Quest for Gold: Stephanie Bruce Looking Strong for US Marathon Team in Tokyo 2020
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Stephanie Bruce is one of the most popular American distance runners competing on the circuit. She has used her platform to build up women, inspire others and uplift U.S. distance running as a whole. And it doesn't hurt that she's having one of the best years of her professional career.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's run to the top podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I had essentially the quintessential hit the wall so to speak. |
| 0:09.0 | The great part about it is we train so hard out here in Flagstaff with my group, |
| 0:14.0 | Poca and Azie Elite, and we train for those last couple of miles and |
| 0:18.0 | we know how to push through the hurt and the fatigue and we know kind of how to |
| 0:22.0 | hold on even when we're not having our best day. |
| 0:25.0 | Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast from Runners Connect, where it's all about learning |
| 0:30.8 | from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome, this is Stephanie Kay Atwood, |
| 0:48.0 | Boston Marathon Qualifier Coach, and host for the Run to the top podcast. |
| 0:53.0 | Elite runner Stephanie Bruce recently finished the Chicago Marathon in six place |
| 0:58.0 | with a personal best time of 2.27.47 |
| 1:02.0 | and qualifying her for the Olympic Marathon trials in Atlanta in February 2020. |
| 1:07.9 | In Atlanta, three women out of several hundred competitors will be selected for the U.S. Olympic Marathon team for the |
| 1:15.0 | 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Stephanie has a chance to be one of them. |
| 1:19.8 | Grit, relentlessness and confidence are words that she uses to describe herself |
| 1:25.0 | and the commitment that she has made to keep pushing harder |
| 1:28.0 | and pursuing goals that at other times in her life |
| 1:31.0 | may have seemed beyond her reach. |
| 1:33.0 | A mother of two young children, wife, coach, businesswoman, and professional athlete, |
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