Sam is a 1500m runner from New Zealand who’s competed at the olympics twice as well as competing in the diamond league athletic series.

In this episode we talk about Sam’s experience in Paris this year, his specific race and training strategies and then Sam shares some crack up stories about his time racing around the world and all his hobbies he enjoys when he’s back home in NZ.

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Sam’s Instagram:

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:08 Mindset for the Olympics

00:11:58 Being around top athletes

00:20:53 Setting the scene for a successful race

00:32:51 Race strategy for 1500m

00:39:58 Finding your limit in a race

00:48:51 Running 100km+ weeks

00:54:18 Pace management tools

00:55:38 Putting pace into perspective

01:03:49 Sam’s passions outside of running