Shelby Houlihan Recaps Winning SILVER At The 2025 World Indoor Championships In China | Inside Her Comeback: Training, Mindset, Sponsor, & More

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Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A setback is a setup for a comeback.

For Shelby Houlihan, this comeback is nothing short of remarkable. After her suspension was lifted on January 15, 2025, she wasted no time making her mark.

At the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, Houlihan blazed through the 3,000m, clinching silver with an impressive 8:38.26 finish. This performance sends a clear message: Houlihan is back, and she's here to dominate.

In February 2025, Shelby won the indoor 3,000 meters at the Razorback Invitational in Arkansas with a time of 8:31.56. She also finished second in the 3,000 meters at the U.S. trials, qualifying her for the World Indoor Championships.

Shelby is a 13x US National Champion, a 2016 Olympian, and the outdoor American Record Holder in the 1500m, where she ran that in the 2019 World Championships in Doha, placing fourth. She is also a World-Record Holder in the Women's4x1500m. She holds PRs of 1:59.92 (800m), 3:54.99 (1500m), and 14:23.92 in the 5k.

In college, she was the first student at Arizona State University to win a national individual title in the outdoor 1,500. Shelby was a 12-time NCAA Division I All-American, the second most in Arizona State history, and an NCAA Track champion.

In today's conversation, Shelby takes me through each of her 2025 races, how she's been training, inside the progress of getting a sponsor, her mindset going into the outdoor season and the rest of her career, her silver medal at Worlds, and so much more.

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0:00.0	I was able to get through those four years and put myself in arguably a even stronger position than I was in four years ago.
0:07.7	So it's like really, really proud of how I handled everything and like putting myself in this position to be able to get a silver medal.
0:18.3	Like, I don't know.
0:19.6	It feels really great.
0:22.2	And I'm like, I am like genuinely so proud.
0:28.9	That was the World Championship indoor silver medalist at the 3,000 meter distance.
0:33.8	Shelby, Poulahan.
0:35.1	She's back, and this time on the podcast to recap her recent indoor season, the races,
0:40.1	the opener coming back from her suspension all the way up to the World Championship
0:45.4	indoor meet where she placed second winning the silver medal running 838.26.
0:52.5	This performance sends a clear message. Shelby Hlihan is back. She's not going
0:57.0	anywhere and she's looking to do some remarkable things this second time around back on the track.
1:02.7	Who knows? Maybe on the roads one day too, but I always love my conversations with Shelby.
1:06.4	She's always open, raw, honest about everything. In today's conversation, we discuss everything from
1:11.9	these races, the emotions of winning a silver medal at the world stage. Her coaching, training,
1:17.9	sponsorship set up and news there, her mindset for the future going into the outdoor season.
1:23.4	So many other things. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I'm confident you guys are going to enjoy
1:27.0	it too. And if that is the case, share it with a friend, a family member, 10 teammates. Let I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I'm confident you guys are going to enjoy it too.
1:31.9	And if that is the case, share it with a friend, a family member, 10 teammates. Let's go to this podcast.
1:37.1	Let's share the message. Let's create greater impact in the sport of running and in the world as a whole.
1:41.8	I would also appreciate it if you give us a follow or subscribe wherever you listen to podcast.
1:44.5	So you never miss another episode. And then also give us a five-star review.
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