Morgan McDonald on Childhood in Australia, Winning NCAAs, and Team Boss
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.8 • 686 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In episode twenty-three of The Running Effect (with Dominic Schlueter), we speak with Morgan Mcdonald. In this episode, we go through his incredible career, growing up in Australia, World XC Champs, his collegiate journey/winning an NCAA title, joining Team Boss, his hair vs Craig Engels, and so much more! This episode is filled with lots of laughter and practical advice that will help you become a better runner.
Show Notes for episode twenty-three with Morgan Mcdonald:
-Morgan's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbeZCF2JP03CT_24UtU0q0Q/featured
-Morgan's Strava (personal training log): https://www.strava.com/pros/morgan_mcdonald
-Morgan's Wisconsin Profile: https://uwbadgers.com/sports/mens-cross-country/roster/morgan-mcdonald/6379
-Music used for intro/outro: https://youtu.be/rQO8escJC78
God bless you all!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this week's episode of the running effect. Today we have a very, very special and amazing guest, the man, the myth, the legend, Morgan McDonald, all the way from Australia. |
| 0:22.7 | And speaking of Australia, we dive right into the show, talking about his childhood in Australia, |
| 0:29.6 | how it is different from the United States. |
| 0:32.3 | We go into his collegiate career at Wisconsin, his amazing years there, how he became better over those four years, |
| 0:40.4 | how he embraced the famous phrase, process over outcomes. I believe his freshman year, |
| 0:45.1 | he placed in the 70s at cross-country, and then his senior year, he ended up winning the |
| 0:51.0 | whole thing, beating some amazing guys like Grant Fisher. |
| 0:58.0 | He also ended up winning the 3K and 5K indoors, I believe. |
| 0:59.3 | Hopefully I didn't get that wrong. |
| 1:01.9 | So bottom line, he had an amazing collegiate career. |
| 1:03.7 | We asked many questions about that. |
| 1:05.2 | Go deep into his collegiate career. |
| 1:08.0 | But then we move on to his professional years. We talk about what his professional contract looked like for Under Armour, |
| 1:13.1 | how he made the decision to move out and train with Team Boss, his favorite and least favorite |
| 1:19.1 | part of being a professional runner. And then most recently, starting a YouTube channel, |
| 1:24.7 | which is super exciting. And if you're listening to this and haven't subscribed to |
| 1:28.5 | Morgan, please go subscribe to Morgan because the only place, at least so far, this podcast is on, |
| 1:34.4 | is on YouTube. So hopefully you're already on the app. So just search Morgan McDonald, |
| 1:39.5 | go subscribe to him and watch his amazing content, really some great stuff and more exciting content from |
| 1:45.2 | him to come. And then lastly, we talk about his goals for 2021 and what motivates him to chase after |
| 1:51.9 | his goals every day. We also, of course, because Matt Morgan, I was about to say Maddie, |
| 1:57.9 | Maddie Alm, his teammate. Shout out Maddie, if you're listening, you're amazing as well. |
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