Pace the Nation

Happy New Year Pace the Nation Nation. After we recap our wild and crazy new years eves, our very special guest Chris Farley talks us through Breaking Three (his concierge marathon). And before we get to our New Years Resolutions, Farley finds inspiration to learn more about his house.

We spread our holiday cheer with our annual gift exchange, and Farley has some last minute gift ideas with the top running books of the year. We are joined by Black Girls Run DC ambassador Adina Crawford who talks about her organization and her own journey into running. Later, we talk a little bit of track and field, Docs has three random updates and we exchange our holiday gifts. Kind of. An updated show notes may be in the works later in the week, but right now Docs needs to get back to the egg nog.

At (4:53) we talk about Farleys training for the first time in the show and the related topic of group projects in college and at (10:42) a quick recap the jingle all the way race. At (12:00) Farley gets frustrated with his hosts lack of Christmas spirit and then at (16:00) we spend a lot of time talking about the elf on the shelf. At (23:05) we are joined by PTN Executive Producer and Breaking Three Executive Producer Kathy Dalby. We talk holidays before (26:26) we talk about her executive producer responsibilities. At (27:59) Farley talks about his training for the second time in the show, and then we really get into some Breaking Three reveals - Farleys pursuit to keep his sub three hour marathon streak alive. At (45:15) we are back to talk about the twitter poll results. We have a where are they now update at (49:00).

We are back in the studio to record on the first kind of snow day of the year. At (4:22) we touch on the Dec 29th Breaking Three. At (9:06) we are joined by Jessica McGuire who runs for the Nova Running Club. We start out talking about living and running in Arlington before we talk about her running background. Jessica and Joanna share notes on their rowing backgrounds and time at Penn State. Jessica then tells us about taking a break from running post college, and then rediscovering the sport and the climb her most recent race in which she qualified for the 2020 Olympic Trials. We are back at (45:44) with a joanna transportation update. At (51:55), two of our hosts attend Caps games this week, Docs is paranoid about the house repairs and at (59:22) Docs has his own transportation update. At (1:02:15) we have our weekly where are they now update and at (1:04:53) we have a local HS running update. We close out at (1:05:56) with another hot chocolate race update.

We are joined by our final guest, Keith Kelly, the Global Marketing Director at New Balance, who talks about his job, a harrowing Thanksgiving incident, the beer selections in Austin, his transition from running to biking, the New York City and London Marathons, grass roots efforts, his dj past, break dancing, and somehow much much more.

We are joined by Olivier Bernhard from ON, who talks about Switzerland, why he wanted to start his own brand and how he made it happen, what makes their brand unique and partnering with the Running Event.

Our hosts talk about the Expo floor and the running here at the Running Event. We are then joined by the founder of Altra Running, Golden Harper. We talk about what inspired him to start the company, how he got his start and what makes the brand different from other products on the market.

Our hosts talk about the podcast at the Running Event so far and then struggle to describe their breakfast. We are then joined by New Balance Elite Athlete and reigning World Champion Emma Coburn. Emma talks about running for New Balance, Austin, her role here at the Running Event, winning a world championship, hair bands in Rio, getting married and more.

Our hosts recap their first brief visit to the expo floor, and then we are joined by new Skinny Raven store owner Daniel Greenhalgh. Dan talks about how his market differs from the running stores in the lower 48, some of the unique challenges running in Anchorage, his take on the Running Event so far, his views on the current econmic downturn in Anchorage and more.

Our hosts talk about the Expo floor and the running here at the Running Event. We are then joined by the founder of Altra Running, Golden Harper. We talk about what inspired him to start the company, how he got his start and what makes the brand different from other products on the market.