Episode 552: Dakotah Lindwurm – Summer Olympics to NYC Marathon This Fall; Recapping Her Year, Her Race Positivity, and Her Minnesota Roots
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
I’m so excited to share this episode with Dakotah Lindwurm! After recording some post-Olympics interviews, I knew I had to bring Dakotah back on the show. This will be her fourth time joining us, and it’s always a blast having her on. She last came on the show right after making the Olympic team at the trials back in February (episode 512), and she’s also been on with Sara Vaughn after the 2023 Chicago Marathon (that was episode 494 if you want to check it out). We also had her on a few years ago after her back-to-back wins at Grandma’s Marathon (episode 398). It’s been incredible watching her journey and seeing how much she’s grown these past few years!
In 2020, Dakotah finished 36th at the Olympic trials with a time of 2:39:08. Since then, she’s completely wowed us with her confidence, gritty training, and contagious positivity. If you’ve ever seen Dakotah race, you know she’s known for that big smile she flashes during her races, and it’s clearly a huge part of her success! Fast forward to the 2024 Olympic trials, where she placed third and then went on to the Paris Olympics, finishing 12th as the top American with an impressive time of 2:26:44 on a super tough course.
And as if that wasn’t enough, Dakotah recently announced she’ll be running the New York City Marathon, which will be so exciting to watch after her Olympic run. She’s sponsored by Puma and she got engaged at the finish line in Paris during the Olympics! I also couldn’t resist asking her a bit about her Minnesota roots, which she’s always so proud of.
I absolutely love Dakotah, and I know you all do too. I can’t wait for you to hear this conversation with the one and only Dakotah Lindwurm!
What we talked about:
3:30- Catching up with Dakotah post Olympic Trials and Olympics
16:10- Smiling during races
20:00- Recapping her race and feelings post race
28:00- The decision to run NYC Marathon
34:00- The physicality in the Olympic marathon
35:00- What she learned racing at the Olympics
38:00- The Olympic experience outside of the race
41:40- Believing in herself
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Way Productions podcast. Hey everybody welcome to all have another with Lindsay Hine. I'm your host Lindsay. |
| 0:23.3 | Thanks for being here today. |
| 0:24.8 | So excited to share this episode with Dakota Lindworm. |
| 0:29.0 | I've had some fun recording, some post-Olympics interviews interviews and of course wanted to have Dakota back on the |
| 0:36.5 | podcast. This is her I believe third time on the show. She came on the podcast |
| 0:42.3 | right after the Olympic trials when she made the team in |
| 0:45.1 | February this past year. She's also been on the podcast with Sarah Vaughn. They came on after the Chicago marathon last fall. So that was episode 494 October |
| 0:57.2 | 2023 and she was also on for the first time a few years ago after she'd had a couple of consecutive wins at the Grandma's |
| 1:05.6 | marathon. |
| 1:06.8 | It has been so fun to watch her career and see how far she's come over these past couple years. |
| 1:13.0 | I mean in 2020 at the Olympic trials for the marathon |
| 1:17.0 | she finished 36 in a time of 239. |
| 1:21.0 | Oh 8 and since then has just blown us all away with the belief in herself, the |
| 1:27.7 | grittiness that she trains and races with and the positive attitude that she |
| 1:32.1 | brings to both training and racing. |
| 1:35.4 | You know Dakota is known for that big smile she wears in her races and it's no doubt that |
| 1:41.8 | that's a big part of her story and a big part of her success |
| 1:45.0 | So I mentioned that 36th place at the 2020 trials because she placed third at the 2024 trials this past year. I'm sure many of you know that and went on to run in the Paris |
| 1:56.6 | Olympics placing 12th as the top American in that field running a time of 226-44 on a very challenging course. |
| 2:07.0 | She also recently announced that she'll be racing the New York City Marathon |
| 2:11.0 | which is super exciting to see coming off that Paris Olympics |
| 2:15.2 | and that Crazy Hilly course this will be fun to see her race on a course like New York. |
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