The 2021 Tokyo Olympian sits down and discusses wedding plans, training, motivation through the roughest parts of her career and trap shooting. Yes trap shooting. Listen as we get into the details and learn more about one of the best middle distance runners on the planet. The multifaceted individual spares no detail as she shares her pre-race meal strategy, her pre-race hair styles, and when she discovered she was born to run. For a visual component of this episode, watch along at YouTube.com/@longrunlactic

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Vanessa Fraser - the former 7-time All-American and Stanford Cardinal sits down and details everything from her humble beginnings racing her classmates in 1st grade to her new professional sponsorship with Saucony. Throughout the episode are clips of a session with Vanessa's new team (Team Boss) and her new coach, Joe Bosshard. Aside from running, Vanessa explains her role at the venture capital firm Benchmark, her goals for this year, and so much more.

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From MaiTai's to Marathons; 4th Place finisher at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon, Jess McClain sits down in an interview days before her outstanding performance. Jess, a 7-time All-American for Stanford entered the trials with no sponsor, no team, but a career's worth of confidence. The former Brooks Beast ran 2:25:46 for the 26.2 distance, taking 4 minutes off of her previous record. Watch and listen as McClain details her career, her trials build up, and her life post-sponsor and how she is more locked in than ever. Watch the visual component of this episode on YouTube/longrunlactic.

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Emily Sisson discusses her training block leading up to the 2024 U.S. Marathon Olympic Trials. The 2021 Olympian at 10,000 meters shares insight on her 2023 racing season including her final Marathon before the trials, the 2023 Chicago Marathon completed last fall. Throughout the episode, clips of Emily's most recent 10k time trial, a final preparation workout designed to prime her for competition both mentally and physically; beautifully paced by her husband Shane. Watch as Emily details race day shoes, fueling implements, what it means to represent the U.S. at the Olympic Games, and so much more.

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Following the World Record breaking Chicago Marathon, I met up with Tim West, Founder and Creative Director of Bandit Running. In this conversation we discus, Chicago 23', NYC 23', and what's ahead for Bandit Running. This interview is an excerpt of a full piece entitled Chicago: 23.2:00.35 available Wednesday October 18th.

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I took a trip to Boulder to document the last long run of Emma Bates, Dom Scott, and Jackson Neff's Chicago Marathon Build. In this episode Jackson and I discuss goals headed into the Chicago Marathon, pacing Dom Scott, Bandit gear, The new ON super shoe, and Chicago life. Available now on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

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I took a trip to Boulder to document the last long run of Emma Bates & Dom Scott's Chicago Marathon Build. In this episode we discuss goals headed into the Chicago Marathon, living & training in Boulder, Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce, Asics fashion collaborations, The Marathon World Record Breaking Adidas Supershoe, and so much more.

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