Episode 541: Stephanie Garcia – Retired Professional Steeplechaser; Reflections on her Career, Retirement, Motherhood, and The Evolution of her Running
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
I’m so excited to have Steph Garcia joining us on the podcast. Stephanie is a retired steeplechaser for New Balance. She competed in the 2011 and 2015 World Championships for Team USA. In 2016, she placed fifth at the US Olympic trials.
She was part of Furman Elite after college and then went on to run with Kim Conley and drew Wartenberg and trained with Kim for a few years before retiring. Steph is now the mother to one. Since she has retired, she’s dabbled in some Spartan races and trail races a bit. She’s a run coach and works in communications for Collegiate Sports Associates.
It was so much fun to hear her reflections on her career and hear about her emotions during the Olympic Trials this year. I loved chatting with Steph and hope that you enjoy this episode!!
What we talked about:
2:30- Her feelings during the Olympic Trials and reflecting on her own experience
16:30- Her first marathon and running postpartum
28:00- Trail running
30:00- Obstacle course racing
41:50- Setting goals in this period of her life
36:30- Reflecting on her sponsorship with New Balance
39:25- Her decision to retire from professional running
47:45- Qualifying for the 2015 World Championships
56:45- Reflecting on all of her relationships with her coaches
1:00:45- End of podcast questions
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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 for joining me today. Today I'm so |
| 0:26.2 | excited to have Steph Garcia joining us for the podcast. Stephanie is a retired steeplechaser. |
| 0:33.0 | She competed in the 2011 and 2015 world championships for Team USA. |
| 0:39.0 | In 2016, she placed fifth at the U.S. Olympic trials. |
| 0:45.0 | She was part of Furman Elite after college, |
| 0:48.7 | and then went on to run with Kim Connley and Drew Wartenberg and trained with Kim for a few years before |
| 0:57.7 | retiring. Steph is now the mother to one. She dabbled in some Spartan races and trail races a bit. |
| 1:06.1 | She's a run coach and works in communications for Collegiate Sports Associates. |
| 1:12.8 | She's coached by David and Megan Roach. |
| 1:15.7 | And she's got some goals on the trails. |
| 1:18.5 | She's not quite sure what running |
| 1:20.6 | is going to look like over the next couple years, |
| 1:22.4 | but she is excited about this phase of life. |
| 1:26.1 | And also, we recorded this in between, |
| 1:29.2 | I believe it was in between the Steeplechase prelims and the steeple chase final. |
| 1:34.8 | So it was of the Olympic trials this year. |
| 1:36.6 | So it was really fun to hear her perspective |
| 1:39.2 | as someone who's been in that race. |
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