Episode 341: Julie Culley – 2012 Olympian and Sports Marketing Manager at Brooks on Career and Motherhood

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English - October 08, 2021 05:00 - 84.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratings
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Julie Culley is currently the Sports Marketing Manager for Brooks Running. Before that position, Julie was the Director of Track and Field and Cross Country for Georgetown University. Before coaching, Julie ran professionally and made the 2012 Olympics in the 5000m. Her husband and her also own 5 specialty run stores called Pacers. She has ... more »

Julie is also the mom of 3 and just had her 3rd son. In this episode, we get into all sorts of running talk, being a head coach and director, and also what she is doing now at Brooks.

What we talked about:

3:50- How Julie is doing 8 weeks postpartum

10:15- When Julie fell in love with running

12:05- Her coaches that played a role in her becoming interested in coaching

15:00- Julie’s professional running career

19:35- Being coached by Frank Gagliano

29:20- Julie’s favorite memories from the Olympics

33:30- Bringing her own athletic experiences into her coaching

34:35- The decision to start her coaching career and the development of her coaching career at Georgetown

38:20- Women in coaching

48:45- Coaching Josette Norris

58:00- The decision to step away from coaching and work for Brooks

1:07:05- What she misses about coaching

1:10:05- How working with a life coach changed her coaching style

1:14:20- Parenting

1:16:30- End of podcast questions