The 1609 Podcast

S3E35: First Show of 2021!

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:29:40 +0000

You want to talk about contract changes, we are talking some contract changes! You want records? We've got records! How about the Olympics in Florida? We've got some of that too!

Beware: 1:07 to the end of the podcast is pretty much just tangents about television shows, so if that's going to drive you up the wall, you have been warned.

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S3E34: The Marathon Project

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 05:32:34 +0000

Happy holidays! This episode is centered all around discussion of The Marathon Project. We talked about what this means for the future of elite racing and whether the possible changes are a good or a bad thing, how media might (and should) change to increase visibility and accessibility for the sport, and highlighted individual performances.

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S3E33: A Soft Hour

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 03:40:02 +0000

We previewed Valencia! A real bona-fide preview! We also talked CJ Albertson's bonkers treadmill run, sponsorship changes from Hoka, openly mocked Runner's World's gift guides and actually checked our email and read a few listener thoughts!

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S3E32: A Tale of Two Bannings

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 20:12:11 +0000

This one's got a little bit of everything! Track, road, trail, ultras, teams getting cut, teams getting restored and a nice little compare/contrast in the way two different people handled bans for similar reasons.

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S3E31: A Quarterback, Heptathlete, Javelinist, and Sprinter Walk On To A Track

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:23:19 +0000

Pretty sure "javelinist" isn't a word but it sounds pretty fancy. We talked about a lot of races and a little bit about doping! Alex had a shoe review and something else and then about halfway in things went off the rails a little bit, but in a good way.

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S3E30: A Real Marathon Major Kind Of!

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 02:12:01 +0000

How 'bout that London Marathon? That's right! It's the London recap episode where we talk about a handful of other things that happened before London and then talk about the main event! We talked hippo attacks, a $25M college XC course, and a few other things before we dove into London. But get stoked because we have an actual real WMM result to talk about for the first time since Tokyo.

PS: We're available on Amazon Music/Audible now if that matters to you!

S3E29: The Apology Episode

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 17:00:00 +0000

It's been a while since we recorded an episode, but we finally got a chance to sit down and talk. Some of it is even about running! And shoes and our running and other stuff too. We're going to try to be better, just hang with us, please.

S3E28: When Is The Biggest Friendly?

Sun, 26 Jul 2020 00:10:55 +0000

Hola, we've got more track news. We've got more races cancelled and delayed, but we also have some races that actually happened! And with all of the competitors on the same track! A couple of large, affable meets and some smaller ones with inestimable dispositions as well.

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S3E27: Recorded Live on Doomsday

Sat, 27 Jun 2020 03:58:23 +0000

Two World Marathon Majors cancelled on one day! That's really something you can tell your grandkids about living through. We talked a lot about that, our bleh feelings for virtual remote head-to-head track races, and broke down Christian Coleman's drug testing issues.

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S3E26: Community 101

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:41:42 +0000

We've got more tangents this week, but we've also got more running news? How do budgets and doping sound? We also talked about the Impossible Meet/Games and some treadmill world records if perhaps that is more your speed. This week's episode is deanlightful.

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S3E25: Strava Soapboxes

Sun, 31 May 2020 17:00:00 +0000

To start off, we recorded this the night before they announced that Boston wasn't happening, so that'll be on the next episode, but we did talk a lot about the Strava changes and some of the race-ish results we've had in the last couple of weeks.

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S3E25: Strava Soapboxes

Sat, 30 May 2020 04:56:53 +0000

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S3E24: Six Weeks of Running News

Sat, 16 May 2020 20:22:35 +0000

There's finally enough pro running news to make a whole show out of! Mostly. There were a few tangents.

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S3E23: Interview with Rory Tunningley, 2x OTQer

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 03:43:42 +0000

Howdy, we're coming to you with another Texan! This time it's Rory Tunningley, whose name you might recognize from our leaderboards from time to time. We talked to him about the usual things and got to join him as he recounted his personal running journey through high school to the Trials.

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S3E22: Michael Krajicek of Atreyu Running

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 22:33:53 +0000

Hey there poddy people, we've got another interview for you. We got to talk to Michael Krajicek, founder of the new running shoe brand Atreyu Running out of Austin, TX. We got to hear how and why he decided to start this new shoe company, what he hopes Atreyu can change in the broader market, and how and why he got into running in the first place.

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S3E22: Interview with Colby M. of Nomad Running Society

Sun, 05 Apr 2020 04:28:43 +0000

We're back with another interview with Colby, a coworker of Evan's who ran in college and has proved himself quite a competitor at the marathon post-collegiately. he talks about his training philosophy, his interesting accommodations, and Nomad Running Society.

We pretty much dove straight into it with Colby, so we're missing our usual intro patter, but we hope the soup discussions more than make up for it.

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S3E21: Ruby Wyles, SMU Distance Runner

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 04:11:54 +0000

Hola folks, we've got our first of many interviews during this unexpected and protracted offseason. We got to talk to Ruby Wyles, a British distance runner competing for SMU who was just about to start her first season as an NCAA athlete during the spring.

This was our first go at doing a livestream for Patreon supporters and it was a little bumpy to start, but it worked well once we actually figured it out, so we're going to keep it up going forward. We'll be sending out the links near showtime each week to patrons and the episodes will be viewable shortly afterward.

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S3E20: This Podcast Has Been Postponed Until the Fall

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 04:13:35 +0000

Not exactly, but we're a little short on content until then. We're looking to line up some more interviews until competition resumes, but for this week, enjoy a few more tangents than usual! Thanks for listening, wash your hands, become the hermits you were always meant to be.

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S3E19: THE OLYMPIC TRIALS

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 16:09:09 +0000

This is it. The big one. The one we've all been waiting for. The Olympic Trials episode! That's pretty much all we talked about. Evan gave his race report and talked about his trip in Atlanta.

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S3E18: Four World Records and a Trials Discussion

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:14:55 +0000

We only talked about shoes for a minute this time. What we did talk about was the four world records that have been set since our last podcast, plus US Indoors, a nearly-sub 4:00 mile from a high schooler, and how global health concerns might continue to affect our sport going forward. Oh, and what our thoughts are on the US Olympic Marathon Trials (which are happening NEXT WEEK!).

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S3E17: Hot Shoe Takes and an Interview with OTQer Megan Youngren

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:15:22 +0000

This one's a twofer! We talked for a while about the new shoe regulations handed down from World Athletics and how everything has shaken out there with the AlphaFlys. We also talked about some race results and some broken records from Millrose.

After that, we got to talk to Megan Youngren, a name you might recognize from the top of our women's leaderboards. She got her Olympic Trials qualifier at CIM in 2019, and we got to talk to her about what it's like to be a runner in Alaska and how she decided on an OTQ as a goal as well as the actual path she took to get there.

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S3E16: The Houston Marathon

Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:02:54 +0000

Last episode we had nothing to talk about, this episode we've got a full docket. We briefly talked about USATF XC results, Houston Half and Full results, Dubai, shoes, Farah, and had THREE(!) great listener emails. Alex also talked about running a marathon (this time with some actual experience to back it up).

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S3E15: Evan's Enthusiastic Ekiden Extravaganza

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 01:03:41 +0000

We were short on content this week. We talked Houston fields and then Evan got really into explaining the Hakone Ekiden and that was pretty much it. So we got our friend and podcast emailer Scott to come on and talk with us and then we tried a new bit which is just running down the LetsRun training forum threads and answering the ones that were phrased as questions. We think it led to some interesting discussions and just generally funny moments, but we'd love feedback.

Next week's going to be weird because both Evan and Alex will be in Houston so we'll see what the recording schedule is like!

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S3E14: Meandering Into the New Year

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 04:43:40 +0000

There were really only a handful of things on the docket, but we managed to do almost two hours tonight, so we're pretty proud of ourselves. We talked about a lot of best year/decade lists and more on winter running. And what we'd like to see out of running social media in the next decade. And Star Wars. And Disney World. Have a happy new year, folks. Thanks a million for listening, we appreciate it more than you know. Don't forget #1609goals on Twitter and Instagram for the Tracksmith gift card.

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S3E13: And You Thought We Were Done With XC

Sun, 15 Dec 2019 14:02:55 +0000

Nope! Today we had Footlocker and Club Nats! We also covered some miscellaneous shoe news, a super fast U20 race result, CIM, and we went through some gift guides!

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S3E12: Podiumme

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 01:42:11 +0000

We talked Valencia, we talked Olympics, we talked Jorgensen and Lananna. We also got to cover NXN, which happened right before we recorded, and a Shippensburg Streak that happened in 2018.

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S3E11: Mo Farah is Back to the Track

Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:48:34 +0000

We talked about this return to the 10,000 in addition to the Athletes of the Year, new blood doping tests that might be ready in time for the Olympics, some notable Turkey Trots, and a quick preview of Valencia/reminder to watch tomorrow.

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S3E10: NCAA XC and an Interview With an Ultrarunner

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:42:23 +0000

We got to talk to Clare F. of the 1609 Podcast leaderboard fame this week, and she joined us for the whole show! We talked NCAA XC, which schools were actual AI inventions, trail and road news, Hasay's coaching changes, Olympics, and what we'd tell our younger running selves, and that was all ahead of the interview! Read more from Clare at her blog and catch her on Twitter here

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S3E9: The Nigeria Saga is Over

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 12:07:02 +0000

That's right. The IAAF (or World Athletics) has confirmed receipt of the refund for the overpayment they sent in 2017. This is it. This is all we have for this story. It's been a fun ride. But while we were covering the end of this rollercoaster of a scoop, we also talked about whether athletes should boycott the Diamond League after the absurd program cuts for the 2020 program (Tianna Bartoletta blog post here). We talked about the NCAA XC regionals that have already taken place now and the news about the New England region, Nike's injury relief shoes, some fun facts about the second best high jumper in the world and gave our thoughts on two early previews for the US Marathon Trials.

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S3E8: Impeach Seb Coe

Sun, 10 Nov 2019 01:37:02 +0000

It's been a wild couple of weeks. We had to make up ground on NYC and the USATF 5K and make wild prognostications on NCAA Conference XC meets. We also talked about the new changes to the Diamond League 2020 event lineups and talked about the painful stories of abuse at the hands of NOP staff from Mary Cain.

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S3E7: We Have a Guest! ft. Jeremy Ardanuy

Sat, 26 Oct 2019 03:07:46 +0000

That's right, it only took us like 30 episodes to get another guest on. We've got Jeremy Ardanuy on this week, who has not only been topping our leaderboards lately, but also topped the podium at the 2019 Baltimore Marathon! We talked about a handful of running things and then also got to read another legendary letter from our pal Roger.

Editor's Note: We are almost back for real for real to a normal recording schedule; next week might be wonky because of NYC Marathon but after that we should be good until at least CIM but fingers crossed we can get an episode out for you next week.

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S3E6: NOPe, Nothing to Talk About This Week

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 21:23:33 +0000

JK we pretty much just talked about four things and it took over two hours. Not quite a PR, but close! In addition to all the things you're expecting (1:59:40, 2:14:04, NOP, and shoes) we went head-to-head with athletes to determine which man and woman should wear the Athlete of the Year crown. We talked about pacing at Worlds and the relaxation of Rule 40 as well.

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S3E5: A Long End to the Long Season

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 04:14:13 +0000

That's right, this sucker is 140 minutes long, which is 18 minutes longer than the runtime for the recently released feature film "Joker". You could go see that whole movie and we'd still be talking about some combination of the Alberto Salazar coaching ban by the IAAF, discussion about what really constitutes a breach of coaching ethics, why the way people cast speculation of doping on incredible performances is so often dumb and ruins the moment for fans and also seven days worth of results from the IAAF/World Athletics 2019 Doha World Championships. (The audio is back to normal this week.)

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S3E4: Berlin and Doha WC Update #1

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 03:51:15 +0000

Hey there, just a warning that the audio quality on the part where Alex joins in (16:22 to end) degrades quite a lot because she was recording on the phone in the car so if that's going to bug you, you might bail at that point.

BUT if you do that, you'll miss a recap of the following Worlds events: women's marathon, men's 100m, women's 10,000m, and the men's 5000m prelims. You'll also miss our Berlin Marathon recap! Choose your adventure!

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S3E3: In-N-Out

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 03:18:48 +0000

Not the burgers, this isn't a food podcast. We're talking about people, events, and brands and whether they're in or if they're as out as wearing white after Labor Day. In this episode, find out how far tennis players run in each match, who pulled out of which races, who set world records, and why the IAAF...or Global Athletics' selection process for Worlds has let down some athletes that had already booked their tickets to Doha.

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S3E2: There Are Only A Few Certain Things In Life

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 21:16:26 +0000

And they always involve Mo Farah and Jenny Simpson. We talked Great North Run and Fifth Avenue Mile plus that Woody/woodsy 5000 on Nike's track. We also tried to convince you about how great the Japanese trials are going to be and talked about the organic track beef coming from the Kenyan steeple team.

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S3E1: The Beginning and the End

Sat, 07 Sep 2019 03:11:57 +0000

We started off the third season of the 1609 Podcast by talking about the last two meets of the Diamond League this year! We had a lot to cover between two DL meets, the Coleman testing resolution, Drew Hunter's news about Worlds, a number of ultra races and a few track and road races as well. We also got a cool email and talked about our weeks in training.

S2E52: Sayonara Season Two

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 01:34:11 +0000

We wrap up our second season with some Japanese records falling, and more discussion of track, trail, and road races. We also considered coaches and talked about the big not-quite-doping news this week. And on that bombshell...see you next week, thanks for listening!

S2E51: Pan Am-azing

Sat, 17 Aug 2019 13:08:49 +0000

Nailed it. This week was a little light on content. We did a high level Pan Ams recap, talked shoe...laces, answered some of Google's favorite running questions, talked a lot about our feet, and covered a little bit of pro news. Plus a great email from Elijah, and our newly-returned Weeks in Running!

S2E50: Return of the Weekly Training Segment

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 04:26:01 +0000

We didn't think we would have a full length show this week, but it turns out this one was pretty solid. We have the usual doping segment, plus comfortable shoes, Beach to Beacon, NYC. a Rathod fields (and why some folks are running it so close to the Trials), some Pro moves, a fast half by a high school freshman and a few other treats this week.

S2E49: USAyyyyy(s?)

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:15:55 +0000

The puns are getting tougher. Not as tough as that women's 400h race at the USA Championship though! We spent a very long time breaking down the races from this past weekend, but found time for doping talk, a few Tokyo topics, and (if we're honest, pretty cursory) discussion of the Canadian champs. So if you were looking for in-depth discussion of the big race between Ahmed and Knight, we're sorry to have let you down.

S2E48: An Interview with Chris Bustard

Sat, 27 Jul 2019 04:23:51 +0000

We wanted to release this interview that Alex got to do with Chris Bustard, a runner (and rower and skier and...lumberjack?) who's got a fun resume of beer miles and marathons and ultras. He finished the Vermont 100 this past weekend in the midst of a bad heat wave in the area and we figured it was time to have him on. We talked about his varied athletic endeavors, and how he got into running ultras and the really metal race he's got coming up next.

S2E47: Lon-done

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:51:30 +0000

That's right, we're continuing with the awful pun titles and this is the London recap! We had a chat about what Kipchoge's jamming out to, talked about Le Tour, wrapped up the Pan Am Games drama, and covered some signings, all before we covered the happenings in the two day London meet. Thanks again to Anonymous Runner for the kind words and Patreon support! PS: Listen to the end and let us know if you're interested in USAs next weekend.

S2E46: Monac-oh My

Sat, 13 Jul 2019 03:02:00 +0000

That's right, we've got another fresh meet this week! We talked about Monaco and about talking to ourselves, Gold Coast, Chicago, the Sunset Tour meet in California, Sting and the Police, new shoe news, and a special appearance from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We got some good tweets this week as well!

S2E45: Two DL Meets in One Week!

Sat, 06 Jul 2019 03:01:47 +0000

Since Lausanne wrapped up about 45 minutes before we recorded, we got to recap that fresh slab of race results, and we covered everything from Pre last weekend. Plus: Wester States, Peachtree, Rio Corruption, Brooks Beasts, Alan Webb, and more!

S2E44: Pre-view

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 21:26:40 +0000

Old person's marathon results, some gross microbial news, an update on the 1:59 project featuring Eliud Kipchoge, and a quick preview of Western States happening this weekend. We actually did a full-ish preview of Pre because it's going to be pretty top notch out there on Sunday. Finally, we wrapped up with a long explanation of the latest example of how USATF is failing its athletes. It's another fun one!

S2E43: A Ruppdate, Bad Tweets, and 100 Days Left in the Long Season

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 05:16:17 +0000

Noah Lyles false started a 150m race, we're a World Best podcast now, and some collegians went pro! Plus everything in the title and a new, more inclusive name for the USOC. We had some results from track and trail too.

S2E42: Did You Know Rat Poison Is a PED?

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 02:21:29 +0000

We started off with some devastating news this week about Gabe Grunewald's passing. If you'd like to donate to her foundation, you can do so at this site.

We had lots of races to recap after that, including NCAAs and Oslo, plus some news about the Hardrock 100. We talked athletes going pro, a potential 1500/5000 double, and why one runner was banned for having rat poison in his blood.

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S2E41: TAINTED BEEF.

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 14:40:28 +0000

We're in the swing of the Diamond League! We've got Rome results, who's best at pacing, an update on Gabe Grunewald and more talk of tainted beef. Plus a good discussion on Tinman and a listener tweet about spring shoes.

S2E40: You Didn't Expect to Hear About Plagiarism Today

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 03:59:57 +0000

But we're talking about it! And doping! And whether living the dream is really that great, why no one will have pictures of Tokyo 2020, plus some action from a homophonically named 10K and a Diamond League meet.

S2E39: New New Balance

Fri, 17 May 2019 19:32:52 +0000

We lead off the podcast with shoe takes this week! We talked the New New Balance shoes, Mary Cain's return to the roads, New WMMs, mountain lions, 38 new world records, college conference meets, and USATF 25k Champs.

S2E38: Are Millennials Killing 12Ks?

Sat, 11 May 2019 13:40:30 +0000

We covered that question and more this week, from the LA 2028 budget to a Russian athlete receiving a 12(!) year doping ban. We talked more about how track is failing to find mainstream success and how to fix that, plus more talk on Mo Farah and Hoka's Carbon X project. Finally, we vowed to release one entire food-related episode if one listener will assemble and consume some food on video.

S2E37: London Marathon Recap

Sat, 04 May 2019 00:43:43 +0000

This week, we reviewed the results of the Battle of London—uh, I mean the London Marathon. We got to talk about a lot of different parts of the race and their implications.

We also happened to record on the day that the CAS ruling was released. We talked extensively about this largely due to the amount of bad information we had seen reported about the case from major non-running news outlets.

While we did profess some opinions about the ruling, the major goal we had was to establish what the basic facts of the situation are so that both we and our listeners could correct bad information when it was presented in the future. We tried to approach the situation respectfully and broadly, without further contributing to the invasions of privacy that some athletes have had to endure for the better part of a decade. We certainly hope that's what we did. If we got something wrong, please let us know.

S2E36: Mo Farah Has a Beef with People and Gravity

Sat, 27 Apr 2019 00:19:11 +0000

Oh yes, that's right, we recorded in time to cover both the drama happening between Sir Mo and Haile Gebreselassie AND the weird decision he made to get on the bouncy treadmill mere days before the London Marathon. We also talked Kiprop, Allie Kieffer's coaching change, Michael Norman, and Shalane Flanagan. And some NEXT% shoe takes, obvi.

S2E35: A Little Race Up in New England

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 01:20:54 +0000

We tell terrible worn out jokes. We talk about a few races. Alex gets jalapeño juice in her eye. What else could you ask for?

Boston Marathon Media Day: Scott Fauble, Lindsay Flanagan, Becky Wade

Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:41:02 +0000

Quick media day pod with some interviews from Evan at Boston! Apologies for the background noise!

S2E34: Rupp, Recaps, and Rotten Weather

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 23:13:23 +0000

We had a number of races to talk about this week, including some recaps of shorter races and a kind of preview of Boston, plus Rupp is running again and Boston looks like it's going to be terrible again this year but maybe not quite as horrible. We made predictions this year!

S2E33: Garrett Zatlin and The Stride Report

Sat, 06 Apr 2019 03:32:08 +0000

Woohoo! Interview episode! This week, Garrett Zatlin was kind enough to join us to talk about a whole host of pro news. Up first: the Xuzhao Marathon, World Cross recap and a couple of seriously fast 10ks. We also covered some positive doping news, April fools jokes from the running world, some ultrarunning news, and then we finally got to the interview.

You can find Garrett at The Stride Report and on Twitter and Instagram.

S2E32: Two Russias Stories and World XC Overview

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 11:48:21 +0000

We finally had something new to talk about this week! There were three great emails, TWO new Coburnspiracies, two stories about Russia, and one very quick overview of what to expect at World XC, which will likely have already concluded by the time you listen to this (which is why we didn't do a full preview).

S2E31: The One Where We Yell at USATF (pt. 74)

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 14:47:21 +0000

It was sure nice to get the name of this episode figured out ahead of time. Luckily for you, we didn't spend the entire episode soapboxing again. We also talked about one of the closest championship wins you could ever imagine, the relatively disastrous Bahrain Night Half Marathon, the United Airlines NYC Half results, and Carl Lewis saying he could have run the 40 under 4 seconds. At that point, we waded back into the USATF/IAAF cesspool and covered a few interesting articles that made the rounds this week from Toni Reavis, Deadspin, and Flotrack. Plus, we got a great email from former pod guest Roger.

Miles to Trials: Zach Ornelas

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 13:22:27 +0000

Continuing out Miles to Trials series, we talked with Zach Ornelas, the current USATF 50 km Road Champion and Olympic Trials Qualifier. We talked about his running history and got to go really in-depth on his last few years of racing, plus a great story about how he won that 50 km road race earlier this month.

You can find Zach on Twitter at @MrORuns.

S2E30: The One Where We Yell at the IAAF (pt. 86)

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 03:45:15 +0000

This week, the big news was the new qualifying standards from the IAAF. We spent the bulk of our time on this. We also talked NCAAs, USATF 15k championships, Mo Farah's half marathon and Kara Goucher's race schedule! We also talked a little bit about the 5k getting dropped from the Diamond League schedule (again, thanks to the IAAF).

S2E29: Luke Puskedra

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:35:12 +0000

We finally have an interview for you, and it is absolutely worth the wait. Last week, we mentioned that Luke Puskedra retired. This week, we were lucky enough to have him on the show to talk about his career and what's next for him. We also covered Euro champs and had a quick Tokyo recap. This is a long run, so enjoy it! Thanks again to Luke Puskedra for coming on!

S2E28: Indoors are Ending

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I'm not going to lie. We led off with talk about projectile vomit. It got better from there, though. We talked USA Indoors, Tinman results around the world, some interesting news from Paris 2024, the retirement of Luke Puskedra, and Wayde Van Niekerk's return to racing for the first time since 2017 Worlds! Finally, we finished up with some really engaging listener questions.

S2E27: Two 5K World Records

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:14:08 +0000

This is a special one! We've got two 5K road world records, some fast track times, an interesting 10K, some finality about Pre this year, and most importantly, the mascot for Doha was released.

S2E26: Ce n'est pas un record du monde

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:59:23 +0000

We led off this week's show with discussion of some fantastic new products from Mo Farah (and a conspiracy), then dove right into results. We covered RAK Half, everything that happened at Millrose, Ritz finished a race, Youn-gebrigtsten set some records, and finally...another conspiracy! A Coburnspiracy, if you will.

We mentioned Kemoy Campbell's GoFundMe for his medical expenses in the show. If you'd like to donate, you can do so here. Jon Gault of LetsRun.com has a great tweet explaining why the GoFundMe is there, if you're interested.

S2E25: Shelby Houlihan is Good at Cross Country Too

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 05:31:41 +0000

This episode was packed. We talked USATF XC, Australian XC trials, Sugaru Osaka's causal 63:00 half, more Russian doping, Zane Robertson's contract and where he's going to be running in the future, and much more. We got a great question in from Robert about the Allie Kieffer scale post on Instagram that has upset some folks over the last week too.

Thank you to our newest Best Friend of the Pod, Randall Mullis!

S2E24: Mario Fraioli

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 16:48:44 +0000

This week, we were happy to host Mario Fraioli for the interview portion of the podcast! We're in the swing of indoor season now, and had a couple of meets to cover, including Dr. Sanders Invite and a rather exciting New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. We also recapped a super speedy Dubai Marathon, and covered the Tokyo Marathon elite field. We also had talk of running books, movies, and a very very specific indoor record from an Aggie.

Thanks to Mario Fraioli for coming on the show! You can find him at @mariofraioli and @theAMshakeout.

S2E23: Houston Half Recap

Sat, 26 Jan 2019 02:16:55 +0000

It's another week of the 1609 pod, and we had quite a bit to cover this week. First up was the Houston Half Marathon, which nearly saw another American record. Next, we mourned Usain Bolt's bourgeoning soccer career and talked a bit about Dubai's prize purse and what it takes to be an IAAF Platinum race. After that, we covered some coaching changes and sponsor changes and took a look at the London Marathon start list.

S2E22: Where Do The Bananas Go?

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 06:03:51 +0000

This week, we picked up right where we left off last week (literally) and started the episode discussing the Centro to Bowerman move. We did a quick recap of a couple of races at UW Preview, talked about Hillary Bor's win at Stirling XC, covered the newly announced London elite field and Boston international elite field, discussed the new World Relays events, and Alex had a conspiracy theory about the newly-formed Vatican track team. Finally, we posed the episode's titular question: Where do the bananas go? Runner's World had the answer for us, and the discussion was absolutely bananas. (Puns.)

Miles to Trials: Sam Roecker

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 03:35:54 +0000

The Miles to Trials interviews are going to be interviews with runners who have qualified for the US Olympic Trials in our typical interview format. Sam Roecker was kind enough to be our first interview, and we were thrilled to talk to her.

Sam Roecker finished third at the US Marathon Championships at CIM in 2018 with a 2:30:25 marathon time behind Emma Bates and Stephanie Bruce. We got to talk to her about what she does for a living, how she fits running in around her job, how she got to where she is from middle school to now, and what's next for her in the run up to the 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials and Tokyo.

You can follow Sam on Instagram at @samroecker and on Twitter at @samroecker_.

S2E21: Sarah Fowler on College Running and Coaching

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 04:58:43 +0000

Our first guest of 2019 is Sarah Fowler, a former college runner at Ohio Wesleyan and current Assistant Distance Coach at University of Nebraska. We got to talk to her about how she got into coaching a D1 program so soon after college and how she juggles coaching, running, and work outside of that. Plus, Reebok and ZAP Fitness split, the strange news about Tori Bowie and more!

You can follow Sarah Fowler on Twitter and Instagram at @sarahrenae709 and check out her blog at newplacessamesneakers.wordpress.com.

S2E20: Totally 100% Going to Happen Prediction Episode

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 15:04:30 +0000

New year, new memes! We touched on a couple of fast times on the roads, a fast time in the park, and news about the 2019 Pre Classic location. Finally, we come hot out the gate with our predictions for 2019. Some are really out there, but others are ones we genuinely think stand a good chance of happening this year. Finally, we read some listener predictions that we got in on Twitter before the show. What do you think we got wrong this week? @ us on social. (@1609pod everywhere if you forgot.)

S2E19: 2018 End of Year Episode

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 15:18:16 +0000

We made it through the off year! Let's banish the term from our collective vocabularies for three years! This week, we covered the Bowerman Award winners, Allyson Felix's big news, world records from the year, another occurrence of our regular "Russia sucks" segment, and then went through some of the top performances of the year across a lot of different categories. Plus some listener contributions and questions!

S2E18: This Episode Was Sponsored by Soapbox Companies

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 06:31:09 +0000

We were so full of impassioned arguments for and against things this week that we just couldn't contain ourselves. Our victims this week include ESPN, comparing the carbon plate in the Vaporflys to a spring, Runner's World's tech gift list for runners, and more! Plus, we discuss a track and field title belt, the 2019 Boston American elite field, Gene Dykes breaking Ed Whitlock's record, and the yearly cost of running!

S2E17: Road to Grass to Track

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 05:05:46 +0000

Isn't December just such a magical time to follow running? (Yeah, we're ready for indoors too.)

This week, we covered all of the major surfaces, talked about a world record on the track (but like...a really long world record), marathons and miles on the road, and USATF Club Cross Country and Foot Locker Nationals. We also got some listener stories about short or long courses they've run and we announced the winners of the #1609goals giveaway!

S2E16: Valencia, CIM, and Another Japanese sub-2:08

Sat, 08 Dec 2018 02:27:16 +0000

This week, we recapped the Valencia Marathon and California International Marathon results, talked about another Japanese sub-2:08 performance this year, and announced a cool new 1609 Podcast endeavor! Plus, shout out to Matt Palmer, our newest Patreon subscriber. Thanks Matt!

S2E15.5: CIM-cast

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 23:10:58 +0000

Here's the roundtable from the folks after CIM this past weekend! Thanks to everyone that came out to talk about the race for sharing your experience with the listeners, and congratulations to everyone on a great race!

S2E15: Our Contribution to the Running With the Buffaloes Reminiscence

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:17:40 +0000

Along with every other podcast you're listening to this week, we talked about the 20th anniversary of the 1998 NCAA XC Championship victory from Colorado and Adam Goucher at the top of the show. There are spoilers aside from the outcome of the race, so if you haven't read Running With the Buffaloes and want to, skip ahead to 9:49 to miss that section.

We also talked about Kipyegon Bett's B sample, Katelyn Tuohy and the frustrating structure of the high school national championship scene, some Sydney McLaughlin news, and some more talk about post-collegiate running team turnover. Plus, what is consistently the best part of the show: listener tweets and emails!

S2E14: Turkey Trot Recap ft. Listener Thanksgiving Takes

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 01:33:18 +0000

This episode is a little lighter on pro news and very heavy on Thanksgiving food take discussions. We recapped Manchester Road Race and Silicon Valley Turkey Trot, discussed Farah's musings about returning to the track for 2019, and lambasted the IAAF for things we think they did badly. But the listeners are the real stars of the show this week! We got a ton of emails, race results (y'all are some speedy folks!) and Thanksgiving takes and we had a blast discussing them.

S2E13: 2018 NCAA XC Recap

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 03:52:16 +0000

We're here this week talking about the 2018 NCAA XC Championship races! We recorded on Sunday this week so we could talk about cross country on the episode, but as a bonus, we also got to talk about the 15K world best that was set on Sunday morning! We'll be recording on Friday next week so we can talk about the Turkey Trot action, so be sure and send us your recaps of Thanksgiving morning races and all the terrible shirts and weird prizes that come with them!

S2E12: NYC Marathon Recap

Sat, 10 Nov 2018 02:48:01 +0000

Long episode this week! We talked about two Nike athletes changing affiliation, which led to a pretty long discussion about how we could see the future of post collegiate and professional running in the future. We also recapped the NYC Marathon and made some predictions for 2020 based on performances at the marathon. Finally, we had a ton of great tweets and emails this week, so thanks for that!

Let us know what your thoughts are on the training group discussion! We'd love to hear other people's takes on it and ideas about what the future of running could look like.

S2E11: Pre-NYC

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:53:08 +0000

Reminder for people running the NYC Marathon: Evan's going to be at the expo at the Stryd booth! Come and say hi if you're going to be there!

This week, we talked about the new half marathon world record from Abraham Kiptum, the Frankfurt Marathon, NCAA conference cross country meets (and how to make the NCAA system better). We also talked about Cas Loxsom, things we're excited for at NYC this weekend, and answered some shoe questions!

Monday Minutes—October 29, 2018: Cam Levins and the Canadian Marathon Record

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the Monday Minutes dispatch from The 1609 Podcast. This is a short segment to start off the week where we talk a little more in depth about one of the subjects we covered the previous week. While you can listen to one of us read the audio version here on your podcast app, we'll also be posting a written copy of the Monday Minutes over on the Patreon page, which you can find at patreon.com/1609pod. It'll be there for anyone to read, not just subscribers, so if you'd rather read than listen, you can always do that. If you like the Monday Minutes, let us know on social at @1609pod or write us an email at 1609pod@gmail.com or leave us a good review on iTunes! Thanks for listening. Here are your Monday Minutes for October 29th, 2018.

S2E10: The One Where Alex Mixed Up Korir and Lagat

Sat, 27 Oct 2018 05:03:43 +0000

Chock full of pro news this week. We talked Cam Levins' Canadian Record, Bekele being super weird at Amsterdam, the Burnie 10 results, Feyisa Lelisa finally being able to return home, Rupp undergoing surgery, and a great piece from Runner's World on Des Linden. Finally, Alex mixed up Leonard Korir and Bernard Lagat on air and will probably never mix them up again but it makes for some trippy listening.

Monday Minutes—October 22, 2018: Outstanding Women's Marathon Performances

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0000

S2E9: Kevin Sully on the Pod!

Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:23:36 +0000

This week we were honored to share the mic with Kevin Sully from the House of Run podcast and FloTrack! We got to talk to him about Prenats, two crazy marathon times for two women at very different ends of he age spectrum, Sydney McLaughlin to New Balance and Usain Bolt first goals for his new Australian soccer team. Plus, we had a couple of marathon results to highlight, a fast half from Allie Kieffer, the USATF 50 Mile Championships, and talked about Meb's admission that he was thinking about going out for the 2020 Trials.

Monday Minutes: October 15, 2018

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0000

Welcome to the first Monday Minutes dispatch from The 1609 Podcast. This is going to be a short little segment to start off the week where we talk a little more in depth about one of the subjects we covered the previous week. While you can listen to one of us read the audio version here on your podcast app each week, we'll also be posting a written copy of the Monday Minutes over on the Patreon page, which you can find at patreon.com/1609pod. It'll be there for anyone to read, not just subscribers, so if you'd rather read than listen, you can always do that. If you like the Monday Minutes, let us know on social at @1609pod or write us an email at 1609pod@gmail.com or leave us a good review on iTunes! Thanks for listening.

S2E8: The Mobot Returns

Sat, 13 Oct 2018 02:12:21 +0000

Pro news! Hot takes! Food questions! We've got a full episode here. We talked Chicago and Farah and Kosgei's wins and whether the women are marching toward 2:15. We also did a rundown of the back to back wins in the USATF 10 Miler, and reviewed Katelyn Tuohy's insane performance (the one from last week, since we need to be specific). Plus, a super cool signing from Nike, and some news from Shannon Rowbury! We ended the show on a high note with listener questions and a couple of great emails too.

S2E7: All About the BQs

Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:04:11 +0000

Our guest this week is Meaghan Holmes, who just made her marathon debut with a very solid BQ time after always having said she was never going to run a marathon. We talked about how she got started running, what changed her mind about the marathon, and what her running goals are for the future. We also talked about this week in running history, the recent BQ standards changing, downhill marathons, and the recent news from Almaz Ayana. We also chatted with some picks for Chicago and answered some listener questions!

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S2E6: Katelyn Tuohy Ran Two Seconds Too Fast

Sat, 29 Sep 2018 12:39:39 +0000

Solid pro/very very fast amateur roundup this week! Katelyn Tuohy ran 16:07 at a cross country meet, Saina Kipkemboi ran 2:05 at a hilly marathon in Buenos Aires, Kara Goucher signed with Altra, and Gwen Jorgensen is very good at social media! Plus a brand new segment at the top of the show and a couple of very nice emails.

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S2E5: Berlin Drinks Guy, RnR Philly, WADA Failures and Sad Jordan Hasay News

Sat, 22 Sep 2018 22:40:37 +0000

We definitely weren't done talking about Berlin, so we got Aaron, noted Kipchoge devotee and friend of the pod, to come on and talk with us. We got his takes on the record, plus we got to talk about Claus-Henning Schulke (aka Drinks Guy), the results of Rock n Roll Philadelphia, and WADA's giant disappointment of a decision to reinstate RUSADA. We also talked about Jordan Hasay's unfortunate withdrawal from Chicago.

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S2E4: Berlin Marathon Madness

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 02:39:10 +0000

The events of Sunday, September 16 were so fantastic that they required a bonus pod. This pod is that bonus pod. Enjoy!

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S2E3: The Second One Where We're Recording During the Long Island Mile

Sat, 08 Sep 2018 00:40:54 +0000

We're at the end of Diamond League! Who can believe it? It seems like it was just yesterday that we were wrapping up the indoor season, and now we're looking forward to another round of marathons and cross country. This week, we're recapping the DL finals, talking about the one interview where Galen Rupp hasn't come off like a robot, and we're breaking the Hoka Long Island Mile results live (and then also two days late because that's how podcasts work.)

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S2E2: Alex x2, Electric Boogaloo (The Alex Hutchinson Episode)

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 02:40:39 +0000

This week we got to talk to Alex Hutchinson, the author of "Endure" and owner of the @sweatscience account you probably see on your timeline a lot. We chatted about the NYC and Chicago pro fields, talked about all of the unfortunate doping news that's come out in the past week, and then got to talk about running with Alex both from a science-focused perspective and about his personal running history and experience, plus some listener questions and perhaps even the beginnings of the Peanut Butter Peace Accords.

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S2E1: Falmouth and Birmingham

Sat, 25 Aug 2018 15:07:22 +0000

This week, we talked big race results and regrettably had no peanut butter-based banter! We talked Falmouth, the Birmingham Diamond League meet, Leadville, and an Australian cyclist who took a BUNCH of drugs and got caught.

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Lap 52: Ingebrigts-WIN!

Sat, 18 Aug 2018 18:08:31 +0000

That was a good pun and you know it. You laughed, or at least groaned internally.

So obviously we talked Euros, we also talked about the strange rule allowing for Mondo Duplantis' American record set in the European Championship, and we talked about the Groundhog Day that is USATF and Eugene, OR, thanks to Erin Strout's column in Runner's World this week.

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Lap 51: Beach to Beacon and the First Mainer, Ryan Smith

Sat, 11 Aug 2018 04:05:01 +0000

Long time listener, first time interview! We talked to Ryan Smith this week, who was the First Mainer at Beach to Beacon this year and is the University of Maine—Farmington Assistant Track/XC Coach! He filled us in on his background, training, shoe prefs, and a couple of big events he's got coming up for him! We also talked the Chicago elite fields and the track event on ESPN Ocho.

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Lap 50: Picking Team USA 2020 (two years out)

Sat, 04 Aug 2018 16:28:14 +0000

As you probably know if you have a Twitter or Instagram account, we're now just under two years out from Tokyo 2020. This is very exciting news, and in celebration, we picked the distance squad for Team USA. Well, Letsrun did, and then we decided how right or wrong they were. We also talked about some bits of news that have come out from the IAAF in the last week, some of which were shockingly good! We also got to answer some good listener questions and Alex got upset about peanut butter again.

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Lap 49: Zach Merrin and the Bicentennial FKT Attempt

Sat, 28 Jul 2018 12:33:49 +0000

We had a whole lot of pro news to talk about this week! 5K American record, Monaco and London, plus a new training club from...Reebok? After the pro news, we were lucky enough to talk to Zach Merrin, ultrarunner and apparently ultradrinker, about his regular running and the interesting FKT he went after a couple of weeks ago. Yep, we're talking about the Bicentennial: 100 miles, 100 beers, and just 80 hours to complete the two. Not your normal ultra, but definitely interesting to follow along with!

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