Jan 23 2024 39 mins
World cross country champion & elite distance runner Neely Gracey joins me to chat about women in sports, competing for the trials, coaching, and much more!
Neely began running in 8th grade, and quickly saw success which deepened her motivation to pursue big goals. It started at the high school level where she won four Pennsylvania State Championships. Upon graduation, she attended Shippensburg University, and became an eight time DII National Champion. During Neely’s time at SU, she studied Human Communication with a Coaching Minor. Following graduation in 2012, she signed her first pro contract, and in 2013 Get Running Coaching was born. The business has continued to grow and has trained and supported nearly 1,000 runners. Neely’s passion as a coach has come to an all new level of excitement with the release of her book Breakthrough Women’s Running: Dream Big and Train Smart. Neely and her husband Dillon reside in Colorado with their two sons; Athens (age 5), and Rome (age 2) and a Vizsla named Strider. She believes coaching helps inspire her to keep working towards her goals as a runner, coach, and mother. Neely is a 4 time Olympic Trials Qualifier. She was the top American at the 2016 Boston Marathon and is the 11th American female ever to break 70 minutes in the half marathon. In 2023, she and her son Rome set the Guinness Book of World Records fastest Stroller Mile by a female.
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