Episode 452: Eric Avila – Pro Runner for Adidas on Burnout and Finding the Love of Running

Eric Avila is an Adidas athlete. He is a US National Road Mile Champion. After years of training with the Golden Coast Track Club, he has recently shared that he is now being coached by Ron Warhurst and training with the Very Nice Track Club out of Michigan. He is a 4-time national champion from Southern Oregon University and 6-time all-American. He also talks about his time at NAU and coming back to school at Southern Oregon. In this episode, we talk about his road to becoming a professional athlete. He had a moment where he walked away from the sport and I love the story about finding his way back. We also talk a lot about burnout and how to walk through that and overcome it. What we talked about: 4:20- Transitioning to training with the Very Nice Track Club 6:50- Burnout 10:30- His history with running 15:40- Finding a love for running 20:40- Taking a break from running and school 31:05- NAIA 34:45: First going pro 47:00- Signing with adidas 51:35- The decision to leave Terrance Mahone and the Golden Coast Track Club 1:01:15- Burnout 1:24:00- Scratching out of USAs 1:29:00- End of podcast questions Show notes: Red Notice Eric 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: Goodr Use code “another” for free shipping Previnex Use the code “another” for 15% off