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. Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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. Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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! Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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. Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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. Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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!

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.

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. Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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. Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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.  Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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. Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

There's finally enough pro running news to make a whole show out of! Mostly. There were a few tangents.  Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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. Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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. Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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.  Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at...

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...

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. Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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.  Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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!). Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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...

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). Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!

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...

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...

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! Catch us at @1609pod on social and Patreon or send us an email/voice memo at [email protected]!