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Get After It with Olympian Carrie Tollefson! Each week, Carrie and a different celebrity guest discuss running, fitness, and how to live a healthy, balanced life as a runner.
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Carrie chats with Johanna Garton, author of All in Stride, as well as Elvin Kibet and Samantha Schultz who are featured in the book! They discuss how Johanna picked these athletes to share their stories, Johanna’s history in the sport of running, what it’s like to be written about, how the book has changed each of them, and so much more!…
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Carrie recaps the 2024 Olympic Marathon Trials with Minnesota Distance Elite in front of a live audience! Coach Chris Lindstrom, Breanna Suracki, Joel Richow, Kevin Lewis, JP Trojan, Annie Frisbie, and third place finisher Dakotah Lindwurm all share their experiences from the day, including the highs, the lows, the broken cell phones, the missed po…
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Carrie chats with Kylie Mantz and Ashley Young, the spouses of Connor Mantz and Clayton Young (who went 1 and 2 at the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials)! They talk about life after the race, the toll that training takes on an athlete’s support system, the importance of having your own thing in a relationship, preparing for Paris, and so much more!…
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Carrie chats with the Porter Sisters: Sarah Crouch, Shannon Smith, and Georgia Porter! They talk all about how they each qualified for the Olympic Trials, how they grew up, how they each got into the sport, how they have supported one another in sport and in their lives off the road, Sarah’s upcoming book release, and so much more!…
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Carrie chats with one of her all-time heroes Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Stephen Lane, author of the book “Long Run to Glory!” They chat about his book detailing the 1984 Olympic Marathon, Joan’s role in fighting for women’s sports, how she dealt with the pressure, her injury leading up to the trials, her thoughts during the race, winning Olympic Go…
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Carrie chats with Caroline Hampton Cole! They talk about her second marathon attempt this summer in Duluth where she ran a 2:36, her preparations for her third marathon attempt (the Olympic Trials in February), how she got into the sport, the loss and heartache she has experienced and how it drove her, the importance of empathy in coaching, how she…
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Carrie chats with Carissa Galloway! They talk about announcing at the finish lines of so many popular races (Disney races, Ironman races, and the Boston Marathon to name just a few!), handling her busy schedule, being part of a famous running family, keeping her kiddos fed, training for races, predictions for the 2024 US Olympic Marathon trials, an…
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Carrie chats with Minnesota Distance Elite at a live event! She chats with coach Chris Lundstrom first about his time as an athlete with the team, his coaching, his goals for the athletes in 2024, prepping for the marathon trials in Orlando and track trials in Eugene, and so much more. Then, Carrie chats with twelve members of the team about their …
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Carrie chats with Latoya Shauntay Snell, the founder of the Running Fat Chef blog! They talk about her different Chicago Marathon experiences and being daring enough to try it again, getting past hurdles in life, asking for help and leaning into community a bit more, how she got into the sport, her cooking, that feeling of belonging, unraveling tha…
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Carrie chats with the founders of the Bakline’s McKirdy Micro Marathon: James McKirdy and Heather Knight Pech! They cover all the ins and outs of the race which produced 33 more Olympic Trials Qualifying times for the Olympic Trials in Feb, as well as why they put this race on, the history of this race, the gratitude from the runners, and so much m…
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Carrie chats with 4x USATF Champion Clayton Young! They talk all about the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, the pressure of running under 2:08:10 (the Olympic Standard), running 2:08:00 and getting that Standard, training and racing with Conner Mantz, the thoughts that he had during the race, the after party, his goals for the trials in Orlando, a…
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Carrie chats with South African Olympian Dom Scott! They chat about Dom’s preparations for the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, lessons she learned from her first marathon, making the switch from the track to the roads, going to two different Olympic games, her life in South Africa, time at Arkansas, living in Colorado and training with Team …
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Carrie chats with Jessi Gabriel and Olympian Ben Blankenship! They talk about the vision these two have for our sport, their latest projects called the Fast Forest and the Endless Mileage project, their new podcast called Call Room Banter, Ben’s training for the marathon this fall, Jess’s role in Ben’s training and what she is doing now within the …
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Carrie chats with Ryan Hurley, founder of Lagoon Pillows! They talk about the benefits of sleep, the importance of a good pillow, his background in sport (he’s a 2x Olympic Trials finalist and silver medalist at the World University games!), his entrepreneurial background, his latest race (the Leadville Silver Rush 50 miler), and so much more!…
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Carrie chats with NCAA and USATF champion Kenneth Rooks! He discusses the entire USATF race where he was 2 laps in and took a hard fall. He also talks about what it felt like to break the tape and what happens now leading into the World Championships. He also talks about getting into the sport, taking two years off of running to serve on a mission …
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Carrie chats with Dr. Sasha Gollish! The Canadian national champion and world record holder in the indoor masters mile talks about maintaining her fire as she gets older, how she is helping make roads safer for pedestrians as a civil engineer, the power of positivity, observing the changes that perimenopause and menopause bring to your body, and mu…
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Carrie chats with Emily Mackay! One of the brightest up and comers in track and field, Emily recently became the 100th American woman to go sub-4:30 in the mile, and she joins the podcast to talk about how it feels to run so fast, her prep for running a sub-4:00, getting experience running against the world’s best, her mindset for recovering from i…
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Carrie chats with Emma Bates and Keira D'Amato on Global Running Day! After grilling each other with rapid fire questions, they chat about the joy of getting to compete against so many great American runners, working through impostor syndrome, raising the next generation of runners, and so much more!…
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Carrie chats with Meb Keflezighi and Emily Sisson as part of Global Running Day! They talk about what keeps them running, tricks for getting out the door in the morning, handling the highs and lows of professional running, how they cultivate confidence, advice for how to set goals, and much more!
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