Episode 492: Frank Lara – Heading into the 2023 Chicago Marathon!
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Frank Lara is on the podcast today! Frank is gearing up to run the Chicago Marathon this weekend. Frank runs with Roots Running in Boulder and is sponsored by Altra. He works for Strava and tells us all about that in this episode!
Frank is from Mexico City and grew up in Houston. He ran for Furman University in college. He debuted the marathon in Houston and ran a 2:11:32, he ran Chicago last year, and this Spring he competed at the London Marathon. He is looking for a strong race at Chicago and I think he is ready to crush it!
In this episode, he talks about his training, what has changed and his goals as a professional runner! He also tells us all about when he fell in love with the sport and his trajectory over the years!
What we talked about:
3:00- How he is feeling heading into Chicago
5:00- Changing their training for this buildup
7:45- The decision to run the Chicago Marathon
19:30- Joining Roots Running
27:20- Frank’s running story
38:00- His college running career
49:40- His work at Strava
57:55- Goals in his career
1:00:30- Plan leading into the Olympic Trials
1:02:45- End of podcast questions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:17.6 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hein. |
| 0:22.6 | I'm your host Lindsay, thanks for being here today. |
| 0:25.4 | Alright, best of luck, friends. |
| 0:27.2 | If you are running the Chicago Marathon this weekend, |
| 0:30.0 | if you see me out and about, please stop and say hello. |
| 0:33.0 | I would love to meet listeners on the show. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm excited because today our episode is with Frank Lara, |
| 0:39.7 | who is competing in the race on Sunday. |
| 0:42.7 | Frank runs with Roots Running. |
| 0:45.2 | He's sponsored by Ultra, and he works for Strava. |
| 0:48.9 | He is from Mexico City, grew up in Houston, |
| 0:52.7 | and now living in Boulder, training with Roots. |
| 0:56.3 | He went to Furman University, and he debuted the Marathon in Houston, |
| 1:01.7 | and ran a 2-11-32. |
| 1:04.4 | He ran Chicago last year, and then this year in the spring, |
| 1:08.4 | ran London. |
| 1:09.6 | So he is looking for a strong race in Chicago. |
| 1:14.1 | He is ready to go, and he's going to tell you all about that in this episode. |
| 1:18.5 | Frank's PR is 2-11-32, and I think he's going to crush it. |
| 1:24.1 | He's going to crush that on Sunday. |
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