Marie-Eloise Leclair shares her journey from a Montreal athlete to becoming a Canadian Olympian competing in the 4x100m relay at the Paris Olympics. National Record Holder 13x All-American D2, her story weaves through early sports experiences, collegiate decisions, Olympic village insights, and her ongoing development as an elite sprinter.
• Originally recruited to SFU as a 400m hurdler before her coach redirected her to pure sprinting
• Competing in the NCAA while remaining in Canada through SFU's unique position as the only Canadian school in the NCAA
• Playing multiple sports growing up including flag football, which she describes as her favorite sport
• The Paris Olympics exceeded all expectations with family support in the stands and incredible village experiences
• Taking creatine as a performance supplement and noticing significant physical benefits
• Managing multiple training modalities including swimming for recovery and cross-training
• Preparing for upcoming World Relays competition in China while navigating jet lag challenges
• Behind-the-scenes Olympic experiences including podium kit stories and closing ceremony challenges
Don't count yourself out, work hard, and always have fun. That's what kept me in the sport for so long and what allowed me to have all these amazing memories.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And I played flag football too.
That was my favorite.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
No, way yeah, LA 2028 .
Let's go.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode
of the Athletes Podcast.
Today, dave's out on the road.
We've got another Conversationsin Cars with Marie-Louise
Leclerc, canadian Olympian 4x100sprinter, also student at SFU
as well as a track athlete there.
She was fantastic, gave lots ofawesome insights on what it was
like to be an Olympian at theParis Olympics, what the closing
(00:31):
ceremonies were like you'll getto see some fun stuff about
that and what it's like to moveacross the country for school
and for track, going fromMontreal to Vancouver for SFU.
She was fantastic.
Nothing but awesome things tosay about her.
So, without further ado, let'sget in the episode.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
You're the most decorated racquetball player in
US history, world's strongestman, from childhood passion to
professional athlete, eight-timeIronman champion.
So what was it like making yourdebut in the NHL?
What is your biggest piece ofadvice for the next generation
of athletes, from underdogs tonational champions?
This is the Athletes Podcast,where high-performance
(01:09):
individuals share their triumphs, defeats and life lessons to
educate, entertain and inspirethe next generation of athletes.
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
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Speaker 1 (01:21):
Nice.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Marie, thank you for coming on the show.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Of course.
Thanks for having me.
This is the 258th episode whoa.
We're starting off hot I'm theworst co like co-pilot ever.
So I'm really gonna exposemyself.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, that's that's not good.
I rely on my passengers toprovide me with the best
directions possible, so I'm justthe passenger, princess usually
yeah, that's okay.
You know what you assume, therole you're most typically in,
so we'll let that slide righthere.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Okay, long stops should help perfect.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Yeah, we don't have a rush to go anywhere.
We're in the jeep, it'selectric, so you don't have to
worry about spending too much ongas.
Um, left here.
Perfect, I'm gonna go out on alimb.
Typically, I ask people's namesbefore we start.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Marie eloise leclerc yes, good, very good.
Honestly, I think my name iseasier to say in english and in
french because, people just likego letter by letter, and it
works out.
And in french they just go,they butcher it so bad
marie-eloise leclerc.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yeah, that's good too , wow bilingual.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Okay, yeah, yeah that's good too, wow, bilingual
Okay Comment ça va Bien.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
merci, I do speak French.
I am bilingual according to theDELF.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
What's that oh?
Speaker 2 (02:34):
The Diplôme d'études de la langue française.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, very good, actually I can hear
all the pronunciation they'regood, that's grade 12.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
French Okay, haven't been used in a decade, but you
know that's the thing.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
It's hard when you don't practice to like keep it
up, but you're pretty good howwas your transition from
montreal out west?
um, it's funny because I thoughtbefore I moved here that I was
like so good, I was set withenglish and no one would ever
notice.
And then I got here my firstweek and everyone was laughing
at me, making or like I don'tknow I yeah, I got humbled
really easily and I was like,okay, yeah, I'm not that good,
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or just like I could understandeverything, but talking or
hearing, I don't know it was, itwas a lot.
I was really tired my first weekhere the just from having to
yeah to like always being likeon edge, like people would like
mumble and I'd have to be likesorry, can you repeat?
And then just like try not tohave an accent.
I gave up on that because Ithink I don't have one.
(03:29):
Everyone always tells me I do,so it's okay it's a little bit
it's okay, yeah, it's okay, itmakes you unique.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
There you go, yeah, and you have to explain to the
listeners why you decided tochoose SFU.
I should do a betterintroduction as well.
Typically, I do it during, butwe got a Paris Olympian in the
Jeep.
We got a GNAC athlete of theyear, female athlete of the year
, someone who we've been able towatch on TV over the summer
(03:56):
months while you were competingin the 4x100s in Paris.
Tell us about that.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Okay, so Paris first.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, let's do Paris before SFU.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Then the origin story .
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Yeah, once we get to SFU, then we'll get there.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Yeah, true.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
That's part of the drive.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Okay, paris Dream come true.
Obviously, like I think,everyone dreams to be an
Olympian when they're a kid, butfor some reason for me it had
been kind of on the back burner,wasn't my next goal, but it
kind of I let it happen.
At some point I was like, okay,now I want to make it
throughout the summer, afteractually, I went to world relays
in May, which I'm heading totomorrow hence why we're getting
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you on the show, yeah exactly.
This is a time crunch.
So once I went to world relaysand kind of got a taste of the
whole possibility, I was reallylocked in on the dream.
But leading up to that, like Iwas just having a great
collegiate season slash careerand I was content with that.
And then, yeah, one thing ledto another and here we are.
But Paris was really.
Yeah, it was a dream come trueand obviously I had high
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expectations going in.
But I feel like usually whenyou events like this can kind of
like let you down if they'relike so overhyped on social
media, and then you go and it'slike okay, down if they're like
so overhyped on social media,and then you go and it's like
okay, it was nice, but this waslike blown, blown away yeah like
way better than what I expectedwent really smoothly.
All like my family were.
That was there.
My best friend was there.
Actually, emma went there withme, so it was just a dream come
(05:18):
true.
What can I say?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
yeah, if there was one moment, that was the cherry
on top.
There's just so many differentones, like obviously being on
the, there was one moment.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
That was the cherry on top.
There's just so many differentones.
Like, obviously being on thetrack was one just by itself,
like I can't.
That's why I was thereultimately.
So I'd say, being there andlike seeing my family in the
stands, that was like that wasunreal.
But just being in the villageand like going out after, like
just partying with everyone, andlike celebrating yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Because you guys waited a week.
You were training somewhereprior before getting there,
right.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Two weeks even.
Yeah.
So we, the relay teams, we wentto London first to get a
diamond league in as like ourlast big prep, and then we all
the Canadian athletes were goingto Barcelona for two weeks of
training camp and then slowlypeople were leaving, and I was
actually one of the last ones toleave, I think um, jerome also
yeah, he was there like all thefour by one.
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People stayed even longer.
So then that was even likebuilt up the hype even more
because I could see everyonegetting there.
And then we went to Paris.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
I was there for a week in the end, and so we're
going to keep this episodeshorter than the closing
ceremonies yeah, oh my god, didyou hear about that?
Just in the podcast that youdid.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Yeah, with g-nax oh true, yeah, that was crazy.
The worst part is I kind ofknew it was going to be like
that, because I've been to otherlike canada summer games, which
obviously is a way smallerscale.
But I kind of knew it could belike that and it was and that
was disappointing.
I was like, oh, you'd think theOlympics wouldn't be.
But like, like I always say,like I would still go, I
(06:51):
wouldn't.
I'm glad I didn't miss it andif I had to do it again I would
yeah.
I think it's just.
You know you have to.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
That's just the way it is tell me about that podium
kit with lulu.
Yeah, being able to rock thatlike.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
I wish I could have worn it on the podium, but our
time will come, um, it was sosick like.
I think that's one of myfavorite the like.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
I guess it's a two-piece like favorite outfit,
especially with the sleeves offright, I think that's so cool
you gotta show off the arms Iknow the the pump um so when
cover, yeah we.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
So we didn't wear it on the podium, unfortunately,
but they made it, made us wearit for like interviews after the
race and I was kind ofscrambling packing my stuff for
that.
So basically, when we left thevillage before the race they
were like, bring your podium kitin case, and I was like, okay,
yeah, but I it was like lastminute so I just grabbed it and
then I realized I didn't bringthe sleeves.
So then when we did all theinterviews after everyone's like
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full sleeve except for me, so Idon't know Kind of gave it a
unique look.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Yeah, again, it's like the accent you got to stand
out.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Yeah, exactly I always got to stand out.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
When you think about what you were able to accomplish
at 21 years old getting toParis competing in the Olympic
Games, to Paris competing in theOlympic Games Was there moments
along the way that you realizedoh, this is something that I
can actually accomplish, becauseI've heard you in podcasts.
You said it here today.
(08:13):
It was a dream come true.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Yeah, is it a dream that you thought could be a
reality one day?
Like not, not really, or likekind of just go off of what you
said about being 21,.
Like oh, look, we, look, we'rehere yeah like definitely not at
that age or like I don't know.
I feel like, or I've heardpeople like get on the relay,
pool younger and then kind ofmaking their way up every year
and then by the time they'relike whatever 25, 26, even
Audrey like obviously best,literally ever, but that was her
(08:35):
first year like competing onthe relay for sure, and like no
one thinks that's weird becauseshe just made her way up like
year by year, so to kind of getthrown on there like my first
year.
I did not expect that.
No, but that's like that's kindof what happened.
It started with a likeunplanned and then I guess I
just proved myself.
But yeah, that wasn't.
I don't think anyone expectedthis also the the team.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
I know you obviously didn't get the result you wanted
, but being able to watch themen perform, yeah, it was
something that you spoke to.
What was that like?
Speaker 1 (09:07):
honestly, to be honest and don't like cancel me.
My first thought was like, oh,here we go again, like they're
gonna steal our thunder, but no,because obviously they're so
good and like they deserve alltheir results.
Like they work as hard, youknow, and I see we see them in
practice like they deserve alltheir results.
Like they work as hard, youknow, and I see we see them in
practice, like they deserve thisresult.
It was just like for us, Ithink doing so well for the girl
(09:29):
, like the women, was a bigachievement and everyone was
like oh, wow, like we had hadn'theard about them in a while.
And now here they are.
And then immediately the menwon and I was like, okay, here
we go back into the behind thescenes, but yeah, it was really
cool to see that live and thento go on the track.
I think that was sick.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
This is where I train every day so this is the
training right here, yeah, andwhy did you choose us if you, as
we're looking at it here, we'redriving up, yeah, we're making
people drive around us becausewe're the priority exactly you
know, who we are.
What made you decide to comeout west?
Speaker 1 (10:02):
So basically that you know, like butterfly effect, I
was a four hurdler in highschool.
So when I was looking at myoptions, like staying in Quebec
just didn't sound appealing tome at the time and I needed a
new challenge.
Just because I was kind of donewith the circuit.
I was already competing atuniversity meets when I was in
(10:23):
high school.
Just because that's the way itworks in Quebec, they're kind of
open.
I couldn't imagine myself doingthat for the next four years.
And because I was a four hurdler, all the schools in Quebec are
youth sports and in Canadaexcept SFU.
So I was like, oh, and youthsports only has indoors.
So I was like if my main eventis an outdoor event, it makes no
(10:44):
sense to compete only indoors.
So I was like 400 and fourhurdles and USports is 300 and
no outdoors.
So I was like, okay, I need togo in the NCAA.
But then I wasn't that good andmy mom was like you're not
going in the States, like no.
So SFU was like you're notgoing in the States, like no.
So SFU was like the perfect inbetween of NCAA and Canada,
(11:05):
obviously, that's the wholething, but like D2, that was a
good level for me, my mom wasn'ttoo scared and I could do the
four hurdles.
And then somehow I got here andTom, my coach, was like you're
never touching a hurdle again.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Like, first of all, you're not that good and you
have like way too much speed, soyeah, you can turn here.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
How did that feel, having your coach tell you a
you're not that good and well,it's not.
He was like you're not thatgood.
He was like you're so good,don't waste your time on the
hurdles.
Because the hurdles I feel likeI was a good 400 runner and I
was.
Because of that I could makethe four hurdles work, but it
was like unnecessary right, yeah, okay, and when you grew up
playing other sports as.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
I've heard yeah was your strength?
Always 400.
Was that because of soccer?
Speaker 1 (11:54):
um, I mean, I actually lived here and that
one's.
Kelowna.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Oh, your Kelowna location.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Yeah, like all the, they all have a name.
The dorms are called that.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Ah, okay, yeah, fun fact Okay okay.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Anyway, my strength was always being fast, like in
those sports like soccer andstuff.
But I think then playing soccerthat kind of gave me like the
stamina for the 400.
So they, yeah, went hand inhand.
And I played flag football too.
That was my favorite, no way inhand, and I played flag
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football too.
That was my favorite.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
No way, yeah, la 2028 let's go.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Yeah, if I'm done with track before, then why not
both exactly?
Speaker 2 (12:34):
oh, true also yeah, that'd be cool.
Wait, yeah, yeah, I neverthought about it.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
I just I'm processing this yep.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
I feel like that you could totally do that that'd be
really cool I mean, your trackcoach is gonna question it, but
I'm gonna sit here right nowtoday and say hey, if Marie
wants to wants to do it, yougotta let her do it.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Yeah, you're right, okay, why not that's funny,
cause when I yeah, so I do flagin the fall, and then I'd go to
do track in the spring and mycoach was like oh my God, your
form sucks, cause I'd like runlike this and like be way too
low anyway.
So that's funny, but I'm sure Icould make both work now what's
the like when you say yourform's too low?
Speaker 2 (13:10):
like how often?
Because people don't realizeall of the details that go into.
Yeah, running as a trackathlete.
I've learned over the past fewyears working with Miriam now
yeah and I'm like justflabbergasted at how many
details that you guys have tostill think in when people are
just like oh, you got to runfast.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Yeah, I can beat you in a race.
It's like, OK, I don't know ifyou know a thing about even how
to run.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
And so how do you manage that?
Because people obviously arelike I think about world's
strongest man, mitchell Hooper,and it's like, oh, you get to,
you know, lift next to him andit's probably fun for you.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
People are like, oh, I want to race next to maria,
but that's not necessarily likethat's your job I know, yeah,
yeah, no, that's when I go outand people are like, okay, let's
go race.
I'm like, do you realize I warmup for like an hour every time
I do like one stride.
It's like I can't just go racein like my anyway.
Yeah, that's funny.
You say mitchell hooper.
I just saw him in cook whitlamlike two weeks ago oh yeah, he
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was out at tap house.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, I like ran into him the uh, yeah, he uh.
It's been on the show a coupletimes now and we uh spent some
time in victoria.
He was bench pressing making melook silly yeah, I bet, yeah it
was.
It was a humbling experience,but that's part of the pod yeah,
it makes him.
I get to meet these incredibleindividuals like yourself.
(14:32):
I get to train like finley knox,who's also a canadian olympian.
He was down at ubc.
I'm gonna go jump in the poolwith him at some point.
Maybe I'll warm up it for anhour with you and jump on the
track.
Warm up and I'm not good atthat normally, but but you know,
I know the importance of it.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
And yeah, I want to incorporate, like the training
aspect, because a lot of peopleagain don't realize the details
that go into what it's like as asprinter or as a track athlete
and I'm like, selfishly, I wantto learn.
Yeah, exactly these things.
Right, selfishly I want tolearn yeah, exactly right.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
I think it's interesting too.
Totally like it makes youappreciate even more when you
watch the sport and be like oh,this is what they do, like all
these drills before, and thenthat's how it happens yeah and
oh.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
By the way, if I practice for the past 5, 10, 15
years the way Maria Louise did,then, maybe I'd be the same
quality.
Yeah, but I'm not.
So I got a lot of work to doyeah, oh, no, oh, dead end.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Or when people are like I always hear oh, if I
trained more like this, I'd belike this and it's like well,
the hard part is the trainingright everyone can say, oh, if I
trained more like this.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
But it's like, oh, wow, this is the first time
we've ever off-roaded here onthe on the athletes podcast, but
we're doing it here it's thefirst time for everything here.
Hey, I, uh.
I am curious, though.
You just talked about flagfootball.
When the heck did you startplaying that?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
uh, I played in my second year of high school,
which would have been gradeeight okay um, yeah, and that
was really humbling.
You know how everyone kind ofhas a story of like a coach,
that would just humble them yeahand be kind of a little too
rude for the level that you wereat.
That was that was my story.
I don't know why I like I wasreally fast, but it was my first
year, so like my hands weren'tthat good, they weren't that bad
(16:15):
, and he would just rip me apartat practice in front of
everyone all the time, or likeif we did a play in a game and
it like messed up, he'd be likewho are your worst hands on the
line?
Her, why did you throw to her?
And I'd just be like, oh my god.
So that was really humbling.
And then we he got fired,actually because he was too
aggressive in that case yeah andthen we got a really good coach
(16:38):
that could actually see me aswho I was as an athlete, see me
for who I was as an athlete, andthen I actually became way
better.
And then I played in college inQuebec, which is like our
pre-university did you do grade13?
Yeah, it's like it's calledCJEP, so it's like two years.
Yeah, yeah, you know yeah, so Iplayed there um for a year only
because then I came here.
(16:58):
I didn't finish my CJEP, camehere, but that year was really
cool too.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
I was so jealous as a I guess what 18 year old when.
I went out to Ontario to Brockfor university and I ended up in
a dorm like your Kelownasituation.
Yeah it was called the queueand I was ended up with a bunch
of guys who were a year older,who had just done grade 13 from
Ontario.
It's like, man, I could haveused an extra year yeah,
(17:25):
seriously, I, my mom and I talkabout this.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Sometimes we're like CJEP is so smart because then
you go from high school but thenyou get have this like
transition, two years whereyou're not exactly in university
.
But it also helps to likefigure out what you want.
Because basically, I came heremy first year and I was doing
science and I was like, okay, Iknow it's hard, but like I did
it in CJEP and I know I want todo this, but all my friends that
(17:48):
came here for their first yeardoing science they were like, oh
my god, I don't want to do this, ended up like changing
programs and then it like setthem back so many years having
to switch and like miss creditsand stuff.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
So I was like, yeah, cgep is really smart to like
prepare you yeah, I remember onone of the other podcasts that
you did, you talked about thefact that you joined science is
because it was hard yeah, youlike the difficult things
challenge yeah it's the.
What is that huberman talksabout?
That, uh, prefrontal amygdala,whatever oh, really that's funny
(18:19):
.
You develop your muscle when youcontinue to do hard things, and
it's a muscle that willcontinue to get bigger, stronger
and allow you to like go intoan ice bath, for instance, even
though you know it's gonna suckand not be good.
Um, so it's something thatobviously you've acquired.
You like to flex that muscle uh, what other sports did you play
(18:42):
as a kid growing up?
What's allowed you to be fast?
Speaker 1 (18:45):
uh, I think those were the only two, so really at
some point.
It was three though, because Idid like track, flag and soccer
like one month in grade 10 and Iwas like, yeah, that's not
gonna work, but yeah, I didn'tknow no other ones okay, and are
you taking a crazy amount ofprotein?
Speaker 2 (19:00):
like, how are you?
Like, how are you survivingbeing able to fuel all these
things when you're doing threedifferent sports?
Speaker 1 (19:06):
Oh, back then, definitely not.
I was probably not even eatinga proper meal and just like
candy all the time.
No, that's not true, because Ilived at home.
But I like didn't think aboutit in high school and I think
that was good.
Oh yeah, like I don't know, asa high schooler you don't want
to like fall into details tooquick, because then it kind of
drives you crazy and you quitright, okay but now I am more
(19:27):
careful and I just startedtaking creatine.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Actually, heck, yeah, it's pot pie powder nice.
So my colleague at work, ari,showed up to him he put this
tape on he made it ari, but itis, and we got some protein is
this a good one?
Yeah, yeah, this is perfectsports oh wow, this is the best
products on the market.
Marie Cool, we'll get you some.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Okay, thanks.
Yeah, I'm almost like it'sreally cheap, but I didn't
realize how fast you go throughit, because you have to take it
every day.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
It's so worth it though.
Yeah, it is Physical and mentalbenefits.
Have you noticed a difference?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Not mentally necessarily, necessarily maybe,
but yeah, I'd say physically.
Yeah, I feel more like sturdy,yeah, and like my friend Emma I
was talking about earlier.
She started taking it I guesslike a year ago, and then she
had a crazy season this year.
So now we're like oh, don'tsleep on creatine hey, ap15
(20:21):
saves you 15% atperfectsportscom.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
it it's no big deal.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Good to know.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Yeah, ml hooks them up, we'll get to this?
What kind of protein Are youtaking?
Protein too?
How do you like what haschanged with your nutrients if
you're not eating candy anymore?
Speaker 1 (20:35):
I still eat candy, just not only that.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Actually, that's a good question, because I got put
on the doping kind ofwhereabouts program recently
where I like get tested at yeah,have to update my thing every
day.
It's so annoying.
I was one of those dopingchaperones.
Yeah, I'm the worst.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Yeah, you'd come knock on my door at 6 am.
Also funny story my time slotis at 6 am because that's like
you know, I'm not busy rightbecause I'm sleeping.
But sometimes I update it andI'm like in Boston, whatever,
and they'll come to my house at6 a 6am like bang down the door
and my roommates are like she'snot here, why are?
You waking us up, yeah so, yeah, that's annoying for them.
I feel bad.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
But you would know, mo, uh, mo, I'm yeah, yeah, yeah
so.
I did that to his place at sixin the morning with my prof
Rachel.
Corbett yeah, a couple yearsago.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Fun fact, honestly it's funny because then you like
meet new people and you're likehey what do you do?
He probably doesn't remember mefrom that moment, but yeah um,
I was just gonna say after I gotput on that I kind of started
getting worried about, like,what I could take and all the
like certified stuff.
So I stopped taking proteinbecause the one I was taking
wasn't like I'm sure it was fine, but you don't want to take the
risk right and I don't.
(21:44):
I really try to make an effortto eat real protein and not rely
on powder all the time,although it is handy, like after
a workout, right away.
So I am kind of on the lookoutfor a new one.
So sounds like an ad I meanit's not.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
It's not not an ad, because jerome blake ended up
becoming a perfect sportsathlete afterwards.
So I'm just saying it couldhappen.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
We might have to make some introductions.
We might have to.
I'd love that.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Hey, it's only because we like to provide the
best to Canadian athletes.
Yeah, I'm a Canadian.
We got to look out for ournations, and that's one of the
best things about the Olympics.
Though I heard you talkingabout the Aruba pin and I'm kind
of jealous, oh yes, about theAruba pin.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
and I'm kind of jealous, oh yes.
Oh, my god, I wish I had mylanyard here.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Yeah, why didn't you bring?
Speaker 1 (22:27):
it Come on, he's so now I have to move all my
because I'm moving back home andI'm just thinking.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Are we going right straight?
Yeah, you can go straight.
Why so you're moving back home?
Tell me more.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Well, I'm.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
I'm graduating from SFU and Mom wants you back.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Yeah, at least for the summer, and then we'll see
in the fall, but I always gohome in the summer.
Uh, when I first moved here,everyone was like, oh,
eventually you'll just stay inbc in the summer, which I'm sure
is really nice, but I I lovebeing home.
So for the summer, that's thething you can't miss out on
montreal summer, and just likeall my family's there, yeah, I
did a montreal tour a coupleyears ago with the podcast nice
(23:02):
and, uh, nice, and a farmathlete.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
Do you know that name ?
Speaker 1 (23:06):
It doesn't ring a bell.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
I'll have to.
And it's beautiful, yeah, andit's so lively it's so lively it
was during.
Covid, but it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Yeah, energy is crazy .
That's a big thing for me, likeBC is really beautiful, but it
just doesn't have that energythat I get at home, especially
because, yeah, yeah, friends,family is the main part of the
energy, but then everythingaround is just so cool.
The go ahead, what's up?
No, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
I was just gonna say I'm moving home and now I'm
gonna have like 10 suitcases,yeah.
Yeah, you got your lulu kit,your knife.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Yeah, they keep sending me more things.
I'm like, no stop, I gotta moveit back, but it's cool.
I was gonna say it can't besaying no new product, new gear,
yeah, why?
Would you not say no, edit thatout, yeah, well, what's the
favorite?
because their track athletes gottwo different for the olympics
yeah right, yeah so becausethere's the like team canada
(23:58):
sponsor, which was lulu, andthen every sport has their own
because, like, we wouldn't wearlike speedo, right you know, for
so stuff like that.
So we got nike for the trackand then everyone was wearing
lulu in the village.
Yeah, it was actually like notallowed to wear nike in the
village.
You had to wear like your yourcountry sponsor.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
I was at harry jerome last year.
Oh yeah, I want to go this yearyeah, well, there's got a bunch
of people liz gliedl's around,we'll get it.
We'll get a whole crew going.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Cool, okay, and then I'll have friends, because it's
kind of scary going to new meets.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
We don't know anyone oh, how do you think I feel?
Yeah, exactly on my own, withno one there.
I'm just electric acceleration.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Nice, yeah, there you go.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Pioneer auto group, make sure, to check out the new
plug-in electric vehicle jeeps.
They're the best, like you said.
Crazy acceleration, yeah uh,almost as fast as your 60, 100
or two meters, definitely not myacceleration.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
I have to work on that is that your?
My drive phase is kind.
I mean, I'm pretty tall, so Ifeel like it's okay that it
takes me a bit more time to getup to speed, but if I can fix
that, better watch out it's sointeresting you bring that up
because when I was with duaneand Miriam, he was talking about
his start too.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
I believe he needed to work on really, yeah,
everyone does, and again it'slike people who are non-athletic
regular people will say or likenon, yeah, yeah the nerves uh,
or just people who don't sprintyeah regularly, which is like
99% of people over the age of 18.
Now Something we're trying tochange.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Have you seen those videos that are like roommates
sitting together and being likeI've never seen you guys sprint
at full speed?
That's funny because myroommates and I have seen each
other sprint at full speedcountless times.
But yeah, most people haven't.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
Yeah, and it's a real problem though in our society,
because people just don't movenowadays and they're not active,
and hopefully they can listento episodes like this, yes, and
they can be inspired to go, move, run, get their training.
What does your training looklike when you're not on the
track like?
Are you running six, seven daysa week?
(26:02):
Do you lift weights, do youswim, do you sauna?
Um, I definitely lift.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
Uh, I like swimming.
I started swimming.
Swimming is like also a way tohumble myself, because it's hard
and I try to be too good, tooquick, like go too fast, and
then I almost drown.
So it like forces me to, youknow, take it slow, one length
at a time.
So I like, I really likeswimming.
Um, I don't love hiking, but Istill do it, you know it's good
for you and it's nice exactlylike it has a nice reward at the
(26:29):
top.
So yeah, I I think that's themain thing.
Like you were like what youwere saying is doing a bunch of
different things and not justlike just go to the gym or just
run, because then you're goingto be lacking some things you
got to be a well balancedexactly I want to call this
segment athletes in automobiles.
Okay.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
We've had like almost four or five hockey players in
a row, so it's good to get atrack athlete back on here.
Change things up a bit.
If you were not a track athlete, what sport would you be
playing?
I guess you just kind of saidit with the football.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
No, but that's different, because I know I can
play football so I would enjoyit.
But if I wasn't a track athleteand I had another talent like
if I had it I would be anartistic swimmer.
Oh, because I think that's sosick, and like my brain cannot
comprehend how they do it.
Like obviously gymnastics isn'tlike impressive, but underwater
(27:22):
, yeah.
And like no ground to like pushoff I.
It blows my mind.
So if I had that talent, likeif I was already good, if I
could, you know, transpose myskills, but to another sport, it
would be that one heck, yeah,okay yeah this is.
I love that very fully, it was180 yeah, I was not expecting
that at all.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
like I don't want to go fast and I don't want to be
on the ground, no, exactly, Iwant to be flexible and, yeah,
do crazy flips.
Yeah, no, I like it.
That is definitely not what Iwould want to do at all.
What?
Speaker 1 (27:56):
would be yours, because what's your main sport?
You would say Probably hockeyor golf.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
Those are my two.
I think it would be really coolto be good at swimming, I think
it would be really cool to begood at swimming.
I think that would be reallycool.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
I'm not good at it.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
It's impressive, I do think it would be cool.
I don't the arts part, I wouldjust I throw that out the window
.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
I think that's.
That's why it's interesting tome, because I really don't have
it.
So if I could, you know, justget it Right yeah.
Hey, run fast run towards thisLiterally in a straight line.
Speaker 2 (28:32):
Yeah, that was one thing I did appreciate with
Jerome too, when I had him onthe show a few months ago is
just the fact that he started alittle later in his career and
you can still be getting theresults despite maybe different
timelines when you start.
Maybe you started a littleyounger.
(28:52):
You specialized after soccer.
Some people live track theirwhole life.
Some people join track at theage of 20 or like andre, who was
a couple years right likebasketball right that's crazy.
Do you?
Do you see any similaritieswith athletes now as you spend
time around them?
You know sprinters trackathletes all the time is there.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Anything that stands out makes them the best athletes
out there um, I'm trying tothink I think everyone has like
not the same story, but asimilar story of like dedication
to something and then they justlike, like everyone is like
driven to begin with, and thenthey just put that we all ended
up putting that like drive intotrack, but no one's like yeah, I
(29:32):
wasn't really trying, and thenI just ended up here, like even
my story of like I didn't expectit, but I was still like
killing myself, grinding forsomething to happen, you know,
or like having that drive andkind of being crazy I hear that
a lot like you have to be crazyto be an Olympian.
I think that's true yeah likeno one.
You meet on those teams is okay.
Up there we're all crazy.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
That's funny.
Two weeks ago we had ParisO'Brien on the podcast, who's
the Chinese national goaltender.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
Like that kind of rings a bell yeah he lives out
here too, oh really.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
That's cool, and I asked him if he had got the
tattoo.
Did you get it?
Yeah, it's right here.
Oh nice, how long did that takeafter?
Was it right away?
Speaker 1 (30:14):
It was right away, because I wanted to get it done
at home before I came here, so Iwas one of the first few to get
it and I was like, oh, did Iget it too early?
But yeah.
Then people started gettingthem like in the fall.
But I got it done, like inAugust, yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
Was there one moment that you look back on that you
think, oh, I should have takenthat in more.
Like I'm always curious as Iget older, it's like I'm looking
from adults' perspectives whenthey're like oh, like you know,
I spend time with my kids andit's like I want to be conscious
of that as I get older now.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
For you.
You seem very mature.
Oh thanks and I feel like thatwas probably in part you've been
able to absorb all of theseincredible experiences.
Anything stand out.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
I think like, if there's a moment I would have
taken in more, like I wish Itook in more Honestly, no, like
I'm pretty proud of that that inParis I really took the time.
I think it helped having peoplearound me like really reminding
us to be like take it in.
And even like Miriam raced acouple days before me and she
was like I know we're alwaystold when we went to big
(31:22):
stadiums to really like lock inand not let the noise like you
know, you don't want to getdistracted right before your
race by like oh my god, there'speople yelling in the stands but
she was like this time, take amoment to take it in.
Yeah, so that really helped andI feel like I might have not if
she hadn't said that, but Ireally did and I was still able
to refocus, like I think it'sjust, you know, finding the
balance of not like getting lostin the noise.
(31:43):
But yeah, I really took that in.
Like the stadium I went outafter with my friends and we
like really, you know, took theopportunity to celebrate
ourselves, even though, likeusually, like you know, you hear
track athletes being like oh no, I never go out.
Like this was the time to do it, and we did.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
I made new friends Like well, obviously, miriam,
like sharing a room with her waslike definitely made the
experience what it was.
So, yeah, no, I'm actuallycontent with how I took it in
Heck.
So yeah, no, I'm actuallycontent with how I took it in.
Heck yeah, especially for Paris.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Yeah, yeah, I mean, that's the best part.
And then you traveled after.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Not really Because my family was there.
So we stayed like a few days inParis, but honestly, I was so
cooked, I was just, I was sotired I couldn't even walk and
like I was, we were walking andI had to like stop and buy, like
, buy, like flip-flops becausemy feet, after the ceremony,
like standing for hours, like myfeet, were gonna fall off my
legs.
So, yeah, so I was actuallyhappy to come home, okay so yeah
(32:40):
, I would understand.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
I feel the same way when you now have this event
starting tomorrow what is this?
What does this look like 24hours ahead?
Most people don't get to seethe inside yeah like our nerves
starting to hit for you.
I just ran the 10k sun run ohnice how was that?
Speaker 3 (32:59):
well it wasn't my best effort.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
I didn't really train as hard as I should have, uh
but you know what?
Speaker 1 (33:04):
we finished we finished, we're good.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
Uh, we have room for improvement yeah uh.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
I have no idea where we are, by the way.
Okay, perfect, that makes twoof us.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
I'm curious though like for you it's, you've got
now you know you're jumping on aplane and you've got to perform
To China.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
So that's scary number one.
I think for me people would bedisappointed, but not surprised
that it looks like I have notstarted packing at all.
So I have not.
I just did my laundry.
That's pretty good, so Ihaven't started packing.
I'm definitely.
Maybe that helps not being toonervous because I'm like, all
right, I'm leaving tomorrow,should probably pack, so I don't
have time to think yeah aboutthe event just yet.
(33:44):
Obviously, like I'm focused attraining to get prepared, but I
don't think it's necessary rightnow to be worried or at any
point.
I'm not going to be worriedbecause I, you know, trust my
training and my teammates, uh, Ithink, left here, yeah, yeah.
So, yeah, now I'm just I feellike it's the exciting part,
especially because we're goinglike a week in advance.
So I know that once, even onceI get there, it'll still be time
(34:07):
to like, get used to everything.
I feel like this time I mightbe more nervous about, like the
jet lag.
But yeah, I think I'm morenervous because I know usually
I'm like too chill, I'm like, ohyeah, jet lag doesn't affect me
.
So I don't want to be that girlthat's like famous last words
and then get killed by the jetlag.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
There's apps out there that you can get.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
Really.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Yeah, yeah, I'm sure it tells you, like you know,
four days earlier to startsleeping.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
They did.
I've been doing that, have you?
Yeah, nice, but the thing thatwas confusing is because we have
people going from the east andthe west, so they told them to
go to bed later and us to go tobed earlier.
But then they were like nevermind, you guys have to go to bed
later.
No, never mind earlier.
So I was like, okay, there's adifference between going to bed
at 2 am or9.
So I think we had to go to bedearlier, otherwise I'll just
(34:57):
blame it on them.
But yeah, so I actually went tobed at like 10 last night,
which is early for me, woke upat 7, made pancakes before
practice crazy, the amount oftime you have when you get up
early are you normally asleep inkind of gal?
like not really, but I usuallywake up right before I have to
leave right because it ends upbeing early, I.
(35:19):
But I'm like some of myroommates if they have to leave
at eight, they'll wake up at 630, watch their show, get their
coffee, do their makeup.
Speaker 2 (35:25):
I kind of just get up and go roll yeah, roll out of
bed, go forget everything hey,there's something to be said for
making sure you get your sleep.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Exactly, and I don't want to like lose too much at
night, going to bed too earlyyeah.
Speaker 2 (35:40):
But I still get my sleep in.
How do you treat?
Do you have a morning routine,nighttime routine?
Do you have any like specificthings when it comes to
nutrition that you follow LikeI'm always curious?
For me it's I've startedincorporating a bit more carbs
before my workouts.
After my workouts, yeah, I eata lot of eggs, like six to eight
or twelve a day, a dayinteresting.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
It's kind of crazy?
Definitely not.
Speaker 2 (36:03):
I have a couple scoops of diesel.
Yeah uh, obviously the creatine, but, like for me, I'm always
curious what other highperformers are taking in well,
now my night routine.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
I've added creatine.
Do you take yours in themorning or at night?
Speaker 2 (36:16):
Doesn't matter, you take it at any time, any minute.
Yeah, as long as I remember it,I'm good Really.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
Okay, I take it every night around 11 pm.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
Right before I go to bed, wow.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
Yeah, and then I forget sometimes, how many night
do you track it?
Speaker 1 (36:30):
no, I try to sleep between seven, at least seven,
and then anything above.
That is good.
But like, obviously if I'm at atraining camp and I can sleep
nine, I will yeah but just withschool, sometimes it's hard did
you have Danielle?
Speaker 2 (36:44):
yeah?
Yeah, so that's how I actuallygot introduced to Miriam really
interesting yeah, yeah, so we, Ihad Danielle on the podcast oh,
on the podcast.
I need to talk to her aboutthat yeah she's my girl, she's
great she's everyone's girlhonestly.
Speaker 3 (36:59):
Everyone loves her.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
It's so true yeah, she's just, you want to talk
about butterfly effect yeahshe's the one that can capture
everyone that's crazy yeahbecause, yeah, miriam sees her
at the hub like every week.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
I only see get to see her like once in a while on
trips.
Speaker 2 (37:13):
Yeah, and that's the therapy piece.
I went and got a massage onWednesday after the sun run
because my calf was rough.
Yeah, yeah, it was not good.
No, like Marie, we're talking.
Speaker 1 (37:25):
Road running.
I don't do that yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
We're talking from kilometer three on.
I was hobbling.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
Oh, oh.
From kilometer three on, I washobbling, oh oh kilometer three
on.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Yeah, oh, that's not even a third.
Okay, yeah, no, it wasn't good.
It wasn't good, but my ego gotin the way and I kept running,
had to finish it.
Not a great time I'm surethere's people who searched my
name up and they're laughing butagain, room for improvement
yeah, and.
I was running in New Balanceshoes because they sent me some
nice stuff.
I'm curious what brand you rockas far as running.
Speaker 1 (37:58):
That's funny Because I just started wearing A6.
And now I'm like the girl atpractice who's like, oh my God,
this is so underground, no oneknows about the A6, but they're
so good.
So I feel like I have to saythat yeah, yeah, I've been kind
of get into a6.
They don't have like sprintspikes just yet, but I know
they're on because I have afriend who's from japan, which I
think their headquarters orsomething were there, and he has
(38:20):
like a contact there and he'slike, no, they're developing
spikes.
So I'm, yeah, room forimprovement once again.
I think with them it's just aprocess, but it's coming so
you're on team a6 for now I yeah, I've kind of tried everything.
I think new balance obviously I.
We have addy at our schoolthat's sponsored with new
balance and friend of the showyeah, we're doing a run club you
(38:41):
better be coming out well, Iguess, if you're leaving, god
wait, it's this week, everytuesday, every tuesday van city
run club.
I think the problem is that Idon't run, I'm leaving.
Speaker 2 (38:51):
Well, we'll have you in as an honorary guest.
Okay, good, yeah, that'd benice.
There you go, shake some hands,smile and leave.
Kiss some babies.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
So, yeah, addy's New Balance obviously she's given me
shoes before and like they'regreat.
It's a great brand.
They have a lot of goodCanadian athletes right now.
Okay, yeah and uh.
So no affinity to like theadidas or nike growing up as a.
No, obviously everyone lovesnike and adidas and they're kind
(39:19):
of like the brands thateveryone wishes to be sponsored
by.
But I think when you come up asan athlete you realize that
there's more to it and unlessyou're like an olympic champion,
it's kind of risky to sign withbig brands like this because
you don't.
You kind of want to be seen asa person first right, because
not everyone's going to havelike a perfect journey all the
time and then you don't wantthem to be like oh, you had a
bad race, you're done.
(39:39):
Here's, give us your salary backso I think for me, at the point
that I am right now, if youknow, if I would consider a sign
, well, first I'd sign withwhoever wants me.
But you have, those are thingsto consider, to be like.
Do they see you as a normal, ahuman, before, just like numbers
and times?
Speaker 2 (39:57):
right.
One of the things that youbrought up earlier was the
playing ncaa or competing in thencaa but still staying in
canada, sfu being that only kindof school that allows for that.
Was there a dream school thatyou had in mind, down in the
states that you would have lovedto have gone to?
Speaker 1 (40:14):
not really, because SFU approached me when I was in
grade 11 so I hadn't reallystarted like go on the SFU
recruiting team yeah are yougoing right I?
left here so I hadn't.
They kind of sent me the thingand I was like also, like I said
, I wasn't that good, so Iwasn't really in a position to
be like oh no.
So I was kind of like oh,someone wants me, great.
(40:36):
So I didn't do much research.
Damn, yeah, wow, like I'mtrying to think if I knew a lot
of other people in Quebec whenD1 Canada at that time.
But because that's a dreamgrowing up it is yeah, but I
feel like I just had this ideain the back of my mind that it
was going to go poorly, becauseI heard so many stories and I
was like, oh, no, yeah.
Speaker 2 (40:57):
No, there are.
There's terrible stories thatcome from NCAA that again before
people were even beingcompensated as well, yeah
exactly.
That would have been way worse.
Now, at least if you can makesome money along the way while
you're getting your education.
Speaker 1 (41:10):
Yeah, if you're not the track star, you're still
like getting something out of it.
But yeah, some crazy injurystories.
My friend, one of my goodfriends, who's now on the relay
team coming to china with us,katherine, she went to ucla.
Okay, obviously that soundslike a dream school because
you're in la training in the sunevery day, the campus is
beautiful, but yeah, still there, like she tells.
It tells me stories that I'mlike that would never happen at
(41:33):
SFU, but okay oh my gosh, yeahwell, hey, good thing you went
to SFU kept mom happy, yeah,right, that's what matters.
Speaker 2 (41:42):
Great province yeah, it is great, yeah, and honestly
like we.
Speaker 1 (41:45):
Obviously it's d2, so our championships are a bit
different, but then that alsoallowed me to be like all
American, which you know, I'mhumble enough to say I probably
wouldn't be in D1.
So that and just being sohumble.
Yeah, just like we still go toall these meets.
Yeah, basically that's thething.
Like so for nationals and stuff, we're in our own category.
(42:07):
But then during the season,especially for track, like it
doesn't matter where you are,who you are, you can race anyone
.
Speaker 2 (42:13):
Right.
Speaker 1 (42:14):
Yeah, so especially for track like it doesn't matter
where you are who you are.
Speaker 2 (42:16):
You can race anyone, right?
Yeah, so we still go tocalifornia.
Yeah, you get all the perks ofbeing ncaa exactly without.
Speaker 1 (42:19):
Yeah, so it's really is.
It really is the best of bothwithout the stress of a school
shooting.
You know, yeah, exactly or likea 100k tuition.
Speaker 2 (42:25):
Yeah, yeah, also fact , my mom went to sfu so really
nice a little affinity there forthem.
So, marie eloise leclerc, theway we wrap up every episode, we
ask our guests their biggestpiece of advice for the next
generation of athletes okay,that's funny because I just went
to high school um to kind oftalk to their track team.
Speaker 1 (42:46):
So I'm trying to think okay biggest piece of
advice, I think don't countyourself out.
Work hard and always have fun.
Okay, that's my biggest piece.
It's coming back right here togo back to my house.
Um, yes, always have fun.
I think that's what kept me inthe sport for so long and like
what allowed me to have allthese amazing memories, despite
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the results, because when Ithink of like my track career, I
don't only think like I was sofast and so good.
I think I had so much fun, metso many great people and it
brought me to the opportunitiesthat I got.
Speaker 2 (43:17):
So, have fun, work hard and don't count yourself
out okay, and since you did sucha good job here with the vlog
style yeah, my arm.
You need to shout out yoursocial media pages because you
do such a good job online I'mreally trying.
Speaker 1 (43:30):
I just got some storage on my phone so I'm
really grinding the reels.
So my Instagram is Marie, twounderscore Eloise E-L-O-I-S-E,
and my TikTok is the same,actually, and those are the only
two I have for now.
Speaker 2 (43:43):
Let's go Give her a follow.
Thanks for listening.
Hope you have a great rest ofyour day.
We'll see you next week.
Bye.
Speaker 3 (43:49):
All right, everybody that's going to do it for us
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And I played flag football too.
That was my favorite.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
No, way yeah, LA 2028 .
Let's go.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode
of the Athletes Podcast.
Today, dave's out on the road.
We've got another Conversationsin Cars with Marie-Louise
Leclerc, canadian Olympian 4x100sprinter, also student at SFU
as well as a track athlete there.
She was fantastic, gave lots ofawesome insights on what it was
like to be an Olympian at theParis Olympics, what the closing
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ceremonies were like you'll getto see some fun stuff about
that and what it's like to moveacross the country for school
and for track, going fromMontreal to Vancouver for SFU.
She was fantastic.
Nothing but awesome things tosay about her.
So, without further ado, let'sget in the episode.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
You're the most decorated racquetball player in
US history, world's strongestman, from childhood passion to
professional athlete, eight-timeIronman champion.
So what was it like making yourdebut in the NHL?
What is your biggest piece ofadvice for the next generation
of athletes, from underdogs tonational champions?
This is the Athletes Podcast,where high-performance
(01:09):
individuals share their triumphs, defeats and life lessons to
educate, entertain and inspirethe next generation of athletes.
Here we go.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
We got all our perfect sports supplements here.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Nice.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Marie, thank you for coming on the show.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Of course.
Thanks for having me.
This is the 258th episode whoa.
We're starting off hot I'm theworst co like co-pilot ever.
So I'm really gonna exposemyself.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, that's that's not good.
I rely on my passengers toprovide me with the best
directions possible, so I'm justthe passenger, princess usually
yeah, that's okay.
You know what you assume, therole you're most typically in,
so we'll let that slide righthere.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Okay, long stops should help perfect.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Yeah, we don't have a rush to go anywhere.
We're in the jeep, it'selectric, so you don't have to
worry about spending too much ongas.
Um, left here.
Perfect, I'm gonna go out on alimb.
Typically, I ask people's namesbefore we start.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Marie eloise leclerc yes, good, very good.
Honestly, I think my name iseasier to say in english and in
french because, people just likego letter by letter, and it
works out.
And in french they just go,they butcher it so bad
marie-eloise leclerc.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yeah, that's good too , wow bilingual.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Okay, yeah, yeah that's good too, wow, bilingual
Okay Comment ça va Bien.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
merci, I do speak French.
I am bilingual according to theDELF.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
What's that oh?
Speaker 2 (02:34):
The Diplôme d'études de la langue française.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, very good, actually I can hear
all the pronunciation they'regood, that's grade 12.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
French Okay, haven't been used in a decade, but you
know that's the thing.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
It's hard when you don't practice to like keep it
up, but you're pretty good howwas your transition from
montreal out west?
um, it's funny because I thoughtbefore I moved here that I was
like so good, I was set withenglish and no one would ever
notice.
And then I got here my firstweek and everyone was laughing
at me, making or like I don'tknow I yeah, I got humbled
really easily and I was like,okay, yeah, I'm not that good,
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or just like I could understandeverything, but talking or
hearing, I don't know it was, itwas a lot.
I was really tired my first weekhere the just from having to
yeah to like always being likeon edge, like people would like
mumble and I'd have to be likesorry, can you repeat?
And then just like try not tohave an accent.
I gave up on that because Ithink I don't have one.
(03:29):
Everyone always tells me I do,so it's okay it's a little bit
it's okay, yeah, it's okay, itmakes you unique.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
There you go, yeah, and you have to explain to the
listeners why you decided tochoose SFU.
I should do a betterintroduction as well.
Typically, I do it during, butwe got a Paris Olympian in the
Jeep.
We got a GNAC athlete of theyear, female athlete of the year
, someone who we've been able towatch on TV over the summer
(03:56):
months while you were competingin the 4x100s in Paris.
Tell us about that.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Okay, so Paris first.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, let's do Paris before SFU.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Then the origin story .
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Yeah, once we get to SFU, then we'll get there.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Yeah, true.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
That's part of the drive.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Okay, paris Dream come true.
Obviously, like I think,everyone dreams to be an
Olympian when they're a kid, butfor some reason for me it had
been kind of on the back burner,wasn't my next goal, but it
kind of I let it happen.
At some point I was like, okay,now I want to make it
throughout the summer, afteractually, I went to world relays
in May, which I'm heading totomorrow hence why we're getting
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you on the show, yeah exactly.
This is a time crunch.
So once I went to world relaysand kind of got a taste of the
whole possibility, I was reallylocked in on the dream.
But leading up to that, like Iwas just having a great
collegiate season slash careerand I was content with that.
And then, yeah, one thing ledto another and here we are.
But Paris was really.
Yeah, it was a dream come trueand obviously I had high
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expectations going in.
But I feel like usually whenyou events like this can kind of
like let you down if they'relike so overhyped on social
media, and then you go and it'slike okay, down if they're like
so overhyped on social media,and then you go and it's like
okay, it was nice, but this waslike blown, blown away yeah like
way better than what I expectedwent really smoothly.
All like my family were.
That was there.
My best friend was there.
Actually, emma went there withme, so it was just a dream come
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true.
What can I say?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
yeah, if there was one moment, that was the cherry
on top.
There's just so many differentones, like obviously being on
the, there was one moment.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
That was the cherry on top.
There's just so many differentones.
Like, obviously being on thetrack was one just by itself,
like I can't.
That's why I was thereultimately.
So I'd say, being there andlike seeing my family in the
stands, that was like that wasunreal.
But just being in the villageand like going out after, like
just partying with everyone, andlike celebrating yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Because you guys waited a week.
You were training somewhereprior before getting there,
right.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Two weeks even.
Yeah.
So we, the relay teams, we wentto London first to get a
diamond league in as like ourlast big prep, and then we all
the Canadian athletes were goingto Barcelona for two weeks of
training camp and then slowlypeople were leaving, and I was
actually one of the last ones toleave, I think um, jerome also
yeah, he was there like all thefour by one.
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People stayed even longer.
So then that was even likebuilt up the hype even more
because I could see everyonegetting there.
And then we went to Paris.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
I was there for a week in the end, and so we're
going to keep this episodeshorter than the closing
ceremonies yeah, oh my god, didyou hear about that?
Just in the podcast that youdid.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Yeah, with g-nax oh true, yeah, that was crazy.
The worst part is I kind ofknew it was going to be like
that, because I've been to otherlike canada summer games, which
obviously is a way smallerscale.
But I kind of knew it could belike that and it was and that
was disappointing.
I was like, oh, you'd think theOlympics wouldn't be.
But like, like I always say,like I would still go, I
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wouldn't.
I'm glad I didn't miss it andif I had to do it again I would
yeah.
I think it's just.
You know you have to.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
That's just the way it is tell me about that podium
kit with lulu.
Yeah, being able to rock thatlike.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
I wish I could have worn it on the podium, but our
time will come, um, it was sosick like.
I think that's one of myfavorite the like.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
I guess it's a two-piece like favorite outfit,
especially with the sleeves offright, I think that's so cool
you gotta show off the arms Iknow the the pump um so when
cover, yeah we.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
So we didn't wear it on the podium, unfortunately,
but they made it, made us wearit for like interviews after the
race and I was kind ofscrambling packing my stuff for
that.
So basically, when we left thevillage before the race they
were like, bring your podium kitin case, and I was like, okay,
yeah, but I it was like lastminute so I just grabbed it and
then I realized I didn't bringthe sleeves.
So then when we did all theinterviews after everyone's like
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full sleeve except for me, so Idon't know Kind of gave it a
unique look.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Yeah, again, it's like the accent you got to stand
out.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Yeah, exactly I always got to stand out.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
When you think about what you were able to accomplish
at 21 years old getting toParis competing in the Olympic
Games, to Paris competing in theOlympic Games Was there moments
along the way that you realizedoh, this is something that I
can actually accomplish, becauseI've heard you in podcasts.
You said it here today.
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It was a dream come true.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Yeah, is it a dream that you thought could be a
reality one day?
Like not, not really, or likekind of just go off of what you
said about being 21,.
Like oh, look, we, look, we'rehere yeah like definitely not at
that age or like I don't know.
I feel like, or I've heardpeople like get on the relay,
pool younger and then kind ofmaking their way up every year
and then by the time they'relike whatever 25, 26, even
Audrey like obviously best,literally ever, but that was her
(08:35):
first year like competing onthe relay for sure, and like no
one thinks that's weird becauseshe just made her way up like
year by year, so to kind of getthrown on there like my first
year.
I did not expect that.
No, but that's like that's kindof what happened.
It started with a likeunplanned and then I guess I
just proved myself.
But yeah, that wasn't.
I don't think anyone expectedthis also the the team.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
I know you obviously didn't get the result you wanted
, but being able to watch themen perform, yeah, it was
something that you spoke to.
What was that like?
Speaker 1 (09:07):
honestly, to be honest and don't like cancel me.
My first thought was like, oh,here we go again, like they're
gonna steal our thunder, but no,because obviously they're so
good and like they deserve alltheir results.
Like they work as hard, youknow, and I see we see them in
practice like they deserve alltheir results.
Like they work as hard, youknow, and I see we see them in
practice, like they deserve thisresult.
It was just like for us, Ithink doing so well for the girl
(09:29):
, like the women, was a bigachievement and everyone was
like oh, wow, like we had hadn'theard about them in a while.
And now here they are.
And then immediately the menwon and I was like, okay, here
we go back into the behind thescenes, but yeah, it was really
cool to see that live and thento go on the track.
I think that was sick.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
This is where I train every day so this is the
training right here, yeah, andwhy did you choose us if you, as
we're looking at it here, we'redriving up, yeah, we're making
people drive around us becausewe're the priority exactly you
know, who we are.
What made you decide to comeout west?
Speaker 1 (10:02):
So basically that you know, like butterfly effect, I
was a four hurdler in highschool.
So when I was looking at myoptions, like staying in Quebec
just didn't sound appealing tome at the time and I needed a
new challenge.
Just because I was kind of donewith the circuit.
I was already competing atuniversity meets when I was in
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high school.
Just because that's the way itworks in Quebec, they're kind of
open.
I couldn't imagine myself doingthat for the next four years.
And because I was a four hurdler, all the schools in Quebec are
youth sports and in Canadaexcept SFU.
So I was like, oh, and youthsports only has indoors.
So I was like if my main eventis an outdoor event, it makes no
(10:44):
sense to compete only indoors.
So I was like 400 and fourhurdles and USports is 300 and
no outdoors.
So I was like, okay, I need togo in the NCAA.
But then I wasn't that good andmy mom was like you're not
going in the States, like no.
So SFU was like you're notgoing in the States, like no.
So SFU was like the perfect inbetween of NCAA and Canada,
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obviously, that's the wholething, but like D2, that was a
good level for me, my mom wasn'ttoo scared and I could do the
four hurdles.
And then somehow I got here andTom, my coach, was like you're
never touching a hurdle again.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Like, first of all, you're not that good and you
have like way too much speed, soyeah, you can turn here.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
How did that feel, having your coach tell you a
you're not that good and well,it's not.
He was like you're not thatgood.
He was like you're so good,don't waste your time on the
hurdles.
Because the hurdles I feel likeI was a good 400 runner and I
was.
Because of that I could makethe four hurdles work, but it
was like unnecessary right, yeah, okay, and when you grew up
playing other sports as.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
I've heard yeah was your strength?
Always 400.
Was that because of soccer?
Speaker 1 (11:54):
um, I mean, I actually lived here and that
one's.
Kelowna.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Oh, your Kelowna location.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Yeah, like all the, they all have a name.
The dorms are called that.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Ah, okay, yeah, fun fact Okay okay.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Anyway, my strength was always being fast, like in
those sports like soccer andstuff.
But I think then playing soccerthat kind of gave me like the
stamina for the 400.
So they, yeah, went hand inhand.
And I played flag football too.
That was my favorite, no way inhand, and I played flag
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football too.
That was my favorite.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
No way, yeah, la 2028 let's go.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Yeah, if I'm done with track before, then why not
both exactly?
Speaker 2 (12:34):
oh, true also yeah, that'd be cool.
Wait, yeah, yeah, I neverthought about it.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
I just I'm processing this yep.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
I feel like that you could totally do that that'd be
really cool I mean, your trackcoach is gonna question it, but
I'm gonna sit here right nowtoday and say hey, if Marie
wants to wants to do it, yougotta let her do it.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Yeah, you're right, okay, why not that's funny,
cause when I yeah, so I do flagin the fall, and then I'd go to
do track in the spring and mycoach was like oh my God, your
form sucks, cause I'd like runlike this and like be way too
low anyway.
So that's funny, but I'm sure Icould make both work now what's
the like when you say yourform's too low?
Speaker 2 (13:10):
like how often?
Because people don't realizeall of the details that go into.
Yeah, running as a trackathlete.
I've learned over the past fewyears working with Miriam now
yeah and I'm like justflabbergasted at how many
details that you guys have tostill think in when people are
just like oh, you got to runfast.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Yeah, I can beat you in a race.
It's like, OK, I don't know ifyou know a thing about even how
to run.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
And so how do you manage that?
Because people obviously arelike I think about world's
strongest man, mitchell Hooper,and it's like, oh, you get to,
you know, lift next to him andit's probably fun for you.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
People are like, oh, I want to race next to maria,
but that's not necessarily likethat's your job I know, yeah,
yeah, no, that's when I go outand people are like, okay, let's
go race.
I'm like, do you realize I warmup for like an hour every time
I do like one stride.
It's like I can't just go racein like my anyway.
Yeah, that's funny.
You say mitchell hooper.
I just saw him in cook whitlamlike two weeks ago oh yeah, he
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was out at tap house.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, I like ran into him the uh, yeah, he uh.
It's been on the show a coupletimes now and we uh spent some
time in victoria.
He was bench pressing making melook silly yeah, I bet, yeah it
was.
It was a humbling experience,but that's part of the pod yeah,
it makes him.
I get to meet these incredibleindividuals like yourself.
(14:32):
I get to train like finley knox,who's also a canadian olympian.
He was down at ubc.
I'm gonna go jump in the poolwith him at some point.
Maybe I'll warm up it for anhour with you and jump on the
track.
Warm up and I'm not good atthat normally, but but you know,
I know the importance of it.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
And yeah, I want to incorporate, like the training
aspect, because a lot of peopleagain don't realize the details
that go into what it's like as asprinter or as a track athlete
and I'm like, selfishly, I wantto learn.
Yeah, exactly these things.
Right, selfishly I want tolearn yeah, exactly right.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
I think it's interesting too.
Totally like it makes youappreciate even more when you
watch the sport and be like oh,this is what they do, like all
these drills before, and thenthat's how it happens yeah and
oh.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
By the way, if I practice for the past 5, 10, 15
years the way Maria Louise did,then, maybe I'd be the same
quality.
Yeah, but I'm not.
So I got a lot of work to doyeah, oh, no, oh, dead end.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Or when people are like I always hear oh, if I
trained more like this, I'd belike this and it's like well,
the hard part is the trainingright everyone can say, oh, if I
trained more like this.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
But it's like, oh, wow, this is the first time
we've ever off-roaded here onthe on the athletes podcast, but
we're doing it here it's thefirst time for everything here.
Hey, I, uh.
I am curious, though.
You just talked about flagfootball.
When the heck did you startplaying that?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
uh, I played in my second year of high school,
which would have been gradeeight okay um, yeah, and that
was really humbling.
You know how everyone kind ofhas a story of like a coach,
that would just humble them yeahand be kind of a little too
rude for the level that you wereat.
That was that was my story.
I don't know why I like I wasreally fast, but it was my first
year, so like my hands weren'tthat good, they weren't that bad
(16:15):
, and he would just rip me apartat practice in front of
everyone all the time, or likeif we did a play in a game and
it like messed up, he'd be likewho are your worst hands on the
line?
Her, why did you throw to her?
And I'd just be like, oh my god.
So that was really humbling.
And then we he got fired,actually because he was too
aggressive in that case yeah andthen we got a really good coach
(16:38):
that could actually see me aswho I was as an athlete, see me
for who I was as an athlete, andthen I actually became way
better.
And then I played in college inQuebec, which is like our
pre-university did you do grade13?
Yeah, it's like it's calledCJEP, so it's like two years.
Yeah, yeah, you know yeah, so Iplayed there um for a year only
because then I came here.
(16:58):
I didn't finish my CJEP, camehere, but that year was really
cool too.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
I was so jealous as a I guess what 18 year old when.
I went out to Ontario to Brockfor university and I ended up in
a dorm like your Kelownasituation.
Yeah it was called the queueand I was ended up with a bunch
of guys who were a year older,who had just done grade 13 from
Ontario.
It's like, man, I could haveused an extra year yeah,
(17:25):
seriously, I, my mom and I talkabout this.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Sometimes we're like CJEP is so smart because then
you go from high school but thenyou get have this like
transition, two years whereyou're not exactly in university
.
But it also helps to likefigure out what you want.
Because basically, I came heremy first year and I was doing
science and I was like, okay, Iknow it's hard, but like I did
it in CJEP and I know I want todo this, but all my friends that
(17:48):
came here for their first yeardoing science they were like, oh
my god, I don't want to do this, ended up like changing
programs and then it like setthem back so many years having
to switch and like miss creditsand stuff.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
So I was like, yeah, cgep is really smart to like
prepare you yeah, I remember onone of the other podcasts that
you did, you talked about thefact that you joined science is
because it was hard yeah, youlike the difficult things
challenge yeah it's the.
What is that huberman talksabout?
That, uh, prefrontal amygdala,whatever oh, really that's funny
(18:19):
.
You develop your muscle when youcontinue to do hard things, and
it's a muscle that willcontinue to get bigger, stronger
and allow you to like go intoan ice bath, for instance, even
though you know it's gonna suckand not be good.
Um, so it's something thatobviously you've acquired.
You like to flex that muscle uh, what other sports did you play
(18:42):
as a kid growing up?
What's allowed you to be fast?
Speaker 1 (18:45):
uh, I think those were the only two, so really at
some point.
It was three though, because Idid like track, flag and soccer
like one month in grade 10 and Iwas like, yeah, that's not
gonna work, but yeah, I didn'tknow no other ones okay, and are
you taking a crazy amount ofprotein?
Speaker 2 (19:00):
like, how are you?
Like, how are you survivingbeing able to fuel all these
things when you're doing threedifferent sports?
Speaker 1 (19:06):
Oh, back then, definitely not.
I was probably not even eatinga proper meal and just like
candy all the time.
No, that's not true, because Ilived at home.
But I like didn't think aboutit in high school and I think
that was good.
Oh yeah, like I don't know, asa high schooler you don't want
to like fall into details tooquick, because then it kind of
drives you crazy and you quitright, okay but now I am more
(19:27):
careful and I just startedtaking creatine.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
Actually, heck, yeah, it's pot pie powder nice.
So my colleague at work, ari,showed up to him he put this
tape on he made it ari, but itis, and we got some protein is
this a good one?
Yeah, yeah, this is perfectsports oh wow, this is the best
products on the market.
Marie Cool, we'll get you some.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Okay, thanks.
Yeah, I'm almost like it'sreally cheap, but I didn't
realize how fast you go throughit, because you have to take it
every day.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
It's so worth it though.
Yeah, it is Physical and mentalbenefits.
Have you noticed a difference?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Not mentally necessarily, necessarily maybe,
but yeah, I'd say physically.
Yeah, I feel more like sturdy,yeah, and like my friend Emma I
was talking about earlier.
She started taking it I guesslike a year ago, and then she
had a crazy season this year.
So now we're like oh, don'tsleep on creatine hey, ap15
(20:21):
saves you 15% atperfectsportscom.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
it it's no big deal.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Good to know.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Yeah, ml hooks them up, we'll get to this?
What kind of protein Are youtaking?
Protein too?
How do you like what haschanged with your nutrients if
you're not eating candy anymore?
Speaker 1 (20:35):
I still eat candy, just not only that.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Actually, that's a good question, because I got put
on the doping kind ofwhereabouts program recently
where I like get tested at yeah,have to update my thing every
day.
It's so annoying.
I was one of those dopingchaperones.
Yeah, I'm the worst.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
Yeah, you'd come knock on my door at 6 am.
Also funny story my time slotis at 6 am because that's like
you know, I'm not busy rightbecause I'm sleeping.
But sometimes I update it andI'm like in Boston, whatever,
and they'll come to my house at6 a 6am like bang down the door
and my roommates are like she'snot here, why are?
You waking us up, yeah so, yeah, that's annoying for them.
I feel bad.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
But you would know, mo, uh, mo, I'm yeah, yeah, yeah
so.
I did that to his place at sixin the morning with my prof
Rachel.
Corbett yeah, a couple yearsago.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Fun fact, honestly it's funny because then you like
meet new people and you're likehey what do you do?
He probably doesn't remember mefrom that moment, but yeah um,
I was just gonna say after I gotput on that I kind of started
getting worried about, like,what I could take and all the
like certified stuff.
So I stopped taking proteinbecause the one I was taking
wasn't like I'm sure it was fine, but you don't want to take the
risk right and I don't.
(21:44):
I really try to make an effortto eat real protein and not rely
on powder all the time,although it is handy, like after
a workout, right away.
So I am kind of on the lookoutfor a new one.
So sounds like an ad I meanit's not.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
It's not not an ad, because jerome blake ended up
becoming a perfect sportsathlete afterwards.
So I'm just saying it couldhappen.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
We might have to make some introductions.
We might have to.
I'd love that.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Hey, it's only because we like to provide the
best to Canadian athletes.
Yeah, I'm a Canadian.
We got to look out for ournations, and that's one of the
best things about the Olympics.
Though I heard you talkingabout the Aruba pin and I'm kind
of jealous, oh yes, about theAruba pin.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
and I'm kind of jealous, oh yes.
Oh, my god, I wish I had mylanyard here.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Yeah, why didn't you bring?
Speaker 1 (22:27):
it Come on, he's so now I have to move all my
because I'm moving back home andI'm just thinking.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Are we going right straight?
Yeah, you can go straight.
Why so you're moving back home?
Tell me more.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Well, I'm.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
I'm graduating from SFU and Mom wants you back.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Yeah, at least for the summer, and then we'll see
in the fall, but I always gohome in the summer.
Uh, when I first moved here,everyone was like, oh,
eventually you'll just stay inbc in the summer, which I'm sure
is really nice, but I I lovebeing home.
So for the summer, that's thething you can't miss out on
montreal summer, and just likeall my family's there, yeah, I
did a montreal tour a coupleyears ago with the podcast nice
(23:02):
and, uh, nice, and a farmathlete.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
Do you know that name ?
Speaker 1 (23:06):
It doesn't ring a bell.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
I'll have to.
And it's beautiful, yeah, andit's so lively it's so lively it
was during.
Covid, but it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
Yeah, energy is crazy .
That's a big thing for me, likeBC is really beautiful, but it
just doesn't have that energythat I get at home, especially
because, yeah, yeah, friends,family is the main part of the
energy, but then everythingaround is just so cool.
The go ahead, what's up?
No, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
I was just gonna say I'm moving home and now I'm
gonna have like 10 suitcases,yeah.
Yeah, you got your lulu kit,your knife.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Yeah, they keep sending me more things.
I'm like, no stop, I gotta moveit back, but it's cool.
I was gonna say it can't besaying no new product, new gear,
yeah, why?
Would you not say no, edit thatout, yeah, well, what's the
favorite?
because their track athletes gottwo different for the olympics
yeah right, yeah so becausethere's the like team canada
(23:58):
sponsor, which was lulu, andthen every sport has their own
because, like, we wouldn't wearlike speedo, right you know, for
so stuff like that.
So we got nike for the trackand then everyone was wearing
lulu in the village.
Yeah, it was actually like notallowed to wear nike in the
village.
You had to wear like your yourcountry sponsor.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
I was at harry jerome last year.
Oh yeah, I want to go this yearyeah, well, there's got a bunch
of people liz gliedl's around,we'll get it.
We'll get a whole crew going.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Cool, okay, and then I'll have friends, because it's
kind of scary going to new meets.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
We don't know anyone oh, how do you think I feel?
Yeah, exactly on my own, withno one there.
I'm just electric acceleration.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Nice, yeah, there you go.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Pioneer auto group, make sure, to check out the new
plug-in electric vehicle jeeps.
They're the best, like you said.
Crazy acceleration, yeah uh,almost as fast as your 60, 100
or two meters, definitely not myacceleration.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
I have to work on that is that your?
My drive phase is kind.
I mean, I'm pretty tall, so Ifeel like it's okay that it
takes me a bit more time to getup to speed, but if I can fix
that, better watch out it's sointeresting you bring that up
because when I was with duaneand Miriam, he was talking about
his start too.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
I believe he needed to work on really, yeah,
everyone does, and again it'slike people who are non-athletic
regular people will say or likenon, yeah, yeah the nerves uh,
or just people who don't sprintyeah regularly, which is like
99% of people over the age of 18.
Now Something we're trying tochange.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Have you seen those videos that are like roommates
sitting together and being likeI've never seen you guys sprint
at full speed?
That's funny because myroommates and I have seen each
other sprint at full speedcountless times.
But yeah, most people haven't.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
Yeah, and it's a real problem though in our society,
because people just don't movenowadays and they're not active,
and hopefully they can listento episodes like this, yes, and
they can be inspired to go, move, run, get their training.
What does your training looklike when you're not on the
track like?
Are you running six, seven daysa week?
(26:02):
Do you lift weights, do youswim, do you sauna?
Um, I definitely lift.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
Uh, I like swimming.
I started swimming.
Swimming is like also a way tohumble myself, because it's hard
and I try to be too good, tooquick, like go too fast, and
then I almost drown.
So it like forces me to, youknow, take it slow, one length
at a time.
So I like, I really likeswimming.
Um, I don't love hiking, but Istill do it, you know it's good
for you and it's nice exactlylike it has a nice reward at the
(26:29):
top.
So yeah, I I think that's themain thing.
Like you were like what youwere saying is doing a bunch of
different things and not justlike just go to the gym or just
run, because then you're goingto be lacking some things you
got to be a well balancedexactly I want to call this
segment athletes in automobiles.
Okay.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
We've had like almost four or five hockey players in
a row, so it's good to get atrack athlete back on here.
Change things up a bit.
If you were not a track athlete, what sport would you be
playing?
I guess you just kind of saidit with the football.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
No, but that's different, because I know I can
play football so I would enjoyit.
But if I wasn't a track athleteand I had another talent like
if I had it I would be anartistic swimmer.
Oh, because I think that's sosick, and like my brain cannot
comprehend how they do it.
Like obviously gymnastics isn'tlike impressive, but underwater
(27:22):
, yeah.
And like no ground to like pushoff I.
It blows my mind.
So if I had that talent, likeif I was already good, if I
could, you know, transpose myskills, but to another sport, it
would be that one heck, yeah,okay yeah this is.
I love that very fully, it was180 yeah, I was not expecting
that at all.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
like I don't want to go fast and I don't want to be
on the ground, no, exactly, Iwant to be flexible and, yeah,
do crazy flips.
Yeah, no, I like it.
That is definitely not what Iwould want to do at all.
What?
Speaker 1 (27:56):
would be yours, because what's your main sport?
You would say Probably hockeyor golf.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
Those are my two.
I think it would be really coolto be good at swimming, I think
it would be really cool to begood at swimming.
I think that would be reallycool.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
I'm not good at it.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
It's impressive, I do think it would be cool.
I don't the arts part, I wouldjust I throw that out the window
.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
I think that's.
That's why it's interesting tome, because I really don't have
it.
So if I could, you know, justget it Right yeah.
Hey, run fast run towards thisLiterally in a straight line.
Speaker 2 (28:32):
Yeah, that was one thing I did appreciate with
Jerome too, when I had him onthe show a few months ago is
just the fact that he started alittle later in his career and
you can still be getting theresults despite maybe different
timelines when you start.
Maybe you started a littleyounger.
(28:52):
You specialized after soccer.
Some people live track theirwhole life.
Some people join track at theage of 20 or like andre, who was
a couple years right likebasketball right that's crazy.
Do you?
Do you see any similaritieswith athletes now as you spend
time around them?
You know sprinters trackathletes all the time is there.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
Anything that stands out makes them the best athletes
out there um, I'm trying tothink I think everyone has like
not the same story, but asimilar story of like dedication
to something and then they justlike, like everyone is like
driven to begin with, and thenthey just put that we all ended
up putting that like drive intotrack, but no one's like yeah, I
(29:32):
wasn't really trying, and thenI just ended up here, like even
my story of like I didn't expectit, but I was still like
killing myself, grinding forsomething to happen, you know,
or like having that drive andkind of being crazy I hear that
a lot like you have to be crazyto be an Olympian.
I think that's true yeah likeno one.
You meet on those teams is okay.
Up there we're all crazy.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
That's funny.
Two weeks ago we had ParisO'Brien on the podcast, who's
the Chinese national goaltender.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
Like that kind of rings a bell yeah he lives out
here too, oh really.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
That's cool, and I asked him if he had got the
tattoo.
Did you get it?
Yeah, it's right here.
Oh nice, how long did that takeafter?
Was it right away?
Speaker 1 (30:14):
It was right away, because I wanted to get it done
at home before I came here, so Iwas one of the first few to get
it and I was like, oh, did Iget it too early?
But yeah.
Then people started gettingthem like in the fall.
But I got it done, like inAugust, yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:27):
Was there one moment that you look back on that you
think, oh, I should have takenthat in more.
Like I'm always curious as Iget older, it's like I'm looking
from adults' perspectives whenthey're like oh, like you know,
I spend time with my kids andit's like I want to be conscious
of that as I get older now.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
For you.
You seem very mature.
Oh thanks and I feel like thatwas probably in part you've been
able to absorb all of theseincredible experiences.
Anything stand out.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
I think like, if there's a moment I would have
taken in more, like I wish Itook in more Honestly, no, like
I'm pretty proud of that that inParis I really took the time.
I think it helped having peoplearound me like really reminding
us to be like take it in.
And even like Miriam raced acouple days before me and she
was like I know we're alwaystold when we went to big
(31:22):
stadiums to really like lock inand not let the noise like you
know, you don't want to getdistracted right before your
race by like oh my god, there'speople yelling in the stands but
she was like this time, take amoment to take it in.
Yeah, so that really helped andI feel like I might have not if
she hadn't said that, but Ireally did and I was still able
to refocus, like I think it'sjust, you know, finding the
balance of not like getting lostin the noise.
(31:43):
But yeah, I really took that in.
Like the stadium I went outafter with my friends and we
like really, you know, took theopportunity to celebrate
ourselves, even though, likeusually, like you know, you hear
track athletes being like oh no, I never go out.
Like this was the time to do it, and we did.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
I made new friends Like well, obviously, miriam,
like sharing a room with her waslike definitely made the
experience what it was.
So, yeah, no, I'm actuallycontent with how I took it in
Heck.
So yeah, no, I'm actuallycontent with how I took it in.
Heck yeah, especially for Paris.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Yeah, yeah, I mean, that's the best part.
And then you traveled after.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Not really Because my family was there.
So we stayed like a few days inParis, but honestly, I was so
cooked, I was just, I was sotired I couldn't even walk and
like I was, we were walking andI had to like stop and buy, like
, buy, like flip-flops becausemy feet, after the ceremony,
like standing for hours, like myfeet, were gonna fall off my
legs.
So, yeah, so I was actuallyhappy to come home, okay so yeah
(32:40):
, I would understand.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
I feel the same way when you now have this event
starting tomorrow what is this?
What does this look like 24hours ahead?
Most people don't get to seethe inside yeah like our nerves
starting to hit for you.
I just ran the 10k sun run ohnice how was that?
Speaker 3 (32:59):
well it wasn't my best effort.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
I didn't really train as hard as I should have, uh
but you know what?
Speaker 1 (33:04):
we finished we finished, we're good.
Speaker 2 (33:06):
Uh, we have room for improvement yeah uh.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
I have no idea where we are, by the way.
Okay, perfect, that makes twoof us.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
I'm curious though like for you it's, you've got
now you know you're jumping on aplane and you've got to perform
To China.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
So that's scary number one.
I think for me people would bedisappointed, but not surprised
that it looks like I have notstarted packing at all.
So I have not.
I just did my laundry.
That's pretty good, so Ihaven't started packing.
I'm definitely.
Maybe that helps not being toonervous because I'm like, all
right, I'm leaving tomorrow,should probably pack, so I don't
have time to think yeah aboutthe event just yet.
(33:44):
Obviously, like I'm focused attraining to get prepared, but I
don't think it's necessary rightnow to be worried or at any
point.
I'm not going to be worriedbecause I, you know, trust my
training and my teammates, uh, Ithink, left here, yeah, yeah.
So, yeah, now I'm just I feellike it's the exciting part,
especially because we're goinglike a week in advance.
So I know that once, even onceI get there, it'll still be time
(34:07):
to like, get used to everything.
I feel like this time I mightbe more nervous about, like the
jet lag.
But yeah, I think I'm morenervous because I know usually
I'm like too chill, I'm like, ohyeah, jet lag doesn't affect me
.
So I don't want to be that girlthat's like famous last words
and then get killed by the jetlag.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
There's apps out there that you can get.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
Really.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
Yeah, yeah, I'm sure it tells you, like you know,
four days earlier to startsleeping.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
They did.
I've been doing that, have you?
Yeah, nice, but the thing thatwas confusing is because we have
people going from the east andthe west, so they told them to
go to bed later and us to go tobed earlier.
But then they were like nevermind, you guys have to go to bed
later.
No, never mind earlier.
So I was like, okay, there's adifference between going to bed
at 2 am or9.
So I think we had to go to bedearlier, otherwise I'll just
(34:57):
blame it on them.
But yeah, so I actually went tobed at like 10 last night,
which is early for me, woke upat 7, made pancakes before
practice crazy, the amount oftime you have when you get up
early are you normally asleep inkind of gal?
like not really, but I usuallywake up right before I have to
leave right because it ends upbeing early, I.
(35:19):
But I'm like some of myroommates if they have to leave
at eight, they'll wake up at 630, watch their show, get their
coffee, do their makeup.
Speaker 2 (35:25):
I kind of just get up and go roll yeah, roll out of
bed, go forget everything hey,there's something to be said for
making sure you get your sleep.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Exactly, and I don't want to like lose too much at
night, going to bed too earlyyeah.
Speaker 2 (35:40):
But I still get my sleep in.
How do you treat?
Do you have a morning routine,nighttime routine?
Do you have any like specificthings when it comes to
nutrition that you follow LikeI'm always curious?
For me it's I've startedincorporating a bit more carbs
before my workouts.
After my workouts, yeah, I eata lot of eggs, like six to eight
or twelve a day, a dayinteresting.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
It's kind of crazy?
Definitely not.
Speaker 2 (36:03):
I have a couple scoops of diesel.
Yeah uh, obviously the creatine, but, like for me, I'm always
curious what other highperformers are taking in well,
now my night routine.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
I've added creatine.
Do you take yours in themorning or at night?
Speaker 2 (36:16):
Doesn't matter, you take it at any time, any minute.
Yeah, as long as I remember it,I'm good Really.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
Okay, I take it every night around 11 pm.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
Right before I go to bed, wow.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
Yeah, and then I forget sometimes, how many night
do you track it?
Speaker 1 (36:30):
no, I try to sleep between seven, at least seven,
and then anything above.
That is good.
But like, obviously if I'm at atraining camp and I can sleep
nine, I will yeah but just withschool, sometimes it's hard did
you have Danielle?
Speaker 2 (36:44):
yeah?
Yeah, so that's how I actuallygot introduced to Miriam really
interesting yeah, yeah, so we, Ihad Danielle on the podcast oh,
on the podcast.
I need to talk to her aboutthat yeah she's my girl, she's
great she's everyone's girlhonestly.
Speaker 3 (36:59):
Everyone loves her.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
It's so true yeah, she's just, you want to talk
about butterfly effect yeahshe's the one that can capture
everyone that's crazy yeahbecause, yeah, miriam sees her
at the hub like every week.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
I only see get to see her like once in a while on
trips.
Speaker 2 (37:13):
Yeah, and that's the therapy piece.
I went and got a massage onWednesday after the sun run
because my calf was rough.
Yeah, yeah, it was not good.
No, like Marie, we're talking.
Speaker 1 (37:25):
Road running.
I don't do that yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
We're talking from kilometer three on.
I was hobbling.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
Oh, oh.
From kilometer three on, I washobbling, oh oh kilometer three
on.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Yeah, oh, that's not even a third.
Okay, yeah, no, it wasn't good.
It wasn't good, but my ego gotin the way and I kept running,
had to finish it.
Not a great time I'm surethere's people who searched my
name up and they're laughing butagain, room for improvement
yeah, and.
I was running in New Balanceshoes because they sent me some
nice stuff.
I'm curious what brand you rockas far as running.
Speaker 1 (37:58):
That's funny Because I just started wearing A6.
And now I'm like the girl atpractice who's like, oh my God,
this is so underground, no oneknows about the A6, but they're
so good.
So I feel like I have to saythat yeah, yeah, I've been kind
of get into a6.
They don't have like sprintspikes just yet, but I know
they're on because I have afriend who's from japan, which I
think their headquarters orsomething were there, and he has
(38:20):
like a contact there and he'slike, no, they're developing
spikes.
So I'm, yeah, room forimprovement once again.
I think with them it's just aprocess, but it's coming so
you're on team a6 for now I yeah, I've kind of tried everything.
I think new balance obviously I.
We have addy at our schoolthat's sponsored with new
balance and friend of the showyeah, we're doing a run club you
(38:41):
better be coming out well, Iguess, if you're leaving, god
wait, it's this week, everytuesday, every tuesday van city
run club.
I think the problem is that Idon't run, I'm leaving.
Speaker 2 (38:51):
Well, we'll have you in as an honorary guest.
Okay, good, yeah, that'd benice.
There you go, shake some hands,smile and leave.
Kiss some babies.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
So, yeah, addy's New Balance obviously she's given me
shoes before and like they'regreat.
It's a great brand.
They have a lot of goodCanadian athletes right now.
Okay, yeah and uh.
So no affinity to like theadidas or nike growing up as a.
No, obviously everyone lovesnike and adidas and they're kind
(39:19):
of like the brands thateveryone wishes to be sponsored
by.
But I think when you come up asan athlete you realize that
there's more to it and unlessyou're like an olympic champion,
it's kind of risky to sign withbig brands like this because
you don't.
You kind of want to be seen asa person first right, because
not everyone's going to havelike a perfect journey all the
time and then you don't wantthem to be like oh, you had a
bad race, you're done.
(39:39):
Here's, give us your salary backso I think for me, at the point
that I am right now, if youknow, if I would consider a sign
, well, first I'd sign withwhoever wants me.
But you have, those are thingsto consider, to be like.
Do they see you as a normal, ahuman, before, just like numbers
and times?
Speaker 2 (39:57):
right.
One of the things that youbrought up earlier was the
playing ncaa or competing in thencaa but still staying in
canada, sfu being that only kindof school that allows for that.
Was there a dream school thatyou had in mind, down in the
states that you would have lovedto have gone to?
Speaker 1 (40:14):
not really, because SFU approached me when I was in
grade 11 so I hadn't reallystarted like go on the SFU
recruiting team yeah are yougoing right I?
left here so I hadn't.
They kind of sent me the thingand I was like also, like I said
, I wasn't that good, so Iwasn't really in a position to
be like oh no.
So I was kind of like oh,someone wants me, great.
(40:36):
So I didn't do much research.
Damn, yeah, wow, like I'mtrying to think if I knew a lot
of other people in Quebec whenD1 Canada at that time.
But because that's a dreamgrowing up it is yeah, but I
feel like I just had this ideain the back of my mind that it
was going to go poorly, becauseI heard so many stories and I
was like, oh, no, yeah.
Speaker 2 (40:57):
No, there are.
There's terrible stories thatcome from NCAA that again before
people were even beingcompensated as well, yeah
exactly.
That would have been way worse.
Now, at least if you can makesome money along the way while
you're getting your education.
Speaker 1 (41:10):
Yeah, if you're not the track star, you're still
like getting something out of it.
But yeah, some crazy injurystories.
My friend, one of my goodfriends, who's now on the relay
team coming to china with us,katherine, she went to ucla.
Okay, obviously that soundslike a dream school because
you're in la training in the sunevery day, the campus is
beautiful, but yeah, still there, like she tells.
It tells me stories that I'mlike that would never happen at
(41:33):
SFU, but okay oh my gosh, yeahwell, hey, good thing you went
to SFU kept mom happy, yeah,right, that's what matters.
Speaker 2 (41:42):
Great province yeah, it is great, yeah, and honestly
like we.
Speaker 1 (41:45):
Obviously it's d2, so our championships are a bit
different, but then that alsoallowed me to be like all
American, which you know, I'mhumble enough to say I probably
wouldn't be in D1.
So that and just being sohumble.
Yeah, just like we still go toall these meets.
Yeah, basically that's thething.
Like so for nationals and stuff, we're in our own category.
(42:07):
But then during the season,especially for track, like it
doesn't matter where you are,who you are, you can race anyone
.
Speaker 2 (42:13):
Right.
Speaker 1 (42:14):
Yeah, so especially for track like it doesn't matter
where you are who you are.
Speaker 2 (42:16):
You can race anyone, right?
Yeah, so we still go tocalifornia.
Yeah, you get all the perks ofbeing ncaa exactly without.
Speaker 1 (42:19):
Yeah, so it's really is.
It really is the best of bothwithout the stress of a school
shooting.
You know, yeah, exactly or likea 100k tuition.
Speaker 2 (42:25):
Yeah, yeah, also fact , my mom went to sfu so really
nice a little affinity there forthem.
So, marie eloise leclerc, theway we wrap up every episode, we
ask our guests their biggestpiece of advice for the next
generation of athletes okay,that's funny because I just went
to high school um to kind oftalk to their track team.
Speaker 1 (42:46):
So I'm trying to think okay biggest piece of
advice, I think don't countyourself out.
Work hard and always have fun.
Okay, that's my biggest piece.
It's coming back right here togo back to my house.
Um, yes, always have fun.
I think that's what kept me inthe sport for so long and like
what allowed me to have allthese amazing memories, despite
(43:07):
the results, because when Ithink of like my track career, I
don't only think like I was sofast and so good.
I think I had so much fun, metso many great people and it
brought me to the opportunitiesthat I got.
Speaker 2 (43:17):
So, have fun, work hard and don't count yourself
out okay, and since you did sucha good job here with the vlog
style yeah, my arm.
You need to shout out yoursocial media pages because you
do such a good job online I'mreally trying.
Speaker 1 (43:30):
I just got some storage on my phone so I'm
really grinding the reels.
So my Instagram is Marie, twounderscore Eloise E-L-O-I-S-E,
and my TikTok is the same,actually, and those are the only
two I have for now.
Speaker 2 (43:43):
Let's go Give her a follow.
Thanks for listening.
Hope you have a great rest ofyour day.
We'll see you next week.
Bye.
Speaker 3 (43:49):
All right, everybody that's going to do it for us
today here at the AthletesPodcast.
Really hope you enjoyed.
Don't forget this isn't free.
We do have the AthletesAgreement.
We need you to like, follow,subscribe, Do whatever you can
to support the channel.
Again, it's a huge help.
It lets us keep doing theseawesome interviews, these
conversations in cars withpeople like Marie.
She's fantastic.
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