18. Emily Infeld

This episode is an interview with professional runner, Emily Infeld. Emily grew up in Ohio, where she found her love of running through weekend races with her dad. She went on to run collegiately for Georgetown, where she was a 14x All-American and an NCAA indoor 3k champ. Emily signed a contract with Nike right out of college and joined Bowerman Track Club, where she trained for the majority of her career. Emily was the 2015 Bronze Medalist in the 10k at the World Championships in Bejing, and she went on to become an Olympian in 2016 in the 10k. Emily recently signed with Brooks, and at 35, won her first ever US title at the USATF championships in the 10k, qualifying her for the World Championships that will take place in Tokyo beginning 9/13.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How a slow introduction to the sport allowed Emily to avoid injury and burnout, and to decide to run at the collegiate level
• What is was like running for a college coach who encouraged longevity in the sport and how that environment taught Emily to balance life outside of running
• How body comments lead to some under fueling that resulted in back to back bone stress injuries, and what she learned throughout that experience
• What it felt like to win her first US title, and how special that moment was to her
• How she uses ChatGPT to track her carb intake to make sure she's eating the amount of carbs she needs to best support her training
• Why it's so important to her to be surrounded by a network of people who love and support her, and how this has led her to be the happiest and healthiest she's ever been

If you would like to keep up with Emily, you can find her on Instagram or TikTok @emilyinfeld. If you'd like to cheer for her at the upcoming World Championships, she will be competing in the women's 10k in the evening session on day 1 9/13.