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Episode 551: Monica and Luke Swanson – Raising a Professional Surfer (Parent-Athlete Series Episode 2) Sep 10, 2024

Show notes

I’m excited to release another episode of the parent-athlete series sponsored by Lily Trotters.

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Monica Swanson and her son Luke Swanson. I had the pleasure of interviewing Monica on my parenting podcast last year. She’s a homeschooling mom of four boys living in Hawaii, and she’s raising some serious athletes! Three of her sons are already out of the house, but today we get to talk to her son, Luke, who is a professional surfer. Yes, a professional surfer! It was fascinating to hear both Monica’s perspective as a supportive mom and Luke’s insights into what it takes to train at such a high level from a young age.

We also delved into what life is like now for them as they navigate Luke’s professional surfing career. I even asked Luke some Olympic-related questions, since I caught some of the surfing events in the Olympics and was curious about the ins and outs of the sport. Monica and Luke had some really interesting insights that I think you’ll enjoy.

I love learning about sports outside of the running world, and I hope you find this episode as engaging as I did. Monica is one of my favorite people I’ve connected with through social media, and I always find her story inspiring, so it was so fun to catch up with her on this episode!

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What we talked about:

4:45- How they landed in Hawaii

10:00- Thoughts on surfing in the Olympics

12:15- Luke’s development as a surfer and how Monica helped to foster that love

31:15- Trusting a coach as both the athlete and the parent

37:45- Navigating the surfing culture

53:30- The most rewarding part about being the parent of an athlete

55:00- The rewarding parts of being a professional athlete

Show notes:

Luke on Instagram

Monica on Instagram

Book recommendations:

The Confident Mind

Becoming Homeschoolers

Raising Amazing

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Episode 550: Emily Mackay – World Indoor Bronze Medalist, 2024 Olympian, and a new PR of 3:55.90 in the 1500m Sep 06, 2024

Show notes

In this episode, I’m so excited to have Emily Mackay as my guest! Emily recently competed in the Paris Olympics, representing Team USA in the 1500 meters. It was such a thrill to watch her make the team—what a stacked field! Emily had to run an incredible 3:55 to secure her spot on the Olympic team alongside Nikki Hiltz and Elle Purrier-St.Pierre. It’s wild to think that just a few years ago, in the 2021 trials, Emily’s personal best in the 1500 was 4:17. Fast forward to 2024 she’s run so many PRs, including a 1:57 in the 800m.

In our conversation, we dive into Emily’s incredible progression and what it took to get here. She also opens up about her Olympic experience, how she felt not making the final, and her reflections post-Olympics. Emily runs for Team New Balance Boston, coached by Mark Coogan, and if you haven’t been following them, you’re missing out—they’re one of the most exciting teams right now. And yes, we do talk about that hilarious Instagram video with Laura Green that made us love the team even more!

This episode isn’t all about running, Emily shares what she’s reading, listening to, and her favorite spots in Boston. It’s a fun, well-rounded conversation that I think you’ll really enjoy.

What we talked about:

6:00- Training with Team NB Boston

10:00- Believing in herself to make big jumps in improvement

23:00- Breaking down her race at the Olympics Trials

33:00- The confidence she’s gained from recent PRs

35:00- Her Olympic experience

52:10- End of podcast questions

Show notes:

Emily on Instagram

Book recommendations:

A Court of Thorns and Roses

The Covenant of Water

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Episode 549: Sara and Kiki Vaughn – Parent-Athlete Series Episode One Sep 03, 2024

Show notes

I’m thrilled to introduce a new series on the podcast – the Parent-Athlete Series! In this series, I interview both parents and their children, exploring their unique journeys together. We’re kicking things off with one of my favorite runners, Sara Vaughn, and her daughter, Kiki Vaughn.

You probably know Sara as the 1500-meter runner turned marathoner, with an impressive 2:23 marathon personal best. She’s also a Puma athlete, a mom of four, a realtor, and the founder of the Vaughn Child Care Fund. On top of that, she’s achieved two top-10 finishes at the Chicago Marathon.

Kiki, her eldest daughter, has recently started college at Northern Arizona University (NAU), where she’ll be running track and cross country. In this episode, we dive into their experiences – Kiki growing up with a dedicated and accomplished athlete as her mom, and Sara balancing her athletic career while raising a family.

This conversation was a lot of fun, and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to share their story. Best of luck to Kiki this fall at NAU, and to Sara as she prepares for the Chicago Marathon! If you enjoy the episode, please take a moment to leave a rating and review. Let Sara and Kiki know what you think, and I hope you enjoy listening!

What we talked about:

3:00- How Sara allowed Kiki to find her own passion for running

6:20- How Kiki tries to keep the pressure off of her running

10:10- Deciding on which college to run at

18:30- Walking through a dissapointment and showing her kids how to experience failure

21:45- The balance of school, work, and athletics

30:45- How hard work was instilled in her

32:45- Their relationship as mom and daughter

35:40- Finding your identity outside of running

37:00- Picking the best college for you

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Episode 548: Rory Linkletter – A Season to Remember – 2nd Fastest Candian All Time in the Marathon and Olympic Debut Aug 30, 2024

Show notes

Today my guest is Rory Linkletter. He just ran in the Paris Olympics in the marathon. This was his first Olympic team for Team Canada, which is very exciting. He qualified for the Olympics running a 2:08:01, just nine seconds faster than the Olympic standard at the Sevilla Marathon. This race made him the second fastest Canadian of all time over the marathon distance. So amazing to see Rory’s career take off over the past few years!!

Rory has been working with Ryan Hall as his coach leading up to the Olympic Games. Before that, he was with NAZ Elite under Ben Rosario, and he also was coached by Ed Eyestone in college when he ran for BYU. In this episode, we hear about those three different coaching styles and what those coaches meant to him. He is transitioning from being coached by Ryan Hall to looking for a new coach and he shares about what he is looking for in a coach in this episode.

Since Rory was last on the podcast, he’s had two kids added to his family. He talks about that transition and what that’s been like training at a high level and being a dad.

He recently announced he’ll be running the New York City Marathon, which is really exciting. So we talk about that and the decision that he made to do that. So excited to cheer him on at that race and see what he does!

What we talked about:

2:00- Catching up with Rory

6:45- His experience at the Olympics

16:30- His decision to run the NYC marathon

21:00- Qualifying for the Olympics

34:55- Training with 2 kids

38:15- His partnership with Puma

44:00- His relationship with Conner Mantz and Clayton Young

47:00- His faith

53:15- Running for Team Canada

58:25- End of podcast questions

Show Notes:

The Way of the Runner

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Episode 547: Sabrina Little – The Examined Runner, Why Good People Make Better Runners Aug 23, 2024

Show notes

Today, my guest is Sabrina Little. Sabrina is a five time national champion. She’s a mom, she’s a professor of philosophy, she’s a trail and ultra runner, a world silver medalist and the author of the book, The Examined Runner.

This is Sabrina’s second time on the podcast! If you want to hear a little bit more about her backstory, she was episode 346 of this podcast in November of 2021, where we talked about philosophy, running and motherhood. Today we catch up on what’s going on in her life. She’s now the mom of two. When we first talked, I think she was fresh off her first baby. Since then she’s written the book The Examined Runner, Why Good People Make Better Runners, is a deep dive into the conversation of how striving to be a better person make you a better runner. It’s a really great book and I loved reading it. She looks at key ideas and virtue ethics. It is one of those books where you underline, you take notes, you read it little by little and really try to understand it. And in this conversation, I loved getting inside Sabrina’s brain a little bit more.

What we talked about:

2:50- Catching up with Sabrina

6:30- Where running is fitting into her life right now

10:50- The process of writing The Examined Runner

15:00- Working on our “character flaws”

21:50- Happy feelings aren’t always the goal

24:50- Finding purpose

32:25- Envy

33:40- Coaching and combining her philosophy knowledge with coaching

38:05- Prioritizing where you spend your time

53:10- Last message to pull away from her book

Show notes:

Sabrina on Instagram

Book Suggestions:

The Anxious Generation

Demon Copperhead

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Episode 546: Abby Nichols – Professional Runner for NAZ Elite; From Olympic Trials Reflections to Her Summer of Racing Aug 16, 2024

Show notes

Abby Nichols was in town in Raleigh for the Sir Walter Mile so we had the opportunity to do an in person interview! She was the reigning champion of the Sir Walter Mile and she agreed to just come on over and sit in my living room and record, which was so fun.

Abby runs with Hoka NAZ Elite and she is a 1500 meter and 5000 meter runner. She has a personal best in the 1500m of 4:07. Her mile PR, which was run at the Sir Walter Mile is 4:26 and she has a 15:03 PR in the 5000m and 32:27 PR in the 10,000m.

Abby grew up in Ohio, ran for Ohio State, and then went on to run for the University of Colorado. Unexpectedly, we took a turn and talked about her time at University of Colorado, and she weighed in on her thoughts on Mark Wetmore and Heather Burroughs and how they won’t be coming back to coach the team this coming year.

Abby competed at the Olympic trials in the 5,000m and had a bit of a disappointment there. She talks about that and what that’s been like to bounce back from that and continue to race well this summer.

I loved chatting with Abby and am so excited to see what she does during the rest of her career!

Show notes:

Abby on Instagram

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Bravey (Adapted for Young Readers)

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Episode 545: Alexi Pappas – 2016 Olympian, Award Winning Filmmaker, Author of Bravey, & Podcast Host of Mentor Buffet Aug 09, 2024

Show notes

Today on the podcast, we have Alexi Papas on the show. WOW, is this long overdue or what?!? She’s an Olympian and an award winning filmmaker. She has a book called Bravey, which I’m sure many of you have read. That was forwarded by Maya Rudolph. She also has recently adapted that book for Young Readers as well. It’s called Bravey (Adapted for Young Readers), forwarded by Maya Hawk. She co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the feature films Track Town and Olympic Dreams and has worked alongside the likes of Rachel Dratch and Nick Kroll.

Since this was her first time on my podcast, we talked about what she’s up to now. She’s got a new podcast coming out called Mentor Buffet and we dove into what that’s all about and her inspiration behind it. We also go into her story a little bit as well as we tried to pack it all into our hour long interview and it was really fun. I really, really enjoyed this episode and I’m excited for you all to listen in!

What we talked about:

3:45- Alexi’s involvement with the Olympics this year

6:30- Glittering up for races

8:00- Practicing patience in conversations

9:45- Combining all of her passions

18:10- Alexi’s new podcast

32:50- Finding purpose in her life

45:55- Her mom’s battle with mental health

52:20- The desire for motherhood

57:00- Her book, Bravey

1:00:00- Rapid fire questions

Show notes:

Alexi on Instagram

AlexiPappas.com

Bravey

New podcast: Mentor Buffet

Book recommendations:

Into the Woods

Bird by Bird

Wild Nights

Sour Heart

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Episode 544: Heather MacLean – 2020 Olympian in the 1500m on 2024 Olympic Trials Heartbreak and Overcoming Injury Aug 02, 2024

Show notes

Heather MacLean is a returning guest on the show and she was in Raleigh, North Carolina (where I live) for the Sir Walter Mile this week. So we got to record this interview in person, which is always exciting!!

Heather runs with Team New Balance Boston. She ran in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 in the 1500. This year at the Olympic trials, she placed seventh in a record-breaking year. It took crazy records to make that 1500-meter team for Team USA. And although Heather placed seventh, she still ran a personal best time of 3:58. This result comes after a year full of injuries last year. She is coming off a stress fracture where she had to take six months off of training leading into the Olympic year. So it’s safe to say she is coming back and coming back strong. I am SO excited to see what she accomplishes over the next few years!

Heather has been on the podcast before, she was episode 337 when she came on right after she made her first Olympic team in 2021. So wow, it’s already been three years since she’s been on the podcast!!

Enjoy this conversation and go give Heather some love at the Sir Walter mile tonight!!

What we talked about:

4:00- How Heather is feeling leading into the Sir Walter Mile

8:00- Her feelings coming off of the Olympic Trials

13:30- The injury struggles that she’s had

25:45- What’s next for Heather

28:25- Her progression in the sport

32:05- Working with Mark Coogan as her coach

37:50- End of podcast questions

Show notes:

Heather on Instagram

Heather on Episode 337

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