Natosha Rogers Details The Rollercoaster Of Her Career Since 2012 & Why She's Back
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🗓️ 13 February 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Natosha Rogers won the NCAA 10,000 meters as a junior in 2012 and then finished second in the same event at the U.S. Olympic Trials. However, her 31:59 performance was just 14 seconds shy of meeting the Olympic standard to qualify for the Summer Games in London. She decided to leave behind running to study abroad and go about her senior year as a regular student. She took a break but returned and signed a professional contract in 2014 only to start to get injured. She had a rough time adjusting to life as a professional and dealing with injuries and moved back to Colorado under coach Steve Magness. Rogers stunned many with the success she found on the roads in 2017 and qualified for the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. The flu knocked her out of competing and then in a rush to return and make up for fitness, she injured her knee. Procedures and treatment went awry and the future of her running career was fading fast. It's hard to believe that someone who was working a desk job at a tech company until July 2019 has found a way to get back to the top level of U.S. distance running. Last month, she won the USATF Cross Country Championships in San Diego and is already competing indoors. The big focus is the 5,000 meters or 10,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in June. How did we get here? She details the rollercoaster ride.
Recommended reading: In Her Return to Running, Natosha Rogers Finds Strength in Setbacks by Taylor Dutch for Runner's World https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a30756174/natosha-rogers-finds-strength-in-setbacks/
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode of the Citius Mag Podcast network is brought to you by stride. |
| 0:05.6 | Here's a problem that nearly every runner faces. We all know that even pacing is |
| 0:10.2 | important, but it's hard to pace your runs in challenging conditions. |
| 0:14.3 | Sometimes you're facing rolling hills, other times you're running into the wind, the heat and |
| 0:19.0 | the humidity can slow you down, and depending on where you are are altitude can also play a factor. |
| 0:25.2 | All these forces are constantly causing you to change your pace when you're just trying to |
| 0:28.4 | stay at an even consistent effort. |
| 0:31.0 | So I got this tool that I've really been enjoying that makes even pacing possible in |
| 0:34.7 | difficult conditions. It's called Stride. It's a super lightweight pod that sits on my shoe |
| 0:40.4 | and talks with my Garmin watch. Essentially it provides a grade |
| 0:44.0 | adjusted, wind adjusted, heat adjusted, humidity adjusted, and altitude adjusted number |
| 0:49.8 | to my watch called Power. Instead of trying to change my pace in these conditions to keep an even effort, |
| 0:55.0 | I can simply aim for a consistent power |
| 0:58.0 | from start to finish by looking at my watch. |
| 1:00.0 | Over two dozen Olympic Trials Marathoners will be running with Stride in Atlanta |
| 1:05.2 | where even pacing is going to be very difficult due to the hilly course. |
| 1:09.3 | So if you want to learn more about Stride, go to Stride.com slash Sidious. That's S-T-R-Y-D dot com slash Sidious. |
| 1:20.0 | I've really been enjoying using my Stride pod, now it's time for you to go and check it out |
| 1:25.5 | My guest for today's show is Natasha Rogers. She was an NCAA champion while at Texas A&M as a junior and then went on to finish second at the U.S. Olympic |
| 1:34.7 | trials in 2012. Unfortunately, sometimes there's a little bit more that goes |
| 1:39.8 | into making the Olympics. You need to finish at the top three at the trials and also have the |
| 1:44.6 | Olympic qualifying time or standard to ensure your spot. Natasha finished second but didn't have |
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