Episode 97: Fast Kate Grace on Growing Up Fit, Staple Workouts, and Courage

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Borrowing an idea from our mutual friend Nicole Antoinette, Kate has decided to choose courage over comfort when it comes to showing up and racing.

When it comes to getting the most from our bodies, all of us have some trepidation about the discomfort of racing. It can be unpleasant and downright painful. But deciding to "go all in" and embrace that fear is the only way we can reach our potential.

It's not an easy choice. Comfort is far easier: the comfort of sleeping in, not signing up for that big race, or not pushing hard during the final mile.

But comfort can be the invisibility cloak that masks failure. After all, if we're only operating at 85%, are we really thriving?

Today's conversation with Kate Grace covers many areas of training and mastering your inner psychology:

How she handles workout anxiety and pre-race jitters
What she does to stay in control of her thoughts during demanding speed workouts
How she talks to herself in fearful situations (like standing on the starting line of a major championship)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.7	This is episode 97 with the winner of the 2016 Olympic trials 800 meters,
0:10.0	second at the 2017 Outdoor Track National Championships, 1500 meters,
0:16.0	a 422-miler with the nickname Fast Kate, Ms Kate Grace.
0:30.0	Welcome back to the Strength Running Podcast. Welcome back to the Strength Running Podcast.
0:31.0	I'm your host Jason Fitzgerald and it's my job
0:34.5	to bring you the smartest and most accomplished minds in the sport of running so
0:39.2	that you can learn more, make better training decisions and reap the rewards because as I like to say
0:44.5	knowledge is a competitive advantage and we have a good one for you with one of the big
0:49.6	names in track and field today Kate Grace her mom is a famous 80s aerobics and fitness instructor,
0:56.6	so she was exposed very early to the world of exercise and fitness, and I think that showed
1:02.2	very early on in her high school career with her
1:05.5	talents on the track. She was a multiple league champion. She won the California
1:09.6	Southern Division 800 meter 8. 3 times.
1:13.0	She placed 3rd at the State Meade 800 with a PR of 210, and during her senior year she won the State Division
1:19.2	4 cross-country championships.
1:21.8	Kate then attended Yale, where she broke four school records.
1:25.1	She won six Heps Championships and was a four-time D1 in Cross Country All-American.
1:30.8	Now she's an Olympic Trials champion, a runner-up at outdoor nationals in the 1500 meters,
1:36.7	and boasts a mile PR of 422. Wow. In this interview, we actually spend more time talking about the mental side of running, how she handles anxiety and pre-race jitters, and what she does during a workout to be more mentally engaged and how even though she's
1:54.4	been racing at such a high level for well over a decade I think about 12 years
1:59.4	she still has many of the same fearful thoughts that she did when she was a high schooler.
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