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59. Shalane Flanagan: Run Fast, Eat Slow
For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running
English - March 20, 2020 11:00 - 53 minutes - 49.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 327 ratingsSports Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week's guest is Shalane Flanagan.
Shalane is an Olympic Medalist and American Record holder, who is now a coach for the Bowerman Track Club in Portland, Oregon.
In this episode, we talked about:
-graduating from a pro runner to a pro coach
-running for the joy of it
-uncertainty in the weeks ahead and what runners can and should do
-gratitude
-the secret to successful running
-"stuffing the silo"
-"the joke's on them, I would've done this for free!"
-her excitement for what's ahead and paying it forward
-Run Fast, Eat Slow
-Running the Boston Marathon again some day... for fun!
-the running community
-her goals for the future
and much more!
You can follow Shalane's journey at https://www.instagram.com/shalaneflanagan/ and https://www.twitter.com/shalaneflanagan/, and you can find her cookbook co-authoried by Elyse Kopecky at https://runfasteatslow.com/
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