166: Breaking 3:30 - Sarah's Rotterdam Marathon Debrief
4/18/202655 min
Sarah lined up at the Rotterdam Marathon with one goal: sub-3:30. This episode is an open and honest debrief of her race day experience and the hard work she put into her training, both mentally and physically.
Sarah shares how her mindset heading into Rotterdam was completely different from any race she’s tackled before and reflects on how that shift shaped both her experience and her performance on the day.
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First 90 secondsSarah Hartley· Host0:00
We're going on tour, and I am so excited about this It's a deliberate pun, 'cause this episode is sponsored by On, so we're going on tour- On tour ...
Andy Baddeley· Host0:06
with On for the On Squad Race. So we're going all over the world, starting with South America.
Sarah Hartley· Host0:10
Buenos Aires.
Andy Baddeley· Host0:11
Yeah.
Sarah Hartley· Host0:11
I cannot wait. The On Squad Race has already started, and we are going to five different locations to take part in this sick event.
Andy Baddeley· Host0:19
Yeah. We're gonna be finding out all about the local running culture in three different continents, which is pretty cool for us.
Sarah Hartley· Host0:25
And racing up and down in a spiral car park, which I feel like is gonna be a test in itself.
Andy Baddeley· Host0:30
Yeah, four by four relay, two men, two women on each teams. We're gonna be captaining various teams when we take on these challenges around the world. And On is on a mission to ignite the human spirit through movement, which is what we're gonna be doing by traveling all over the world and meeting all these amazing runners.
Sarah Hartley· Host0:42
And if you wanna find out more about On Squad Race, then head to the link in the show notes.
Andy Baddeley· Host0:46
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Rick Kelsey· Host1:11
[upbeat music] Hi, this is The Running Channel podcast. My name's Rick Kelsey. I'm a journalist. We've been doing this show for about three years. Over there, that's a guy called Andy Baddeley. He ran in two Olympic Games, and he retired in 2017.