"I Want All The Records" | SHELBY HOULIHAN IS BACK: Her Plan To Return To Track In 2025, Mile World Record Attempt In January, Not Wearing Supershoes, What Group She's Joining & More
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.8 • 686 Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Shelby Houlihan returns in less than four months.
On January 15 2025 her suspension will be lifted. And she can compete against the world's best once again.
As she starts her buildup to the redemption tour, I wanted to get her back on the podcast to spill the tea on all she's been up to and how she's planning on coming back.
Shelby is a 13xUS National Champion, a 2016 Olympian, and the American Record Holder in the 1500m where she ran that in the 2019 World Championships in Doha where she placed 4th. She is also a World-Record Holder in the Women's 4x1500m. She holds PRs of 1:59.92 (800m), 3:54.99 (1500m), and 14:23.92 in the 5k.
In college, she was the first student at Arizona State University to win a national individual title in the outdoor 1,500. Shelby was a 12-time NCAA Division I All-American, the second most in Arizona State history, and an NCAA Track champion.
In today's conversation, Shelby takes me through her plans to return to track, a potentially world-record attempt as her first race back, what brand/group she's joining, her takes on supershoes and why she's never worn them, and an in-depth look at her training.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the Running Effect podcast with Dominic Schleader. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm your host Dominic, and back on the podcast today is the one and only Shelby Hulahan. |
| 0:11.3 | If you're unfamiliar with Shelby, I don't think I can really sum up her story in an intro, but a few years ago, she was one of the greatest runners in American history. |
| 0:20.5 | She was a 13-time U.S. national champion, a 2016 Olympian, and the American record holder in the 1500. |
| 0:26.7 | And the race she set that in was the 2019 World Championships in Doha, where she plays fourth. |
| 0:31.8 | She's also a world record holder in the woman's 4 by 1,500 meter relay, and holds PRs of 15992 in the 800, 354.99 in the 1500 and 1423.92 in the 5k. |
| 0:44.7 | She ultimately got a four-year suspension after a banned substance was found in her body. |
| 0:49.9 | We do not get into the details of that in today's conversation because we did a separate episode |
| 0:54.8 | about that a few years ago and you can do your own research on the case but because shelby is |
| 0:59.5 | returning to the sport on january 15 2025 i wanted to get her back on the podcast to discuss |
| 1:06.1 | her return to sport her plans her training what coach she's going to have, what training group |
| 1:11.3 | she's going to join, all the tea, all the things that I'm curious to hear about. And I'm sure |
| 1:15.1 | you guys are curious about as well. Anytime I get Shelby on the podcast, I feel like I get a lot |
| 1:19.9 | of shit for it, part of my French. So if you have no interest in this conversation or only |
| 1:25.0 | have negative things to say, you can turn off the podcast right now. |
| 1:28.7 | This is my podcast for a reason. I believe in Shelby. I think she's a great person, a great runner. |
| 1:33.9 | I think she's going to shock the world next year and said because it's my podcast, naturally, |
| 1:37.9 | I'm going to have her back on to talk about her training, her racing, her lifestyle, all that |
| 1:42.5 | fun stuff. Again, if you are curious about hearing more |
| 1:45.3 | of her story around the suspension, we did another episode about that a little over two years ago, |
| 1:50.4 | and I'm sure you can find information about it if you just Google it. Again, if you are interested |
| 1:54.9 | in hearing more about her suspension, we did an episode about it a little over two years ago, |
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