Your New Coach is the Future of American Distance Running: Fiona O'Keeffe
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 April 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Last January in Houston, Fiona O'Keefe crossed the finish line in 1:07:42, making her half marathon debut the fastest ever by an American woman. At age 23, this young runner has an incredibly bright future.
Fiona specializes in the 10k and the 5k right now and--fun fact--she accidentally broke her 10k PR in the middle of her record breaking half.
Coach Claire asks Fiona about her incredible day in Houston, what her favorite workouts are to prepare, and how she handles good and bad days mentally.
And then we talk about the REAL reason we wanted to have her on the Run to the Top today. We are thrilled to announce that Fiona is joining our team of expert coaches here at Runners Connect.
Learn about her coaching style and what she plans to bring to the table to help each and every RunnersConnect athlete discover their very best!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Fiano Keith and you're listening to the Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:13.2 | Hi there my running friend, this is Coach Claire Bartholic, the Planted Runner. |
| 0:23.3 | And this is the Run to the Top Podcast, |
| 0:25.5 | one of the first and only running podcast dedicated |
| 0:28.3 | to making you a better runner with each and every episode. |
| 0:31.9 | We are created and produced by the expert team |
| 0:34.6 | of running coaches at runnersconnect.net |
| 0:37.7 | where you can find the best running information on the internet |
| 0:41.0 | as well as running coaching plans to fit every runner and every budget. |
| 0:47.0 | Last January, history was made in Houston, Texas. |
| 0:53.5 | Kiro Damato broke Dina Kaster's American record in the marathon, |
| 0:57.5 | and Sarah Hall broke Molly Huddles American record in the half. |
| 1:02.0 | But there was another record broken that day |
| 1:04.3 | about 30 seconds later. Viana O'Keefe crossed the finish line in 10742 making |
| 1:11.1 | her half marathon debut the fastest ever by an American woman. |
| 1:15.0 | At age 23, this young runner has an incredibly bright future. |
| 1:20.0 | After graduating from Stanford University in 2020, Fiona went pro about a year and a half ago joining the Puma elite running team in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. |
| 1:31.0 | She's coached by the married team of Amy and |
| 1:33.7 | Alistair Craig who don't think they are quite ready yet to put her into the |
| 1:38.2 | longer distances. Theona specializes in the 10K and the 5k right now and fun fact she accidentally broke her 10k |
| 1:47.1 | PR in the middle of her record-breaking half. |
| 1:50.4 | I ask Viana about her incredible day in Houston, what her favorite workouts are to prepare, and how |
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