39 year-old Kenenisa Bekele finished the Berlin marathon, but only in 3rd place, what does it mean for his future? A loaded London Marathon is this weekend, we start to take a look at the fields.

We end by talking talk to a guy @63:14 (NCAA steeplechaser Zach Litoff (@litoffstudios) who sat next to Molly Seidel on her first flight back in the United States after winning her historic bronze medal at the Olympics. He recounts his cool experience, but doesn't get Rojo's $5,000 for being this guy.

Plus a little running ethics, men racing women, and have a tweet of the week from Deena Kastor. Show notes below.

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Last week did a live video talk with Aussie miler, 3k, 5k star, Stewy McSweyn, as he entered quarantine. He's still locked in his quarantine and it's out now as a podcast.

McSweyn recounts his great 2021 year, his globetrotting ways, discusses who is the GOAT of Australian distance running, what country is best in the 4x mile, and what his relationships is with his rivals Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Timonty Cheruiyot.

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We take you around the running world and then talk to Florent Beng (65:35), the co-founder of Relance, the running shoe company actually making a running shoe in France. (It's super stylish, has red, white and blue colors, and its kickstarter is here). Review of shoe by Japan Running here.

Trayvon Bromell and Ferdinand Omanyala ran fast in Kenya and that got us into some Omanyala, Marcell Jacobs, and Flojo talk. Then we turned to marathon news and the retirement of legend Mary Keitany, before discussing Kenenisa Bekele's chances in Berlin this weekend. Then a little Jordan Hasay and Boston talk, a New York update and our talk with Florent Beng.

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Alberto Salazar's ban was upheld just after taping so we start with an Emergency Pod on that, then @ 13:53 run our normal pod where we break down Cole Hocker going pro, DSD athlete Francine Niyonsaba getting a world record, King Ches beating Galen Rupp, but possibly being a "B" teamer, talk about the lack of diversity at the 5th Avenue Mile, Centro getting a half-mile prime, Jenny Simpson moving up to 10 miles, track stars at the Met Gala, world xc being postponed again and a possibly big doping bust, before ending with a Supporters Club only Rojo's rant.

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Paul Kemp, director and producer of Nike's Big Bet, an entertaining doc on Alberto Salazar and Nike is our guest at 54:35. Nike's Big Bet is streaming on Peacock in the US, Sky in the UK, and will be on the CBC on September 17th (list of major countries at bottom of notes).

Prior to Paul, we preview the Diamond League Final (the Zurich Weltklasse Meet) and discuss Jordan Hasay's struggles, the Tokyo Marathon being cancelled and more. Show notes below.

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Paul Chelimo joins us at 80:57 to talk about getting the only male American distance medal in Tokyo, performing well in the big races, his racing tactics, and he's got some tough words for Nicholas Kimeli.

Prior to that we get you up to speed on the Shelby Houlihan ruling, break down Yalemzerf Yehualaw becoming the first woman to go sub 64 (63:43) in the half marathon, plus talk a little ultra running, discuss Jenny Simpson moving up in distance, and Molly Seidel's airplane story.

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An incredible Prefontaine Classic is in the books and we try and recap it all. From the sensational 10.54 on the track by Elaine Thompson-Herah, to the DFL and bravado by Sha'Carri Richardson, to Courtney Frerich's becoming the first American to smash the 9 minute barrier, the disappearing act of Matthew Centrowitz.

Sydney McLaughlin wants some RESPECT and Athing Mu was so damn good, we almost forgot about her in the podcast, but at 88:35 discussed whether she had the best season ever by an American female distance runner at the tender age of 19.

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The Pre Classic is here and it's got one thing the Olympics didn't have - Sha'carri Richardson. Could Pre also be bigger than the Olympics for Matthew Centrowitz? We break it all down including Sifan Hassan's world record attempt at 5000 and then look at the Fall World Marathon Major Fields and whether Kipchoge could run Boston in the spring.

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We look back at the Olympics that almost didn't happen. The track and field action at Tokyo 2020 was incredible. Karsten Warholm, Sydney Mclaughlin, Sifan Hassan, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Athing Mu plus some big surprises in Courtney Frerichs and Molly Seidel.

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