Laura Thweatt
United States
Personal Bests
Road Race
37:30
8/21/2022
Half Marathon
Aramco Houston Half Marathon
1:10:12
1/19/2020
5 Kilometres Road
15:49
4/13/2019
10 Kilometres Road
Ottawa 10K
32:20
5/26/2018
8 Kilometres Road
26:02
3/25/2018
Recent Mentions
Today on group chat, we have Laura Thweatt, Lindsey Hein, Peter Bromka, and Matt Chittim.
Episode Rundown:
All of the world records that went down this weekend
The race walk world record
Tyreek Hill versus Noah Lyles
Who is the fastest in the NFL?
Matt's record breaking neighbor
Media recommendations:
Love is Blind Season 8
Peter’s writing in podcast format - Writing on Running
The perfect Couple
SNL 50 Concert
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Today on group chat, we have Lindsey Hein and Laura Thweatt sitting down for a girls chat! They talk all things turkey trots, recap the results of the Valencia Marathon, and give a rundown of the start lists for CIM this weekend! At the end, they also share some of their favorite books, shows, and movies they've been consuming!
Media recommendations:
The Bee Sting
The Berry Pickers
Nobody Wants This
Ted Lasso
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Palm Royale
Show notes55m
This week on group chat, we have Laura Thweatt, Lindsey Hein, and Peter Bromka.
Episode Rundown:
It’s Turkey Trot season
The Richmond Marathon
Physical therapy and running injuries
Show notes47m
From poor tune-up races to switching up nutrition, pro runners face the same lessons more casual runners do.
Laura Thweatt is a 2:25 marathoner, professional runner for Saucony, and former US cross country champion.
She placed 5th in the 10k at the 2016 Olympic Trials and 5th in the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials.
We talk about:
- The emotions before a goal race and working with a sports psychologist during a taper
- Using a training journal to calm pre-race nerves and boost confidence
- Injury management with high mileage
- Handling a bad tune-up race
- Laura’s goals and strategies for the Chicago Marathon (which she had to pull out of after recording due to an Achilles injury)
- Laura’s approach to nutrition and using higher carb products during long runs
- How runners can celebrate breakthrough performances and absorb them before moving onto new goals
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Links & Resources from the Show:
- Laura on Instagram
- Get your own Performance Training Journal to prepare for your next personal best.
- Boost your mental toughness, banish pre-race anxiety, and build more confidence before your next race.
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Amanda Vestri joined Laura Thweatt and Lindsey Hein for the Chat with a Pro series on Relay podcast this week!
If you paid attention to the Mini 10K this weekend, you saw that she placed 4th and finished as the first American woman in the field. In this episode Laura actually gives her some key advice for that race!She ran at Iowa State and Syracuse runs with Zap Fitness and had a stellar season on the track this spring.
She's focused on racing the 10K at the Olympic Trials this summer!We hope you will enjoy cheering on Amanda like we will at the Trials! Make sure you give her a follow here on IG and cheer her on!!
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Welcome to the new era of Lactic Acid! Dom and Laura talk how to properly cook chicken, finding balance in sports, why it’s cool not to run as fast early on in the season, the pressure younger athletes face, the dangers of playing Uno, foods they wouldn’t eat, what to look forward to in this new era of Lactic Acid and more!
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Show notes1h 4m
Today on group chat we have Kofuzi, Laura Thweatt, and Peter Bromka (and a tiny bit from Matt Chittim).
Episode Rundown:
- Chicago Shamrock Shuffle
- Strava and Kudo Bombs
- Kofuzi's Trip to Jamaica for Champs
- Talent and Records at Champs
- The Impact of Connectivity on Talent Incubation
- Unique Aspects of Jamaican Track and Field
- The Precision and Technique of Jamaican Sprinters
- The Mental Component of Sprinting
- Need for Average Person Scale in Track Events
- Astonishing Speed of Elite Runners
- Parallel of High-Level Training in Boulder
- Fine Line of Parental Involvement in Running
- Importance of Gradual Progression in High School Running
- Appreciating Jasmin Paris and the Barkley Marathons
- Different Types of Running and Involvement in the Sport
- Kofuzi's Race in London
- The Importance of Dress Rehearsals in Training
- Laura's Advice for Running the London Marathon
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This wide-ranging conversation features Laura Thweatt, Peter Bromka, Lindsey Hein, and Matt Chittim.
We go through the following with plenty of our trademark tangents:
- The Hein Kids and Lindsey's Chaos
- Allie Wilson and the Importance of Training Partners and Coaches
- The Challenges of Switching Coaches
- The Excitement and Potential of Indoor Track Meets
- Tommie Runz's Performance at the Osaka Marathon
- Impressive Results at Osako
- The Changing Landscape of Olympic Track and Field
- Podcasts, Books, and Show Recommendations
- Funny Affiliate Marketing Pitches
Show notes1h 6m
This weekend we saw an astonishing number of OTQ performances with most them coming from the McKirdy Micro Marathon. We break down the event after two members of our team attended the race and witnessed the unique experience first hand.
We also talk about high mileage weeks, compare those to training done decades ago, and what we can learn from those comparisons.
Also, we have an intense back and forth about acceptable cereals. Truth but told, we inexplicably start the podcast with this topic...
This episode features Lindsey Hein, Laura Thweatt, Tommie Runz, Peter Bromka, and Matt Chittim.
Show notes1h 3m
Welcome to the first ever Relay fantasy draft! In this inaugural episode we do a fantasy draft for the this weekend's Chicago Marathon.
In this draft each person drafted five runners of any gender or nationality. The entire field was ours to choose from.
On race day we will do cross country scoring with the top three runners from each time getting points. 1 point for coming in first, 2 for second, and so on. For example, one team has the top male runner, the top female runner, and the second female runner, it would have 4 points.
In this draft we had Tommie Runz, Laura Thweatt, Lindsey Hein, Peter Bromka, and Matt Chittim.
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In this episode we do our first Ask-Kara-Anything!
Kara Goucher had a trackside seat to history as she helped call the 2023 Track and Field World Championships for the American broadcast. We couldn't resist peppering her with questions about the event, the top athletes and races, the logistics behind the broadcast, and much more. We even got help from some of our Patreon supporters who also submitted questions.
In addition to Kara, this episode includes Peter Bromka, Laura Thweatt, Tommie Runz, Marcus Brown, and Matt Chittim.
You can find our Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/relay
Show notes1h 11m
World Championships are now over and we had so much to discuss, including:
- Faith Kipyegon's historic dominance
- Sifan Hassan can't stop, won't stop
- Noah Lyles vs Usain Bolt
- The electric women's 800m final
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen repeats at the 5k
- Who hold the UK middle distance crown?
- Marathon results and Keira D'Amato's pre-marathon trials future
- A spicy Des Linden take
- And much, much more.
Today on Group Chat we are joined by Laura Thweatt, Tommie Runz, Peter Bromka, Marcus Brown, and Matt Chittim. Also, quick correction, when Matt was listing Courtney Dauwalter's 2023 races he missed Trans Gran Canaria and said Canyons/Black Canyon by mistake.
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USA XC champion Laura Thweatt talks the marathon and her start in the event, coaching and running XC, deep dish pizza vs. New York style pizza, 90's trends and television, punk rock music, advice that she would pass along to other and younger runners and more.
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Show notes1h 44m
Everyone loves a good puke story, and we got one here in this episode. Our guest Laura Thweatt (@lthweat) is a Saucony elite marathoner who finished 8th in the New York City Marathon last month. As good as that is, she's an even more awesome person who's super down to earth. It all makes for a great conversation (30:57). The BITR gang also gives sneak peeks at their holiday gift guide and shoes of the year list.
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Show notes1h 37m
What a conversation! Laura Thweatt is a Saucony- sponsored athlete, who trains in Boulder under Joe Bosshard. Laura was was one of the lead women at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Laura shares her amazing journey from injury to triumph. In 2017, after a 2:25 PR at the London Marathon, Laura sustained a potentially career-ending injury—osteitis pubis. She crawled her way back to health for two years, and the information she shares about how she did that is gold!. After that two-year struggle, she secured her Olympic Trials spot at the 2019 Chicago Marathon. Thanks to RnJ Sports for sponsoring this episode, and thanks to Laura for sharing her journey!
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