Episode 112: 2023 Millrose Games
This year we offer a fresh look at the Millrose Games as journalist Siobhan Crise shares funny and profound observations and a race-ready takeaway from her first time at the event.
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Fantastic finishes at 115th Millrose Games
In the 1980s Alcoa ran commercials near the end of NFL games showcasing “fantastic finishes” of prior events that came down to the wire. They were great commercials because the thrilling endings were the exception, not the rule. Even the… Read More ›
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Purrier St. Pierre repeats as Wanamaker Mile champ at 2022 Millrose Games
A blizzard couldn’t keep runners and track-starved fans from storming the Armory in upper Manhattan for the 114th Millrose Games, a year after the arena staged vaccinations rather than this annual ode to speed. It was worth the wait and… Read More ›
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Episode 111: NYC Marathon & Sandy Hook Promise
We return to the virtual studio to chat with Siobhan Crise, who is running her third NYC Marathon for Sandy Hook Promise. We discuss the organization’s important work, and Siobhan shares a fresh tip for the 50,000+ hearty souls lacing… Read More ›
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Episode 110: 2022 Millrose Games
The Millrose Games featured its trademark thrilling distance races, and we’ve got audio clips from the Elle Purrier St. Pierre, Geordie Beamish, Josh Kerr, Alicia Monson, and other protagonists who took it out hard and closed with a vengeance. Coach… Read More ›
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Post-Millrose Games workout, or Evil Twin afterparty on the infield?
In past years covering the Millrose Games at the Armory, I juggled stopwatches to time multiple training groups’ post-meet workouts. At this year’s 114th running of the games, back after last year’s pandemic related cancellation, I wondered whether there would… Read More ›
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Episode 109: Fraud Street Run; Junk Miles podcasters Chip and Jeff
Junk Miles podcast hosts Chip Chantry and Jeff Lyons describe how they used a most unlikely event in Philadelphia to mobilize runners, raising tens of thousands of dollars for a local food bank. Gregg describes embodying Rudy Giuliani at the… Read More ›
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Episode 108: David Alm reinvents the NYC running scene, one track at a time
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Episode 107: Track & Field trading cards & Dr. James Beckett
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Episode 112: 2023 Millrose Games
February 16, 2023
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Fantastic finishes at 115th Millrose Games
February 12, 2023
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Episode 110: 2022 Millrose Games
February 6, 2022
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Post-Millrose Games workout, or Evil Twin afterparty on the infield?
February 4, 2022
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Episode 111: NYC Marathon & Sandy Hook Promise
November 4, 2022
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2013 US Track Nats performance by sponsor
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Youth Rules at the 2019 Toyota USATF Indoor Champs
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Episode 81: Millrose Games recap
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Lightning strikes at the 2019 Millrose Games
February 11, 2019