Episode 487: Lindsay Flanagan – 9th at the World Championships Marathon

Lindsay Flanagan is on the show today fresh off of her 9th place finish at the World Championships marathon in Budapest! This was her fourth fastsest marathon of her career. She has run 17 marathons total! Lindsay has had an incredibly successful last few years of racing. She ran a PR at the Gold Coast Marathon in 2:24:23 which was also a course record there! She ran 3 marathons in 7 months last year. Lindsay is sponsored by ASICS. In this episode, we talked about how her training looked differently for this marathon, taking risks in training, recapping her race at the World Championships, and looking ahead for what’s next for Lindsay. Photo credit: Johnny Zhang What we talked about: 4:55- Traveling to Croatia after the World Championships marathon 6:55- Her training ahead of the World Championships 12:30- Remaining injury free 15:20- Being coached by Benita Willis 18:25- Training solo 20:30- Training ahead of the Olympic Trials 22:55- Running 2:24 at the Gold Coast Marathon 24:25- Selection process for the World Championships marathon 26:05- Taking risks in training 27:20- Recapping the World Championship marathon 38:45- What’s next for Lindsay 46:10- Her sponsorship with Asics 49:05- What Lindsay is up to outside of running Show notes: Lindsay’s coach, Benita Willis, on the I’ll Have Another Podcast Lindsay on previous episodes of the podcast: Episode 226 Episode 371 Lindsay 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 Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: AG1 Go to drinkag1.com/lindsey for a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase 2Before Use the code “Lindsey” for 30% of 20 packs plus free shipping Previnex Use the code “another” for 15% off Join me at the Richmond Marathon!