Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: The Strength Running Podcast
Episode: Episode 3: Shalane Flanagan on Morning Routines, Unfinished Business and Writing a NYT Best-Seller
Description: Born in the coastal town of Marblehead north of Boston, Massachusetts, Shalane showed an early aptitude for distance running. A three-time All-State cross country athlete, she also finished first in the state in the mile and her 4:46 performance won the National Scholastic Indoor championships. Her two-mile performance still stands as a Massachusetts record. Flash forward to to 2004 when Shalane turned professional and her achievements kept piling up. A two-time national champion in the 5,000m, she won the short course cross country championships in 2004 and 2005. Today, Shalane is one of the most dominant female...