Allegro Podcast

In today’s episode, I talk to Donnie Jellig, the founder of Oasis, a running apparel company based in New Jersey. Oasis hopes to bring a fresh perspective to the running apparel world, by focusing on empowering runners, by approaching clothing as something that represents an athlete themself. 

A few months ago, I was scrolling through Instagram and saw that a bunch of runners I followed were reposting something from the Oasis account. After looking through the posts and hearing a little more about Oasis on the episode with Collin and Brian Boler, I knew we had to hear the full story. In this episode, we talk about the origins and mission of Oasis, the behind the scenes of the company, their involvement in trying to assemble one of the biggest NJ track meets later this month, and much more. Hope you enjoy!

In today’s episode, I talk to Colin and Brian Boler. Collin and Brian are both cross country and track runners at Delbarton School in New Jersey. This fall, they’ll both be headed to Princeton University to continue their academic and athletic careers. 

Just to give a quick breakdown of each of the Boler’s impressive running accomplishments, this past indoor season Collin ran 4:04 in the mile and 1:50 in the 800 (+ Collin just ran 8:47 at Arcadia!). Brian ran 4:11 for the 16 as well as 9:11 for the 3200. Collin and Brian capped off their seasons with an impressive performance with their teammates in the Distance Medley Relay at New Balance Nationals where they got second in the nation. 

In today’s episode, we talk about Collin and Brian’s high school running journeys, the best places to run in Jersey, running and studying at Princeton next year, pro track, and much more. 

In this episode, I talk to Tim McInerney. Tim is currently a track and field student-athlete at Georgetown University, specializing in mid-distance. Just going over his running career at a broad scale, in high school, Tim was a runner at the well-known Christian Brothers Academy in New Jersey. At CBA, Tim collected several state and national titles. Flash forward a few years, as a Georgetown runner, Tim has run 1:48 for 800m.

In today’s episode, Tim and I talk about his running journey from high school to college, his experience as a student-athlete at Georgetown, combat sports, his podcast Hills and Twos, and much more.

In this episode, I talk to Henry Wynne. Henry is a professional runner for the Brooks Beasts. As a student-athlete at the University of Virginia, Henry won an NCAA championship in the mile. As a professional athlete, he’s had many incredible performances thus far including his 3:51 mile race. We talk about Henry’s running journey, some of the behind the scenes of being a professional runner for Brooks, training, mindset, and more. Hope you enjoy this episode!

In today’s episode, I talk to Luke Warhurst. Luke is the Director of Partnerships and Social Media at the Very Nice Track Club, one of the world’s fastest professional track teams, with athletes like five-time Olympian and two-time Olympic medalist Nick Willis, Olympian Mason Ferlic, and high school 1500m American record holder Hobbs Kessler. Wanting to document this amazing team, Luke started creating YouTube videos highlighting the workouts, race preparations, and lifestyle of the Very Nice Track Club. As a Michigan native and son of the legendary coach Ron Warhurst, running has always been a part of Luke’s life and he shares some really interesting stories of being surrounded by this elite running community at such a young age. Luke is also a racing driver and he talks about this aspect of his life along with what he believes motorsports is doing right. Also, stay tuned for a special guest appearance by Hobbs Kessler, who, like I said before, is the high school American record holder in the 1500m and current professional runner for Adidas.

I hope you all enjoy this episode!

In today’s episode, I talk to Victoria Vanriele. Victoria is a sophomore at Penn State where she’s a student at the Schreyer Honors College. She’s a 7-time New Jersey Meet of Champions winner,  three time NJ Gatorade Player of the Year, a 2:04.96 800m runner, and her list of accomplishments go on. In today’s episode, Victoria and I talk about her running journey, her experience as a student athlete at Penn State, her track and field recruiting guide website, and much more. Hope you all enjoy!

In this episode, I talk to Chris Lee. Chris is the athletic performance director and strength coach for Tinman Elite. Chris has a background in multiple endurance sports including swimming and triathlon and he was formerly the head coach of the University of Colorado Boulder swim team. He’s also the founder of Kinesis Integrated, a sports performance training company. 

This episode was especially great to record as Chris is an alumnus from my high school. We talk a little bit about that, along with human performance, strength training, working with Tinman Elite, endurance training, and much more. Hope you all enjoy!

Here are some of Chris' links:

• https://kinesisintegrated.com/
• Runner's World workout: https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a32097972/run-faster-stability-strength-workout/
• https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/team/stronger-faster2021-07-07%2019:56:21?attrib=537858-pod

In today’s episode, I talk to Avery Bartlett. Avery is a multiple-time state champion, he’s an NCAA All American, ACC champion, and 1:47 800m runner. Avery and I talk about his running journey, experience as a student athlete at Georgia Tech, his podcast, computer science, and much more. Hope you all enjoy!

In this episode, I talk to Casey Comber. Casey ran cross country and track at Villanova University. At Villanova, Casey was a 9 time Big East champion, 5 time All American, runner up at the 2019 NCAA championships in the mile, and his list of accolades goes on.

In this episode, we talk about how Casey started running, what it’s like running at Villanova, behind the scenes of his many collegiate races and recent Olympic Trials race, his upcoming races, and more. Hope you enjoy this episode!

In this episode, I talk to Jonathan Gault. If you’re a fan of running you may have read one of Jonathan’s articles or tweets. Jonathan is a staff writer at LetsRun.com, one of the hosts of the popular “LetsRun.com’s Track Talk” podcast, and in general a well-known journalist in the sport of track and field. He was also a track and cross country runner at Dartmouth College. In this episode, we talk about Jonathan’s journey with running and also dive into the world of track and field journalism.