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LetsRun.com"s Track Talk: The Home of Running and Track and Field

LetsRun.com"s weekly podcast where we go behind the scenes of the professional running, marathoning, and track and field world. If you want a second podcast every week join out Supporters Club https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe

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01:44:47

Lievin Madness, Guest Hobbs Kessler on His Cool Path...

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2021/02/10

Hobbs Kessler the new high school record holder in the indoor mile joins us @ 86:30 to talk about his amazing record breaking run, his quick rise to the top, and one of the coolest training situations in America under coach Ron Warhurst and sometime training partner Nick Willis. Jon Gault has an excellent profile on Kessler's rise to the top available for Supporters Club members here. Prior to Kessler joining us, we talk about the amazing action in Lievin, France where Gudaf Tsegay smashed the

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Diamond Hands: Bryce Hoppel, Keith Gill, Oregon DMR,...

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2021/02/04

Track Talk has a new theme song thanks to listener and film scorer Andrew Brick Johnson. He joins us at the beginning to surprise Rojo with the new music and at 70:27 to talk about how he got his start in the industry, his work on shows such as Glee and more. Check out his work at https://www.andrewbrickjohnson.com/ We want your feedback on the theme music. Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 to leave a private voicemail Track Talk Listeners Can Get a Free 8 Packet

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So Close, So Far, and Super Agent Paul Doyle on...

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2021/01/27

Super-agent Paul Doyle is our guest at 60:06 and he talks the debut and future of the American Track League and why he may have half his net worth invested in it. Prior to that we look back at Mary Cain, Kara Goucher and the allegations against Alberto Salazar and the NOP and look ahead to a crazy fall marathon schedule before turning to last week's action. Jim Walmsley, (the guest last week on the Track Talk podcast) ran for 6 hours and just missed the 100km world record by 12 seconds at HOKA

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02:15:42

Track is Back + Guest Jim Walmsley & Sub 4 History...

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2021/01/21

Happy Democracy Day! Jim Walmsley joins us at 90:07 to look back at his 2020, look ahead at his 2021, and his 100k world record chance this weekend at the HOKA Project Carbon X2. Prior to that, track and field was back in a big way as Athing Mu began her collegiate career in style, Hugues Fabrice Zango broke the triple jump record, HS girls ran 2:02 and 9:47, an Olympic champ gets popped, 16 year-old Erriyon Knighton turned pro, Alexa Efraimson has a new coach, and Nick WIllis made sub 4 minute

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01:04:11

Where Your Dreams Become Reality #1: Robert Brandt on...

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2021/01/17

Robert Brandt lowered his 10k pr from 28:48 to 27:39 in 2020 so it's fitting he is the first "Where Your Dreams Become Reality" guest. The 6th year senior at Georgetown first turned heads in the spring by talking a little smack about the Tinman Elite team. Ever since then he has backed it up on the track. He talks about his breakout 2020, talking smack, and the highs and lows of his running career. Data-driven Nutrition is Here: PWURE is the first data-based nutrition company, crafting on-demand

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Boston 2021? Tokyo 2021? Doom and Gloom or Hope and...

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2021/01/13

USA Indoors is officially cancelled, the Armory won't have any more track meets in 2021, and most of Japan wants the Olympics cancelled or postponed and Jonathan Gault is not confident the 2021 Boston Marathon will take place. But vaccines are going into arms (at the Armory), indoor pro track meets are being planned, and athletes are starting to talk about what super spike they'll use in Tokyo. We break it all down. Become a LRC Supporters Club member today for $75 a year and support America's #1

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02:32:36

2021 Predictions + Supershoes with Geoff Burns

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2021/01/07

Happy New Year. We talk about a thrilling Hakone Ekiden, the pro track season that is shaping up, athletes switching sponsors, getting dropped, and retiring, before looking ahead to 2021 and giving our predictions. Then we are joined by **Geoff Burns** @ 73:26 to discuss the super shoe revolution. Geoff was the 2016 USATF 100km champion, has a PhD in kinesiology, and is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Michigan Performance Research Lab in the Exercise and Sports Science Initiative. Want to

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01:39:46

2020 Running Year in Review + Rafer Johnson Tribute...

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2021/01/01

Goodbye 2020 and hello 2021. The LRC crew looks back at the track and field and running world in 2020 and ends the year with an audio tribute at 73:47 to Rafer Johnson from Angel Martinez, Meb Keflezighi, and Bob Larsen. Rafer Johnson LA Times obituary If you're interested in donating to causes Rafer Johnson supports: The Special Olympics Southern California Rafer Johnson Tribute Fund c/o 1600 Forbes Way #200 Long Beach, Ca 90810 www.sosc.org/rafer or by phone to Victoria Tracey at (562)

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Marathon Project Champs Martin Hehir and Sara Hall...

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2020/12/24

We have a jammed packed show to tide you over for Christmas . Three specials guests from The Marathon Project join the pod. First up @ 20:00 in a segment sponsored by Polar and its The Road Forward** docuseries on HOKA NAZ Elite's Scott Fauble,** we're joined by Faubs after his 2:09:42 run. Faubs talks delusions, dreams, and redemption after the Olympic Trials. Men's winner Martin Hehir of the Reebok Boston Track Club joins us @ 65:46 and talks about being a husband, a dad, in medical school,

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01:22:46

No NY, No Boston - The Marathon Project 2020 Is Here

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2020/12/18

Move over Boston, Chicago and New York, the 2020 Marathon Project is the biggest marathon in the US post Olympic Trials. How many sub 2:10s will we see on the men's side? Will Sara Hall get the American record on the women's side? We break it all down. And it's not too late to sign up for the Marathon Project Virtual Challenge. Wejo is backing LetsRun.com World XC team member Kelsey Bruce. Click here for more info Jenna Hutchins** ran 15:34 to break the high school girls 5000m national record. We

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Malcolm Gladwell On His Love of Running, Saving Track...

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2020/12/16

Malcolm Gladwell joins us to discuss his favorite sport and among other things distance running's shoe revolution, performance-enhancing drugs, whether Nike is good or bad for the sport, how to make the sport of track & field more popular, and the dream mile match-up versus Lebron James. Discuss this episode on the world famous LetsRun.com forums here. Writeup on this episode here. Podcast is sponsored by TheRunnerBox.com: Loaded with $50+ of goods, The RunnerBox ships to your doorstep for as

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01:37:11

Absolute Madness in Valencia, Shoes, Olympic babies,...

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2020/12/10

FOUR men, led by Kibiwott Kandie, ran 57 and change for the half marathon in Valencia, 30 went sub 2:10 in the marathon, and the adidas 'Super Shoe' is definitely here. Aliphine Tuliamuk is pregnant but still going to run the Olympics, Weini Kelati is a pro, dreams became reality at The Track Meet in California, Emily Sisson just came up short in Valencia as Jordan Hasay struggled. Podcast is sponsored by TheRunnerBox.com: Loaded with $50+ of goods, The RunnerBox ships to your doorstep for as

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01:29:32

Blowout Valencia Preview, Fast Times in Delhi, Guest...

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2020/12/02

The Valencia Marathon and Half Marathons are here and they are STACKED. Jodan Hasay represents America in the marathon and Emily Sisson is after Molly Huddle's American half-marathon record. Lawrence Cherono, Birhanu Legesse and Lelisa Desisa square off in the marathon as the world records could go in the half with Letesenbet Gidey in her debut, and Rhonex Kipruto, Jacob Kiplimo and and Kibiwott Kandie in the men's race. Sound Running's The Track Meet is here with King Cheserek in action along with

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Gobble, Gobble: Guest Ben Rosario + Non Turkey Trot...

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2020/11/25

Podcast is sponsored by The Marathon Project Virtual Challenge. Want to race a 5k, and/or 10k, and/or half-marathon, and/or marathon, get a performance half-zip while supporting your favorite pro runners at the same time? The Marathon Project Virtual Challenge is here and it starts today. Click for more details! Frequent guest of the podcast and possibly 2020 coach of the year, HOKA NAZ Elite coach Ben Rosario, joins us at 61:30 to discuss his team’s success in 2020, pandemic racing, and the last

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