional athlete. He had a moment where he walked away from the sport and I love the story about finding his way back. We also talk a lot about burnout and how to walk through that and overcome it.
What we talked about:
4:20- Transitioning to training with the Very Nice Track Club
6:50- Burnout
10:30- His history with running
15:40- Finding a love for running
20:40- Taking a break from running and school
31:05- NAIA
34:45: First going pro
47:00- Signing with adidas
51:35- The decision to leave Terrance Mahone and the Golden Coast Track Club
1:01:15- Burnout
1:24:00- Scratching out of USAs
1:29:00- End of podcast questions
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:19.1 | Hey everybody, welcome to All Have Another podcast with Lindsay Hein. |
| 0:24.3 | I am your host Lindsay and I'm so grateful. |
| 0:27.0 | You are joining us today. |
| 0:28.8 | This podcast is part of the Sandy Boy Productions podcast network. |
| 0:32.4 | Check out all of our shows including the new podcast Ready to Run hosted by Kurt Roser, |
| 0:39.0 | who is a PT and Dr. Efring Cabalas. |
| 0:42.0 | They talk all things injury prevention and they also talk to professional athletes |
| 0:47.0 | that they treat in Boulder, Colorado. |
| 0:49.8 | Great podcast over there. |
| 0:51.1 | Definitely go check it out. |
| 0:52.4 | Today's episode is with Eric Avila. |
| 0:55.0 | He's an Adidas athlete. |
| 0:56.4 | He's a U.S. road mile champion. |
| 0:59.3 | And after several years training with the Golden Coast Track Club under coach Terrence Mahoon, |
| 1:05.0 | he has recently announced that he is joining the very nice Track Club. |
| 1:09.8 | That is Adam Michigan. |
| 1:11.4 | You won't be moving to Michigan though and that is coached by Ron Warhurst, who you have |
| 1:16.7 | probably heard about through Nick Willis, who has also been on this podcast. |
| 1:21.9 | In this episode with Eric, we talk about his road to becoming a professional athlete. |
| 1:26.1 | It's not super linear and he had a moment where he walked away from the sport. |
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