Heather Maclean
United States
Personal Bests
400 Metres
57.19
500 Metres
1:16.19
600 Metres
1:41.21
800 Metres
1:58.77
1000 Metres
2:35.03
1500 Metres
3:58.31
Mile
4:20.41
3000 Metres
9:03.03
3000 Metres Steeplechase
10:27.59
Mile Road
4:28.87
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Heather MacLean is a returning guest on the show and she was in Raleigh, North Carolina (where I live) for the Sir Walter Mile this week. So we got to record this interview in person, which is always exciting!! Heather runs with Team New Balance Boston. She ran in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 in ... more »
Show notes44m
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The U.S. Olympic Trials are back and better than ever in the second half of the 8-day program, with incredible drama, upsets, and underdog stories across the board.
The race of the day (and perhaps the week?) was the women’s steeplechase, where a fast early pace and a topsy-turvy final lap ended with a whole slew of personal bests and rewriting of the record books. Tokyo Olympian Val Constien ended up on top thanks to a phenomenal final 400m, running 9:03.22 to PR by 11 seconds and land at #3 on the U.S. all-time list. Constien had ACL surgery last year and after a long road back is better than ever.
We got our first peeks at the 400m hurdles crew, and the main takeaway from the first round is that Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Rai Benjamin are looking like world beaters out for an easy jog. McLaughlin-Levrone in particular shut it down entirely over the final two laps and still ran 53.07, the third-fastest performance in the world this year behind her own season’s best and Femke Bol’s world lead.
Speaking of first looks, Erriyon Knighton doesn’t seem to have missed a step as he ran his first 200m in four months, cruising through the first round with a 20.15 just behind Noah Lyles’s 20.10 in an earlier heat. And a stacked final is set for the 5000m, where reigning U.S. champ Abdi Nur takes on two of the three members of Team USA in the 10,000m, the 1500m Trials champ, and two NCAA champs.
The middle-distance rounds will continue to get more and more cutthroat, with the women’s 1500m featuring Elle St. Pierre, Heather MacLean, Cory McGee, Emily MacKay, Elise Cranny, Nikki Hiltz, Sinclaire Johnson, and more heading to the semis and Olympians Bryce Hoppel and Clayton Murphy looking ready to once again do battle in the 800m.
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We kicked off our coverage at the 2023 New Balance Nationals by hanging out with 100m World Championship bronze medalist Trayvon Bromell and U.S. Indoor 1500m champion + fellow U.S. Olympian Heather McLean to reflect on their own high school careers. We also touched on their mindset practices before major competitions, track and field fashion, luxury watch sponsors, high school rivals and much more. We close it out by breaking down some of the most exciting high school athletes to watch and their events.
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Heather MacLean shoots her shot at a Dunkin sponsorship and shares the email she wrote to the Dunkin marketing team. She also shares how she celebrated making her first Olympic team and World Indoor team. This is the fifth installment in our 'Best of 2022' mini series, highlighting the top stories and most listened to moments of 2022.
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Topics
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- 3:59 Big Holiday Giveaway
- 4:48 Heather MacLean
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Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber hosted a live show with athletes from Pints and PRs Night at the NYRR RunCenter ft. The New Balance Run Hub. It was a night of free drinks, food and New Balance swag for those in attendance. We had the chance to kick it with some of the stars of Team NB. Watch on YouTube or listen to our night of fun interviews and pre-race banter.
Special guests for this live show: Emma Coburn, Cory McGee, Heather MacLean, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot and Adel Mechaal.
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Show notes1h 23m
Julie-Anne moved to Boston from Canada to go all-in on professional running with Team New Balance Boston this past year. She holds a 14:57 5000m personal best and competed at the Tokyo Olympics, representing Canada. She reflects on her move to the US and discusses what it likes to train with the powerhouse NB women's group, which includes Elle Purrier St. Pierre, Heather MacLean, Millie Paladino, Sarah McDonald, Katrina Coogan, and Síofra Cléirigh Büttner.
Julie-Anne is coming off a stress reaction in her tibia, which she got at the most inopportune time before World Champs this year. We talk about her return to training a bunch of other topics, including halloween costumes, living a minimalist lifestyle, her taste in guys, Jack Harlow, the NB Boston facility, US vs Canada culture differences, cooking, piano, and more.
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Show notes1h 28m
Heather MacLean joins the show to reflect on the 2022 World Indoor Track World Champs in Belgrade, her comeback from surgery, making her first Olympic team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, why she deserves a Dunkin Donuts sponsorship, her affinity toward crystals, and a whole lot more. If you know a Dunkin Donuts exec, spread the word so we can land Heather this Dunkin sponsorship she so badly deserves.
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Topics
- 0:00 Intro
- 9:45 Welcome Heather MacLean
- 11:05 Traveling home and 2022 season plans
- 13:45 Reflecting on the 2022 World Indoor Track Championships in Belgrade, Serbia
- 18:20 How Heather trains for championship racing
- 20:15 The importance of mental strength and prepping for the 2022 US and World Outdoor Champs
- 23:25 Olympic Rings tattoos
- 26:35 Dunkin Donuts sponsorship manifestation
- 32:35 Story behind Heather’s Twitter handle
- 34:15 Heather’s Dunkin habits and drink of choice
- 39:55 Heather’s letter to Dunkin to ask for a sponsorship
- 42:30 Growing up with 7 kids in the family
- 44:45 Crystals
- 52:15 Energy Vortexes in Sedona
- 54:37 Claddagh Ring
- 55:35 Dating a non-runner
- 57:15 Working at a beer garden after college while training to get a pro running contract
- 1:01:45 Heather’s surgery and recovery
- 1:15:25 Listener questions
- 1:21:00 Celebration after making the Olympic team
- 1:23:00 Celebration after making the Indoor World Team
- 1:25:30 Heather’s biggest weakness
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Show notes1h 42m
Drunk hot takes from this weekend in running you didn't know you needed to hear. Friends of the pod stepped up and performed this weekend: Natosha Rogers on the roads, Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker getting the 5000m standard on the track, Bryce Hoppel gets bronze, Isaiah Harris guts it out for Team USA, Heather MacLean and Josette Norris run strong in the 1500m. Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Galen Rupp go home devastated.
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