Emma Bates On Taking Lessons From A Hard 2020, Running 2:25:40 At The Marathon Project

“You have a lot of failures but that’s the point of running and learning from these failures, gaining a lot of insight from them and growing from them. Then, they don’t turn into failures anymore. They turn into life lessons and something to be gained from. Everything is something to learn from. Every race is that. Every workout is that. This year has been obviously very strange. Sometimes just getting out the door has been something that you have to feel accomplished for keeping motivated, chipping away at your goals and dreams.” Emma Bates just ran 2:25:40 to just miss her personal best of 2:25:27 with her fourth-place finish at The Marathon Project. In this episode, she’ll give us her assessment of the performance given some of the challenges that she’s faced this year, how she’s been able to pull through some of the tough times brought on by the pandemic and some of her plans and ideas for 2021. Track? Trails? All of the above? Come of The Marathon Project and Olympic Trials insights but stay for her impression of Nick Willis toward the end of the show. You can catch the latest episode of the podcast on iTunes so subscribe and leave a five-star review . We are also on Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify ! Photos by Kevin Morris. Follow Emma on Instagram: @emmajanelbates FULL SHOW NOTES + MORE QUOTES ON CITIUSMAG.com HOW TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST Subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts . Pledge any dollar amount to us on Patreon.com/CITIUSMAG Pick up merch from the CITIUS MAG store to show your support for the podcast and website. Subscribe to the CITIUS MAG Newsletter ✩ Connect with CITIUS MAG: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook ✩ Connect with Chris on Twitter and Instagram . If you’re interested in sponsorship of the podcast or site, please reach out to Chris Chavez at chris@citiusmag.com . Package and slots for 2021 are available.