So Close, So Far, and Super Agent Paul Doyle on American Track League

800m stars and good friends Raevyn Rogers and Ajee' Wilson are our special guests (separate interviews). Raevyn joins us at the start to talk about her stellar 2021 season which left her with the Olympics bronze medal and #4 fastest time by an American. After the Olympics Raevyn was honored at the Houston Texans game, her high school, and she had 25th birthday bash where one of those in attendance was Ajee' Wilson. Ajee' was the standard bearer at 800 in the US for the latter half of the last decade winning 2 World Championships medals and setting the now broken American record. She joins the pod @ 45:44 (show notes below). The normal LetsRun.com podcast drops on Wednesday but we have athlete specific podcasts from time to time. Join the Supporters Club to get a 2nd bonus podcast every week on Friday, bonus content and savings on running shoes. Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun Show notes: 1:37 Raevyn Rogers: Post Olympic celebrations, her 25th birthday, and lead-up to the Olympics 12:33 2020 Olympics 21:00 Thoughts on Athing Mu 24:10 Raevyn's start in running, running 2:06 and 53 as a 12 year old. What's the longest run of her life? 31:22 Leaving Ajee Wilson's group (Derek Thompson) to move back west and join Pete Julian 35:54 Tips for other runners 43:28 Ajee' Wilson What happened in 2021 45:44 Ajee' on Athing 47:10 Plans for 2022 51:12 Thorne Better Health campaign 53:10 2022 Indoor season 54:53 Training outdoors in the winter. Is she tougher than everyone else? Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and taken your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/56ee9c8b-d010-4c79-8bb5-061d01053efa

25 Okt 202157min

There were some really fast and deep times at the Amsterdam and Rotterdam marathons, we do a little Boston Marathon trivia, discuss what really is a World Marathon Major, have an email of the week, some rules for runners, a little Backyard ultra discussion, and of course Shalane Flanagan World Marathon Major talk. We start with a voicemail from the Secret Service and end with an interview @ 56:12 with Jordan Tropf, the Baltimore orthopedic resident, who ran the Baltimore (2:27:23), Chicago (2:31:54), and Boston (2:32:13) marathons in 3 days, averaging an incredible 2:30:30. Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun Order of show (SC members get timestamps) No intro ads for SC members, but if you want to try DrinkLMNT do so here Secret Service Calls LetsRun.com Email of the Week: Did shoes cost CJ Albertson? Superfast and deep times in Amsterdam and Paris Boston Marathon Trivia / What makes a WMM / Field sizes Footlocker Nationals is now Eastbay Nationals Could Newbury Park qualify for NCAA's? Shalane Flanagan completes the virtual marathon (or does she?!) 43:36 Rules for Runners - Everyone faster than you is more talented, everyone slower doesn't work as hard World record at Backyard Ultra. Laz Lake article mentioned Thread:Big Dog's Backyard Ultra - 3 left, have gone 325 miles, running for 78 hours - can someone run until they die? 56:12 Jordan Tropf: Background article on him here Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and taken your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Podcast pays for itself if you take advantage of the shoe discount. http://letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/eacb63cb-ce89-4477-b82e-9b2804693f1e

21 Okt 20210s

We catch up with Emma Bates after she ran 2:24:20 to finish second at the Chicago Marathon and become the ninth-fastest American woman of all time. Bates ran through her race strategy and why most of her Team Boss teammates flew out to Chicago to cheer her on in-person. She also discusses her painful divorce, which caused her to relocate from Idaho to Boulder and begin training under Joe Bosshard, and how she was able to navigate that period of her life and emerge stronger. Bates also wants to run the World Championship marathon next year in Eugene...but nine months out from race day, she’s still waiting on USATF to let her know how it is picking the team. Show notes: DRINK LMNT Free Trial Offer: Get electrolytes without the junk here for $5 shipping. Wejo will refund your $5 if you don't like it 14:46 When did she know she'd be a marathoner? Running 120 mile weeks at altitude 18:21 Her Team Boss teammates supporting her in Chicago 23:09 Marathon Project struggles / going through a divorce 27:41 Joining Team Boss 33:29 2022 Plans Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun Bates' instagram recap of the Chicago Marathon is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CU_D7M-rAw4/ Recap of her Marathon Project run here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKmd8SGH46-/ Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and taken your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/e0c1e658-dc47-444b-aead-1fdac0b8c0f8

19 Okt 202143min

The Chicago and Boston double is done and Galen Rupp is baaack, but Jordan Hasay most definitely isn't. We break it down & praise CJ Albertson, Emma Bates, and Nell Rojas, not to mention your winners Ruth Chepngetich, Diana Kipyokei, Seifu Tura, and Benson Kipruto. Former World Cross Country champ Agnes Tirop was tragically murdered in Kenya and we pay our respects. Mary Cain is suing Nike and Alberto Salazar for $20 million!?! Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun Order of show (Supporters Club members get timestamps for everything below) 20th anniversary of Rojo's greatest athletic accomplishment goes unnoticed Chicago women: Ruth Chepngetich was ahead of Chris Derrick in Chicago / Emma Bates impresses Chicago men: Tura Wins &pod Rupp is Baack How fast can Rupp go? / What's next Which would you rather be American record holder or World Champion? Ian Butler turns around and runs the wrong way in Chicago / What's the craziest thing you've seen in a race? thread here + Look at 1904 Olympic marathon 38:16 Boston - CJ Albertson steals the show Benson Kipruto Impresses Diana Kipyokei (not Kipyogei) wins, ageless Ednah Kiplagat 2nd Unsponsored Nell Rojas 1st American Jordan Hasay bombs Shalane Flanagan double RIP Agnes Tirop 78:15 Mary Cain sues Nike for $20 million Cowboys Patriots Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and taken your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, save 20% on running shoes right now, 30% in the LetsRun.com store, and a lot more. http://letsrun.com/subscribe?from=public Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/25eeed72-c1ae-4b23-a4e2-4ca05f8b773f

14 Okt 20210s

The Virgin London Marathon is in the books and it is the most unusual weekend in US marathon history is here with Chicago on Sunday and Boston on Monday. We break it all down. Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun Show notes: 2:52 Weather in Chicago and Web Guy Erik loving LMNT 4:05 London Marathon 5 Women Go Sub 2:19, Joyciline Jepkosgei FTW 10:33 Did Sisay Lemma's celebration cost him $25,000? Covid meant his 67 year old manager got on the medal podium 20:25 Chicago Marathon: Will the weather ruin American record attempts? 29:54 Galen Rupp's chances 35:49 How many American men will go under the women's world record in Chicago? 41:59 Boston Marathon Preview: Molly Huddle, Jordan Hasay, Des Linden on US side 48:40 Shalane Flanagan running Chicago on Sunday, Boston on Monday 52:56 Baltimore Marathon = self-serve water stations 57:01 17 year-old Japanese runs 13:31 5k (Eliud Kipchoge ran 12:46 at 19) 60:46 Did John McDonnell's Arkansas teams have a 29:04 5th man? 65:27 Valencia Marathon gets Boston, NYC, and Chicago champs 73:07 Kibiwott Kandie debut in NY, Emily Sisson out 75:54 Listener Audio: Brandon from Maryland on US runners embarrassing themselves 78:30 OJ Simpson Trial Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and taken your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/5aadda98-eaf0-4f6b-89cc-abb2436b5ec3

7 Okt 20211h 21min

We've got a special "Where Your Dreams Become Reality" podcast with Devon Allen who became the 22nd man and 13th American to go sub 13 second in the 110m hurdles by running 12.99 last month. Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun *Nice Sports Illustrated profile on Devon from 2016. Show notes: 2:38 Start: Devon Allen 12.99 7:49 Did Grant Holloway choke? 11:44 Breakout freshman year at Oregon, his career till now 23:55 Future goals, Worlds 2022 in Eugene 26:08 Does football help him in track? 30:38 Can he run 12.80? 33:29 Football players running the 100, dream football 100 match-up, how fast can he run the 100? Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and taken your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/85ca2509-1452-4e66-8b42-cf55c89716c9

2 Okt 202142min

39 year-old Kenenisa Bekele finished the Berlin marathon, but only in 3rd place, what does it mean for his future? A loaded London Marathon is this weekend, we start to take a look at the fields. We end by talking talk to a guy @63:14 (NCAA steeplechaser Zach Litoff (@litoffstudios) who sat next to Molly Seidel on her first flight back in the United States after winning her historic bronze medal at the Olympics. He recounts his cool experience, but doesn't get Rojo's $5,000 for being this guy. Plus a little running ethics, men racing women, and have a tweet of the week from Deena Kastor. Show notes below. Want a 2nd podcast every week? - Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. Right now you can save 20% on running shoes, so the subscription can pay for itself. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 4:42 Berlin Marathon: Bekele 3rd, Guye Adola, Gotytom Gebreslase win 12:02 Bekele's future 19:31 London Marathon mini preview 34:27 Fair or foul?:3rd placer sees leaders runs off course, says nothing and wins $3000 at Quad Cities Marathon NCAA coaching legend (and Reebok TC coach) Chris Fox doing the exact opposite when Wejo ran off course in a race in the 1999 43:58 Steve Prefontaine NCAA XC bib sells for $26,734 45:57 Marine Corps Marathon /NXN Cancelled. Will a high school team nationals emerge? 53:18 Fair our Foul? Men racing elite women at end of races? 62:37 Tweet of the Week from Deena Kastor 63:14 Zach Litoff @litoffstudios on his crazy cool story of sitting next to Molly Seidel on her flight back from the Olympics Offers: Last chance to save 10% on AirWaav Performance Mouth Piece (Ad) The AIRWAAV Performance Mouthpiece is a relatively new training tool that launched late in 2020 after nearly 16 years of research. The AIRWAAV performance mouthpiece fits along your bottom teeth and pushes your jaw just forward enough to create the “optimal airway opening,” resulting in: Increased endurance — by reducing respiratory rate by 20%, resulting in less lactic acid production Increased strength — by improving muscular endurance Faster recovery times — by reducing cortisol build-up by up to 50% Go to https://airwaav.com/LR10 and use code LR10 to save 10% Get Electrolytes without the junk: DrinkLMNT special offer: Get a free sample pack of DrinkLMNT with 6 different flavors for only $5 shipping. Wejo will personally refund your $5 if you don't like this stuff. DrinkLMNT is electrolytes without the junk. No sugar, no artificial flavors, yet it tastes great. DrinkLMNT.com/letsrun Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/77c3754a-fe87-4a04-8d47-46569e658674

30 Sep 20211h 35min

Last week did a live video talk with Aussie miler, 3k, 5k star, Stewy McSweyn, as he entered quarantine. He's still locked in his quarantine and it's out now as a podcast. McSweyn recounts his great 2021 year, his globetrotting ways, discusses who is the GOAT of Australian distance running, what country is best in the 4x mile, and what his relationships is with his rivals Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Timonty Cheruiyot. Last chance to save 10% on AirWaav Performance Mouth Piece (Ad) The AIRWAAV Performance Mouthpiece is a relatively new training tool that launched late in 2020 after nearly 16 years of research. The AIRWAAV performance mouthpiece fits along your bottom teeth and pushes your jaw just forward enough to create the “optimal airway opening,” resulting in: Increased endurance — by reducing respiratory rate by 20%, resulting in less lactic acid production Increased strength — by improving muscular endurance Faster recovery times — by reducing cortisol build-up by up to 50% Go to https://airwaav.com/LR10 and use code LR10 to save 10% Show notes: Start: Quarantining and racing a lot 12:15: Grading his 2020 season 19:51 What's his relationship with Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Timothy Cheruiyot? 21:53 4x Mile : Australia vs Great Britain vs Norway vs Kenya vs USA: Who Wins? 24:17 Having never run an 800m race under 2:00 27:00 His steeplechase days (and Jakob Ingebrigtsen's steeplechase days) 30:30 Craig Mottram GOAT? 31:38 Future goals for his career 33:00 His training 41:44 Not coming to the US for college 45:16 His twin brother Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and taken your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/aaa014b7-9ca8-4d94-860f-cd429e5b2f29

27 Sep 202155min