Episode 415: Erik Sowinski – Former American Record Holder & World Indoor Bronze Medalist; the Long Game in the 800

Erik Sowinski is 3-time USA Champion and a 2016 World Indoor Bronze Medalist in the 800m. He also competed at the 2015 World Championships. Erik ran for the University of Iowa and is an 800m runner. He was previously sponsored by Nike but is now running unsponsored. Erik is well known for pacing some big races and has paced 2 world records. The first was with Yomif Kejelcha when he broke the world record in the indoor mile. The second time was with Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s indoor 1500m world record. He is the former American Record holder in the indoor 600m and that is a really fun story that he tells in this episode! Photo credit: Matt Flynn Parker ( @MattFlynnParker ) What we talked about: 5:00- Coming off of the end of his track season 8:40- How he feels about aging in the sport 10:00- Sports teams that he is a fan of 12:15- Ideas to grow the sport of track and field 15:30- What’s next in his career 21:00- What has changed over the years that he has run pro 25:05- Advice to anyone not being recruited either for college or professional running 28:05- Erik’s basketball career 29:00- Erik’s coach 30:40- Running the American record in the 600m 36:20- His experience with pacing races 41:20- What is next for Erik after professional running 44:25- Staying injury free 47:50- Going sub 1:50 200 times in the 800m 54:05- End of podcast questions Show notes: Giannis Erik on Instagram Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows: Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: Previnex Use the code “another” for 15% off Coros Use code “another” for a free band at checkout! InsideTracker Go to InsideTracker.com/Another or use code “another” for 20% off your order