love has won: deep reflection of K71
This is not a running episode. Not even close.But something so important happened in my life that I had to make an episode about it. I went on the Kairos retreat with ~90 of my classmates at Seattle P...
16 Feb 24min
Ep. 179 - 2026 is Already Flipping The Script: Jakob's Surgery, Sam Ruthe's 3:48, & The Future of the 1500m
2026 barely started, and track and field has been turned upside down.Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the best middle-distance runner in the world, and he just has surgery. Sam Ruthe is a 16-year-old from New Ze...
9 Feb 31min
Ep. 178 - The Story of the WA 3A XC Runner-Up | Washington's Next State Champion: Leroy Lozano Meija
In 2025, Hermiston High’s Leroy Lozano Mejia quietly became someone the Washington distance scene could no longer ignore.The sophomore entered the fall as a sleeper and left it with authority. Built o...
2 Feb 53min
Ep. 177 - When Patience Pays You Back: The Story of One of America's Most Versatile HS Athletes | Sitting Down with 800m State Champ & NXN Qualifier Xavier Richardson
In 2025, Lafayette High School’s Xavier Richardson reached a season that had been years in the making.The Lexington, Kentucky senior didn’t rise quickly or cleanly. His path was marked by races that f...
19 Jan 47min
Ep. 176 - The Greatest XC Comeback Story of 2025: From Hip Stress Fracture to NXN All-American | The Cassidy Armstrong Story
In 2025, Ballard High School’s Cassidy Armstrong turned a season nearly lost to injury into one of the strongest postseason runs in the country.The Seattle senior, committed to Duke University, entere...
11 Jan 49min
Ep. 175 - The Most Talented HS Miler in the Nation: The Rise of 4:01 Miler, 5X State Champ & NBNO Champ Carter Smith
Some athletes ease into the spotlight. Carter Smith ran straight toward it... faster than almost anyone his age.The Mifflin County senior from Lewistown, Pennsylvania is still early in his distance-ru...
5 Jan 35min
Opening Up About 2026 & What the New Year Means - My Life Outside of Our Sport
Wake up, baby. We're back with the doubleheader weekends. A formal interview will be dropping later today... one of the biggest talents in high school in 2026.This episode, however, has a different to...
4 Jan 35min
Ep. 174 - Team Over Everything: The Rise of Rowan Saccke | Scoring the Lowest Points in Texas 6A XC State History
Texas State Meet. The 3200 meters. One plan. One chance.Rowan Saacke executed.The Bridgeland High School senior from Cypress, Texas spent the past year learning how to stay steady when the stakes were...
28 Dec 202552min
