Pace the Nation

After sharing our travel experiences, we are joined by two time Olympian and reigning Boston Marathon Champ Des Linden, from the Running Event floor. Des discusses downtime, bourbon and coffee, her running career and of course the Boston Marathon.

We talk Thanksgiving, doctors, bird scooters (shocker), NCAA championships and are joined by sophomore Vincent Kamani.

An under the weather Docs talks about surprise parties and his trip to Arizona. At (15:20) we are joined by West Springfield head coach and fellow under the weather guest Chris Pellegrini, who talks about the Spartan girls state championship and boys second place showing, his start in distance coaching, the evolution of the sport during his tenure and the storied program at WSHS. We are back at (57:50) to wrap up the interview. At (1:00:30)we discuss the Emily Scheck story, a college runner who was disowned by her family and then initially penalized by the NCAA. At (1:04:52) we talk about Amazon coming to town and changing names. At (1:09:48) we start our twitter feedback with our new favorite topic scooters. At (1:18:30) we finally talk about Farleys Dancing with the Stars recap.

Welcome back to episode number 173 with guests Stefan Leroy and Cedric King from the Achilles International Freedom Team.

At (7:18) Docs recaps his inaugural bird scooter experience and debates Chris on the merits of modern smartphones.

Veterans Stefan and Cedric join Chris at (16:43) during MCM weekend ahead of running the 10k.

At (22:44) our guests discuss how they met and their experiences at Walter Reed.

We get to learn more about learning to walk and run again as adaptive athletes at (29:32).

Cedric and Stefan discuss running with CEO and president of Cigna, David Cordani, at (34:58)and the Achilles Freedom Team.

The crew talks about the Boston Marathon at (35:42) and what its like to run a marathon as an amputee runner.

At (44:38) we highlight Stefan and Cedrics feature in the book co-authored by David Cordani and Dick Traum called The Courage to go Forward, the proceeds of which go to the Achilles Freedom Team.

Our guests tell us about their training at (47:06) and share more about the Achilles Team.

We call out MCM at (53:55) for creating, quite possibly, the worst race shirt ever this year.

At (59:38) the PTN hosts recap the New York marathon, which was full of former guests

At (1:05:30) Chirs explains why everyone needs to vote for Darrell General who is in the running for the 2018 Hometown Hero award.

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Pace the Nation, we will see you next week.

Welcome back to episode number 173 with guests Stefan Leroy and Cedric King from the Achilles International Freedom Team.

At (7:18) Docs recaps his inaugural bird scooter experience and debates Chris on the merits of modern smartphones.

Veterans Stefan and Cedric join Chris at (16:43) during MCM weekend ahead of running the 10k.

At (22:44) our guests discuss how they met and their experiences at Walter Reed.

We get to learn more about learning to walk and run again as adaptive athletes at (29:32).

Cedric and Stefan discuss running with CEO and president of Cigna, David Cordani, at (34:58)and the Achilles Freedom Team.

The crew talks about the Boston Marathon at (35:42) and what it's like to run a marathon as an amputee runner.

At (44:38) we highlight Stefan and Cedric's feature in the book co-authored by David Cordani and Dick Traum called The Courage to go Forward, the proceeds of which go to the Achilles Freedom Team.

Our guests tell us about their training at (47:06) and share more about the Achilles Team.

We call out MCM at (53:55) for creating, quite possibly, the worst race shirt ever this year.

At (59:38) the PTN hosts recap the New York marathon, which was full of former guests

At (1:05:30) Chirs explains why everyone needs to vote for Darrell General who is in the running for the 2018 Hometown Hero award.

Thanks for joining us for another episode of Pace the Nation, we will see you next week.

We open with a Halloween recap and an unfortunately optimistic DC United preview. We are joined by guest Ashley Lambdin, the marketing and sales director for the DC Stars Gala, which our own Chris Farley will be competing in for the Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation. We are back at (40:40) to wrap up the interview, talk about the Venice marathon, MCM.

Coming to you live and then on tape delay from the expo floor of the 43rd Marine Corps Marathon, we have three special guests. Katherine Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entrant, joins us to talk about her amazing life and work with her non profit 261 Fearless. We are then joined by author and masters running legend Roger Robinson who discusses his running career and book When Running Made History. We close out the trio with MCM race director Rick Nealis.

We open with another bird scooter discussion before being joined on the phone by the global marketing manager for performance running at New Balance, Keith Kelly. We speak to Keith about an array of topics, the growth of New Balance, Sydney, soccer, biking and more. Then, Farley was worried about Docs, we settle the Boston Song once and for all, Farley has a DVD, (1:05:55) a great Wisconsin airport story, top 5 baby and a surprise visit.

Mira Rai, the 2017 National Geographic Adventurer of the year joins PTN.

Our hosts are back for another episode, where we talk not politics with the presidential cell phone alert, the Clarendon day race, the Chicago marathon, bird scooters, Survivor and more. Our guest this week is Survivor Hall of Famer Jonny Fairplay, who has experienced an extreme life pivot and is now an avid runner.