I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast

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...

Kevin Hanson has coached high school athletics, everyday runners, and professional runners. Over 20 years ago, Kevin and his brother Keith started the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project. They saw a need for training groups in America and they started their own! The model that the Hanson’s team set up has been followed up by many other groups throughout the country and the world. The Hansons-Brooks te...

Michele Gonzalez is back on the show! Michele was first on the show on episode 16 back in 2016. Some of you may remember her as NYC Running Mama. She had a huge following on social media and with her blog, NYC Running Mama, back in the day. A couple of years ago, she decided that she needed to step away from social media and she shares about that in this episode. Michele is a West Point grad, she...

Today on the coaching series, I am so excited to bring Sheila Burrell onto the podcast! Sheila is a two-time Olympian in the heptathlon, she is a five-time US national champion, she is a world championships bronze medalist and in the 2004 Olympics she placed 4th. She is an alumni of UCLA and is now the Head Track and Cross Country Coach for San Diego State University. In this episode, we talk abou...

Bailey Kowalczyk is a trail runner. I learned a lot in this episode, I love talking to trail runners! She recently signed a contract with Nike running with their trail team. She burst onto the trail scene in 2020 and she had some really great FKTs (fastest known time). Most recently, she had a really great race at the Golden Trail Series which is a stage race were she placed fifth overall. In this...

Today’s episode in this coaching series is with Ryan Hall! Ryan is one of the greatest American distance runners of all time! Ryan Hall is a two-time Olympian for the United States in the 2008 and 2012 Marathon. He is the fastest American to ever run the marathon (2:04:58) and half marathon (59:43) distances. Ryan retired from professional running in January of 2016 and is now one of the fou...

Joan Benoit Samuelson is an icon in our sport! Joan is the gold medalist from the first women’s Olympic marathon in 1984. She held the American record for 28 years in the marathon, 2:21:21, which she ran in Chicago. She won the Boston Marathon in 1979 while a college student and she won it again in 1983. She is the founder of the Beach to Beacon race. She is one of the founders of the Donna...

I am so excited to bring you this 6 part coaching series on I’ll Have Another! I have had conversations with 6 different coaches in the running world and we are learning about their coaching philosophies and strategies and what their programs look like. This first episode is with Jon Green who is Molly Seidel’s coach, who won the Olympic Bronze medal in the marathon under his coaching....

Vicki Hunter is a runner and author. She has a book out called Running and Returning: Seeking Balance in an Imperfect World. She was a competitive runner in her late 20s when she qualified for the Olympic Trials in the marathon in 1988. She went from a 3:50 to a 2:49 marathon in just 16 months. She was also in a horrific car accident while she was pregnant with her first child. She was in the hosp...

Sara Vaughn is back on the show for the fifth time! Sara is a 1500m runner turned marathoner. She is the mom of four and a full time realtor. She ran her third marathon this past fall at the Chicago Marathon where she placed 7th in a time of 2:26:23. She recently announced that she will be running the Boston Marathon this Spring. Sara just launched the Vaughn Childcare Fund to provide support for...

Lucy Bartholomew is an ultra runner and is now an Ironman. She completed her first Ironman last year, placing fourth and qualifying for the Kona World Championships so she will be doing that this year! Lucy broke onto the Ultra scene in 2017. She placed third at Western States in 2018. She ran her first ultra at age 14, which is a really fun story that she shares about in this episode. Lucy is sup...

Laura Thweatt is back on the show! She was first on this podcast back in May of 2020 on episode 247 . Laura just announced that she is running the Boston Marathon. She is a 2:25 marathoner. She placed 5th at the Olympic Trials in Atlanta. This past fall, she had a disappointing race at the Chicago Marathon and she shares all about that in this episode. Laura has really changed her outlook on what...

Lauren Fleshman’s new book, Good for a Girl, is out now! Lauren has had a big career in so many different areas – running, entrepreneurship, coaching, etc. In her book, Lauren goes through all of that! Lauren ran for Stanford where she was a 5-time NCAA Champion and 15-time All-American. Lauren went on to run professionally for Nike where she won 2 USA Championships and was on 5 World...

Elly Henes is a professional runner for Adidas. She lives in Flagstaff and is coached by Mike Smith. Elly ran for NC State where she was an NCAA champion in the 5k. She won that title in 2021. This was exactly 30 years after her mom became NCAA Champion in 5k at NC State as well. She was coached by her mom at NC State. She is a 10 time All-American and 6 time ACC Champion. She placed 6th at the 20...

Laurie Henes is Head Coach for Women’s Cross Country at NC State. Their team won the 2021 NCAA Cross Country title. This was the first women’s national cross country championship for NC State. Laurie was also named the 2021 USATFCCCA National Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year.  Laurie ran for NC State where she won a 5k national title and set school and conference records. She finished...

Paige Stoner won the California International Marathon which was also the USATF Marathon Championships. This was her first US Title, a course record at CIM, and a brand new PR. She ran 2:26:02, which was a 51 second course record at CIM.  Paige runs for Reebok and is a coach at Run Free Training. She ran for Syracuse in college where she had a successful career. CIM was only her third maratho...

Emily Lipari is currently focusing on the 5k and 10k but she has spent the majority of her career as a 1500m runner and miler. She is a three time US Road Mile Champion. She runs for Adidas. She recently placed 8th at the 2022 USATF 5k Road Champs in NYC. In 2021, she had a big surgery and she shares a lot about that in this conversation and what that time in her life looked like and what that com...

Gabbi Jennings is a professional runner for Adidas and trains with Team Boss. She placed 4th at USAs this summer in the steeplechase. She represented USA at NACACs in the steeplechase this summer where she broke the meet record and won the race. Gabbi ran for Furman in college and finished her college career competing at the Olympic Trials. She grew up in Louisiana where she won 44 state titles. T...

Molly Huddle is back on the show today for the fourth time! I always love catching up with Molly. She runs for Saucony. She is a 2x Olympian and has set a lot of American Records in her career. She still holds the 10k American Record in the 10k which she set at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Molly is a new mom so we talk about postpartum running and what that has looked like for her and what her goals...

Sharon Lokedi recently won the NYC Marathon. This was her debut marathon and she ran 2:23:23. Sharon is a part of the Dark Sky Distance training group in Flagstaff, Arizona coached by Stephen Haas. She also trains in Kenya. She went to the University of Kansas where she was an NCAA Champion and a 10-time All American. She runs professionally for Under Armor. In this episode, we chat about her race...

Courtney Yannacci joins me today and I couldn’t be more excited to share her first marathon experience with you all! Courtney is the Acting Chief of Staff at Every Mother Counts (EMC) and this year she ran the New York City Marathon as a fundraiser for the organization. I have had the opportunity to coach the EMC charity teams for Big Sur, Chicago and NYC Marathons and also was a fundraiser...

Jessica Watychowicz recently won the Twin Cities Marathon in a time of 2:33. She is having a really great season of running this year! She partners with Tracksmith. Jessica ran for the Parkside Rangers in college. She is a two-time Olympic Trials Qualifier in the marathon for 2020 and 2024. She also ran in the 10k in the Olympic Trials in 2021 and she shares about that experience in this episode!...

Tommie Runz has a marathon PR of 2:48 and this fall he ran 3 marathons in sub three hours. He ended that with the NYC Marathon. He has his own podcast called the  Run Eat Sleep Show .  In this episode, we talked about Tommie’s sobriety and what it means to him. We also talk about his journey to finding running and his goals going forward! Photo credit: Thomas Hengge / Runners World...

Aliphine Tuliamuk won the Olympics Trials in 2020 in the marathon. She recently ran the NYC Marathon and placed as the top American in 7th place overall. She also ran a PR in 2:26:18. Since we last talked on the podcast, Aliphine had a baby, so in this episode we talk a lot about how life has changed and postpartum running. We also talk a lot about the Olympics and her buildup to the NYC Marathon....

Ben Blankenship is a 2016 Olympian in the 1500m where he placed 8th in the finals. He is US 10k Champion from 2018 and a National Club Cross Champion. He is training for his first marathon under the coaching of Ryan Hall. We chat all about his running history as well as what it is like to now be training as a marathoner. Photo credit: Jessica Gabriel (@jgabriel16) What we talked about: 4:00- Ben’s...