Carrie interviews Molly Seidel! Molly chats about how she got into running, cross training, her close connection to her family, and her passion for downhill skiing. Molly also opens up about overcoming injury and racing with broken ribs.
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Molly Seidel
Molly grew up in Lakeland, WI where she attended University Lake School. While in high school, Molly was the recipient of numerous national titles including the Gatorade National Female Cross Country Runner of the Year and the winner of the 2011 Footlocker National Cross Country Championships. She won 12 state titles in cross country and track. Molly was invited to the Bupa Great Edinburgh International Challenge in Scotland where she placed third in the 4K and was the first USA high school finisher. Molly graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2016, where she was a 4-time NCAA Champion. She made her professional debut at the 2017 USATF Road 5k Championships Abbott Dash to the Finishline 5k, finishing second. Molly qualified to represent Team USA at the 2018 Great Edinburgh International Cross Country in Scotland where she led the team to 3rd place by finishing third in the 6 km. In 2018, Molly placed 2nd place at the 2018 USA Cross Country Championships. Molly trains in Flagstaff, AZ and is sponsored by Saucony.
Carrie interviews Olympian Emily Infeld! They talk about Emily's big win at the USATF Cross Country Championships, her build up for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, training with the Bowerman Track Club and much more.
Show notes for this episode can be found at ctollerun.com.
Emily Infeld
Emily was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She went to college and ran at Georgetown University where she was an 11 time All-American, NCAA champion in the indoor 3000m and led the 2011 women’s NCAA cross country championship team. Emily currently resides in Portland Oregon and trains with the Nike Bowerman Track Club, coached by Jerry Schumacher. She is a 2015 Bronze Medalist in the 10000m at the IAAF outdoor track and field championships, 2016 Olympian, ranked #1 in the US in 10000m for 2017 and is the 2018 USATF XC National Champion.
Carrie goes for a run with Olympian and registered dietician Rasa Troup! Rasa talks about representing Lithuania in the 2008 Olympic Games, competing for the University of Minnesota, and her favorite healthy meals for her busy family.
Show notes for this episode can be found at ctollerun.com.
Rasa Troup
A registered and licensed dietitian, Rasa Troup has been working with Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country teams at the University of Minnesota for more than decade. In addition, Rasa is a consultant dietitian for Minnesota Vikings as well as a dietitian at the University of Minnesota Physicians. Rasa has experience in different areas of nutrition including clinical nutrition, eating disorders, and sports nutrition. She enjoys working with people of all walks of life and abilities as well as amateur and professional athletes. Troup is also an Olympic athlete that holds national records in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the indoor mile in her home country. She represented Lithuania in the World and European track and field championships as well as 2008 Beijing Olympics. While studying at the University of Minnesota she earned All-America honors in cross-country and was the first University of Minnesota athlete to win the Roy Griak Invitational as well as the program’s first NCAA regional champion.
Carrie interviews former Green Bay Packer and the President of Bolder Options, Darrell Thompson! Darrell discusses the mission of the Bolder Options mentoring program and their emphasis on fitness, raising 4 athletic kids, and the 2018 Super Bowl.
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Darrell Thompson
Now entering his 23rd year with Bolder Options, Darrell has become very well known in Minnesota’s youth development circles. Originally funded by the Minneapolis Jaycees, Bolder Options is a comprehensive youth mentoring program that works with referred youth, age 10-14 that may be at-risk to delinquent or unhealthy behaviors. Youth are matched with a caring adult mentor and introduced to an active-lifestyle based program that provides guidance, support, and opportunities through one-on-one, small group, and family specific programming designed to help them make positive choices and live a healthier life. As the organization’s first full-time employee, Thompson was hired as program manager in the year of the program’s inception, 1993. After 5 years of success, Bolder Options became a separate 501 (c) 3 and Thompson was named Executive Director. He has grown the program to over 150 kids annually in the Twin Cities Metro program, recently expanded to his hometown Rochester, MN and leads 13 full-time employees and more than 25 volunteer Advisory Committee members in the Bolder Options mission: Teaching youth to succeed in ALL of life’s races. Bolder Options is a leader in mentoring programs, basing their program components on best-practices and leading-edge youth development research. Bolder Options boasts a success rate 22% higher than the national average of mentoring programs. Darrell sits on the board for the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, the National CARES Minnesota Committee, was named to CASA, the National Advisory Commission on Substance Abuse among High School Students, by Congressman Jim Ramstad and was awarded the 2016 "Athletes in Excellence Award" from The Foundation for Global Sports Development which recognizes exceptional athletes who uphold the values of good sportsmanship and fair play both on and off the field. Darrell is often remembered as one of the most decorated athletes to graduate from John Marshall High School in Rochester, MN, the leading rusher in University of Minnesota Gopher Football History and the first round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers where he spent 5 years before devoting his life to at-risk youth in Minnesota. Darrell lives in Plymouth, MN with his wife Steph and they have four children. In his off time you might find him enjoying Bikram yoga, fishing, or a round of golf. You can also hear Darrell throughout the college football season as one of Leerfield Sports Gopher Game Day announcers broadcasting on 100.3FM KFAN