Marathon Training Academy

Marathon Training Academy


Interview with Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery

July 18, 2022

In this podcast episode we speak with 2X Olympian Molly Huddle and 2X NCAA Champion and cross-country coach Sara Slattery about what they learned from interviewing 50 top female distance runners.


Molly and Sara share how runners, especially women, can have long term success in our sport. They also discuss running during pregnancy and post-pregnancy. Their new book is called How She Did It.





Molly Huddle and Sara Slattery on the MTA Podcast

Molly Huddle is a two-time U.S. Olympian (London 2012 and Rio 2016), two-time winner of the New York City Half, and finished 3rd at the 2016 NYC Marathon in her debut marathon.  She set a PR of 2:26:33 at the London Marathon in 2019.  She and her husband recently had their first child.


Sara Slattery is a two-time NCAA champion in the 5,000m and 10,000m. In 2007 she won the 10,000m at the Pan American Games, setting a Games record time. She is the head cross country coach at Grand Canyon University in Arizona and the mother of two children.




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How She Did It Website


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Photos from our road trip in Europe

In this episode we also share an update from our roadtrip and describe the Lake Tisza Relay in Hungary.


Chamonix, France


Trevor at the Mont-Blanc Marathon



Via Ferrata in Müren, Switzerland


With friends in Munich


Morning run in Budapest


Lake Tisza relay in Hungary


Bratislava, Slovakia


Morning run in Vienna


Madrid