Why It’s Important to be at Peace with Where You are in Your Training- Carrie Tollefson
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.6 • 931 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2015
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
We’ve all heard the expression - when one door closes, another opens. For my guest that expression had lasting meaning. Carrie Tollefson, a 2004 Olympian, had trained and planned for a spot on the 5K team, but as fate would have it she didn’t make the team. Carrie came back and surprised everyone, including herself, by earning a spot on the 1500m team. For Carrie, being an Olympian changed her life.
Carrie, elite middle-distance runner, is also a five-time NCAA champion, three-time national champion, an ESPN2 analyst, wife and mother. Through her website, public speaking and training camps Carries inspires people to Get After It and [...]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport so you can train smarter, stay healthy, and run faster now. |
| 0:12.0 | And now your host, Tina Muir. |
| 0:15.0 | Hello, this is Tina Muir. |
| 0:18.0 | Thank you so much for being here with me today for the Runners Connect Run to the Top |
| 0:22.1 | podcast. I truly appreciate you taking the time to check in. |
| 0:26.5 | Have you ever had one of those moments where you truly believe your life had prepared you for? |
| 0:32.0 | You were so ready to race, so ready for that opportunity to take it on, and you couldn't even |
| 0:38.2 | imagine a scenario where it doesn't happen. But then, of course, it doesn't happen. And in that moment your world crumbles before your eyes. It seems like the worst thing in the world. However, like that well-known phrase, when one door closes, another better door opens. |
| 0:56.0 | And that's usually what happens, and it definitely happened for my guest today. |
| 1:00.5 | It allowed her to become an Olympian in 2004. |
| 1:03.3 | You've probably heard of my guest and if you have not yet |
| 1:06.7 | I'm sure you'll be following her after today. |
| 1:09.0 | She's so down to earth, so fun loving and just so real. I am very excited for you to meet |
| 1:15.8 | Carrie Tollefson. Carrie is a five-time NCAA champion, three-time national |
| 1:21.6 | champion. She represented the USA in the 2004 Olympics at the 1500. |
| 1:27.0 | In 2006 she was voted the fourth most beautiful athlete in the world by Sports Illustrated. She's a global Reebok ambassador, |
| 1:35.6 | E-P-N-2 analyst and has done media coverage for New York Roadrunners as well as |
| 1:41.3 | commentating several national events. |
| 1:43.7 | Today Carrie and I are going to talk about why you need to be open-minded to see that your biggest |
| 1:48.9 | setbacks can often lead to your greatest achievements, what it was like to represent the US in the Olympics, |
| 1:55.9 | and why taking on a completely new challenge could be just what you need when returning |
| 1:59.9 | from a big injury or in her case pregnancy. |
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