Pace the Nation

After we open the show, at (6:49) Farley has a local geography confession, which leads the PTN team to investigate the inner workings of Farleys mind. At (13:53) we are joined on the phone by Christian Peter Espersen, who has traveled from Denmark to run the New York City marathon with Freds Team. At (17:06) Christian Peter recounts learning about having brain cancer and the decision to train for the Copenhagen Marathon and how running helped motivate him during his recovery. At (24:28) we talk about the charity Freds Team, his training for the marathon and visiting New York for the first time. At (31:34) we talk about how the cancer has changed his life, his perspective and how it has brought the family closer. We come back at (37:18) with a correction about Christian Peters last name. At (38:45) we talk about Meb wrapping up his career at NYC and then at (40:57) we talk about Mo leaving the Nike Oregon Project to return home to the UK. At (45:00) Docs helps build a playground. We wrap up with another where are they now segment at (49:05) to talk about mayoral candidate Jacob Frey and more specifically his opponents twitter profile.

Just a quick announcement as we struggle with the space time continuum, our guest for the November 6th show, Christian Peter Espersen, is running Sundays NYC marathon for Freds team. On the show, we talked to him about his battle with brain cancer and the role that his running has played since. Donations to Freds Team need to be made prior to the race, so we have a quick announcement for anyone interested in supporting this great cause. For more information, or to donate to Freds team, please visit his website www.strongerthancancer.dk

Joanna gets a haircut (4:43) and at (7:32) Docs has a big soccerish weekend at a football game and a futbol game and we talk about an upcoming district Beer Mile. At (16:17) Run Washington Editor-in-Chief Charlie Ban joins us to discuss the Marine Corps Marathon and talk us through the big mishap at the top of the race. At (42:23) we talk about MCM womens winner Sarah Bishop. At (45:16) we talk about some mainstream media mentions and at (46:22) we talk about some upcoming and already happened high school cross country races. We come back at (50:47) by touching on some questionable Baltimore Marathon media coverage, (54:44) Docs has a quick where are they now update and uncovers a PTN story. We close out at (56:15) with our Pacers mentions, sweatshirts and a recap of the 17th annual high heel race in DC.

After reminiscing about the glory days, and properly setting the table, Farley does a product endorsement for a product that does not sponsor the show. At (12:39) we are joined by Neal Lawson, founder and CEO of the Jennifer Bush Lawson foundation. We talk about his running background which includes the occasional run commute, and then at (15:50) we discuss the Jennifer Bush Lawson Foundation, Jennifers story and how the foundation honors her memory. At (21:09) we talk about the 5k Road Race and Family Fun Day on November 18 in Arlington. At (22:37) we bring in the Executive Director Jennifer Myers and talk more about both the Road Race and the Family Fun Day, and at (32:50) we talk about some of the families that have been helped by the foundation. At (40:14) we come back to talk about a couple of upcoming 5ks in the area. At (41:46) Farley wants to talk about a 100 acre wood twitter thread that he does not understand. We change gears at (47:00) to break down a news story about a distance running police officer who ran down an alleged criminal, famous plays and advice for future Bonnie and Clydes. At (51:54) Farley struggles to reign in his co hosts and get back on topic by bringing up the Marine Corps Marathon and the weather. Joanna has another transportation update at (55:07). We have another Where Are They Now update at (59:19) with an update about former guest Gabe Grunewald.

We are doing our very best to catch up on your tweets, but since we are stuck in June 2017 i guess our best is not good enough.

Docs has sports depression over the US Soccer team qualification exit and Farley accurately predicts more Washington sports misery. At (12:00) local GRC runner Kieran OConnor joins us in studio to talk running, family, weather machines and the conversation always circles back to the Marine Corps Marathon. At (15:08) we get a family update and Kieran catches us up on his running since his 24th place finish at the 2016 Olympic Trials and talks about the upcoming Marine Corps Marathon. At (19:22) Farley gets a marathon themed gift and we get into his MCM preparations and race day weather predictions. At (23:15) we weigh in on the beard and then Farley challenges his mental preparation, much to the shock of the PTN cohosts, and then we weave back into discussion about more training and race talk, and find out what his running future holds after the MCM. At (45:58) we start to wrap up the show with our thoughts on the MCM calendar and the packet pickup. At (49:03) we talk about the Chicago Marathon and the doubt cast on the strong top American finishers. At (1:02:08) we fulfill our guests prediction and talk about the weather during the army 10 miler. At (1:04:30) we find out about Run the District and finally at (1:06:13) we check back in with Docs to find out how he is doing which prompts a car cleaning story, and we actually close out the show (1:11:24) with a social media update.

Farley talks about his morning run (5:37) with former guest Heather Hanscom on her annual run celebrating 25 years being cancer free. At (8:26) Farley asks for a Docs 2020 update. At (14:19) we bring in Zac Culbertson of Cold Country Salmon and Heartwood Farms, where self described Arlington County mark Chris Farley asks Zac why he even considered trading in a successful Arlington business for the farm life. At (20:09) we talk about ethical eating and why runners should be interested, and at (25:06) we talk about sustainable foods. At (28:45) we talk about farmers markets and for some reason cereals, which leads to wild foods at (31:30), and we get specific with salmon, including farm raised vs wild, catching wild fish, the freshness and freezing. At (41:06) Zac unintentionally scares Farley talking about food labels and breaking down Farleys previous days meals. At (49:20) Zac talks about the long term effect stemming from eating processed foods. We close out the show at (51:50), Farley plugs Docs farmer market appearances. At (53:11) Farley claims he has a dog question but if you listen close you will detect that it is not a dog question, which is why his cohosts do not want to provide an answer. At (57:03) Farley has a football running revelation and we update our own running. At (1:02:07) Farley laments the greatest quality of the new president of UVA and Docs is excited about a new deal for PTN.

Enough is enough and Docs gets serious for 17 minutes to talk politics. Docs has some advice for the country on how we can better communicate in order to reduce political tensions. Then, Docs talks about the NFL protests and the irresponsible lack of leadership displayed by Donald Trump. As a bonus segment, you are not required to listen to this podcast in order to retain PTN super fan status. If you are politically sensitive, or someone who does not want to hear political opinions from running podcast sidekicks or a future POTUS, then you should not listen to this bonus segment. All thoughts are from the desk of William Docs and do not necessarily represent anyone else, including any organizations affiliated with PTN.

After Chris introduces his cohosts and sets the table, at (5:35) Farley and Joanna recap a weekend of races, working the DCXC race on Saturday and the Clarendon Day races that Joanna ran on Sunday and yes, the weather comes up. We are joined by our guests at (10:58), Jay Korff, the director and all other titles for the film Endure and Tom Mitchell, the subject of the film. At (11:59) Jay talks about his running background and changing his training program for the film. At (12:48) Tom explains why he got into running, raising money for his foundation supporting children with cancer and thier families and the progression of ramping up the challenges. At (14:30) Tom talks about his daughter Shayla's fight with cancer, how the fight impacted his life and the conversations they had that inspired him to dedicate his life to fighting childhood cancer and start his organization StillBrave.org. (16:40) Jay talks about their first meeting at a memorial service, and the journey since which has included several features and documentaries (19:00) including their latest collaboration, the film Endure. Tom talks about the race, the mental challenges and what it took to prepare. At (22:30) Tom talks about the multiple races that he has run with his fund raiser Still Brave Childhood Cancer Foundation. At (24:23) he tells us how the fund raiser works, talks about the kids, the miles, the donations and how he is making sure that the donators are staying active as well. At (25:55) Jay reveals how he has had to adapt his training in order to film the documentary and the the non physical challenges posed by the extreme race conditions. At (28:42) Jay talks about fulfilling all of the roles putting the film together, and at (30:00) talks about how crew member Laura Owens inspired them to keep going. At (31:10) Tom expands on the amount of pressure on him to succeed and where he finds the motivation to keep pushing. He also discusses the organization providing non medical supportive care to children with cancer and their families. At (36:12) Tom talks about why he got into running and the progression that made this the vehicle for his organization. At (39:12) Jay talks about the process for releasing the film, how people can see it, what they hope comes from this and the reviews so far. We come back at (46:50) with Docs talking about his busy concert schedule, including the Concert for Charlottesville. The hosts rank the artists who performed and Docs provides a cursory review. At (57:00) Farley tries to interject The Voice into the conversation. At (58:13) we talk about our growing Facebook page and how close we are to a Facebook live event (spoiler - we are not close).

After Farley sets the table for the show, at (6:38) we reprise our Northern Lights discussion. At (12:11) We are joined by the new American University Director of Track and Field Sean Graham, who has seen the Northern Lights. At (14:36) Sean talks about being on one of the top high school cross country teams in the country and relates his experience to nationally ranked local team from Loudoun Valley and offers unsolicited advise for our scientists. At (19:19) we talk about his experience running for William and Mary and his post collegiate experience and the transition from professional runner to coaching at the University of Kentucky. At (29:20) we talk about the opportunity at American, transitioning back to Washington DC and the forecast for team. At (46:30) Joanna talks about her current training and then at (50:31) Docs runs without a watch and other random observations that can fit in a three minute segment. At (56:20) Farley asks his co-hosts to deep dive a Thomas Edison story and finally at (1:01:01) we reluctantly cover a story that is making its rounds in the running community, which Farley does not want you to bring up with him going forward. At (1:04:53) Pacers is hiring and (1:06:42) we recap our Hurricane Harvey and Irma fund raising efforts.