Inside Olin Hacker's 5th Place Finish At Worlds + His Takes On Nico Young, Jakob vs. Josh, & Other Hot Topics

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast is Owen Slacker!

Olin opened up his 2024 season with a new PB at 5,000 meters (13:08.76) indoors at the BU Terrier Classic. A month later he ran a fantastic race to finish second at the USATF Indoor Championships over 3,000 meters, earning a spot on Team USA at the World Indoor Championships. At Worlds, he ran valiantly over the final two laps…eventually finishing in fifth place.

Olin ran for the University of Wisconsin, where he earned an undergraduate degree in biology and a graduate degree in kinesiology while achieving notable personal bests in the mile (3:56.66), 3,000 meters (7:45.73), and 5,000 meters (13:19.34). His crowning achievement came in his senior year with a dramatic victory in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships. In 2022, he turned professional and joined HOKA NAZ Elite.

In today's conversation, Olin takes me through his past few months of running and racing, his takes on Nico Young, Jakob vs. Josh, why college kids are running so fast, his plans for the outdoor season, and much more!

Anytime I get Olin on the podcast is a good time. This episode was that and then some!

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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
0:06.5	Schleader. I'm your host Dominic, and today I am joined back on the podcast by Olin Hacker, or as he's
0:12.9	called in this episode at times, as he gives a backstory to Owen Slacker. Olin recently placed fifth
0:19.0	at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.
0:21.6	In Glasgow, Scotland, if I'm not mistaken, he made some gutsy moves in that race turned a lot of heads.
0:27.6	And so I wanted to have him on to recap that race as well as his indoor season.
0:31.6	He also ran a new personal best indoors at the 5K distance in a time of 1308.
0:36.6	And then last year, he was on fire, which we recapped
0:39.0	in our first episode with each other in September. He also ran for the University of Wisconsin,
0:43.7	where he ran a bunch of fast times, won a NCAA title, and he currently runs for Hoka's Northern
0:48.5	Arizona Elite. I'll keep this intro short. I hope you guys enjoy my conversation with Olin.
0:52.9	This one is like super
0:54.2	lighthearted. I know Olin pretty well at this point. We've done a podcast with each other.
0:58.0	We've also been at events with each other. And so I was just two friends chopping it up about
1:02.2	Olin's season as well as like a bunch of present day track topics, which was a ton of fun.
1:07.4	If you do enjoy today's episode, please consider giving us a follow and a five-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. And a note that we are also live on YouTube. The podcast is.
1:15.5	So if you want to watch the podcast, you can find us, the Running Effect podcast on YouTube.
1:21.5	I've also left a link to that in the show notes. With all of those notes aside, I hope you
1:25.6	all enjoy my conversation with The Man, The myth, the legend, Olin Hacker. Olin Hacker, welcome back to the Running Effect podcast, a privilege to
1:38.8	welcome you back on how you doing this afternoon? I'm doing great. excited to be here.
1:43.4	We were talking about weather, morning
1:45.4	tempo run, and then I was like, stop, let's save it for the podcast. So kicking off what we were
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