Episode 601: Grant Fisher on Making History with Two Olympic Bronze Medals

Really excited to bring you another track star on the podcast—Grant Fisher joins us today! Grant had the year of his life in 2024, bringing home two bronze medals from the Paris Olympics in both the 5,000m and the 10,000m. He made history as the first American ever to medal in both of those events at the same Olympic Games. Pretty incredible. He also competed in the Tokyo Olympics, where he placed ninth in the 5,000m and fifth in the 10,000m. Since then, he’s continued to level up. Just this year, he ran three indoor races back-to-back-to-back: the 1500m, the 3000m, and the 5000m. In the process, he broke two WORLD RECORDS —in the 3000m and the 5000m—two weeks in a row. Grant runs for Nike and is now gearing up for the Grand Slam series. You’ll catch him in Kingston this weekend, followed by the Miami Slam and the Philadelphia Slam, all leading into USA’s and hopefully the World Championships later this season. It was a blast to get to know Grant—not just as an elite runner, but as someone who grew up in a super athletic family. He ran for Stanford and has two siblings who also compete at a high level, though in soccer. I’ve wanted to have him on the show for a long time, and if you heard my interview with Kara Goucher and Des Linden earlier this year, you might remember me saying, “I really want to interview Grant Fisher.” Well, here we are! Want to listen to this show ad-free? Head over to patreon.com/lindseyhein to support the show for as little as $3 a month and get all episodes without any ad interuptions. What we talked about: 4:20- Catching up on Grant’s training 5:50- Breaking World Records this indoor season 13:00- Grand Slam Track 36:25- His athletic family 47:00- Focusng on the long term in training starting in high school 53:50- Racing Cole Hocker 58:00- Double bronze medals at the Olympics 1:08:30- TraIning with Bowerman and deciding to leave the team 1:16:20- End of podcast questions Show notes: Flowers for Algernon Severence on Amazon Prime Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Support our sponsors: Previnex Use code “LindseySuperfoods” for 15% off if you purchase the Gut and Greens Superfood Use the code “another” for 15% off OR use code “LindseyStrength” for 15% off if you purchase their new Muscle Health Plus Indy Mini Go to indymini.com to learn more! I’ll Have Another with Lindsey Hein LIVE! at Bottleworks