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• Episode 92: Journalist Lindsay Crouse and the Mary Cain Story

  By gregg on November 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  New York Times reporter and Central Park Track Club runner Lindsay Crouse has helped bring urgent issues in the sport to the fore, most recently with her video of Mary Cain calling out Nike and Alberto Salazar. In this episode… Read More ›

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• Episode 91: NYCM incoming

  By Brenn Jones on October 31, 2019 • ( 0 )

  In our pre-NYCM shakeout podcast, we discuss the race at hand while limiting shoe talk (for the most part) to what will be on our own feet. Gregg shares an anecdote from “cutie” Nate Jenkins about chasing Meb through Central… Read More ›

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• Episode 90: Running writers Matthew Futterman and David Alm

  By Brenn Jones on October 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We interview New York Times reporter Matthew Futterman about his book Running to the Edge, which celebrates coach Bob Larsen, Meb Keflezighi, the Jamul Toads, and the better angels of our sport. Then we ask him about Alberto Salazar. David… Read More ›

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• Episode 89: Luke Puskedra and the Chicago Marathon

  By Brenn Jones on October 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Luke Puskedra, who ran 2:10 at the Chicago Marathon in 2015 and finished 4th at the 2016 Olympic Trials, retired at the tender age of 29. Now he’s dabbling at 110 miles per week. We catch up with Luke to… Read More ›

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• Episode 88: Bekele, Doha, Salazar, Nike

  By Brenn Jones on October 3, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Fair is foul, and foul is fair in the world of track and field these days as lowlights and highlights compete for attention. Celebrate Kenenisa Bekele’s fantastic Berlin Marathon? Lament the meager crowds at Doha? Despair at drug use in… Read More ›

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• Episode 87: NYRR 5th Avenue Mile

  By Brenn Jones on September 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We recap the exceptional pro races at the 5th Avenue Mile, with interviews of Jenny Simpson, Elinor Purrier, and Nick Willis. In amateur land, Brenn reports on his mile race, and Gregg, back in the USA after several years abroad,… Read More ›

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• One for the ages — 2019 NYRR 5th Avenue Mile

  By Brenn Jones on September 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  From a distance, the eighth victory for Jenny Simpson and fifth for Nick Willis at the NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile on Sunday would hardly qualify as a surprise, but given the relative age of the competitors and the way the… Read More ›

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• Episode 86: The Rhino, the Win, and the Ultra

  By Brenn Jones on June 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Gregg discusses the perils of scoring water from an aid station while running as a rhino, the ups and downs of an ultra, and the ethics behind finding a race he can win. Brenn reports from the comeback trail. We… Read More ›

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• Episode 85: Big Ben and a Rhino

  By Brenn Jones on May 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Eliud Kipchoge’s exquisite victory at the London Marathon was a sight to behold, as was Big Ben’s finish. We catch up with Big Ben and a man whose dog ate 50% of his 4% shoes before his race. Gregg gets… Read More ›

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