Episode 99 | Lindsay Flanagan

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Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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“I think I’ve just learned that whether you’re running a 5-hour marathon, a 4-hour marathon, a 2-hour marathon, we all go through the same struggles in training—whether it’s mental, whether it’s physical—and [my athletes] are always telling me, ‘Oh my gosh, we look up to you because you’re running 2 whatever hours,’ and I’m like, ‘No, I’m looking up to you because your training runs for your long runs, you’re out there for 3, 4 hours. That is amazing. You’re balancing your family, your job, your running—that’s what’s truly amazing. My running, that’s all I do all day is I go run. But you have all these other things you balance.’ So I think they just show me that with determination, it’s cheesy, but you can do anything because they’re balancing real lives and still running great, which has been really fun.”Lindsay Flanagan is a professional distance runner sponsored by ASICS and she’s gearing up for the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon on February 29. Last fall, she finished seventh at the Chicago Marathon in a personal best of 2:28:08 and most recently, at the Houston Half Marathon, she ran 1:09:37—a 2-1/2 minute improvement on her previous personal best—and is heading into Atlanta with some awesome momentum. We recently had a great conversation about how she’s feeling heading into the Trials, why she’s over the shoe discussion, and how she’s learned to keep her composure in high-pressure situations. We talked about what Lindsay’s learned from racing nine marathons over the past five years, dealing with injuries and the dangers of keeping too fit while she couldn’t run, and the changes she’s made in recent years to keep herself healthy and strong. We also talked about what she’s taken away from working with age-group athletes as a coach with Run Doyen, who her heroes in the sport are, the popularity of her last name, and a whole lot more.This episode is brought to you by: New Balance: Use the promo code SHAKEOUT when you check out at newbalance.com to save 20% off your purchase of $100 or more. *Some restrictions do apply but this code should cover you for most products on their website.Complete show notes: https://themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-99-with-lindsay-flanagan/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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0:13.0	I think I've just learned like whether you're running a five hour marathon a four hour marathon a two hour marathon we all go through the same the same struggles in in training whether it's mental whether it it's physical. And they are always telling me,
0:15.2	like, oh my gosh, we look up to you
0:16.5	because you're running two whatever hours.
0:18.6	And I'm like, no, I'm looking up to you
0:20.1	because your training runs for your long runs. you're out there for you know three four
0:24.7	hours like that is amazing you know you're balancing your family your job you're
0:29.2	running like that's what's truly amazing like my running I that's all I do all day is I go run but you have all these other things you balance so I think they just show me with determination it's cheesy but you could do anything because they are they're bouncing real lives and still running great
0:44.8	which has been really fun. That's Lindsay Flanagan and this is episode 99 of the Morning Shake Out Podcast. Hey, what's going on everybody. I'm your host, Mario Freoli, and every week on this show I sit down with athletes, coaches, and personalities in the sport of running for long-form conversations
1:14.1	that will educate you, inspire you, or impact you in some way. My guest this week is
1:19.5	Lindsay Flanagan. Lindsay is a professional distance runner sponsored by A6 and she is gearing up for the U.S. Olympic
1:26.3	Trials Marathon on February 29th.
1:29.7	Last fall she finished 7th at the Chicago Marathon in a personal best of 22808 and most recently at the
1:35.8	Houston Half Marathon she ran 109 37 a two and a half minute improvement on her previous
1:41.6	personal best at that distance and is heading into
1:44.1	Atlanta with some awesome momentum.
1:47.1	Lindsay and I recently had a great conversation about how she's feeling heading into the trials,
1:51.6	why she's over the shoe discussion, and how she's learned
1:54.7	to keep her composure in high pressure situations.
1:58.1	We talked about what she's learned from racing nine marathons over the past five years,
2:02.2	dealing with injuries and the dangers of keeping
2:04.4	too fit while she couldn't run, and the changes she's made in recent years to keep herself healthy
2:09.6	and strong.
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