On this episode, the boys had on special guest Molly Born! Molly just won CIM/US Marathon Championships in her DEBUT marathon! Not only that - she ran an amazing time (2:24) putting her right in the mix of the top American female marathoners already.

Molly made a hard move between 30 and 35k, but it almost ended in disaster! Her legs were running out of gas late and she even fell with 100m to go in the race. She was able to finish and hold off a hard-charging Sara Hall to win the race!

We also learned a bit about her Puma Elite team based in Durham, NC and also about her time at Oklahoma State under legendary coach Dave Smith.

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On this episode, the boys had Joey Whelan back on the pod after his epic run at CIM! He did what he said he would do and went for the win, going solo from pretty much the start of the race! He had a gap of over 80 seconds at one point from the chase group.

He made it to about 800m to go when he was passed but held on for 2nd place and a huge 3 minute PR, running 2:09! He broke down the entire race for us on this podcast and previewed what's next for him, including maybe a shoe deal??

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On this episode, the boys had our good friend Jacob Thomson back on! Jacob just came off a nice run at CIM, running a PR of 2:10 for 6th place, his first marathon PR in a couple years!

Jacob had a great training block and changed a couple things up as well - he gave us a lot of the workouts he did and some extra 1% things he did as well.

We also chatted Under Armour shoes, some doping news, etc.

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On this episode, the boys bantered about a whole host of things! We started off chatting about our thoughts on CIM - largely focused on our friend Jacob Thomson's great result and also friend of the pod Joey Whelan's runner-up finish!

We also gave updates on our own training and talked some race strategy for each of our respective races coming up. Lots of fun/funny stories along the way!

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On this episode, we had both Jake (Ran to Japan) and Ben (Ben Is Running) on the pod to break down the Valencia Marathon from this past weekend! Chris and Ben gave their thoughts on some of the elite performances for the first 15-20 minutes and then had Jake come on the back half of the episode!

Jake walked us through his build a bit and told us what happened during the race. He is in good spirits and excited to continue training and racing going into 2026!

This was a really fun episode - two absolute legends on one pod was a treat! Enjoy!

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On this episode, the boys did some banter! Strieg makes a big announcement, Danny introduces his new rival, and the boys talk winter training tips.

We also talked about our training currently and what we think our halfway splits will be at Houston & Mesa Marathons. This was a fun one, enjoy!

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On this episode, the boys had on special guest Ethan Shuley! Ethan is a native of Kentucky and actually crossed paths with Chris in high school briefly! Ethan was a multiple-time state champion in cross-country and track in KY before running at BYU.

After dealing with constant injury at BYU, Ethan left the team after one year and for the most part, quit running entirely. After graduating, he moved to Japan and started to pick up running again.

He quickly realized that when he is able to stay healthy, he can get in very good shape very quickly. So good in fact, that he just ran 2:11 for 2nd place at the Kobe Marathon in Japan! FYI - his half split was 1:03:30 in that race.... WHAT!

We can't wait to see Ethan's continued progression.

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On this episode, Chris previews Valencia Marathon, USA Cross-Country Champs, and CIM! It is going to be a very fun weekend of racing!

Valencia is pretty stacked on both sides. John Korir was a very exciting late addition to the men's field. Can him and Sisay Lemma push each other to the world record of 2:00:35 set by Kelvin Kiptum in 2023? The women's field is also stacked with 3 women under 2:17.

USA XC Champs is very exciting because it is also serving as the trials for World XC Champs that are being held in January in Florida! A home World XC Champs? HYPE! We chat favorites to make the teams.

Finally - we did a quick preview of CIM (California International Marathon) which is serving as the US Marathon Championships this year! There are some intriguing names in each field including several friends of the pod!

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On this episode, the boys had Dr. Bill Evans back on the pod! We had several topics we wanted to discuss that we didn't get to on episode 1 with him, and he just ran his first marathon, so we had to get him back on!

Dr. E crushed his marathon, running 2:37 with a negative split on a hilly course. He talked about what he liked about his training and also what he would change about it.

We also talked about sleep and carb loading before a race, how fast you lose fitness, the 10% mileage increase rule, and could eating spicy food be beneficial to your performance??

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On this episode, Danny and Scotty tell some stories from Thanksgiving, give winter training updates, and fight live?? (This is Chris - I was told to make this the title - will have to listen lol). 

We have two exciting guests and another banter coming at you next week! 

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