Runners of NYC Podcast

01:20:16

Runners Of NYC: Flushing Meadows Park Edition

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2026/10/01

The Runners of NYC Podcast heads to Queens for the first time, setting up live in Flushing Meadows Park in front of the Unisphere. Same concept as always: post up, see who stops, let the conversations go where they go. This time we came with a planned guest — Omar Medjid, co-founder of World's Fair Running Crew — plus whoever was willing to pull out their earbuds mid-run.The stories this episode covered a lot of ground:– Omar breaks down why Flushing Meadows is the center of the Queens running

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01:27:26

Runners Of NYC: Central Park Edition (From Engineer's...

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2026/08/07

The Runners of NYC Podcast sets up shop at Engineer's Gate — one of the busiest corners in New York running.Same concept as always: We post up, see who's willing to stop, and let the conversations go wherever they go.And the stories this time covered a lot of ground:– We start with a couple of high schoolers thinking through what it means to be in their last year of running for their school– A guy who only found running because of soccer, and then found out he was better at the running part–

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01:18:13

Runners Of NYC: Central Park Edition

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2026/06/30

The Runners of NYC Podcast is back outside, and this time we set up shop in Central Park by the Daniel Webster statue.Same concept as always: We post up, see who's willing to stop, and let the conversations go wherever they go.And the stories this time covered a lot of ground:– We meet two guys who came to running through Hyrox — A high schooler whose love for the sport has been quietly building all year as cross country season approaches– We talk to a sub-elite local who explains how she got

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01:03:40

Runners of Prospect Park In Brooklyn

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2026/06/10

The Runners of NYC Podcast is back outside, and this time we took it to Brooklyn. Chris Chavez and Patryk Odedina posted up in Prospect Park on the day before the 2026 Brooklyn Half Marathon.Same concept as always: we set up shop, see who's willing to stop, and let the conversations go wherever they go. Turns out the day before a big race is the perfect time to catch people. Everyone's out to pick up their bibs, everyone's a little anxious/excited, and everyone's got a reason

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01:26:54

Outside Yankee Stadium with The Bronx Burners |...

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2026/06/03

The Runners of NYC Podcast is back and we're taking it outside.This will be less sitting across a table, fewer Zoom recordings and more catching runners in their natural habitat across all five boroughs. The new format is simple: Chris Chavez and Patryk Odedina post up at New York's best running spots and talk to whoever's willing to stop and chat. Think blind speed dating, but make it a running podcast. We rarely know who's going to sit down with us and that's exactly the point

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01:22:12

Runners of NYC Returns | New Format, New Host – Meet...

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2026/05/26

Runners of NYC is relaunching. We're changing up the format — fewer studio sit-downs, more conversations out in the wild across the five boroughs — and we're thrilled to welcome Patryk Odedina as our new co-host. Same mission of surfacing the untold stories behind NYC's running culture, with a fresh approach to how we tell them. More soon.First...Meet Patryk.------"I was at the gym one day, doing the typical dude thing — asking my neighbor Kenny what he was working on. Chest? Back

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00:51:07

Episode 56 – Erica Stanley-Dottin On Running 2:52:05...

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2022/10/10

“What I love about being out here and doing this is that I didn’t think it was accessible. I didn’t think I was going to run sub-3. Why would I think that? That’s crazy. But what I’ve been able to do is inspire people, which I wasn’t trying to do but I feel good about that. I just want us to all feel – especially Black American women – that we can do that. I started because I wanted to train and get faster. There’s nothing stopping anyone from doing that.”My guest for this episode is Erica Stanley

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01:17:38

Episode 55 – Rebeka Stowe, Chasing And Coaching Dreams

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2021/10/04

“It’s refreshing because I spent quite a long time in my career thinking about being in the top 1%. Being able to pull back and realize that there is this joy and enjoyment that people have to go out…They may not have a reason to get up other than to be with some other people or have time for themselves in the chaotic space that is New York. It was nice to engage with running in a different way. That’s why it brings me a refreshment and a perspective that there are so many different stories and

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01:15:23

Episode 54 – Paolo Alberca and Kim Yee of Old Man Run...

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2021/09/20

"Going back to how welcoming Dao-Yi Chow, Eugene Tong and Ryo Yamamoto are. That sets the tone for everybody else. That's a huge reason why Paolo and I are as welcoming as we are. We've learned from them. We want to pay it forward. We do realize that yes, you can feel alone in a big group of people and we just want people to know that we're not going to leave you behind. That's something we try to drive on a weekly basis and try to emphasize that we are a club for the purpose of community. The PRs

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01:02:27

Episode 53 – Eric Gelber, Running 200 Miles In...

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2021/09/09

“In 2006, I started running for a friend who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which is a rare blood cancer. She had been diagnosed years before but she had always seemed fine so I never really thought about it. When I saw her go through a stem cell transplant, where they basically beat your body down, strip you of your immune system, do the stem cell transplant and build you back up again. It’s a brutal process. I decided I wanted to do something just to support her. Then over the years, it just

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01:07:28

Episode 52 – Victoria Lo, Chinatown Runners

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2021/03/18

“Chinatown Runners is not a crew and it's not based in any specific locality. It's not a crew. It's a movement. I wanted it to feel bigger than just this one group that really sort of permeated throughout the entire running community worldwide. When you think about it, there are Asian-American Pacific Islander-centric communities all over the world outside of just America and Canada....Every neighborhood and borough has a dozen or so specialized running crews and groups, which is amazing and I don't

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01:16:05

Episode 51 – Race Imboden, U.S. Olympian

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2021/02/10

“Yeah, it would be a bummer if there’s no Olympic Games because I feel like it would be a very political Games. But at the same time, I’m in fencing. I know that people forget the day after the Games are done that I go back to being a regular person. A million people could kneel at the Games and I don’t think you’d see a million people do it. You’re going to see a few special ones. That special one is important. But the idea that people felt comfortable to do that is so powerful for all the

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01:33:01

Episode 50 – Patty Dukes and Reph of Circa '95 Athletics

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2021/01/26

“I come from the South Bronx. I had to leave the Bronx to have access to these things. I had to go downtown to take arts classes, writing, theater and poetry classes. What did I do it? I brought all that shit back Uptown so that everyone had access to that and it wasn’t just me. I felt horrible to be in these spaces that I knew would never accept me if I was with my homies from the block. They would never allow me. It was important for me to be the conduit or in the middle and maneuver through these

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01:01:33

Social Sport Podcast x Ben Chan

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2020/12/01

“Running communities are a reflection of American communities, and if we know that American communities have been shaped by racist real estate laws; racist criminal justice systems; racist police officers; racist, segregated schools…how can there not be racism in running?” This is an episode of Social Sport – another show on the CITIUS MAG Podcast Network. This show is hosted by Emma Zimmerman and features conversations with endurance athletes of all types committed to fostering social change. The

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01:26:56

Episode 49 – Meggie Sullivan

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2020/11/13

Meggie Sullivan is a communications strategist with a specialty in architecture, design, and lifestyle. On the track and roads, she's one of the fastest women in New York City, who has a 4:18 personal best for 1,500 meters and 4:46 for the mile. She's just wrapping up her time as a captain and board of directors member with Central Park Track Club and embarking on some new and exciting projects. We talk about that as well as her up and down journey into coaching and getting involved as a mentor for

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01:31:23

Episode 48 – Lenny Grullon of Boogie Down Bronx Runners

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2020/10/08

“With family comes a lot of responsibilities. With a lot of responsibilities can come a less active lifestyle is how I guess I can put it. I got caught up in life and just tried to work my ass off and raise the kids that I kind of let loose with myself as far as health and wellness was concerned. It wasn't really a priority. I didn’t really care what I looked like...From like 22 to 34, health just wasn’t a real priority for me...How I felt about myself physically wasn’t something I cared about but

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00:49:36

Episode 47 – Marie-Ange Brumelot of Coach Medina NYC...

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2020/09/10

“I was in my own little bubble for a long time...I think if I had a sense of how bad I was, I don’t know if I would have continued. I love that in New York you can go to all these local races and kind of place high without having these super performances. I think that gave me some teasers that I could kind of be good at this.” Somehow the World Athletics World Half Marathon Championships are still set to take place on Oct. 17 in Poland. For this episode, we are joined by Marie who was set to

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00:56:08

Episode 46 – Amy Ortiz and Michelle Nguyen of Bronx...

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2020/08/25

"We, as Bronx Femme, promote health and wellness not just in our little running community but we run the streets...It's not just for folks to come on a run but it's also to show the Bronx that we can run. We're running in the hoods. We're running in all the crevices of the Bronx. I really hope that Bronx Femme is inspiring people. This isn't normal to see runners in the Bronx so when they see us, they're always like 'What is going on?' We're breaking necks out here. I really hope people see us, join

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00:53:19

Episode 45 – Rudy Garcia-Tolson, Four-Time U.S....

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2020/07/27

“By being last, I obviously didn’t want to be last. I wanted to just beat one kid in swimming, running or whatever it was. I just wanted to get a little bit faster. Having that mindset of ‘getting a little bit faster’ is really what took me all around the world on a competitive world stage. Just wanting to be a little bit better each day and each time I compete...It was a slow progression of keep moving forward and really not letting the naysayers get to you. When you’re doing something unique and

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01:28:50

Episode 44 – Jason Fulford of The Running Edge and...

Runners of NYC Podcast ·

2020/07/01

“I think where the dialogue really happens is in a Black Men Run group chat that we have. Just think about what we’re all feeling when that situation happens with George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery. It really gets to a point where we don’t feel OK. We’re not alright. We try to support each other as best as we can but the reality is our job as Black Men Run is to show our community what we can do as a unit through running and to be role models. When I joined and we started doing the hood runs, just seeing

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