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This is a sandy boy productions podcast.

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Hey, everybody. Welcome to all have another podcast

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with Lindsay He.

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I'm your host, Lindsay. Thank you so much

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for

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joining me today. I am really excited today

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to share with you an episode with Marissa

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Howard, who made her first Olympic team in

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the Steep chase.

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At the Olympic trials last week and wow,

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what a race?

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The race of her life really. She ran

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a 15 second personal record, 09:07.

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She totally skipped over.

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The 9 1.

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She went from 09:22

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Wow.

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Marissa is a mom. She has a... 2

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year old son, she was the only mother

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in that field. We talk about her

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life as a whole

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as a mother, a home,

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a

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professional athlete,

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a friend,

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a believer, a coach. 1 thing I love

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about Marisa story is

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the holistic view

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of her entire life that she takes with

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her when she trains and when she races.

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This isn't just about racing

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And I think she has a really healthy

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perspective. And for lack of a better term

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balance, 1 might say, I know that you

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can't always have complete balance in your life,

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but she seems to really look at her

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running.

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With a healthy perspective in a healthy lens.

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Marissa

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talks openly about her faith. We heard her

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talk about her faith and a lot of

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her post race interviews

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on the track. And so I

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was curious about that. So of course, asked

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her some questions

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that related to her faith and what that

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means to her. Marissa is someone I am

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so excited to cheer for and I'm so

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honored to be able to tell her story

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here on this podcast.

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Alright, friends. Please enjoy my conversation with Marissa

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Howard.

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Alright, friends.

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Excited for our... This our first post Olympic

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trials

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podcast interview, and we have

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Marissa Howard on the show. Welcome to the

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show, Marissa. Thank you. Thank you for having

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me. I haven't done a ton of podcast,

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so I think I'll be on a few

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more, leading up into the trials, but excited

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to be here.

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I'm so excited to have you on. It

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really an honor when I saw your race.

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I have to have this woman on my

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podcast. There were so many exciting feelings, and

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I'm just pumped to have you here. How

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are you feeling? We are

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We are feeling good. We got,

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a little illness right after Eugene, which is

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pretty typical coming off of big performance and

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getting, you know, not a lot of sleep,

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but a Finally,

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coming out of the fog and, starting to

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get back into training, and

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yeah, I don't think it's really hit me.

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I don't think it'll hit me until we

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kinda travel over to Paris, but

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very, very surreal. Yeah.

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Let's talk about that video of your family.

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That is the... I don't know who took

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it, but that is the best video. When

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you made the team and everybody's like screaming

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and jumping up and down is that your

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sister holding your son? Yeah. I can't remember

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if it was my sister or

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her baby. I think my husband had my

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you know how much they've invested as well.

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lot, but I know they've...

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insane. And I love that somebody got to

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capture it. Like, I think my cousin... I

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think when of my cousins was recording, but,

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yeah, I get very emotional when I watched

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that's gonna be something you'll never forget. You

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always told someone's in the corner like, oh,

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I know. I know.

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I think... The outside. I don't know what

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the name of... I think outside running or

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something was sitting right by them and so

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they were like, send us that video, and

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that's how it got. Kinda went viral. So

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told my mom I'm like, mom, you're going

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viral and she was like, oh, my gosh.

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like you're really close with your family.

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My mom is 1 my best friends. I

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I chat with her every day.

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my son was born to be closer to

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just because they knew I was, you know,

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pursuing this Olympic dream and

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and so they they moved out here to

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help with my son. And

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yeah. It's been really, really sweet to have

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them in town, and then I have a

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brother and a sister, and

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us, which would be so exciting. So you...

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your parents moved to you. Your in laws

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are also there?

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we were still dating, actually, right after we

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my mother lost her job in Spokane where

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and so they've been here,

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years, and then my parents moved out here

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an amazing place. It's kind of the best

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our in laws, you know, I got married

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in college and once our in laws were

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here, and then my best friend moved out

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we graduated college. Like, all my people started

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yeah, that we we decided to stay, and

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and then my coach, my coach actually just

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got the Boise State job. So

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now we're kind of here for good, now

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that he's in town as well, which is

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very nice. Yeah. You're locked in.

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in 1 of your posters interviews that, you

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know, 1 of the things with sponsorship was

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You're not willing to move. Like, you want

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to stay in boise.

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I love that you had this support from

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T smith. I also know that those tracks

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sponsorships are, like, mostly apparel and not like,

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these big huge

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sponsorships, but what did that mean to you

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to have their support? Yeah. They've been awesome,

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and they actually started supporting me when I

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was pregnant, which is really cool. They started...

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Kinda working with my club, Idaho a foot

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at that point, and they were, like, very

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excited to, like, Marissa, we can't wait until

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you're back out there and you know, they...

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Yeah. They've been really, really supportive And,

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Nick Willis is, like, the athlete,

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kinda athlete coordinator, and, you know, he wants

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us to get a big deal. Right? He

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wants us to, you know, move on to

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a bigger company,

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and he loves that they can be a

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stepping stone for that. And so

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obviously, after I made the team, he was,

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you know, very excited, and, you know, he's,

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like, I'm hopeful that now, you can... Yeah.

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Move on from us and and and they're,

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yeah, happy that they gotta be a part

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of the journey. Oh, that is so cool.

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I love that. I love that they want...

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They want you to be sent off. Yep.

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They want us to spread our wings and

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fly. Yeah.

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And I think that you... You know, they...

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trials. You know, they bring in chiropractors and

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they provide lunch every day. They provide housing.

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But that... I mean, that's everything you need.

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You know, and they provide a little bit

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a little bit of money.

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But, yeah, That's that's everything you need at

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the at that meat,

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unfortunately, other meats throughout the year. They're not

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able to help with as much, but I

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had everything I need at the trials to

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be successful, which which is awesome.

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Okay. Let's talk about that 15 second P

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r, which I know that is a question

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you're probably getting a lot that is... It

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wild and crazy. And when I think about

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these times,

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well, I was thinking about,

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after the 1500 meter race on Sunday, which

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I'm sure you I don't know if you

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watched because you were sick. Did you get

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to watch that? You watched the replay. Yeah.

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I was thinking about some of these women

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who were saying like, well, if you would

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have told me like this was the time

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we had to run or like, this was

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the time I would have to run and

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I still wouldn't make the team. Like, I

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would be all up in my head.

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So, like, did you... When you enter this

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race knowing what it might take to make

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the team in the steep? Like, did you

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even think about time? Or did you just

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think... I'm just gonna run my best race.

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Yeah. I think, you know, my my coach...

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He did such a good job of managing

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this week, and he said,

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don't come into this race with any pre

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about what the time is gonna be who's

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gonna make the team or anything like that.

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And I think that left it open to,

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you know,

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allow anything to happen.

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We knew, you know, he did tell me,

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like, this spring. Like, I'm gonna have you

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ready to run 09:10 and close hard. You

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know, that was kinda like, this the fitness

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that we knew we needed to be in.

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But I think I

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always

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race well when I don't know the time.

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All of my, like, big P and my

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big races

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where I've, like, done really well is generally

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when I'm just like, really locked in and

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focused and, like, just racing and not focused

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on the clock at all. I kinda don't

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do great in, like, scenarios where, like, a

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coach is reading out of split and, like,

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focused oh, you're off. You know, like, you

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guys are slowing and blah blah. So I...

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Yeah. I had no idea how fast we

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were running

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until we crossed the finish line. I mean,

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I had no clue that we were, like,

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cruise.

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Yeah. I was just so locked in, And

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they're... The cool part of that video of

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my families, You can... See my husband grabbing

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some shirt. And he was like, look at

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the clock. Look at he was freaking out

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and

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so that was really fun to watch it

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and yeah. Had no idea. Do that we

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were running that fast.

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Wow.

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What does your husband? Like, what does what

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is his involvement in the sport? Like, did

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he run in college? How did... How is...

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How much does he know about sport? Yes.

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So he ran in college. He was A5K

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10 k runner, and then we coach cross

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country high school track? Cross Country together here

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in town. So he's town coach. Yeah. Yeah.

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So we coach a local high school.

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So he's very involved in the sport. He

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probably knows too much But he does a

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really good job of taking on the husband

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role and not the coaching. Sometimes I'm, like,

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asking him for feedback and stuff, and he's,

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like, Marissa I'm your husband. Like, your coach

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is doing a amazing job, and and I'm

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hard on myself as, you know, as an

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athlete and as a coach and so He

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does a really good job of Y and

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that husband role, which is really, really sweet.

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The s felt really wide open. You know?

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Obviously, we knew that Courtney and Emma weren't...

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Running the race.

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You hate to see people injured, But did

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you feel like going into it? Like, this

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race is wide open, and I have a

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really great shot here.

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Yeah. I... The interesting thing is after... Yeah.

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After...

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Courtney, you know, obviously pulled out. I mean,

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just at Bummer. Right? And I know that's

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all part of Right.

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The sport,

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But, yeah, We really thought, you know, 8

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to 10 women had a a real shot,

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you know, 8 women had the Olympic standard.

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I think 2 or 3 more got it

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during the final. So I think we probably

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have... I don't know. Was that 11? I'm

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probably... I I don't know if I'm miss

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10 about 11 women with the Olympic standard

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in 1 year is... Wow. Insane. And so

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Yeah. I think

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we really felt like it was really wide

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open, and that's where my coach said, like,

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don't have any pre.

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Like, who's the best runner who's gonna make

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this team or whatever, and I think that

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allowed... Yeah, to... The... That allowed,

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me to just come in with, like, yeah.

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No

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no pressure, no pre ideas and just race

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and see yeah. Who could come out on

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top.

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What were you thinking when Annie wrote phelps

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like, took it out so hard? Yeah. I

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I know she mentioned this in her interview

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that she, like, really struggles with the hurdles.

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And so,

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I think,

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I guess I didn't know how fast she

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was going, but I I felt like, eventually

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we would likely reel her in slowly.

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I think, I know Courtney Wee said that

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she felt like that pace was just a

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little bit too aggressive. And so,

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I know Courtney has been in a lot

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of high level races. Between diamond leagues and

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worlds, and so I kinda trusted that she,

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you know, would do a good job of

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kinda reeling her back in. And so I

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think in my head, I knew we'd eventually

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you know, hopefully reel her back in, but

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it would have been phenomenal. Had she, you

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know, kinda wired job that.

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So, yeah, I I come commend her for,

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yeah, taking a shot at it.

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Yeah. That that, like, little stu step that

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she. And I think she probably just, like,

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didn't wanna cause a crash. I don't know

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how to say it crash.

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That 1. I know I know she 2

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foot lamps the water jump. And so I

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think... Yeah. I think I was just being

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aware of that and and making sure that

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I had a good line and and maybe

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it wasn't landing behind her. But she lands

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so quick and, like,

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I mean, she has it down. I know

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a lot of women don't do the 2

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foot landing, but When I was watching the

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race back, I'm like, man, she gets out

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of there very fast for being a 2

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foot lander. So...

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Yeah. Yeah. She really has hasn't it figured

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out.

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At that last jump when Olivia legs, they

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basically just, like, give out and she falls.

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I wanna know, like, how did your legs

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feel on those last 2 jumps, and you

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know, then you have to you gotta get

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over that last barrier and just go.

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Yeah.

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Yeah. My legs felt pretty shot going over

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that last.

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Hurdle. I didn't know if I I'd make

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it over, and I was just praying, you

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know, like, please Lord. Like, just give me

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the finish line, and I actually didn't know

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she went down,

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until after the race. Mh until... I didn't

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even know until after the

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watching it back. Like, I didn't realize it

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until, you know, watching the race back

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hours later she had gone down. Really. I

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think I was just so focused. Yeah. I

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mean, I was just eyes ahead, like, did

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not wanna get caught. And so

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I had no idea what it was kinda

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going on behind me. I just did not

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wanna get nip at the. So I was

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just trying my hardest to Mh to get

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to the finish line.

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Okay. And what did that feel like?

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Just shocked that I

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you know, I...

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Obviously, my faith is a big

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part of my career and just, yeah, Just

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very thankful that that's what the lord had

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for me that night and

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you know, I said in my post race

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interview. Like, I think it's easy to, you

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know, thank the Lord, you know, in victory,

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but, you know, I wanna be an athlete

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that also thinks him in diff... Fee as

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well. You know, I think anytime you get

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an opportunity to line up out of a

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Us championship is is, you know, a moment

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to be thankful for. Like, fee there's women

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that would have killed to be out there

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this year. Right? You know, between Cobra and

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Fe alone. But Mh. Just... Yeah. And

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my husband always says this, like, Marissa, you

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get to do this for a living? Like,

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what an honor that is? You know, like,

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how cool that is. So I'm, yeah. I'm

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just very thankful that I even...

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Did I get to do this for a

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conversation with Marissa

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Well, and so last year, it was val,

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val

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sheet was not sponsored.

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When she made the team. And so and

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now we know she has a sponsorship deal.

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And so now you are the 1

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without the sponsorship deal. I mean, we know

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you've... You're working with T smith. Yeah.

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Yeah. So, hopefully, do you feel hopeful that

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now that you've made an Olympic team that

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that'll come to fruition? Yeah. My agents already

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has,

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3 companies that we're kinda chatting with this

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week. So

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nice. Hopeful that we've can sign something in

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the next few weeks, leading up into the

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Olympics and you get some... Get some support

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hopefully through the next few years.

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Yeah. Because, I mean, it's really...

532
00:18:22,241 --> 00:18:25,104
You guys are living on your husband's teacher

533
00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:26,854
salary. Like, you... And you are all in

534
00:18:26,854 --> 00:18:27,592
on this

535
00:18:28,046 --> 00:18:29,898
running dream. I mean, that's

536
00:18:30,368 --> 00:18:32,143
That's a lot. That's a lot of sacrifice

537
00:18:32,361 --> 00:18:34,056
on both of your ends and

538
00:18:34,672 --> 00:18:35,469
as we all know,

539
00:18:36,186 --> 00:18:37,541
living on a teacher's salary,

540
00:18:38,033 --> 00:18:40,734
can be hard. So this is important and

541
00:18:40,734 --> 00:18:43,196
exciting for you. Yeah. Thankfully the Lord always

542
00:18:43,196 --> 00:18:44,706
provides, you know, we're never... You know, we

543
00:18:44,706 --> 00:18:46,692
never gone into debt, you know, for for

544
00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:47,700
this dream and

545
00:18:48,615 --> 00:18:50,607
there's been opportunities where, you know, I pace

546
00:18:50,607 --> 00:18:52,040
a race and I make some money or,

547
00:18:53,713 --> 00:18:55,704
I... Win some surprised... I mean, last I

548
00:18:55,704 --> 00:18:57,552
won the Y Road mile that my alone

549
00:18:57,552 --> 00:19:00,422
is 5000 dollars. You know? So usually, I

550
00:19:00,422 --> 00:19:01,936
am generally able to come out on top.

551
00:19:02,175 --> 00:19:03,849
I will say when we are doing our

552
00:19:03,849 --> 00:19:04,806
taxes this last year,

553
00:19:05,458 --> 00:19:07,605
I think, like, I write everything off right

554
00:19:07,605 --> 00:19:09,673
because I'm paying for it. And I think

555
00:19:09,673 --> 00:19:10,547
we wrote off

556
00:19:10,945 --> 00:19:13,489
17000 dollars in expenses, and I only technically

557
00:19:13,489 --> 00:19:14,682
made 10000.

558
00:19:15,333 --> 00:19:16,924
And so I'm like, oh, my gosh. He's

559
00:19:16,924 --> 00:19:18,856
spent a lot of money on this, but

560
00:19:18,992 --> 00:19:20,504
it was worth it. I mean, look now

561
00:19:20,504 --> 00:19:21,856
we made a day. So...

562
00:19:22,507 --> 00:19:23,380
Definitely worth it.

563
00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:25,230
Totally,

564
00:19:25,682 --> 00:19:27,985
totally totally. Yeah. You do talk about your

565
00:19:27,985 --> 00:19:30,128
faith a lot, which I admire. And when

566
00:19:30,287 --> 00:19:31,184
I think about

567
00:19:31,494 --> 00:19:33,647
other athletes who talk about their faith. I

568
00:19:33,647 --> 00:19:34,445
think Sarah Hall,

569
00:19:35,242 --> 00:19:36,539
Sim Sydney Mc.

570
00:19:38,033 --> 00:19:40,288
I'm trying to think of others. And so

571
00:19:41,079 --> 00:19:42,518
And that's oh, like, it was Sarah, It's

572
00:19:42,518 --> 00:19:44,195
like, been, you know, she always

573
00:19:44,914 --> 00:19:47,012
Comes back to that. And so I'm curious

574
00:19:48,030 --> 00:19:50,460
why that's important to you and how you've

575
00:19:50,518 --> 00:19:53,148
decided to use your voice, as... Especially as,

576
00:19:53,308 --> 00:19:54,844
like, now you're

577
00:19:55,221 --> 00:19:55,721
you're

578
00:19:57,069 --> 00:19:59,144
as an athlete you're being elevated. Like, people

579
00:19:59,144 --> 00:20:01,059
are hearing your story and it's clear to

580
00:20:01,059 --> 00:20:03,533
me that you find it important to talk

581
00:20:03,533 --> 00:20:04,411
about. Yeah.

582
00:20:05,144 --> 00:20:07,305
Yeah. Something I remember a few years ago,

583
00:20:07,464 --> 00:20:10,125
they do these athlete chapel at Us championships.

584
00:20:10,664 --> 00:20:12,664
And I remember sitting next to, you know,

585
00:20:12,904 --> 00:20:14,505
Olympic Medal and them saying,

586
00:20:15,077 --> 00:20:17,062
they won that metal, and it didn't feel.

587
00:20:17,380 --> 00:20:19,285
They didn't fill that hole inside of them.

588
00:20:19,682 --> 00:20:21,270
Right? And, you know, they...

589
00:20:23,017 --> 00:20:23,834
Yeah. There's

590
00:20:24,144 --> 00:20:27,021
I think as as a human, like, there's

591
00:20:27,021 --> 00:20:27,521
this

592
00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:31,576
piece missing. Right? And, I know not everybody

593
00:20:31,576 --> 00:20:32,056
has faith.

594
00:20:32,775 --> 00:20:33,150
But

595
00:20:33,588 --> 00:20:36,060
I just... There's just so much more to

596
00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:38,075
this this life than

597
00:20:39,090 --> 00:20:41,562
than metals and then running, and I think

598
00:20:41,562 --> 00:20:43,171
you have to be grounded And something outside

599
00:20:43,171 --> 00:20:45,401
of it. Thankfully, I have... I have my

600
00:20:45,401 --> 00:20:46,675
faith for that, but I think if you're

601
00:20:46,675 --> 00:20:48,984
not, when all those things come crumbling down

602
00:20:48,984 --> 00:20:50,338
or you get injured or you don't make

603
00:20:50,338 --> 00:20:50,816
the team,

604
00:20:51,309 --> 00:20:52,027
things like that.

605
00:20:52,665 --> 00:20:54,340
If you're not grounded in something outside of

606
00:20:54,340 --> 00:20:56,653
it, Like, your identity is taken. And so

607
00:20:56,812 --> 00:20:58,806
I think making sure that my identity is

608
00:20:58,806 --> 00:21:00,981
rooted in Christ and not rooted in

609
00:21:01,294 --> 00:21:02,730
know, what I've done or and in in

610
00:21:02,730 --> 00:21:04,723
any of my accomplishments is is kind of...

611
00:21:05,122 --> 00:21:07,196
Yeah. Why why my faith is so so

612
00:21:07,196 --> 00:21:10,227
important to me? Also in this, like, victory,

613
00:21:10,386 --> 00:21:12,336
like, not letting everything

614
00:21:13,269 --> 00:21:15,418
rest in that. Like, oh, I did it.

615
00:21:15,976 --> 00:21:17,010
Here it is. Yeah.

616
00:21:17,727 --> 00:21:19,814
Yeah. Totally. Yeah. I...

617
00:21:20,773 --> 00:21:22,051
Yeah. I remember, like,

618
00:21:22,770 --> 00:21:24,848
you know, I remember our car right after...

619
00:21:25,087 --> 00:21:27,165
Like, my husband that we drove, like, halfway

620
00:21:27,165 --> 00:21:29,488
home. And Kai is, like, screaming in the

621
00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:30,841
car just being a 2 year old. Right?

622
00:21:31,079 --> 00:21:33,307
And you get home really quick, like, realize

623
00:21:33,307 --> 00:21:35,784
like, he doesn't care. Mommy's in Olivia. Like,

624
00:21:36,022 --> 00:21:38,481
he's just tired, and, you know, so you

625
00:21:38,481 --> 00:21:40,702
get you get humbled and you realize... Yeah.

626
00:21:40,940 --> 00:21:42,740
Like, my identity is not in the vet

627
00:21:42,859 --> 00:21:44,457
that I'm Olympia. Like, it's in the fact

628
00:21:44,457 --> 00:21:46,055
that... Yeah. I'm a I'm a child of

629
00:21:46,135 --> 00:21:48,692
God, and and, yeah, I think that's a

630
00:21:48,692 --> 00:21:49,891
great place for me to be rooted.

631
00:21:50,610 --> 00:21:53,262
Like always, but especially now with this new

632
00:21:53,262 --> 00:21:55,040
platform, you know, I think

633
00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:57,657
be to get kinda carried away and and

634
00:21:57,657 --> 00:21:59,335
gets swept up in it, but just... I

635
00:21:59,335 --> 00:22:01,265
think it's... Yeah. I'm glad that I have

636
00:22:01,265 --> 00:22:01,924
my roots

637
00:22:02,539 --> 00:22:04,690
sunk down in that. And where does that

638
00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:06,045
come from? Did you grow up in the

639
00:22:06,045 --> 00:22:08,514
church? Yeah. I would say, we grew up,

640
00:22:09,549 --> 00:22:11,003
I'm going to church for the most part.

641
00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:12,761
But I'd say, you know, at 1 point

642
00:22:12,761 --> 00:22:14,120
you have to make it your own. Right?

643
00:22:14,279 --> 00:22:16,357
You know, your parents, you know, are are

644
00:22:16,357 --> 00:22:19,488
bringing you to church, but I I

645
00:22:20,365 --> 00:22:22,679
would say, It really became, you know, my

646
00:22:22,679 --> 00:22:24,834
own faith when I was a teenager, like,

647
00:22:25,153 --> 00:22:26,111
13, 14 years old.

648
00:22:27,004 --> 00:22:29,001
I had some really great friends that would

649
00:22:29,001 --> 00:22:30,838
bring me to youth group and church camp

650
00:22:30,838 --> 00:22:33,155
and some of those friends are still some

651
00:22:33,155 --> 00:22:34,927
of my best friends. This day, and, you

652
00:22:34,927 --> 00:22:36,943
know, they... They're still praying for me and

653
00:22:37,082 --> 00:22:39,556
and pouring into me and and now as,

654
00:22:39,635 --> 00:22:41,232
you know, as a as a wife and

655
00:22:41,232 --> 00:22:42,051
as a mom

656
00:22:43,001 --> 00:22:44,834
I just have... Yeah. Such a great community,

657
00:22:45,471 --> 00:22:47,782
pouring into me, and I can't even imagine

658
00:22:47,782 --> 00:22:49,376
how many people are praying. I mean, and

659
00:22:49,376 --> 00:22:51,144
not that... You know, you prayed ultimately for

660
00:22:51,144 --> 00:22:52,498
the lord's will and not to win the

661
00:22:52,498 --> 00:22:54,490
race, but just, like, for whatever he has,

662
00:22:54,649 --> 00:22:56,801
for that day, you know, and obviously,

663
00:22:57,214 --> 00:22:58,571
it was to make the team, and I'm

664
00:22:58,571 --> 00:22:59,927
very thankful for that. But

665
00:23:00,326 --> 00:23:02,081
yeah. I just wanna be within his will

666
00:23:02,081 --> 00:23:03,518
and, yeah, that's what's important.

667
00:23:04,969 --> 00:23:07,121
And so your son is 2.

668
00:23:07,919 --> 00:23:09,672
Were you the only mom in the S

669
00:23:09,752 --> 00:23:12,781
Chase field? Yes. I was the only mom.

670
00:23:13,592 --> 00:23:16,448
What does that, like, what does competing feel

671
00:23:16,448 --> 00:23:16,948
like

672
00:23:17,638 --> 00:23:20,257
now? I mean, so in 20 21, fifth

673
00:23:20,257 --> 00:23:21,367
place at the olympic trials,

674
00:23:22,019 --> 00:23:23,539
since then, a year later, you had a

675
00:23:23,539 --> 00:23:23,859
baby.

676
00:23:24,579 --> 00:23:26,259
What does that look like now? Like, how

677
00:23:26,259 --> 00:23:26,759
does

678
00:23:27,140 --> 00:23:29,059
just competing feel differently to you?

679
00:23:29,873 --> 00:23:31,943
Honestly, no. Like, when I got back out

680
00:23:31,943 --> 00:23:33,614
there in 20 23,

681
00:23:33,933 --> 00:23:35,763
and I was fifth in 23 as well.

682
00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:36,980
I

683
00:23:37,768 --> 00:23:39,679
I was surprised at how that, like,

684
00:23:40,474 --> 00:23:42,305
it all just came back. Right? I thought,

685
00:23:42,464 --> 00:23:43,817
like, oh, it might take some time to

686
00:23:43,817 --> 00:23:46,068
like, kinda get that that drive and that

687
00:23:46,125 --> 00:23:48,605
motivation back, but it came back, and I

688
00:23:48,605 --> 00:23:50,671
was like, wow. Like, we're still here. We're

689
00:23:50,671 --> 00:23:52,260
still doing it. Like, we're not any different.

690
00:23:52,498 --> 00:23:53,770
I felt like, but,

691
00:23:54,738 --> 00:23:56,565
Yeah. It's really sweet that he gets to

692
00:23:56,565 --> 00:23:58,313
see Mommy doing this and mommy, you know,

693
00:23:58,471 --> 00:24:01,411
chasing her dreams. And my husband said, you

694
00:24:01,411 --> 00:24:02,920
know, something you need to think about when

695
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:04,191
you're in that final is, like,

696
00:24:04,923 --> 00:24:06,918
all these women, like, they just get to

697
00:24:06,918 --> 00:24:08,434
be pro runners. Right? You know, they get

698
00:24:08,434 --> 00:24:10,190
to relax and be off their feet, and,

699
00:24:10,349 --> 00:24:12,518
like, you're chasing a toddler around, like, Yeah.

700
00:24:12,757 --> 00:24:14,586
Constantly, you know, he has needs that need

701
00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:16,416
to be wet. And so he just... Yeah.

702
00:24:16,655 --> 00:24:18,007
My husband was just, like, just try to

703
00:24:18,007 --> 00:24:20,572
remember that, like, that... Yeah. You're you're doing

704
00:24:20,572 --> 00:24:22,089
this for more than just yourself. Like, you

705
00:24:22,089 --> 00:24:23,765
have this little boy that, like, thinks the

706
00:24:23,765 --> 00:24:25,362
world of you. And and

707
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:27,677
and, yeah. So I I try to remember

708
00:24:27,677 --> 00:24:28,715
that when I'm out there that...

709
00:24:30,322 --> 00:24:32,151
That... Yeah. Moms moms can do hard things.

710
00:24:32,310 --> 00:24:33,424
And I think there is such a thing

711
00:24:33,424 --> 00:24:34,378
as mom's strength and...

712
00:24:35,413 --> 00:24:35,810
So, yeah.

713
00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:38,133
Yeah. I heard you say you had a

714
00:24:38,133 --> 00:24:39,805
home birth, and I'm thinking yeah. That's the

715
00:24:39,805 --> 00:24:40,681
mom's strength right there.

716
00:24:41,636 --> 00:24:42,352
Yeah. Yeah.

717
00:24:42,989 --> 00:24:43,489
We

718
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:45,958
think I said, in my interview we... I

719
00:24:45,958 --> 00:24:48,755
reacted like, really interesting thing... Interestingly to, like,

720
00:24:49,234 --> 00:24:50,113
pain meds and,

721
00:24:50,913 --> 00:24:52,351
alcohol. And so we just didn't really wanna

722
00:24:52,351 --> 00:24:53,470
give myself that option.

723
00:24:54,123 --> 00:24:54,361
And,

724
00:24:55,157 --> 00:24:57,701
we've had a very successful home, like, very

725
00:24:57,701 --> 00:24:58,599
healthy, and

726
00:24:59,053 --> 00:25:00,405
I don't think I'll do it any different

727
00:25:00,405 --> 00:25:01,519
for future children.

728
00:25:02,806 --> 00:25:04,238
Yeah. I was gonna say, I mean, this

729
00:25:04,238 --> 00:25:06,465
is interesting now, because you'll go to Paris,

730
00:25:07,181 --> 00:25:08,692
and then and your son is 2,

731
00:25:09,423 --> 00:25:09,821
and,

732
00:25:10,298 --> 00:25:12,151
you know, like, we've see women

733
00:25:12,764 --> 00:25:14,992
competing at very high level into their forties.

734
00:25:15,867 --> 00:25:18,909
So like, the family planning thing is challenging

735
00:25:18,909 --> 00:25:20,502
though because, obviously, that's like,

736
00:25:21,299 --> 00:25:23,531
you know, it's a good 18 months, really.

737
00:25:23,690 --> 00:25:25,160
Yeah Yeah. Off of your

738
00:25:25,535 --> 00:25:26,171
intense training.

739
00:25:27,285 --> 00:25:29,671
So. How do you go about? And and

740
00:25:29,671 --> 00:25:30,171
thankfully,

741
00:25:31,599 --> 00:25:32,559
Brands are not...

742
00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:33,839
Yeah.

743
00:25:35,039 --> 00:25:37,359
You know, like, what are these that deductions

744
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:38,973
or whatever you wanna call it, brands are

745
00:25:38,973 --> 00:25:41,448
being really good about pregnancy in 20 24

746
00:25:41,448 --> 00:25:42,166
20 25.

747
00:25:43,283 --> 00:25:44,959
How do you think about that and plan

748
00:25:44,959 --> 00:25:46,396
that out as you're very much in those,

749
00:25:46,556 --> 00:25:48,007
like, like those years.

750
00:25:48,965 --> 00:25:51,678
Yeah. Yeah. Totally. Yeah. I mean, obviously, I

751
00:25:51,678 --> 00:25:53,672
showed that I'm better after having a child

752
00:25:53,672 --> 00:25:54,765
child, and so

753
00:25:55,444 --> 00:25:57,281
I think hopefully, a brand will see that.

754
00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,118
Real, I think you hit the nail head.

755
00:25:59,278 --> 00:26:01,935
It's probably about 18 months really to where

756
00:26:02,329 --> 00:26:04,007
And that was short... I think that's a

757
00:26:04,007 --> 00:26:06,085
short window. You know, I felt... Yeah. Yeah.

758
00:26:06,245 --> 00:26:07,683
I felt like I was totally back, you

759
00:26:07,683 --> 00:26:09,761
know, within 18 months or within 9 months

760
00:26:09,761 --> 00:26:11,531
after having so 9 months of... Pregnancy and

761
00:26:11,531 --> 00:26:13,679
then few moments minutes after having it. But,

762
00:26:14,553 --> 00:26:15,689
I felt like

763
00:26:16,223 --> 00:26:18,291
that was a great reset year for my

764
00:26:18,291 --> 00:26:20,358
body. You know, I wasn't pounding the pavement,

765
00:26:20,517 --> 00:26:23,315
and doing this intense training. And so in

766
00:26:23,315 --> 00:26:24,666
my head, I feel like I'm getting those

767
00:26:24,666 --> 00:26:26,733
years back down the road. And so I

768
00:26:26,733 --> 00:26:28,720
think that I think that's where these women

769
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,881
are showing that they're really good you know,

770
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,023
into their late thirties early forties because I

771
00:26:33,023 --> 00:26:35,087
think Sarah is somebody who comes to mind.

772
00:26:35,246 --> 00:26:37,626
Right? She has had a baby you know,

773
00:26:37,785 --> 00:26:38,658
every 4 years,

774
00:26:39,390 --> 00:26:42,349
and, you know, it's still running phenomenally.

775
00:26:42,990 --> 00:26:44,609
And so I think

776
00:26:45,069 --> 00:26:46,109
I think it's a good break for your

777
00:26:46,109 --> 00:26:47,549
body. Obviously, it's hard on your body. You

778
00:26:47,549 --> 00:26:48,843
know, pregnancy is not easy on your body,

779
00:26:49,002 --> 00:26:50,998
but I think training wise, it is a

780
00:26:50,998 --> 00:26:53,471
nice little reset for your body. So hopefully,

781
00:26:53,791 --> 00:26:55,227
I get to reap the benefits, you know,

782
00:26:55,307 --> 00:26:57,389
for years to come. Yeah. I love that

783
00:26:57,389 --> 00:26:58,974
idea. I think that we should all embrace

784
00:26:58,974 --> 00:27:01,351
that a little bit more too because it

785
00:27:01,351 --> 00:27:02,935
does get hard. You know, like,

786
00:27:03,825 --> 00:27:06,005
to not be able to do

787
00:27:06,384 --> 00:27:08,305
what we love to do and for your

788
00:27:08,305 --> 00:27:09,285
body to

789
00:27:10,225 --> 00:27:11,984
go through all those... I mean, pregnancy is

790
00:27:11,984 --> 00:27:13,915
hard. It's like a lot of work.

791
00:27:14,551 --> 00:27:16,621
So Yeah. If we can, like, lean on

792
00:27:16,621 --> 00:27:18,610
that, I love that that you brought that

793
00:27:18,610 --> 00:27:20,440
up. It's like a reset. It's like a

794
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,111
time for intentional rest.

795
00:27:22,604 --> 00:27:25,242
I've had a lot of friends who are

796
00:27:25,242 --> 00:27:27,799
stronger and, you know, friends locally. And even

797
00:27:27,799 --> 00:27:28,299
moms

798
00:27:28,678 --> 00:27:30,996
who are just stronger after having these babies,

799
00:27:31,235 --> 00:27:33,009
you know, and Yes, It is this time

800
00:27:33,009 --> 00:27:34,929
where, like, you don't feel and control of

801
00:27:34,929 --> 00:27:36,450
your body and all these changes are happening,

802
00:27:36,609 --> 00:27:38,609
but to be on the other side of

803
00:27:38,609 --> 00:27:40,609
it and be a better athlete afterwards, it's

804
00:27:40,609 --> 00:27:43,335
really sweet to to know that, yeah. We

805
00:27:43,335 --> 00:27:44,630
we are better afterwards.

806
00:27:45,244 --> 00:27:47,176
Yeah. Did you ever think when you

807
00:27:47,551 --> 00:27:48,640
became pregnant, like, to

808
00:27:49,475 --> 00:27:52,657
2 years after this, I'm gonna run 09:07.

809
00:27:54,407 --> 00:27:55,463
No. And

810
00:27:55,933 --> 00:27:57,364
1 of my teammates while? I was pregnant...

811
00:27:57,603 --> 00:28:00,148
She ran 09:07. She's a British S chaser,

812
00:28:00,784 --> 00:28:03,090
and I remember seeing her do that and

813
00:28:03,090 --> 00:28:03,408
thinking,

814
00:28:04,696 --> 00:28:06,048
I feel like I can do that. You

815
00:28:06,048 --> 00:28:08,218
know, I mean, we've we've ran very similar

816
00:28:08,275 --> 00:28:09,866
workouts and all this stuff. So I knew

817
00:28:09,866 --> 00:28:11,710
it was in there, but She's just had

818
00:28:11,710 --> 00:28:13,776
a lot more high level, you know, racist

819
00:28:13,776 --> 00:28:15,524
because she's been in diamond leagues and, you

820
00:28:15,524 --> 00:28:17,033
know, Europeans in commonwealth.

821
00:28:17,510 --> 00:28:19,020
And so I just don't think I was

822
00:28:19,020 --> 00:28:21,926
given or had those same opportunities, and so

823
00:28:22,144 --> 00:28:24,699
finally connecting it and putting it together on

824
00:28:24,699 --> 00:28:25,757
that day. And,

825
00:28:26,135 --> 00:28:28,664
yeah. I mean, I've dreamed of 09:07, but

826
00:28:28,784 --> 00:28:30,695
to finally be a 09:07 girl is like,

827
00:28:30,934 --> 00:28:32,367
whoa. We finally did it.

828
00:28:33,641 --> 00:28:36,132
It's so exciting. That S Chase has really

829
00:28:37,065 --> 00:28:40,352
To like, it's expanded. I feel like even

830
00:28:40,352 --> 00:28:42,049
from the 20 16,

831
00:28:42,428 --> 00:28:44,343
really... Okay. If we look back to the

832
00:28:44,343 --> 00:28:45,540
20 16 Olympics,

833
00:28:46,354 --> 00:28:48,987
I felt like there weren't... It... There wasn't

834
00:28:48,987 --> 00:28:50,902
this like depth in the field. It's like,

835
00:28:51,141 --> 00:28:53,375
it was like Emma Courtney Colleen.

836
00:28:53,869 --> 00:28:55,704
And there were some others in there. You

837
00:28:55,704 --> 00:28:56,901
were in there. I know you were injured

838
00:28:56,901 --> 00:28:59,773
in 20 16, but, like, Yeah. The depth

839
00:28:59,773 --> 00:29:00,971
of how strong.

840
00:29:01,544 --> 00:29:03,137
You all are, like, you were saying? Like,

841
00:29:03,535 --> 00:29:05,845
11 of you with the Olympic olympics standard?

842
00:29:06,084 --> 00:29:06,403
What?

843
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,430
Anymore. Do you feel like it's exploding and

844
00:29:09,430 --> 00:29:12,229
are we seeing more... People do it younger?

845
00:29:12,705 --> 00:29:14,849
Yeah. I think it really is exploding. And

846
00:29:14,928 --> 00:29:16,222
I think we're also showing,

847
00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:19,931
like, with Corny W running a 14 48.

848
00:29:20,264 --> 00:29:22,092
Or 49 and indoors in the 5 k.

849
00:29:22,251 --> 00:29:24,158
Like I think we're showing that we're out

850
00:29:24,158 --> 00:29:27,417
just these specialists that, like, even Lexi, Lexi

851
00:29:27,417 --> 00:29:29,739
a few weeks ago, Lexi Holiday or Lowry.

852
00:29:29,899 --> 00:29:32,296
She ran 50 o 2. In A5KA few

853
00:29:32,296 --> 00:29:33,654
weeks ago, like, I think we're just showing,

854
00:29:33,734 --> 00:29:35,971
like, we're not just good steep that we

855
00:29:35,971 --> 00:29:37,983
can do well at these other events, as

856
00:29:37,983 --> 00:29:38,303
well.

857
00:29:38,941 --> 00:29:39,441
But,

858
00:29:39,978 --> 00:29:42,052
yes, the steep... I mean, I think I

859
00:29:42,052 --> 00:29:43,988
think that was looking at the world list

860
00:29:44,047 --> 00:29:44,547
after

861
00:29:45,259 --> 00:29:48,454
our race and Ali is twentieth in the

862
00:29:48,454 --> 00:29:50,451
world Ali strand twentieth in the world right

863
00:29:50,451 --> 00:29:51,670
now. So

864
00:29:51,984 --> 00:29:53,098
I mean, and she was. I don't know.

865
00:29:53,178 --> 00:29:54,371
Not. I don't can't remember what she was

866
00:29:54,371 --> 00:29:56,599
at the trials, but not show babies like

867
00:29:56,599 --> 00:29:58,827
that? 8. So we have 8 women in

868
00:29:58,827 --> 00:30:01,077
the top... 20, and that doesn't include Ferrets

869
00:30:01,077 --> 00:30:03,394
and Cobra. Like, that's... I mean, 10 wow...

870
00:30:03,714 --> 00:30:05,392
I mean, I essentially 10 of the top

871
00:30:05,392 --> 00:30:06,431
20. That's insane.

872
00:30:07,564 --> 00:30:09,815
So... Yeah. Yes. I think we're just elevating

873
00:30:09,951 --> 00:30:12,680
each other yet. Yeah. How will you,

874
00:30:13,294 --> 00:30:16,182
like, how will you prepare for this world

875
00:30:16,319 --> 00:30:18,797
stage with like, with your coach and everything,

876
00:30:18,955 --> 00:30:19,455
and

877
00:30:19,829 --> 00:30:21,122
also just mentally.

878
00:30:21,972 --> 00:30:22,289
Yeah.

879
00:30:23,162 --> 00:30:25,329
Yeah. He said, you know, he called me

880
00:30:25,385 --> 00:30:25,623
on...

881
00:30:26,433 --> 00:30:28,268
Thursday night after, you know, we were kind

882
00:30:28,268 --> 00:30:29,624
of just settling down at home as like,

883
00:30:29,783 --> 00:30:31,698
11:30 at night and trying to get ready

884
00:30:31,698 --> 00:30:33,133
for bed. I mean, I didn't sleep at

885
00:30:33,133 --> 00:30:35,048
all. But, you know, trying to how can

886
00:30:35,048 --> 00:30:35,685
you How could you?

887
00:30:36,497 --> 00:30:37,847
No. I think... I think has something an

888
00:30:37,847 --> 00:30:39,118
hour and a half. But

889
00:30:39,913 --> 00:30:40,469
he said,

890
00:30:41,422 --> 00:30:42,852
ky Marissa. I'm just gonna say this.

891
00:30:43,503 --> 00:30:45,335
Once right now, and then we're not gonna

892
00:30:45,335 --> 00:30:47,724
talk again, but we need to start thinking

893
00:30:47,724 --> 00:30:49,953
about making an Olympic final. You know, and

894
00:30:49,953 --> 00:30:51,467
he's like, I'm not gonna mention again, but,

895
00:30:51,546 --> 00:30:53,395
like, that has to be in your mind

896
00:30:53,395 --> 00:30:55,309
because my time is number 6 in the

897
00:30:55,309 --> 00:30:56,745
world right now. And I mean, I never

898
00:30:56,745 --> 00:30:58,181
even... You know, my goal is just to

899
00:30:58,181 --> 00:31:00,015
make the Olympics, but he said, Right. I'm

900
00:31:00,015 --> 00:31:02,184
not going to it's just to participate. And

901
00:31:02,344 --> 00:31:04,280
I agree. Like, you know, I think

902
00:31:04,818 --> 00:31:07,293
when you're sick, like, wow, a medal is

903
00:31:07,293 --> 00:31:09,209
not out of the question. I mean, I

904
00:31:09,209 --> 00:31:10,566
think Val is thrown in the world right

905
00:31:10,566 --> 00:31:10,965
now school.

906
00:31:12,015 --> 00:31:13,527
Really cool to see if, you know, 1

907
00:31:13,527 --> 00:31:15,674
of us can... Or all of us can

908
00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:17,265
try to, yeah, vie for a metal spot.

909
00:31:18,474 --> 00:31:19,534
Will you be

910
00:31:20,153 --> 00:31:23,030
like, communicating with the other girls leading up

911
00:31:23,030 --> 00:31:24,788
to it? And what does that look like?

912
00:31:25,268 --> 00:31:27,106
Yeah. I'm not sure when they're going over.

913
00:31:27,266 --> 00:31:29,671
We're going over the 20 eighth. So about

914
00:31:29,671 --> 00:31:31,978
a week before, I didn't chat with them

915
00:31:31,978 --> 00:31:33,592
to see when they're going over. I probably

916
00:31:33,648 --> 00:31:35,214
will message them just to see if 20

917
00:31:35,414 --> 00:31:36,691
we can link up over there for, you

918
00:31:36,691 --> 00:31:38,528
know, even if we're not doing the same

919
00:31:38,528 --> 00:31:40,204
workout, but some of our last few workouts

920
00:31:40,204 --> 00:31:42,200
together that last week, just being able to,

921
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:43,717
you know, warm up and cool down together,

922
00:31:44,355 --> 00:31:44,809
but

923
00:31:45,964 --> 00:31:47,818
yeah. We'll be based in in boise.

924
00:31:48,273 --> 00:31:49,866
We actually have a ski mountain that's right

925
00:31:49,866 --> 00:31:50,843
outside of Boise

926
00:31:51,219 --> 00:31:54,023
that's 7000 feet, and it's 4 5 minute

927
00:31:54,023 --> 00:31:55,938
dry for us, and so we'll go stay

928
00:31:55,938 --> 00:31:57,135
up there and then just drop down to

929
00:31:57,135 --> 00:31:59,530
boys like my harder work and stuff. So

930
00:31:59,530 --> 00:32:00,967
we thought about going back to flags staff

931
00:32:00,967 --> 00:32:02,816
or bolder, but my We just have been

932
00:32:02,816 --> 00:32:03,931
gone so much that we just wanna to

933
00:32:03,931 --> 00:32:05,365
be home and kind of around our community

934
00:32:05,365 --> 00:32:07,994
for this last month leading up. Totally. Yeah.

935
00:32:08,153 --> 00:32:09,508
I think I saw on Instagram. You were

936
00:32:09,508 --> 00:32:11,261
looking for a place to rent up there.

937
00:32:11,674 --> 00:32:13,105
We found 1. Well, I mean, I've had

938
00:32:13,105 --> 00:32:14,639
3 people. I got 3

939
00:32:15,014 --> 00:32:16,763
option. Yep. Yep. So we're we're good to

940
00:32:16,763 --> 00:32:18,672
go. Yep. Oh you're good to go. Oh,

941
00:32:18,751 --> 00:32:20,833
my gosh. Yeah. Well, I was trying to

942
00:32:20,833 --> 00:32:23,057
rent 1, and it was 5000 dollars for

943
00:32:23,057 --> 00:32:24,352
3 weeks, like it was

944
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,029
insane, and so I was hoping that if

945
00:32:27,188 --> 00:32:28,300
I put the word out there or, like,

946
00:32:28,459 --> 00:32:30,540
went on the news and said something that

947
00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:32,291
I found something. So, yeah, we we found

948
00:32:32,291 --> 00:32:32,927
1 thankfully.

949
00:32:33,564 --> 00:32:36,212
She's in Olympia, someone open up your.

950
00:32:38,277 --> 00:32:39,713
Yeah. Sorry. I think there's a little bit

951
00:32:39,713 --> 00:32:41,150
of a delay here. So I think that's

952
00:32:41,150 --> 00:32:41,650
why

953
00:32:42,427 --> 00:32:43,864
I will like, say something to than you're

954
00:32:43,864 --> 00:32:44,582
about to say something.

955
00:32:45,954 --> 00:32:47,550
Was I gonna say about that? Oh, do

956
00:32:47,550 --> 00:32:49,227
you have people though that you'll be able

957
00:32:49,227 --> 00:32:51,701
to train with? And, like, then, what does

958
00:32:51,701 --> 00:32:53,138
the training look like? Because it was like,

959
00:32:53,298 --> 00:32:54,336
you trained to kind of...

960
00:32:55,470 --> 00:32:58,109
Have the most excellent race ever at the

961
00:32:58,109 --> 00:32:59,869
trials, and now you gotta kinda, like, chill

962
00:32:59,869 --> 00:33:01,470
for a minute, but then ramp back up?

963
00:33:01,869 --> 00:33:03,869
Yeah. So I'm hoping my husband can do

964
00:33:03,869 --> 00:33:06,193
quite a bit of training with me. Usually,

965
00:33:06,352 --> 00:33:08,260
he's kinda on babysitting sitting duty in the

966
00:33:08,260 --> 00:33:10,963
summertime, but my mom and mother law, will

967
00:33:10,963 --> 00:33:12,076
be covering a lot of that so that

968
00:33:12,076 --> 00:33:13,349
he can do a lot of the training

969
00:33:13,349 --> 00:33:15,759
with me. Training And then 1 of my

970
00:33:15,759 --> 00:33:16,720
my coach coaches,

971
00:33:17,279 --> 00:33:18,720
a male marathon are here,

972
00:33:19,359 --> 00:33:21,680
and he's not quite ready to start his

973
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:23,849
Olympic or his marathon bill for the fall

974
00:33:23,849 --> 00:33:26,082
yet. So he'll probably be hopping in workouts

975
00:33:26,082 --> 00:33:26,799
with me as well.

976
00:33:27,916 --> 00:33:30,069
But yeah, those are probably be, the few

977
00:33:30,069 --> 00:33:32,394
that Are able to... Yeah. Pop with me

978
00:33:32,394 --> 00:33:34,780
the over this next few weeks. Ida ida

979
00:33:34,780 --> 00:33:36,212
foot. Is that what the group is called?

980
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:40,120
Idaho a foot. IAH foot. Okay. How big

981
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:41,390
is that group? Tell me a little bit

982
00:33:41,390 --> 00:33:44,881
about the group? Yeah. So my coach was

983
00:33:44,881 --> 00:33:48,000
just solely coaching online. The since 20 21.

984
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,319
I believe he launched his business. So he

985
00:33:50,319 --> 00:33:51,919
was the head coach at University of San

986
00:33:52,079 --> 00:33:52,480
Francisco,

987
00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:55,767
and then during Covid kinda stepped away and

988
00:33:55,767 --> 00:33:57,278
started this online coaching business.

989
00:33:57,835 --> 00:33:59,107
Idaho whole foot. And then,

990
00:34:00,380 --> 00:34:02,289
his dream job was the Boise State job,

991
00:34:02,448 --> 00:34:04,373
and that opened up this spring and so

992
00:34:04,373 --> 00:34:06,842
he applied for it and got it, which

993
00:34:06,842 --> 00:34:07,877
was very shocking,

994
00:34:08,673 --> 00:34:11,243
and we're very thankful. So then now

995
00:34:11,714 --> 00:34:13,712
He's down to about 10 athletes. He... He

996
00:34:13,712 --> 00:34:15,070
was a full time business. Right? I mean,

997
00:34:15,150 --> 00:34:17,728
he was coaching, you know, 50 athletes, probably

998
00:34:17,947 --> 00:34:19,945
5 to 7 at my level.

999
00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:23,239
That were, like, you know, trying to make

1000
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:24,760
either lump the olympic team or make the

1001
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:26,679
olympic of trial. So he's kept most of

1002
00:34:26,679 --> 00:34:28,119
his elites, but unfortunately, he had to let

1003
00:34:28,119 --> 00:34:29,492
a lot of people go just pick now

1004
00:34:29,492 --> 00:34:30,447
he has a fun time job.

1005
00:34:31,163 --> 00:34:32,914
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1024
00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:19,068
Yeah. I love that you're like, this is

1025
00:35:19,068 --> 00:35:21,068
my life here. Go Like, this is where

1026
00:35:21,227 --> 00:35:23,214
I live. This is my community. This is

1027
00:35:23,214 --> 00:35:24,588
where my family lives

1028
00:35:25,043 --> 00:35:26,632
because I feel like a lot of people

1029
00:35:26,632 --> 00:35:28,541
feel pressure. I gotta move to boulder. I

1030
00:35:28,541 --> 00:35:30,228
gotta move to flags. Staff, you know,

1031
00:35:31,747 --> 00:35:34,304
and you've just proven that you actually don't

1032
00:35:34,304 --> 00:35:36,301
have to do that. Yeah. And I've seen

1033
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:37,260
a lot of, you know,

1034
00:35:37,914 --> 00:35:40,228
people get these contracts and they move, and

1035
00:35:40,228 --> 00:35:40,728
then,

1036
00:35:41,345 --> 00:35:43,021
you know, they get injured or, you know,

1037
00:35:43,101 --> 00:35:45,117
they don't have their support system and

1038
00:35:45,588 --> 00:35:47,333
I just knew that wasn't for me, you

1039
00:35:47,333 --> 00:35:47,967
know, I just,

1040
00:35:48,681 --> 00:35:49,181
we,

1041
00:35:49,633 --> 00:35:51,617
you know, after we had been here for...

1042
00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:54,578
You know, 5 years of college, and then

1043
00:35:54,578 --> 00:35:56,253
even a 6 year because my husband was

1044
00:35:56,253 --> 00:35:57,051
finishing his master's.

1045
00:35:57,848 --> 00:35:59,842
And my in laws were here, like, we

1046
00:35:59,842 --> 00:36:01,597
just didn't. Yeah. We just didn't want to

1047
00:36:01,597 --> 00:36:03,388
move and just Wanna compromise

1048
00:36:03,925 --> 00:36:05,462
any of that. And so,

1049
00:36:05,839 --> 00:36:07,275
yeah, we've we've done it the hard way.

1050
00:36:07,514 --> 00:36:09,349
And like we said, we rely on the

1051
00:36:09,429 --> 00:36:11,661
Lord, and he's been very, very very, very

1052
00:36:12,634 --> 00:36:14,469
very, very good to us and always provided

1053
00:36:14,469 --> 00:36:14,867
and

1054
00:36:15,346 --> 00:36:18,057
yeah, we've been very thankful and very blessed

1055
00:36:18,057 --> 00:36:18,536
to live here.

1056
00:36:19,653 --> 00:36:21,328
What is your, like... When you wake up

1057
00:36:21,328 --> 00:36:23,018
in the morning? When like, do you like,

1058
00:36:23,496 --> 00:36:25,171
pray before get out of bed? What does

1059
00:36:25,171 --> 00:36:28,122
your morning routine look like? Yeah. I... It

1060
00:36:28,122 --> 00:36:29,159
looks a little bit different now that you

1061
00:36:29,159 --> 00:36:31,472
have a toddler. Generally, he's wake yeah. Yeah.

1062
00:36:31,632 --> 00:36:32,190
But, you know.

1063
00:36:33,643 --> 00:36:35,720
In our sweet sketchy a crystal or a

1064
00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:36,359
big boy bed.

1065
00:36:37,398 --> 00:36:39,155
He's in a crib, but we will likely

1066
00:36:39,155 --> 00:36:41,952
be... Switching them to a bed somewhat soon.

1067
00:36:42,110 --> 00:36:43,142
And probably after the summer,

1068
00:36:43,777 --> 00:36:45,682
after After Paris, don't do it before Paris.

1069
00:36:46,556 --> 00:36:48,594
No. Yeah. No. Not before Paris and I'm

1070
00:36:48,714 --> 00:36:50,311
potty training as well, you know, down the

1071
00:36:50,311 --> 00:36:51,050
road. But

1072
00:36:51,907 --> 00:36:53,024
yeah. I try to do...

1073
00:36:54,301 --> 00:36:56,456
I would say when I'm really like studying

1074
00:36:56,456 --> 00:36:58,705
and and in the, it's probably during his

1075
00:36:58,705 --> 00:36:59,662
nap time. Honestly,

1076
00:37:00,141 --> 00:37:01,816
he usually takes a 2 to 3 hour

1077
00:37:01,816 --> 00:37:03,570
nap. And so that's prop probably my best

1078
00:37:03,570 --> 00:37:04,070
time

1079
00:37:04,767 --> 00:37:07,181
to study. I do this bible study called

1080
00:37:08,053 --> 00:37:09,649
bible study fellowship. I feel like I'm gonna

1081
00:37:09,649 --> 00:37:10,607
get that wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's

1082
00:37:10,607 --> 00:37:13,262
called Bible study fellowship. And it's actually this

1083
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:15,955
worldwide study. So everybody around the world is

1084
00:37:15,955 --> 00:37:17,885
studying the same book that year. So they

1085
00:37:17,885 --> 00:37:19,320
do a book of the bible every year.

1086
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:20,437
So last year, it was the book of

1087
00:37:20,517 --> 00:37:21,953
John and this year It's the next year

1088
00:37:21,953 --> 00:37:23,389
it'll would be the whole revelation of so

1089
00:37:23,389 --> 00:37:25,382
year. Everybody around the world is studying the

1090
00:37:25,382 --> 00:37:26,021
same book.

1091
00:37:27,074 --> 00:37:28,831
Which is really cool. So I go on

1092
00:37:28,911 --> 00:37:30,429
Wednesdays, and there's, like,

1093
00:37:31,308 --> 00:37:32,986
there's, like, a lecture and then, like, a

1094
00:37:32,986 --> 00:37:34,994
group study with these women. But the cool

1095
00:37:34,994 --> 00:37:36,661
thing about it is since it's all around

1096
00:37:36,661 --> 00:37:38,090
the world when I was in boulder,

1097
00:37:38,566 --> 00:37:39,836
I got to join a group in boulder.

1098
00:37:40,313 --> 00:37:42,217
And so I got to meet these women,

1099
00:37:42,376 --> 00:37:43,582
you know, and they got to... Be, like,

1100
00:37:44,059 --> 00:37:45,331
around me and praying for me when I

1101
00:37:45,331 --> 00:37:46,842
was in boulder, and then when I was

1102
00:37:46,842 --> 00:37:48,193
in Flags south, the the said it was

1103
00:37:48,193 --> 00:37:49,942
over because it's done in May. But, yeah.

1104
00:37:50,181 --> 00:37:51,929
That's been really cool too is, like, meeting

1105
00:37:51,929 --> 00:37:53,771
the, you know, be able to join a

1106
00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:56,309
community in another place where I normally wouldn't

1107
00:37:56,309 --> 00:37:59,007
have community. So... But, yeah, Usually do... Yeah,

1108
00:37:59,245 --> 00:37:59,959
my scripture reading,

1109
00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:03,160
being and study during his nap time. And

1110
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:04,677
then I try to read to kai actually,

1111
00:38:04,837 --> 00:38:06,353
like, during his breakfast. I'll do, like, a

1112
00:38:06,353 --> 00:38:06,753
song or,

1113
00:38:07,471 --> 00:38:09,147
a problem or something while he's re... While

1114
00:38:09,147 --> 00:38:12,440
he's eating breakfast is fun. Okay. So Am

1115
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,440
trying to read... You might have an opinion

1116
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:14,760
about this.

1117
00:38:16,039 --> 00:38:17,960
I'm trying to read the bible cover to

1118
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:19,353
cover. Is and

1119
00:38:19,730 --> 00:38:21,027
I just got to

1120
00:38:21,484 --> 00:38:22,360
first Samuel.

1121
00:38:22,838 --> 00:38:24,273
Okay. This is hard.

1122
00:38:25,628 --> 00:38:27,958
I think people are, like, you need some

1123
00:38:27,958 --> 00:38:30,355
pallet cleansers, like you need to not just

1124
00:38:30,355 --> 00:38:31,873
read it cover to cover. You need to,

1125
00:38:31,953 --> 00:38:34,270
like, like, put in some solves in there

1126
00:38:34,270 --> 00:38:35,955
and, like, But I'm kind of like, I

1127
00:38:35,955 --> 00:38:38,021
don't know. I feel like is there something

1128
00:38:38,021 --> 00:38:40,006
to? Like, there's a reason it's in this

1129
00:38:40,006 --> 00:38:41,754
order. So, like, for some reason, in my

1130
00:38:41,754 --> 00:38:43,184
brain, I just wanna do it all the

1131
00:38:43,184 --> 00:38:44,137
way through, you know?

1132
00:38:44,869 --> 00:38:46,807
Yeah. So I've seen a couple different

1133
00:38:47,347 --> 00:38:49,265
ways to do it. We've definitely done it

1134
00:38:49,265 --> 00:38:50,543
cover to cover I'm my husband and I,

1135
00:38:50,943 --> 00:38:52,722
but also we've done it chronological,

1136
00:38:53,181 --> 00:38:55,852
and so how the bible actually written chronological

1137
00:38:56,070 --> 00:38:57,587
is not the order that it's actually in.

1138
00:38:57,747 --> 00:38:59,822
So I think it's, like some of Genesis,

1139
00:38:59,982 --> 00:39:01,898
and then it goes to job, and then

1140
00:39:01,898 --> 00:39:03,015
it kinda jumps around.

1141
00:39:03,748 --> 00:39:05,664
And then I've also seen these people that

1142
00:39:05,664 --> 00:39:08,379
we stay within Eugene. They're amazing. So the

1143
00:39:08,379 --> 00:39:10,135
guy that married us, his parents live in

1144
00:39:10,215 --> 00:39:11,811
Eugene, and they lived there for 60 years.

1145
00:39:12,051 --> 00:39:14,782
They're were, like, Wow 85, like, so awesome.

1146
00:39:14,942 --> 00:39:17,020
So we always stay with them, and they

1147
00:39:17,899 --> 00:39:20,377
they do... They read every day together, and

1148
00:39:20,377 --> 00:39:21,815
they had this list of how they do

1149
00:39:21,815 --> 00:39:23,740
it every day. And there's just, like, a

1150
00:39:23,740 --> 00:39:25,248
little bit of old testament and a little

1151
00:39:25,248 --> 00:39:27,073
bit of new testament every day. Mh. And

1152
00:39:27,231 --> 00:39:28,580
I think that's a great way to do

1153
00:39:28,580 --> 00:39:30,423
it because, like you said, like, you get

1154
00:39:30,423 --> 00:39:31,859
some of that heavy stuff, you know, from

1155
00:39:31,859 --> 00:39:34,093
the old testament, and then, you know, obviously,

1156
00:39:34,253 --> 00:39:36,088
like, the new testament is, like, the redemption

1157
00:39:36,088 --> 00:39:37,045
in Christ, you know,

1158
00:39:37,938 --> 00:39:40,492
coming. And so I think maybe that... Maybe

1159
00:39:40,492 --> 00:39:42,247
maybe that could be what you do is

1160
00:39:43,045 --> 00:39:45,848
sprinkle that you g the... Yeah. Yeah. I

1161
00:39:45,848 --> 00:39:47,516
think that... I do like, the idea of

1162
00:39:47,516 --> 00:39:48,175
the chronological

1163
00:39:48,707 --> 00:39:49,104
way though.

1164
00:39:50,136 --> 00:39:51,486
Yeah. It's just, like, a lot of, like,

1165
00:39:51,724 --> 00:39:52,598
lineage and, like...

1166
00:39:54,203 --> 00:39:56,034
Like, a lot of it right now, I

1167
00:39:56,034 --> 00:39:57,011
feel like the past

1168
00:39:57,386 --> 00:39:59,057
few months has just been about, like, land.

1169
00:39:59,694 --> 00:40:01,149
Like, taking over

1170
00:40:01,683 --> 00:40:02,001
land,

1171
00:40:02,655 --> 00:40:04,655
And I'm just like... And then and that's

1172
00:40:04,655 --> 00:40:06,494
the study bible so then I'll, like, read

1173
00:40:06,494 --> 00:40:08,974
the... Like, this is what you should be,

1174
00:40:09,054 --> 00:40:11,222
you know, what... Why this is here and

1175
00:40:11,222 --> 00:40:12,417
what you should be taking from it.

1176
00:40:13,372 --> 00:40:15,920
But I've always wanted to, and I've never

1177
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:17,774
committed to it. And this is the furthest

1178
00:40:18,403 --> 00:40:19,754
I've ever made it, like,

1179
00:40:20,548 --> 00:40:22,638
trying to go, like, front to back. So

1180
00:40:23,488 --> 00:40:24,521
yeah. I'm sticking to it.

1181
00:40:25,395 --> 00:40:26,960
Yes. You could do. And even

1182
00:40:27,398 --> 00:40:28,911
the the cool thing, even if you don't

1183
00:40:28,911 --> 00:40:30,902
make it in a year, like, you... I

1184
00:40:30,902 --> 00:40:32,654
don't think I would more than you... Yeah.

1185
00:40:32,972 --> 00:40:34,884
Yeah. But like, keep going because, you know,

1186
00:40:35,043 --> 00:40:36,648
it doesn't yeah. Like, I think it gives

1187
00:40:36,648 --> 00:40:38,550
you a guidance, which is amazing. You know?

1188
00:40:39,105 --> 00:40:39,976
Yeah. For sure.

1189
00:40:41,086 --> 00:40:42,512
Well, III really...

1190
00:40:43,877 --> 00:40:46,025
Appreciate that you bring up your faith and

1191
00:40:46,025 --> 00:40:47,639
that you talk about it because

1192
00:40:48,412 --> 00:40:50,242
I don't know. I mean, sometimes it feels

1193
00:40:50,242 --> 00:40:52,174
a little bit intimidating. Like, sometimes

1194
00:40:52,644 --> 00:40:54,744
I feel like people will

1195
00:40:55,285 --> 00:40:56,485
judge me because,

1196
00:40:57,605 --> 00:41:00,485
Christianity is judged so harshly in 20 24.

1197
00:41:00,724 --> 00:41:01,224
And

1198
00:41:02,096 --> 00:41:04,247
Yeah. I think it can be hard sometimes.

1199
00:41:04,805 --> 00:41:07,195
Yeah. And sometimes I wondered, you know, Like,

1200
00:41:07,355 --> 00:41:08,630
is that why I don't have a sponsor.

1201
00:41:08,869 --> 00:41:10,723
Right? Like, I don't know what these companies

1202
00:41:11,274 --> 00:41:13,186
you know, our thinking. But, like, ultimately, like,

1203
00:41:13,346 --> 00:41:15,497
my faith is more important than than being

1204
00:41:15,497 --> 00:41:15,895
sponsored,

1205
00:41:16,453 --> 00:41:18,047
and that's what I come back to is,

1206
00:41:18,126 --> 00:41:20,277
like, my faith is my foundation. You know,

1207
00:41:20,437 --> 00:41:23,007
it's everything for us. And so I'd rather

1208
00:41:23,007 --> 00:41:24,685
stand on that rock than stand on any

1209
00:41:24,685 --> 00:41:25,244
other rock.

1210
00:41:26,203 --> 00:41:28,360
Well, lastly here before we do into podcast

1211
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:29,054
questions for

1212
00:41:29,972 --> 00:41:32,047
you know, when you do something like, really

1213
00:41:32,047 --> 00:41:33,484
big in your life. You get married. You

1214
00:41:33,484 --> 00:41:35,799
buy your house. You run a marathon, you

1215
00:41:35,799 --> 00:41:37,315
make the Olympic team.

1216
00:41:38,844 --> 00:41:39,344
You

1217
00:41:39,959 --> 00:41:41,631
kind of, like can set yourself up for,

1218
00:41:41,711 --> 00:41:43,861
like, I know when this is all over,

1219
00:41:44,020 --> 00:41:46,011
like there might be a come down. Right?

1220
00:41:46,584 --> 00:41:48,260
Like, even after, like last year I planned

1221
00:41:48,260 --> 00:41:50,892
my fort birthday, like, I knew that once

1222
00:41:50,892 --> 00:41:52,568
my family all went home and my friends

1223
00:41:52,568 --> 00:41:53,445
left, I'd be like,

1224
00:41:54,099 --> 00:41:55,774
No what? You know?

1225
00:41:56,651 --> 00:41:58,964
So do you do you even process that

1226
00:41:58,964 --> 00:42:00,400
at all? Or have you even thought about

1227
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:01,596
that? I know that's kind of a weird

1228
00:42:01,596 --> 00:42:03,590
question because you... It hasn't even happened yet.

1229
00:42:03,923 --> 00:42:06,387
But we've talked about how your faith is

1230
00:42:06,387 --> 00:42:07,204
more important

1231
00:42:07,657 --> 00:42:07,896
anyway.

1232
00:42:08,770 --> 00:42:10,518
Tell me what you think about that, all

1233
00:42:10,518 --> 00:42:12,605
that. But Yeah. I think something that I

1234
00:42:12,605 --> 00:42:14,279
thought about leading into the trials and that

1235
00:42:14,359 --> 00:42:17,150
I told some of my girlfriends was my

1236
00:42:17,150 --> 00:42:19,782
life is so full and so beautiful outside

1237
00:42:19,782 --> 00:42:20,261
of running.

1238
00:42:20,914 --> 00:42:23,232
That it's not my everything, You know? And

1239
00:42:23,391 --> 00:42:23,891
I

1240
00:42:24,670 --> 00:42:26,528
I love being a mom and a home

1241
00:42:26,748 --> 00:42:28,745
and taking care of my home and taking

1242
00:42:28,745 --> 00:42:30,930
care of you know, kai and

1243
00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:33,550
being a coach with my husband and,

1244
00:42:34,003 --> 00:42:35,590
you know, helping my friends take care of

1245
00:42:35,590 --> 00:42:36,884
their children and so

1246
00:42:37,193 --> 00:42:39,182
my life is so full and so beautiful

1247
00:42:39,182 --> 00:42:40,932
outside of running that I don't... Yes. There

1248
00:42:40,932 --> 00:42:42,523
there will be an obvious let down. You

1249
00:42:42,523 --> 00:42:43,955
know, like, the electric is over,

1250
00:42:44,671 --> 00:42:45,807
but I think

1251
00:42:46,119 --> 00:42:47,956
I have so much more beauty outside of

1252
00:42:47,956 --> 00:42:48,856
running that

1253
00:42:49,634 --> 00:42:51,312
I think, yeah. I'll also fill my days

1254
00:42:51,312 --> 00:42:53,083
with those things in the fall, and And

1255
00:42:53,163 --> 00:42:54,356
I miss some of those things, and so

1256
00:42:54,515 --> 00:42:56,423
I'll be looking forward to settling back in

1257
00:42:56,423 --> 00:42:58,491
as well. So you have, like, a community,

1258
00:42:58,650 --> 00:43:00,797
like, your friends, like, you...

1259
00:43:01,449 --> 00:43:03,130
Your kids all kinda hang out and play

1260
00:43:03,130 --> 00:43:04,889
and you kinda take turns helping out with

1261
00:43:04,889 --> 00:43:05,449
each other's kids?

1262
00:43:06,090 --> 00:43:08,650
Yes. We... My best friend she lives. She...

1263
00:43:08,809 --> 00:43:10,103
They bought a house like... I don't know.

1264
00:43:10,262 --> 00:43:11,698
A 5 minute walk from us. I mean,

1265
00:43:12,017 --> 00:43:13,612
literally, this is my best phase. When I

1266
00:43:13,612 --> 00:43:14,112
was

1267
00:43:14,568 --> 00:43:16,823
13 years old. Yeah. And my

1268
00:43:17,201 --> 00:43:17,918
dream together.

1269
00:43:19,845 --> 00:43:21,277
Yes. And so she,

1270
00:43:22,232 --> 00:43:23,505
she has 2 children and I have 1,

1271
00:43:23,664 --> 00:43:25,572
and so we'll just trade childcare care like,

1272
00:43:25,652 --> 00:43:27,177
hey. Can you watch them for the first

1273
00:43:27,177 --> 00:43:28,606
2 hours and then and then I'll wash

1274
00:43:28,606 --> 00:43:30,036
them for 2 out? I mean, it's incredible.

1275
00:43:30,195 --> 00:43:32,204
It's, like, literally what we dreamed of? And

1276
00:43:32,260 --> 00:43:33,769
and then, yeah. I mean, all of our

1277
00:43:33,769 --> 00:43:35,612
friends... Can pretty much. Most of her our

1278
00:43:35,612 --> 00:43:37,600
friends have just had their first child. So

1279
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:39,747
it's really sweet that we've just, yeah, kind

1280
00:43:39,747 --> 00:43:40,860
of in this phase together.

1281
00:43:41,496 --> 00:43:44,143
We have so moved away from, like, communal

1282
00:43:44,614 --> 00:43:47,094
child raising. And if you can, like, lean

1283
00:43:47,094 --> 00:43:49,414
into a community who will roll up their

1284
00:43:49,414 --> 00:43:51,755
sleeves and do it with you, there's nothing

1285
00:43:52,054 --> 00:43:52,375
better.

1286
00:43:53,108 --> 00:43:55,019
Yeah. Nothing bad it. I agree. And I

1287
00:43:55,179 --> 00:43:56,850
I can't imagine. Yeah. I can't imagine not

1288
00:43:56,850 --> 00:43:59,557
having the support that we have. Okay. I

1289
00:43:59,557 --> 00:44:00,990
always wrap up with these end of podcast

1290
00:44:00,990 --> 00:44:03,722
podcasts. Questions. I hope we covered everything. We...

1291
00:44:04,202 --> 00:44:05,560
Yeah. Yeah. I think we're good.

1292
00:44:06,279 --> 00:44:08,437
What is something professionally? This is a weird

1293
00:44:08,437 --> 00:44:10,036
question to ask because you just made an

1294
00:44:10,036 --> 00:44:10,755
olympic team.

1295
00:44:11,169 --> 00:44:12,603
But you've also talked about how full your

1296
00:44:12,603 --> 00:44:14,277
life is outside of it. So just in

1297
00:44:14,277 --> 00:44:17,247
the grand scope of life. What is something

1298
00:44:17,385 --> 00:44:18,261
professionally or personally?

1299
00:44:18,834 --> 00:44:20,985
You'd like to do that you haven't done

1300
00:44:20,985 --> 00:44:23,217
yet. Oh my gosh. That is a good

1301
00:44:23,217 --> 00:44:23,615
question.

1302
00:44:25,448 --> 00:44:27,055
I think something that I think. About, you

1303
00:44:27,055 --> 00:44:28,962
know, obviously, you run 09:07 and you're, like,

1304
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,550
gosh, can I ever redo that again? I

1305
00:44:30,550 --> 00:44:33,331
think my my next goal would be to

1306
00:44:33,331 --> 00:44:35,475
be consistent at this normal. Right? To not

1307
00:44:35,475 --> 00:44:37,319
just be... Because you know, do it once,

1308
00:44:37,478 --> 00:44:39,626
but, like, to be consistently in, you know,

1309
00:44:39,785 --> 00:44:42,035
the top 10 in the world and

1310
00:44:43,619 --> 00:44:45,533
yeah, That'd probably be something that I just

1311
00:44:45,533 --> 00:44:47,766
be consistent at this level. That's so good.

1312
00:44:48,245 --> 00:44:50,797
15 second PRI just like, we have to

1313
00:44:50,797 --> 00:44:53,132
reiterate that 15 seconds

1314
00:44:53,683 --> 00:44:56,475
in 3000 meters like, that is a lot.

1315
00:44:57,911 --> 00:45:02,457
Yeah. I know. It's wild. You're A90S.

1316
00:45:02,856 --> 00:45:05,972
Yeah. And it's funny because I didn't have

1317
00:45:05,972 --> 00:45:07,664
a great race at Portland Track Festival

1318
00:45:08,038 --> 00:45:10,524
a few weeks before this race, and

1319
00:45:11,075 --> 00:45:12,355
remember going to my coach afterwards where it's

1320
00:45:12,355 --> 00:45:14,434
kinda frustrated, and I'm like, I'm just tired

1321
00:45:14,434 --> 00:45:16,515
of being a 9 thirties girl, and he's

1322
00:45:16,515 --> 00:45:18,434
like, person, you're not a 09:30 girl. Like

1323
00:45:18,434 --> 00:45:19,474
you've run 09:22.

1324
00:45:20,048 --> 00:45:22,201
But I I feel like I consistently run,

1325
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:23,954
you know, 09:31,

1326
00:45:24,113 --> 00:45:25,787
09:34, 09:37,

1327
00:45:26,026 --> 00:45:26,526
and

1328
00:45:28,113 --> 00:45:29,249
And so, yeah. No

1329
00:45:30,499 --> 00:45:32,885
That's just you skip the 9 ones. You

1330
00:45:32,885 --> 00:45:34,238
skip the 9 1. We didn't...

1331
00:45:34,969 --> 00:45:36,714
We didn't need it. Which is crazy because

1332
00:45:36,714 --> 00:45:39,015
when I was in college, and I got

1333
00:45:39,015 --> 00:45:40,467
second at the Nc championships,

1334
00:45:41,236 --> 00:45:43,871
I went from 10:02

1335
00:45:43,871 --> 00:45:44,905
to 09:42,

1336
00:45:45,303 --> 00:45:47,530
like, in 1 race. Wow. And so I

1337
00:45:47,530 --> 00:45:49,280
skipped the 09:50. So I we just did

1338
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:49,757
it again,

1339
00:45:51,048 --> 00:45:52,806
Yeah. Yeah. Usually I don't need to mess

1340
00:45:52,806 --> 00:45:55,123
around in there. But your code right too.

1341
00:45:55,283 --> 00:45:57,440
And sometimes I feel like we think...

1342
00:45:58,414 --> 00:46:00,014
Because we haven't ran a certain time in

1343
00:46:00,014 --> 00:46:01,315
race. It doesn't mean

1344
00:46:01,614 --> 00:46:03,795
that you're not that person, You just haven't

1345
00:46:04,094 --> 00:46:06,414
executed it when it mattered yet. Yeah.

1346
00:46:06,988 --> 00:46:09,219
Yes. Totally. I love that yet. You know,

1347
00:46:09,378 --> 00:46:11,211
yeah. We use that in coaching. Like, we

1348
00:46:11,211 --> 00:46:12,645
just haven't done it yet, and I think

1349
00:46:12,645 --> 00:46:13,760
the app, that's a great place to be.

1350
00:46:14,654 --> 00:46:16,411
Okay. What's the best most recent book you've

1351
00:46:16,411 --> 00:46:17,690
read? Have you made time for that at

1352
00:46:17,690 --> 00:46:19,768
all? Yeah. I've actually been trying to read.

1353
00:46:20,247 --> 00:46:22,498
I'm a lot. I I got off social

1354
00:46:22,498 --> 00:46:24,165
media, leading up into the trials, and then

1355
00:46:24,245 --> 00:46:26,151
I'm always saw myself, I'd be on till

1356
00:46:26,310 --> 00:46:28,216
Wednesday, and then I'm gonna be off for

1357
00:46:28,216 --> 00:46:30,360
the most part do, you know, obligation for

1358
00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:32,285
social my best friend. She's been my social

1359
00:46:32,285 --> 00:46:34,673
media manager for the last week or so.

1360
00:46:34,911 --> 00:46:37,379
So it's amazing. I just sent there's things

1361
00:46:37,379 --> 00:46:38,754
and she'll post them, but

1362
00:46:39,607 --> 00:46:42,168
alfred. Credit a few books lately. The 1

1363
00:46:42,168 --> 00:46:42,668
that

1364
00:46:43,442 --> 00:46:45,192
we're reading right now... Oh, that my has

1365
00:46:45,192 --> 00:46:46,488
my book just read is

1366
00:46:46,863 --> 00:46:49,385
Man Manifesto, I might be saying that wrong

1367
00:46:49,504 --> 00:46:51,432
but it's actually about coaching. It's this

1368
00:46:51,963 --> 00:46:54,424
he's this elite. He's a professional baseball player,

1369
00:46:54,820 --> 00:46:55,717
and he

1370
00:46:56,646 --> 00:46:58,809
started he got asked to coaching. Like, son's

1371
00:46:58,809 --> 00:47:01,046
little league team, and he, like, wrote this

1372
00:47:01,046 --> 00:47:02,645
whole letter to the parents ahead of time

1373
00:47:02,645 --> 00:47:03,124
and just said,

1374
00:47:04,003 --> 00:47:06,001
I need you all to, like, basically be

1375
00:47:06,001 --> 00:47:08,514
silent. Like, we are the coaches, his and,

1376
00:47:08,732 --> 00:47:10,726
like, I need you to trust me. Like,

1377
00:47:10,885 --> 00:47:13,119
you know, I just think parents have kinda

1378
00:47:13,119 --> 00:47:16,150
overtake. These arenas now. And so I'm about

1379
00:47:16,150 --> 00:47:17,719
halfway through that bucket has been really good

1380
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:19,679
reading that as as, you know, a parent

1381
00:47:19,679 --> 00:47:21,840
now and also as a coach. So that's

1382
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:23,679
been a good 1. I am telling you

1383
00:47:23,679 --> 00:47:23,920
what.

1384
00:47:24,719 --> 00:47:26,239
I don't know not not know what these

1385
00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:28,487
parents are they. Just I was at, like,

1386
00:47:28,646 --> 00:47:30,099
1 of my kids soccer games

1387
00:47:30,711 --> 00:47:31,347
in the spring. And,

1388
00:47:32,141 --> 00:47:33,729
1 of the parents not on our team

1389
00:47:33,729 --> 00:47:35,476
and another team was like, hey.

1390
00:47:35,969 --> 00:47:38,043
How about switching out the bench? Like, yelling

1391
00:47:38,043 --> 00:47:39,320
at the coaches to switch out the and

1392
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:39,639
I'm like,

1393
00:47:40,437 --> 00:47:41,873
is it... And I didn't know, like, who

1394
00:47:41,873 --> 00:47:43,483
their kid was. Like, if their kid... If

1395
00:47:43,483 --> 00:47:44,678
they wanted their kid to have a break

1396
00:47:44,678 --> 00:47:45,953
or if they wanted their kid to have

1397
00:47:45,953 --> 00:47:47,228
more playing in time, but I was like,

1398
00:47:48,104 --> 00:47:50,414
oh, my gosh. I cannot believe what this

1399
00:47:50,414 --> 00:47:52,326
coach must be thinking right now,

1400
00:47:52,820 --> 00:47:55,460
Oh my gosh. I know. And these coaches

1401
00:47:55,460 --> 00:47:55,780
are, like,

1402
00:47:56,740 --> 00:47:58,980
volunteers most of the time. Unless you're Yeah.

1403
00:47:59,220 --> 00:47:59,860
In, like,

1404
00:48:00,751 --> 00:48:02,584
travel leagues and your pain for professional coaches,

1405
00:48:02,664 --> 00:48:04,735
like most of these coaches are parent volunteers.

1406
00:48:05,213 --> 00:48:06,887
Right. Yeah. I know.

1407
00:48:07,539 --> 00:48:09,617
I know. I... Yeah. We'll see. I mean,

1408
00:48:09,697 --> 00:48:11,855
we're we're far away from youth sports, which

1409
00:48:11,855 --> 00:48:14,192
we're, you know, we do, but

1410
00:48:14,651 --> 00:48:15,450
I know. Yeah.

1411
00:48:16,264 --> 00:48:18,179
It's so fun though. I am telling you

1412
00:48:18,179 --> 00:48:18,339
what,

1413
00:48:19,297 --> 00:48:21,850
my favorite part of parenting is going to

1414
00:48:21,850 --> 00:48:23,686
my kid sports games. It is is just

1415
00:48:23,686 --> 00:48:25,454
like, We do a lot of soccer. We

1416
00:48:25,454 --> 00:48:27,765
do swim meats, but, like, it is the

1417
00:48:27,765 --> 00:48:30,554
most fun because they're working hard and it

1418
00:48:30,554 --> 00:48:31,192
is so...

1419
00:48:31,923 --> 00:48:34,383
Cool to see your kid, care about something

1420
00:48:34,383 --> 00:48:36,288
enough that they wanna work hard and breathe

1421
00:48:36,288 --> 00:48:37,478
hard do all those bags.

1422
00:48:38,192 --> 00:48:38,930
But then

1423
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:42,036
they're also having so much fun, and it's

1424
00:48:42,036 --> 00:48:44,833
like, there's just nothing better. It's so natural

1425
00:48:44,833 --> 00:48:45,313
too, like,

1426
00:48:46,192 --> 00:48:47,890
kids like to run and

1427
00:48:48,917 --> 00:48:51,059
yeah. So you've got a lot of fun

1428
00:48:51,059 --> 00:48:51,773
to look forward to.

1429
00:48:52,804 --> 00:48:53,042
Yes.

1430
00:48:53,835 --> 00:48:55,263
2 more questions. Do you have a nonprofit

1431
00:48:55,263 --> 00:48:57,584
you like to support? Yes. I'm so glad

1432
00:48:57,584 --> 00:49:01,088
you asked that. So Ru, it's spelled RUJA,

1433
00:49:01,646 --> 00:49:04,194
and it means to dream in Uganda. So

1434
00:49:04,353 --> 00:49:04,990
I actually...

1435
00:49:05,484 --> 00:49:06,999
On a trip with them in 20 18,

1436
00:49:07,637 --> 00:49:10,190
and my best friend's husband is the,

1437
00:49:12,024 --> 00:49:14,177
c... Or he's the founder of the nonprofit.

1438
00:49:14,337 --> 00:49:16,829
So they basically help Oh, cool. Rescue children.

1439
00:49:17,150 --> 00:49:19,309
Yeah. Yeah. So they they help rescue children

1440
00:49:19,309 --> 00:49:22,289
out of child labor in Uganda. Wow. And

1441
00:49:22,603 --> 00:49:23,343
they recently

1442
00:49:23,720 --> 00:49:25,395
in the last... I wanna say... I can't

1443
00:49:25,395 --> 00:49:27,309
remember when they did maybe last year. They

1444
00:49:27,309 --> 00:49:29,702
opened a medical clinic in a village. They

1445
00:49:29,702 --> 00:49:32,276
are, about to build a church over there

1446
00:49:32,429 --> 00:49:34,986
And, yeah. We love that organization. We support

1447
00:49:34,986 --> 00:49:35,545
it monthly,

1448
00:49:36,185 --> 00:49:37,623
and, yeah, We'd love to get the name

1449
00:49:37,623 --> 00:49:39,221
out there more about what they're doing over

1450
00:49:39,221 --> 00:49:40,100
there. Raja.

1451
00:49:40,513 --> 00:49:43,376
Ru. Ru. Ru. RUJ. Yeah. Is that what

1452
00:49:43,376 --> 00:49:44,171
you said? Yep.

1453
00:49:45,204 --> 00:49:46,715
Cool. Thanks for sharing that. And we'll put

1454
00:49:46,715 --> 00:49:48,305
that link in the show notes so that

1455
00:49:48,305 --> 00:49:49,657
people can check it out if they want

1456
00:49:49,657 --> 00:49:49,816
to.

1457
00:49:50,468 --> 00:49:52,223
Our last question is what message would you

1458
00:49:52,223 --> 00:49:53,659
like to leave with our audience today?

1459
00:49:55,892 --> 00:49:56,450
Great question.

1460
00:49:57,806 --> 00:49:59,322
Yeah. I, I think it comes back to

1461
00:49:59,322 --> 00:50:02,281
faith of of not finding fulfillment in the

1462
00:50:02,281 --> 00:50:04,212
things of this world and and finding

1463
00:50:04,666 --> 00:50:06,575
where you can be rooted. You know, obviously,

1464
00:50:06,893 --> 00:50:09,137
for me, that's Christ and for everybody I

1465
00:50:09,137 --> 00:50:11,074
would hope that would would be Christ. But

1466
00:50:12,090 --> 00:50:14,164
yeah. This this world is fleeting, and someday

1467
00:50:14,164 --> 00:50:16,054
it's gonna pass away and I just hope

1468
00:50:16,335 --> 00:50:16,815
that

1469
00:50:17,375 --> 00:50:19,474
I can be a light and and

1470
00:50:20,014 --> 00:50:20,835
yeah, bring,

1471
00:50:21,295 --> 00:50:23,054
you know, show people on what it means

1472
00:50:23,054 --> 00:50:23,775
to be a follower of Christ.

1473
00:50:24,505 --> 00:50:25,858
Thank you so much, Marissa.

1474
00:50:26,573 --> 00:50:28,481
Oh awesome. Thanks. Lindsay for having me.

1475
00:50:29,912 --> 00:50:31,582
Thanks so much for being here today. Thanks

1476
00:50:31,661 --> 00:50:33,411
Marissa for coming on the podcast.

1477
00:50:33,744 --> 00:50:35,498
It's been super awesome to learn more about

1478
00:50:35,498 --> 00:50:37,650
your story, and we are all cheering you

1479
00:50:37,650 --> 00:50:40,520
on. You can, of course, follow Marissa on

1480
00:50:40,839 --> 00:50:43,884
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1481
00:50:44,443 --> 00:50:47,075
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1482
00:50:47,075 --> 00:50:49,627
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1483
00:50:49,627 --> 00:50:51,940
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1484
00:50:51,940 --> 00:50:52,513
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1485
00:50:53,388 --> 00:50:56,015
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1487
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1499
00:51:27,523 --> 00:51:30,379
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1500
00:51:30,379 --> 00:51:31,196
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1501
00:51:31,568 --> 00:51:33,289
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1502
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1503
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