Episode 544: Heather MacLean – 2020 Olympian in the 1500m on 2024 Olympic Trials Heartbreak and Overcoming Injury
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
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🗓️ 2 August 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Heather MacLean is a returning guest on the show and she was in Raleigh, North Carolina (where I live) for the Sir Walter Mile this week. So we got to record this interview in person, which is always exciting!!
Heather runs with Team New Balance Boston. She ran in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 in the 1500. This year at the Olympic trials, she placed seventh in a record-breaking year. It took crazy records to make that 1500-meter team for Team USA. And although Heather placed seventh, she still ran a personal best time of 3:58. This result comes after a year full of injuries last year. She is coming off a stress fracture where she had to take six months off of training leading into the Olympic year. So it’s safe to say she is coming back and coming back strong. I am SO excited to see what she accomplishes over the next few years!
Heather has been on the podcast before, she was episode 337 when she came on right after she made her first Olympic team in 2021. So wow, it’s already been three years since she’s been on the podcast!!
Enjoy this conversation and go give Heather some love at the Sir Walter mile tonight!!
What we talked about:
4:00- How Heather is feeling leading into the Sir Walter Mile
8:00- Her feelings coming off of the Olympic Trials
13:30- The injury struggles that she’s had
25:45- What’s next for Heather
28:25- Her progression in the sport
32:05- Working with Mark Coogan as her coach
37:50- 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 |
| 0:25.0 | being here today. Today on the podcast my guest is Heather McLean. Heather is a |
| 0:29.8 | returning guest on the show and she was in Raleigh, North Carolina where I live for |
| 0:35.8 | the Sir Walter Mile this week. So we got to record this interview in person which |
| 0:40.8 | is always exciting. I don't do those often. |
| 0:43.7 | Heather runs with New Balance Boston. |
| 0:45.8 | She ran in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 in the 1500. |
| 0:51.2 | This year at the Olympic trials, she placed 7th in a record-breaking year. |
| 0:58.0 | It took crazy records to make that 1,500 meter team. And though Heather placed 7th she still ran a personal |
| 1:06.4 | best time of 358 she's been coming off of a stress fracture and had to take six months off of training this past year. |
| 1:15.4 | So it's safe to say she is coming back and coming back strong and I look forward to |
| 1:20.4 | seeing what she's going to do over these next couple years and we're |
| 1:25.9 | recording this Thursday night and the Sir Walter Mile will be tonight the day |
| 1:32.0 | this episode airs so that will be exciting to see what she does |
| 1:35.8 | at the Sir Walter Mile. Perhaps we can get a post-race interview as well. Big thanks to Sandy Roberts, Pat Price, Jeff Karen, Melissa Coleman, and |
| 1:46.7 | all of the team at Sir Walter for continuing to put on such an amazing event |
| 1:51.9 | here in Raleigh. |
| 1:52.9 | I believe it's the 11th year of the Sir Walter Miles, |
| 1:55.8 | so really cool to be a part of this weekend. |
| 1:59.1 | If you are enjoying this podcast, |
| 2:00.9 | please leave us a quick rating and review that's a great way for |
| 2:04.4 | potential new listeners to find us and if you want to hear more of Heather's |
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