THE CALL ROOM With Ben Flanagan | Episode 1: Things Are Heating Up In Ann Arbor

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered what it looks like to train as a professional distance runner? What the day-to-day life looks like? How to handle setbacks, failure, adversity, and doubts? How to set goals, train for them, and execute them on race day? As outsiders, we see remarkable athletes accomplish remarkable things every year. We don't see the behind-the-scenes of what went into that remarkable performance. We don't see or understand the hours of hard work, struggle, doubt, etc. The Running Effect is here to bring you an inside look at all these things with the man, the myth, the legend, Ben Flanagan.

Ben Flanagan has cemented himself as one of the best Canadian runners of all time in his short four years of being a professional runner. He is the Canadian half-marathon record holder with a time of 61:00 and has won the prestigious Falmouth Road Race three years in a row (gaining the name "The King of Falmouth" in the process). In addition, he won the 2018 NCAA 10k title while competing for the University of Michigan. Ben is currently sponsored by On Running and is a member of VNTC based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Over the next two months, Ben and I will dive deep into his indoor campaign leading into The Ten, presented by Sound Running. We will go into his training, racing, mindset, and answer your questions along the way! The first episode is now live. It was a big introduction to the series, and we go through many interesting subjects. Go listen wherever you find your podcasts! Make sure you're following "The Running Effect Podcast" on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, so you never miss an episode. Tap in and share with your friends.

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S H O W N O T E S

-Ben's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_flanagan/?hl=en

-Ben's Strava: https://www.strava.com/pros/ben-flanagan-41161380

-VNTC Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@verynicetrackclub5601/featured

-Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therunningeffect/?hl=en

-Intro Background Music: https://mandelbro.bandcamp.com/album/oh-margarita

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to this week's episode of The Call Room with Ben Flanagan. I'm your host Dominic, and I'm stoked you've clicked on this series because the call room is truly so fun to do and is so special. The goal of the call room is to bring greater light and attention, awareness, whatever you might call it, to the season of a specific athlete. Too often we see the result of an
0:23.7	athlete, but we don't see the preparation that went into that result. We don't see all the ups and downs
0:29.2	that went into the result. And that's the goal of the call room, to bring back the curtain on
0:34.1	the preparation of a specific athlete. And in this case, we're pulling back the curtain on Ben Flanagan.
0:41.3	So Ben has cemented himself as one of the best Canadian runners of all time in his short four years of being a professional runner.
0:48.3	He is the Canadian half marathon record holder with the time of 6100 and has won the prestigious Falmouth Road Race three years in
0:56.4	a row gaining him the name the king of Falmouth in the process which I always laugh at. In addition to this,
1:01.8	he won the 2018 NCAA 10K title while competing for the University of Michigan and Ben is currently
1:08.3	sponsored by On Running and a current member of the Very Nice
1:11.7	Track Club based in Ann Arbor. So I hope you all strap in for this series over the coming
1:18.3	weeks. Ben and I are going to be documenting his indoor campaign leading to the 10 presented by
1:24.5	Sound Running, which is a ridiculously prestigious 10K out in California in March,
1:30.5	I believe. So I hope you all share this with a friend. Make sure you're following on Spotify and
1:35.6	Apple Podcasts. Make sure you're following me on Instagram at The Running Effect to stay up to date
1:39.9	when new episodes will be released. And I hope you all enjoy this series. It's so fun to do. Ben and I are having a blast doing it.
1:46.3	And yeah, just strap in because it is going to be a lot of fun.
1:49.4	So without for their doom, enjoy this week's episode of The Call Room with the Man
1:53.5	The Myth the Legend, Ben Flanagan.
2:00.5	Ben, welcome to episode one of the call room with yourself, Ben Flanagan.
2:05.2	First off, super stoked to kick this thing off, and second off, appreciate you doing this
2:09.1	and looking forward to this series.
2:10.6	Yeah, thanks, Dominic.
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