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Episode 4: Splits and (Im)perfect Pacing
In our fourth podcast, we check out splits from world record races, and contrast that to how most of us pace marathons. Note to runners: there is much room for improvement! Local elite runner and coach James Chu of the… Read More ›
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Ulrich Fluhme interview highlights
We’ve put a full transcript of the interview with Ulrich Fluhme about PEDs in distance running on the site (it is in Episode 3 if you prefer to listen). The calm and thoughtful way that Ulrich offered a radical plan,… Read More ›
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Episode 3: Running Performance and PEDs (interview Ulrich Fluhme)
In podcast episode 3 we interview Ulrich Fluhme about PEDs in running. Uli, who ran a 2:33:33 NYC Marathon for the Central Park Track Club in 2009, shares provocative views about drug use in the sport and forward-thinking ideas for… Read More ›
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Episode 2: Running as a Spectator Sport
While the U.S. has experienced a sustained running boom, mainstream media coverage and viewership of the sport has been a bust. In podcast episode 2, Gregg unearths startling data on how poorly the mainstream media covers distance running. We also… Read More ›
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Wanamaker Mile Preview
Women’s None of the 13 competitors in the women’s Wanamaker Mile on Saturday ran in last year’s 1500m “Metric Wanamaker Mile.” Absent are Jenny Simpson (last year’s winner), Shannon Rowbury (2nd last year), and Morgan Uceny (who won the 800m… Read More ›
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Episode 1: The Running Boom
Are we in the second running boom? Third? No, Brenn takes a look at the numbers and argues it’s all just one big impressive sustained boom. Gregg gives his thoughts on a sudsy run with inflatable obstacles, and we offer… Read More ›
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Perspective on Rupp, Dibaba at Boston
While Galen Rupp may be disappointed that he didn’t win the 3,000 yesterday at the New Balance Grand Prix in Boston and that his time (7:33.67) fell short of Bernard Lagat’s indoor American record of 7:32.43, both he and the winner… Read More ›
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Rupp vs. Gebremeskel vs. Gebrhiwet
Galen Rupp’s 3:50.92 mile at Boston University last weekend blew a hole in the Feb. 16 Wanamaker Mile — billed as Matt Centrowitz’s attack on Bernard Lagat’s meet record (3:52.87), it now seems like a race for second best, though… Read More ›
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Program alert
This weekend we’ll be investigating the running boom. Check back for the podcast and show notes.