William Hague is fresh off a 2:23 Marathon in New York City. He also runs a popular anonymous Instagram account around running shoe technology and was a classmate and teammate of mine in our shared Duke XC/T&F days.

We talk about his powerful Instagram account, Nike’s sneaky shoe tactics, Eliud surfing the first super shoe wave, his race performance in NYC, the obstacles of the marathon, friend of the pod Matt Choi, becoming a marathon believer, Chicago as a hub of influential running characters, loving the grind, his favorite brands in and around running and more.