Pace the Nation

We play a little catch up to open the show. At (10:16) we are joined by the founder of Run Hope Work, Jose Ortiz. At (10:46) we get a quick local geography lesson, and then Jose tells us about how Run Hope Work works. At (14:55) Jose tells us about how he got his start with running, how it changed his life, and the epiphany that he had on a run that inspired him to use running to help other people. At (18:45) we learn more about Run Hope Work and whose life is it. At (27:05) we talk about Keonte Haynesworth, a young man who was trying to improve his life through the program whose life was recently tragically cut short. At (31:00) Jose talks about his past and the harsh environment that he escaped. We are back at (36:20) to wrap up the interview. At (37:44) we have an update on the US marathon Olympic Trials, including a guy Farleys age who is running in the race. Then at (41:06) we talk about the US track and field championships that took place in Des Moines, Iowa last weekend, and touch on a few of the pace the nation performances. At (44:51) we visit a topic that we have not touched in a while, a Docs Running update. Docs is actually running, he was suckered into running a leg in a relay race and might be that running guy in his neighborhood. At (51:30) we talk about a the late Frank Meza whose body was found after multiple accusations of marathon cheating and cyber bullying. At (1:01:18) we close out letting our listeners finally find out how the womens world cup turned out and at (1:03:22) Farley talks about an Olympic dad bod.

We play a little catch up to open the show. At (10:16) we are joined by the founder of Run Hope Work, Jose Ortiz. At (10:46) we get a quick local geography lesson, and then Jose tells us about how Run Hope Work works. At (14:55) Jose tells us about how he got his start with running, how it changed his life, and the epiphany that he had on a run that inspired him to use running to help other people. At (18:45) we learn more about Run Hope Work and whose life is it. At (27:05) we talk about Keonte Haynesworth, a young man who was trying to improve his life through the program whose life was recently tragically cut short. At (31:00) Jose talks about his past and the harsh environment that he escaped. We are back at (36:20) to wrap up the interview. At (37:44) we have an update on the US marathon Olympic Trials, including a guy Farleys age who is running in the race. Then at (41:06) we talk about the US track and field championships that took place in Des Moines, Iowa last weekend, and touch on a few of the pace the nation performances. At (44:51) we visit a topic that we have not touched in a while, a Docs Running update. Docs is actually running, he was suckered into running a leg in a relay race and might be that running guy in his neighborhood. At (51:30) we talk about a the late Frank Meza whose body was found after multiple accusations of marathon cheating and cyber bullying. At (1:01:18) we close out letting our listeners finally find out how the womens world cup turned out and at (1:03:22) Farley talks about an Olympic dad bod.

In this episode we finally answer the age old question, is Chris Farley smarter than a 7th grader. We have questions, lots and lots of questions. Thanks everyone for sticking with us through 200 episodes, thank you to all of our guests, thank you to everyone who supported the show one way or the other, and most of all, thank you to the our listeners, even the ones that give Farley a hard time.

We start out at (6:17) with the appropriate running topic the Womens World Cup in France and an interesting interview from Four Courts. At (13:20) we are joined by marathon maniac Ted Hobart. We start off discussing the very colorful beers that Ted has brought to the studio and Farley tries to interject a non-craft beer into the mix. At (19:51) we ask Ted why he got into running and running in the back of the pack. At (23:09) Ted talks about making the decision to run 50 marathons in 50 states, and then talks about the experience including some of the logistical decisions that go into planning the feat. At (27:57) we ask about his running pseudonym. At (28:47) we talk 10 marathons in 10 days and the inclusion of Teds beer tent. At (43:06) we ask how running has changed Ted before (47:34) when we do the blind taste test. At (52:10) we take a look at Teds medals and talk about whats next. We are back at (57:32) to wrap up the interview and then at (58:45) we talk about Charlie Ban assisting in a key workout with former guest Josette Norris. At (1:00:17) we have a quick thing real quick, a Docs dream come true, a bear on the race course. At (1:05:03) we preview our 200th episode and at (1:06:00) we have a big announcement, we procured a new twitter handle (scooterpatroldc) for some old fashioned scooter shaming.

We open up celebrating West Virginia Day and the US Womens soccer victory over Sweden. At (13:48) we are joined by viral superstar Laura Mazer, who tells us about her experience at the Pittsburgh Marathon that went viral. At (14:49) We start out learning the unique story about how she got into running and why she started racing and the influence stickers have in her life. At (23:44) we talk about the Pittsburgh Marathon and the story of finding her new friend Jessica in the middle of the race and how they motivated each other to the finish. AT (33:03) we ask about how she found out that her experience went viral and her reaction to the attention. At (40:25) Laura talks about her job in manufacturing, long hours and hot conditions. We are back at (44:14) to wrap up the interview and then

At (46:31) in our transportation update, Farely has some Arlington Scooter Statistics, we get an update on the status and PTN starts a twitter account for scooter shaming. At (50:54) we stay on the transportation theme, as Farley grinds his gears over a unique car accessory and impresses us with his geography prowess. At (55:09) we get back to the running stories with an ageless story which we attach an age to, Julia Hurricaine Hawkins, the 103 year old sprinter. At (58:08) we talk about Mayor Jacob Frey declaring Gabe Grunewald day in Minneapolis. At (1:02:05) the undefeated Yorktown Girls soccer team wins the state championship.

I do not know how to summarize our introduction and then at (6:28) we are joined by Georgetowns freshly minted all-american Josette Norris. We start off talking about Farleys kids which leads us to (8:22) her journey to Nationals through the Regional Meet. At (9:48) we go back to her basketball days and at (10:50) we talk about overcoming injuries. At (12:56) we recap the NCAA 5K final and dealing with the extreme heat. AT (17:09) we focus on the importance of swagger. At (21:00) we ask Josette what this accomplishment means to her. At (23:05) the psychology majors swap stories and Chris delivers the best commencement speech ever. At (26:40) we try to find out what the magic formula is for running success, and learn that the answer is simply committing. At (29:08) we finally get awkward. At (31:20) we talk more about the future, ask how her family feels about pursuing this dream and try to persuade Josette to run in some unique professional uniforms. At (36:50) our attempts to dig up some dirt on Julie falls short. We are back at (39:18) to wrap up the interview. At (41:08) we remember Gabe Grunewald, an inspiring professional runner who lost her long battle with cancer this week. We close out at (46:05) covering the womens world cup better than any other running podcast out there. At (54:53) we publish our google calendars.

After setting up the show with a quick story about a story that did not get told but will be told, we are joined at (5:58) by our guest Bob Wallace. Bob starts off talking about his journey from Australia to the United States on a track scholarship, and at (8:32) Bob tells us about his experience running in his first Boston Marathon in 1982. At (21:34) Bob talks about buying Run On in Dallas and at (25:50) expanding the business to six stores and reflecting on a few key moments that had major impacts. At (29:26) we talk about his events company and the three pronged approach to the running store. At (31:06) Farley talks about the first time that he met Bob at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the impact that meeting with Bob had on the inspiration and influence for Pacers. At (35:50) Bob sells his stores, retires to Colorado Springs and then learns that he has a stage 4 brain tumor. Bob talks about his treatments, life changes and the inspiring positivity. We are back at (57:31) to wrap up the interview and at (59:27) we touch on the PTN Happy Hour. At (1:02:03) Farley talks about an eventful attendance of PTN guest Brian Knights wedding despite a late arrival. At (1:09:00) we kind of preview the Womens World Cup and talk a bit of soccer and at (1:19:06) we get an update on Docs calf and a bike update.

No new show this week, but we are going to be at a Happy Hour on Friday June 7th and so should you.

Its an early release this week, which has something or other to do with the news cycle. After a quick intro, at (5:37) we are joined by New York Times Senior Editor Lindsay Crouse, whose article Nike Told Me to Dream Crazy, Until I Wanted a Baby has been the talk of the running community over the last week. We start off at (6:29) with background on how Lindsays relationship with Alysia Montano, the former Nike athlete at the center of the article, and the events that lead up to this article. At (9:50) we discuss the accompanying video and the motivations behind the campaign. At (11:11) we talk about the focus on Nike and how the issues are industry wide. At (12:54) we talk about industry changes and announcements made by several companies and athletes expectations. We give some background at (17:24) on some general sponsorship contract concepts and the difference between contractors and full-time employees. At (23:33) we touch on health insurance before at (25:04) we touch on some other athletes reactions including Alysia being called a pot-stirrer. At (31:34) we talk about the timing of the article and the release on Mothers Day. At (36:36) we ask if there are other gaps and issues that we should be looking into and at (38:00) we ask about feedback from other athletes. At (40:54) we talk about performance standards within the contracts and why there needs to be a conversation about pregnancy clauses in their contracts. At (44:30) we talk about the follow up article, Nike and pregnancy, your questions answered and whats next with this story. We are back at (48:31) to wrap up the interview and add some additional thoughts on the topic. At (1:03:20) we have a spoiler free conversation about a few season slash series finales and then one spoiler from the sopranos. We close out at (1:12:48) with a few things grinding Docs gears.

After we debate the validity of a trail sighting, we interrupt the agenda to make more questionable lists, and then at (10:34) Farley tells a very questionable story against his better judgement. At (14:18) we are joined by our guest, Olympian Jared Ward. We start off talking about Utah, the Saucony event in Moab and getting back to training after Boston. At (17:48) we ask Jared about his adjunct professorship at BYU. We talk about Jareds unbelievable performance at the Boston marathon at (20:11). At (24:10) we talk about the Olympic standards and why getting that time is a big deal. At (29:42) we try to get Jared to break some news but he does not bite. At (31:01) we ask Jared how his perspective at the trials will be different this time around, and at (32:52) Jared talks about his 2016 sixth place finish at the Olympic marathon. At (43:08) we ask Jared about his family of six, and his rock star wife Erica, and at (46:47) we talk about the support from the Saucony family. At (49:41) we talk wiki, college eligibility and running in costumes. We are back at (54:50) to recap the interview. We talk Olympic Trials at (57:45) and Arlington County at (1:02:09). At (1:06:54) we talk about the best of from the Washington City Paper. At (1:08:15) we talk about some of the episode 200 suggestions.