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#235 Christi Dee Quit her Corporate Job to Coach Runners
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Episode #235 Christi Dee Quit her Corporate Job to Coach Runners
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Christi Dee has run 46 marathons, left a 20-year corporate career to start her own running coaching business, and written two children's books about running. In this conversation, Kristian talks to her about all three: why she wrote Can a Frog Jog and Maya Runs a Marathon, what it took to bet on herself, and how she approaches coaching real people with busy lives.
They also get into consistency, what makes running sustainable over decades, the coach and runner relationship, and why not every marathon needs to be a PR. They finish with the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, a hometown race that is close to her heart.
Before the interview, Kristian shares an update on his own training: why he now looks at a rolling 7-day window instead of Monday to Sunday, his first workout on the Wahoo Kickr Run treadmill, a 28K treadmill long run, and honest doubts about his sub 2:30 goal in Valencia.
In this episode:
- Why Christi wrote running books for children
- Can a Frog Jog and Maya Runs a Marathon
- Leaving corporate America to coach full time
- Running 46 marathons and keeping it sustainable
- Coaching busy athletes without making running their whole life
- Building confidence in a new career
- Trust and communication between coach and runner
- Why every marathon does not have to be a PR
- The Indianapolis Monumental Marathon and the indie running community
Timestamps
00:00 Welcome and what is coming in this episode
00:59 Kristian's training update: Monday to Sunday vs a rolling 7 days
03:05 First workout on the Wahoo Kickr Run treadmill
05:27 A 28K treadmill long run
06:51 Six weeks out from Valencia and the sub 2:30 goal
10:03 Saysky Copenhagen
11:12 Interview with Christi Dee begins
11:39 Why she wrote children's books about running
14:14 Maya Runs a Marathon
15:19 From corporate America to a coaching business
18:47 How kids and parents have reacted to the books
22:19 Teaching kids about the marathon
25:44 Running 46 marathons
28:42 Running while working a corporate job, and why she made the switch
34:13 Consistency and sustainable training
37:51 Coaching busy athletes
41:42 Confidence when starting something new
44:28 Trust and communication between coach and runner
48:56 Not every marathon is a PR
50:10 Her first marathon, Chicago 2006
51:23 The Indianapolis Monumental Marathon
56:22 Where to find the books and wrap-up
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