Author Archives
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Episode 5: Amy Begley and the Business of Running
In podcast episode 5, we welcome our first Olympian to the Cloud: Amy Begley. Amy discusses challenges track and field athletes face making a living and possible improvements to the business side of the sport. She then takes us to… Read More ›
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Show notes and links, interview transcripts
We’ve put up the interview transcript from our talk with James Chu. We’ll be putting up the interview transcripts and show notes and links for each episode, so if there’s anything in particular you find interesting, you can double back… Read More ›
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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 ›