On this episode Lauren + Abby chat about the running news from the past week, including the USATF's release of 2018 tax information and the running community's response to CEO Max Siegel's $4M+ salary, how some races are getting creative by going virtual or to a showcase format + when the return to racing will happen in the coming months and what races may look like in the fall when/if they do happen.

Things We Talked About In This Episode

- Read more about USATF release of 2018 tax information from Runner's World here (https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a32243052/usatf-releases-2018-tax-information/) and The Washington Post here (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/04/23/usa-track-field-defends-ceos-42-million-2018-salary-number/)

- See Lauren Fleshman's response to the above here (https://twitter.com/laurenfleshman/status/1253112144343810051?s=20) // See Emma Coburn's response here (https://twitter.com/emmajcoburn/status/1253385393128398848?s=20)

- USATF layoffs + CEO's pay cut (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/usa-track-and-field-lays-off-7-ceo-takes-20percent-pay-cut/2020/04/17/4eb33d60-80ee-11ea-84c2-0792d8591911_story.html)

- Mike Wardian runs an FKT on the Mount Vernon Trail (https://twitter.com/mikewardian/status/1254161433857789953?s=20)

- European Athletics Championships Cancelled (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/23/european-athletics-championships-in-paris-cancelled-due-to-covid-19)

- Pittsburgh Marathon is going virtual this weekend (https://thepittsburghmarathon.com/VirtualRace)

- Olympic Track Trials have an official date for summer 2021 (https://www.flotrack.org/articles/6744486-new-dates-set-for-2021-us-olympic-trials)

- Berlin Marathon announcement (https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QDXolD7fl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)

- NYT article about the return of sports (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/sports/coronavirus-sports-come-back.html)

- Runners World article on the return to racing (https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a32249569/running-races-after-coronavirus/)

- The Impossible Games in Oslo (https://www.diamondleague.com/news/single-news/news/detail/News/bislett-alliance-launches-impossible-games-in-oslo/)

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