s3/e15 Becoming a Six Star Finisher with Ashley Mateo (@ashleymateo)
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
What do you get when you run all six of the Abbott World Major Marathons: Berlin, Chicago, London, New York, Boston, and Tokyo? You get a special medal and a place on the short list of runners who have accomplished such a feat! Marathoner, journalist, and coach Ashley Mateo (@ashleymateo) joins the show to talk about her Six Star journey!
- What does it mean to run these 6 races?
- The logistics of running a major marathon (sometimes in a different country)
- Goal setting when you're running a huge race
- The pressure we put on ourselves to perform a certain way when the stage is big
- The differences in the different courses
- What you can - and cannot - control on race day
- and more!
Ashley Mateo is an award-winning journalist whose writing has appeared in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Runner's World, Women's Running, Men's Journal, Health, Women's Health, and more. She's also a 13x marathoner and an RRCA- and UESCA-certified running coach based in Denver.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm your host, Elizabeth. I'm a marathoner, coach, and answer seeker. |
| 0:07.3 | When I first started running at the age of 29, I had so many questions and what felt like nowhere to turn to for answers. |
| 0:14.1 | And now I'm here to answer all your running questions about anything that you might want to know. |
| 0:18.2 | If you're a new runner or you've been doing this for a long time, |
| 0:21.0 | there's always something more to learn about running. So let's get started. |
| 0:25.8 | Hey everyone, welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm Elizabeth and my guest this week is |
| 0:30.8 | journalist, coach, and marathoner Ashley Mateo. You've probably read some of her work if you're a |
| 0:37.1 | frequent reader of, I don't know, |
| 0:38.7 | Runner's World, Women's Running, Health. She is also written for The Wall Street Journal and Time |
| 0:43.9 | Magazine. And Ashley recently became a six-star finisher running all six of the Abbott World |
| 0:50.5 | Marathon majors in her running career. And that's what we're going to talk about today. |
| 0:55.6 | But just a quick reminder that, as scary as it seems, that time is moving so quickly, |
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| 1:23.5 | help prepare you to run your best race. So check out runningexplain.com for all your |
| 1:27.8 | training and coaching needs. And now here's Ashley. Ashley, welcome to the show. I'm excited to have |
| 1:32.5 | you here. Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here. So let's start with the big question, |
| 1:37.1 | of course. How did you become a runner? So I did not start running until I was like |
| 1:46.5 | turning 30. I think it was. |
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