Episode 516: Emily Sisson – Heading to Her Second Olympics after Second Place at the Olympic Marathon Trials
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Emily Sisson joins me on the podcast today to share all about her recent race at the Olympic Marathon Trials where she placed second and is heading to her second Olympics. So exciting!!
Emily holds the American record in the marathon which is 2:18:29. She went into the Olympic Trials as the favorite to win this race and make the team. I loved hearing her thoughts on how she handles that pressure. She ended up placing second with a time of 2:22:42 and is heading to the Olympics with Fiona Okeef and Dakotah Lindwurm.
She won the 10k Olympic Trials in 2021 and went to the Tokyo Olympics!
I love talking with Emily and she is one of the best of American distance running!
What we talked about:
3:50- How she is doing after the trials
6:45- Handling the pressure of heading into the Olympic Trials as the favorite
13:00- Her and Keira’s plan to lead the race and work together
17:20- Thoughts when Fiona broke away from the pack
19:05- Shifting her mindset after she didn’t make the marathon Olympic team in 2020
21:40- Comparing some big moments in her career
22:45- Emotions when crossing the finish line after making the team
24:40- Mentally preparing for the Olympic marathon race
29:15- Having Molly Huddle as her mentor
30:10- What she learned from this race and training build
31:05- Psychology in the sport
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. Hey everybody welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hine. I'm your host Lindsay. Thanks so much |
| 0:24.4 | for joining us today. We are wrapping up the week here on all have another |
| 0:29.0 | Olympic Trials Marathon episode. I do have a couple more Olympic trials |
| 0:35.0 | episodes coming. I don't know if you're loving them or hating them or they're |
| 0:38.2 | getting to be too much but I'm all in and I have two more for sure coming soon. |
| 0:43.0 | So today we get to talk to Emily Sissen, |
| 0:46.0 | who is the American record holder in the marathon. |
| 0:49.0 | Emily has a marathon PR of 2 1829, which is the American record. |
| 0:55.2 | She went into the Olympic trials |
| 0:58.2 | as definitely, if not the favorite, |
| 1:01.1 | one of the favorites to win this race definitely to make the team |
| 1:05.1 | that's something we talk about a lot in the episode as well like how did it feel |
| 1:09.0 | entering this race with that pressure on your shoulders like I'm the one everybody's betting on. |
| 1:14.3 | She ended up finishing second in a time of 222 42 behind Fiona O'Keefe and ahead of Dakota Lindworm |
| 1:21.6 | who's been on the podcast post trials. This will be |
| 1:24.4 | Emily's second Olympic team. She ran in Tokyo after she won the 10k on the track |
| 1:32.1 | for the track trials in 2021. I love talking to Emily. She's |
| 1:36.9 | definitely one that we're going to be hearing about for a long time and for |
| 1:41.0 | years to come. One of my favorite things we talk about in this episode is how she stays calm |
| 1:47.0 | and what her mindset is to stay calm |
| 1:50.0 | when things feel a bit overwhelming. |
| 1:52.0 | Emily was so kind to come on the podcast. when things feel a bit overwhelming. |
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