Episode 78 | Jeanne Mack

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Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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“Why did it take me so long in order to decide that I needed to pull the plug on running? What was it that made me cling to the idea of running a little bit banged up for so long? [Figuring out the answers to those questions] is really cool. I’m getting deeper into figuring all that stuff out so that when I come back, I’ll have hopefully a really sturdy foundation to build on but then I’ll also have that knowledge to help me get a little bit further.” Excited to share a conversation I recently had with Jeanne Mack, an Olympic Trials qualifier in the marathon who moved to San Francisco from New York just a few months ago. Mack works as a copy writer at Strava, where she also hosts the Athletes Unflitered podcast. She ran 2:39:04 in her second marathon last fall at Chicago and she’s currently working through an injury so she can be at the top of her game for the Olympic Trials in February of 2020. This was a fun, wide-ranging conversation: we dug into Jeanne’s relationship with running and how it’s evolved over the years; what it’s been like for taking time off from running to work through injury and how some of the conversations she’s had as a podcast host have helped her in that regard; the differences between the running scene in New York versus here on the west coast, the lessons she learned—and how her training changed—from her first marathon to the second one; the professional path she’s traveled to land where she is today; her thoughts on the current state of running media, and a lot more.This episode is brought to you by Aftershokz. AfterShokz is the award-winning headphone brand, best known for its open-ear listening experience. Powered by patented, best-in-class bone conduction technology, Aftershokz headphones sit outside your ear so you can listen to your music and hear your surroundings. To learn more and save $50 on AfterShokz Endurance Bundles, visit tms.aftershokz.com and use the code TMS when you check out.Complete show notes: https://themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-78-with-jeanne-mack/Sign up here to get the morning shakeout email newsletter delivered to your inbox every Tuesday morning: www.themorningshakeout.com/subscribe/Support the morning shakeout on Patreon: www.patreon.com/themorningshakeout

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0:00.0	Why did it take me so long in order to decide I needed to pull the plug on running?
0:05.0	Like what was it that made me cling to the idea of running a little bit banged up for so
0:09.0	long? That's really cool. It's like I'm getting deeper into figuring all that stuff out so that when I come back, I'll have,
0:16.6	yeah, hopefully like a really sturdy foundation to build on, but then I'll also have that knowledge
0:21.4	to kind of like help me get a little bit further.
0:25.0	That's Gene Mack, and this is episode 78 of the Morning Shakeout Podcast. Hey what's up everybody, welcome back or welcome to the Morning Shakeout
0:44.0	podcast. I'm your host Mario Freoli and I'm excited to share a conversation
0:48.4	that I recently had with Gene Mac. She's an Olympic trials qualifier in the
0:52.3	marathon who moved to San Francisco from New York just a few months ago.
0:56.0	Gene works as a copywriter at Strava, where she also hosts the Athletes Unfiltered Podcast.
1:01.0	She ran 23904 in her second marathon last fall at Chicago and she's currently
1:06.2	working through an injury so that she can be at the top of her game for the Olympic trials
1:10.2	in February of 2020. This was a super fun, wide-ranging conversation.
1:15.0	We dug into Jean's relationship with running
1:17.0	and how that's evolved over the years.
1:19.0	We talked about what it's been like for her to take time off from running right now
1:22.0	to work through an injury and how some of the conversations that she's had as a podcast host have helped her in that regard.
1:28.0	We got into the differences between the running scene in New York versus here on the West Coast and I think you'll find
1:33.0	that to be super interesting. We talked about the lessons that she's learned and how her
1:36.8	training changed from her first marathon to the second one. She told me about the
1:40.6	professional path that she's traveled to land where she is today,
1:43.7	got her thoughts on the current state of running media, and a lot more.
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