Synopsis
Alysia Montano, Molly Huddle and Roisin McGettigan are three Olympians, from 2 countries, including 2 Moms and 1 current pro coming together to talk about the inspiring figures, important topics and interesting stories in women's sports. We care about the landscape and future of our sport of Track and Field and we want to create more media coverage of women's sports in general. We'll be interviewing inspiring athletes, and discussing topics and news in the track world and beyond. Thanks for Keeping Track with us!
Episodes
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Emma Coburn! Steeplechase Star
18/11/2019 Duration: 01h10min0-21:00-Emma discuses the recent IAAF decision to remove events from the Diamond League https://www.athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/triple-jump-and-200m-cut-from-2020-diamond-league-1039926366/USATF Annual Meeting: https://www.usatf.org/events/2019/usatf-annual-meeting-2019 Christian Taylor and the Athletics Association https://www.athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/christian-taylor-launches-new-athletics-association-1039926414/ 21:00- Emma runs through Doha Silver medal run and great 2019 season(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXrMSolINtU)24:00-We talk about her team, the Boss Ladies spend a lot of QT together25:30 -structure of a typical season and break28:00-dynamics of the Boss Ladies-how they work so well together30:00 Coach Joe Bossard and the making of their team 34:00-Aisha! and their team VIBE-Let's get better together38:00 Why “It’s just running, babe”41:00 ***How Joe helped Emma get over race anxiety when she was younger***42:30 How Emma learned to stay healthy for the big races and cons
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Lindsay Crouse: Runner And Journalist At The New York Times
09/11/2019 Duration: 51min0-4:00-intro4:00-Lindsay is a journalist, competitive athlete and news reader and saw a disconnect with the fact that she had little interest in the sports section7:00 Lindsay discusses her op-eds, which are mostly side projects for her, in which she chose topics she was interested in as a female runner and journalist (such as the psychology behind an athlete’s unique situation). She was not sure many other people would resonate with them and is surprised at how wide the reach has been 9:00-What goes into making a video op-ed,discussing how they came up with Dream Maternity Op- Ed’s style11:00- Alysia: Lindsay helped her validate her issues with Maternity support , similarly her journalism validated that eating disorders are a problem in many women’s sports with Mary Cain’s story-Dream Maternity athletes-maternity-leave.html-Mary Cain nike-running-mary-cain.html13:00- the stories have resonated with many -why? Validating, mitigating fear and isolation, and lending perspective and frame of reference around pro
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Nia Ali! World Champion
31/10/2019 Duration: 01h47s0-5: Ro Molly and Alysia catch up5:30 Nia introduces herself as the new World Champion from Doha and a Mom(Watch the race !)5:50 Nia talks being a Mom of 2, the comeback and compartmentalizing on the track9:00 A day in the life of Nia11:30 Andre De Grasse-balancing being the best as athletes/partners/parents17:00 bringing kids and family to team camps23: obstacles on Nia’s postpartum comebacks25: Training and RACING while pregnant-contracts etc-How much perception has changed in the 4 years between baby 1(Titus) and 2(Yuri)27-contract q32-Nia benefits from being more vocal about 2nd pregnancy with sponsor, but raced for first 5 months of pregnancy to keep contract35: how Nia found the hurdles -(was XC/3000/1500 as a youth athlete-4:43 1500 at age 11!)38: what part of Nia’s story is untold?-that everyone and every woman has a different journey with her own strugglesTakes inspiration from others’ stories-even competitorsSuccessful people have struggles42-how Nia finds inspiration44-Being on a team USA that is
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Episode 2- Follow Up To The IAAF World Champs
21/10/2019 Duration: 50min1:00 - 5 Molly Post Doha 10k recap5:00-managing big expectations of medals, records, contract bonuses etc10:00-Alysia’s recap of the double medal Reallocation ceremony (for 2011 and 2013 world champs 4th to bronze)17:00-shoutout to Team USA chiropractor Josh Glass17:30 emotions on medal stand, bonding with Brenda Martinez who also got a medal upgrade due to Savinova bust in 2013( photo of Brenda and alysia looking at each other on medal stand crying)23:30-the drug ban served to Alberto Salazar in the midst of the World ChampionshipsHow does this affect the sport?26:30 “Grey area” and how ethical, widespread and necessary is it?What would we tell young athletes about choosing your path beyond school sports(Alberto Salazar news article)42: our fave moments and highlights from the World Championships49: check out our website and email us with what ya wanna hear and what you think!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Keeping Track Episode 1!
15/10/2019 Duration: 56min0-20 sec: Intro- 20-1:40 Why are Molly Ro and Alysia starting a podcast?1:45-2 IAAf World Champs are coming in a week! 2:00-3 Alysia is going to Doha for medal reallocation ceremony from 2011/2013We talk Cleansport!3:00-Alysia and all the feels of medal reallocation(link Alysia’s races 2011 and 2013)watchWatch 6:45-Ro’s upgrade experience, How clean athletes feel silent on the matter of racing dopers11:30 Alysia compares dopers to souped up vehicles12- 21:00 Ro and Alysia talk how weird/bittersweet it is to get medals so many years later, retired, with families etc Ro’s backyard awards and Alysia's medal ceremony:24:00How can IAAF do better by clean athletes who lose to dopers?31:00 Alysia explains Dream Maternity! Supporting pro athletes as they become mothers(link Dream Maternity NYT Lindsay Crouse article and video op ed)Nike-maternity-leave.htmlathletes-maternity-leave.html42:00Alysia’s experience with competition and maternity49:00Molly and Doha prep/pre race nerves54:00send us your thoughts! Aly