Podcasts Sports Beer Mile Podcast Ep7 - Karissa Schweizer on her Running Journey, Kodiak Cakes, Bowerman TC Beer Mile

Ep7 - Karissa Schweizer on her Running Journey, Kodiak Cakes, Bowerman TC Beer Mile

Published: Nov. 29, 2020, 7 a.m.

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Karissa Schweizer joins the Beer Mile Podcast to discuss her running journey, how she ended up at the Bowerman Track Club, diet/cooking, goals for the 2021 season, and her Kodiak Cakes sponsorship. We also learn more about some of her teammates and tee up the possibility of a Bowerman Track Club beer mile after the 2021 Olympics. 

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Karissa holds the American Indoor Record for 3000m in a time of 8:25 and personal bests of 14:26 for 5000m and 4:00 for 1500m. Follow Karissa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karissaschweiz4/

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Main topics

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  • Intro 0:00
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  • Training during COVID 2:40
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  • College running 5:16
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  • Deciding to go pro and join BTC 7:12
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  • Adjusting to pro running 11:48
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  • Cats and dogs 16:10
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  • Diet and cooking 17:25
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  • Beer and wine during season 20:33
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  • Offseason rowdiness 21:40
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  • Kodiak Cakes sponsorship 23:20 
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  • 2021 season and Olympic Trials 25:20 
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  • Odds of a BTC sweep at the Olympic Trials 31:42 
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  • What percent of success is hard work vs luck? 35:10 
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  • What is Karissa bad at? 37:06 
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  • Favorite places to travel and live 39:15 
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  • Games and hobbies 42:35 
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  • Biggest nerd on BTC 46:15 
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  • Spicy Question: who on BTC is the biggest partier in the off season? 47:14 
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  • The Last Gulp: rapid fire questions 49:08 
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  • Karissa and BTC Beer Mile 56:50 
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  • Beer of the Week 1:00:45 
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  • Peaked Too Early callout 1:05:16
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The Beer Mile Podcast is co-hosted by Chuggernauts Chris Robertson and Adam Shurson. Chris is a Beer Mile World Champion and Record Holder and Adam is the engineer extraordinaire behind the beermile.com website.

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Sponsored by: beermile.com

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