Episode 459: Emily Mackay – 3rd Place at USATF Indoor Championships Coming off of a Breakout Season
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Emily Mackay is on the show today! She is a professional runner for Team New Balance Boston. She is a five-time NCAA All-American. She has recently had a bunch of breakout races. She PRed in the 3k this indoor season and was third at USATF Indoor Championships. She also broke 4:30 in the mile, she ran a 4:26, which was a 5 second PR.
In this episode, we talk about her untraditional path running for a smaller school and now training with some of the best in the country.
I really enjoyed getting to know Emily and I hope that you do too!
What we talked about:
3:40- Emily’s current training
6:10- Deciding to join Team New Balance Boston
9:55- Finding success in her running early on in her career and having self-discipline in her training
23:10- Her college running experience
30:50- Emily’s interests outside of running
32:35- Her love for the outdoors
39:40- Running a 4:26 mile
45:20- What’s next for Emily
47:25- Training at altitude in Flagstaff
51:00- Managing expectations
55:50- What she has learned in her pro career so far
58:55- End of podcast questions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:02.8 | [♪ 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 are joining us today. |
| 0:26.5 | Today my guest is Emily McKay. |
| 0:29.2 | She's a professional runner for New Balance. |
| 0:31.4 | She's a member of Team New Balance Boston. |
| 0:34.3 | She's a five time NCAA All-American. |
| 0:37.3 | And she's recently had a bunch of breakout races. |
| 0:40.9 | She PR'd in the 3K this indoor season and was third at US Indores in the 3K. |
| 0:46.8 | She also ran the 1500 and broke 430 in the mile. |
| 0:51.6 | Ranna 426, which was a five second PR. |
| 0:55.0 | In this episode we talk about her untraditional path to where she is now. |
| 1:00.3 | Running at a smaller school and now training at altitude with some of the best in the country. |
| 1:07.2 | I really enjoy getting to know Emily and I know you well too. |
| 1:11.0 | Okay, I am so excited to be in Boston for Marathon Weekend. |
| 1:16.5 | Best of luck to everybody who is running and I hope to see many of you there. |
| 1:20.7 | I wanted to let you all know that I will be hosting a panel with destination Marathons. |
| 1:27.8 | In Cambridge, sounds far it's not far. |
| 1:30.8 | It's literally two miles from Coakley Square. |
| 1:33.4 | And on that panel I'll be joined by Wesley Corrier, |
| 1:37.4 | Steph Bruce, Molly Huddle, and Dakota Lindworm. |
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